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A competitive public safety grant application needs accurate, comprehensive data. If you can’t back up your need with solid facts, you are less likely to be funded. But how do you get the data you need?
One resource to get this data used to cost $400. Now it’s free. Google Earth Pro is a more extensive version of the popular geospatial mapping application Google Earth. Public safety agencies like yours can use these powerful tools to calculate important area data and include it in your application, such as:
- Measure area and distance
- Access and analyze demographic data
- Access traffic count information
- Plot data points
- Turn data into presentations and online video
- Run GIS and/or spreadsheet imports
By accessing this data, you can substantiate your funding needs with demographic data, terrain analysis, critical infrastructure, potential natural disaster threats, and more.