Emergency Management and Response – Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC)
Google has made its Google Earth Pro licenses free. Previously, Earth Pro was $400. While much of the terminology used on the Earth Pro website is business-oriented, most of the features can translate easily to fire, emergency management, and other emergency services.
Earth Pro has many features that Google Earth does not, allowing users to:
- View demographic information
- Calculate and measure distance, radius, proximity, and area
- Get traffic count data
- Plot collected data points on a map
- Save compiled information
- Create presentations and videos
By making this software free, Google is providing smaller jurisdictions the ability to utilize a geospatial mapping application that otherwise would run in the hundreds or even thousands of dollars.