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Topo!Pro Intelligent, Interactive and Immediate Mapping Tools for the GIS Professional

Industry Solutions

The TOPO! Pro product family is a centerpiece in many professional applications

In situations that are changing rapidly, reliable mapping tools which are easy to use, accurate and informative are essential, TOPO! Pro is an ideal solution. When you need a mapping solution that gives you the best maps, can be used for planning, operations and analysis, is easy to use and deploy, and provides connectivity to your other information, TOPO! Pro is an ideal solution.

     
 
Premiere TOPO! Pro Applications
 
 
 
Fire & Emergency
Asset Management
Security & Defense
 
 

The Result:

Better decisions as a result of intelligent mapping information that provides more information--more quickly and more accurately.

Our TOPO! Pro product series is used by GIS Professionals, organizations using entry-level GIS, and field force data collectors in industries as diverse as Emergency Response , Wildland Fire , Search and Rescue , Firewise , Vector Management and Control, National Parks and Forests, Private Land Management and Planning , Environmental Consultants , Utilities , and Security.

Disaster Preparedness and Response

TOPO! Pro is an extremely useful as a tool to prepare for—and respond to—disasters. Emergency responders , fire fighters , search and rescue teams , and oil/chemical spill responders can use TOPO! Pro as a primary mapping tool for response logistics, operations, and follow-up.

Fire Fighting in the Wilderness and Wildland/Urban Interface

Fire fighters can use TOPO! Pro to map an area, and use the maps to determine the best ingress and egress routes, to identify water sources, to build evacuation plans, and to develop pre-disaster mitigation plans. This is especially useful in the wildland/urban interface, where homes and properties are often within the danger zone—and where evacuations must be done quickly and efficiently.

Firewise for Communities in the Wildland/urban Interface

Firewise Communities use TOPO! Pro to conduct inspections, to maintain community-wide Firewise information, and to create Firewise plans. TOPO! Pro enables multiple citizens/inspectors to collect and share information through a central database that can be continually updated and customized to meet community needs.

Vector Management and Control

Vector control districts and disease control agencies are using TOPO! Pro to map and conduct vector inspections. TOPO! Pro can also be used as an asset management tool for multiple inspections over time at a single location—or many locations--giving inspectors and management the ability to see changes over time, and to develop mitigation plans based on vector inspection trends.

Land Management

Land management agencies , such as parks, forests, and the BLM, use TOPO! Pro as a visualization tool when designing land use plans, for placement of facilities, and for determining visitor usage patterns. TOPO! Pro is also used for fire fighting, emergency planning, and asset management in public lands. Private land developers and managers use TOPO! Pro to plan land use, to determine how best to utilize resources, and as a primary visualization tool for surveying and infrastructure plans.

Environmental Consulting

Environmental consultants use TOPO! Pro as a visualization tool for any project that requires high-quality topographical maps. TOPO! Pro can be used as a Phase I site mapping platform when responding to disasters; for transportation plans; land use planning and analysis; resource planning and utilization; waste management; hazardous waste planning and remediation; wind farm site locating; mapping and asset management for federal, state, and local agencies; site remediation, and more.

Utilities Planning and Placement, and Asset Management

TOPO! Pro's ability to combine great maps with asset management and field inspection tools makes it an ideal solution for utilities organizations. Public and private utilities organizations use TOPO! Pro to aid in transportat ion planning , public work s asset management , field inspection of electric utility resources , gas and pipeline placement, wind farm site location, and communications tower planning and site selection.

Security and Defense

TOPO! Pro for Security enables you to capture data quickly and accurately, and to share it across your designated network of professionals. Whether you are in the planning and reconnaissance stages, in the field, or doing post-operation analysis, TOPO! Pro provides you with easy-to-use, easy-to-deploy tools to tie your operations together. TOPO! Pro for Security is a perfect tool for improving those aspects of your operations that depend on clear, efficient communications, rapid and accurate data capture, time sensitivity, threat awareness, surveillance, planning and analysis, and command and control.

EVENTS

Where 2.0
May 12-14, Burlingame, CA - at MetaCarta Booth

Santa Monica BioBlitz
May 30-31, Santa Monica, CA

2008 ESRI International User Conference

August 4-8, San Diego, CA

GIS in the Rockies
September 10-12, Denver, CO

SHOP

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By Phone:
U.S. and Canada
(800) 962-1643 x101

Outside U.S. and Canada
+1 303 670-3457 x101

 

Product Questions or Technical Support:

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E: topo@ngs.org

SPOTLIGHT

Utilizing the latest hand held computer and phone technology with TOPO! Pro enables real-time information sharing and asset management across the globe. National Geographic Maps has developed a solution that gives organizations the ability to disseminate information between multiple mobile sources, do live tracking of, and receive information from, multiple moving assets ...delivered via satellite to a central location.

 

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