Location is Everything

Words emergency and response with number 9 in blue representing police, 1 is red representing fire, last 1 is green representing EMS. Building the emergency number 911 separated by dashes. the background has silhouettes of people standing and major city buildings also mixed in that view

“Location is everything” is a phrase heard often for retail and such like. If location is everything then where does that put the validation process for the location? Even more important than the location is the process of “address validation.”

Having been part of a NG911 mapping preparation since 2011 we’ve seen the landscape change in technology. GIS is no longer recommended, it’s required if “location means everything!”