In a building only a mile away from Omaha’s Eppley Airfield, nearly two dozen dispatch specialists coordinate traffic patterns for 152 emergency helicopters, 17 airplanes, and 15 ambulances across the US. As a dispatch specialist for AirCom, it is your job to deliver critical communications.
In recent years, the courts have struggled to decide whether the government needs a warrant to access records about a cell phone user’s location and in September, federal courts ruled that cell phone location data is not protected under the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment. Last month, a judge in Texas began raising questions.
With two of the Internet’s main hubs (NY/NJ and Ashburn) and some of its most trafficked routes in Hurricane Sandy’s path last month, it leaves the question – how well did the communications grid manage during the storm? Turns out, the Internet actually fared the storm very well.
Earlier this month, AT&T unveiled its plans to expand its telecommunications network. As stated in their press release, AT&T plans to “significantly expand and enhance its wireless and wireline IP broadband networks” in order to accommodate the growing customer demand for high-speed networks.
The old saying that “a picture is worth a thousand words” still holds true today and is very relevant in the context of Geographic Information Systems. Without pictures, in this case – maps, geospatial data can very complicated & time-consuming to analyze. But, GIS data is now available.
