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<blockquote data-quote="bacha29" data-source="post: 3461333" data-attributes="member: 58386">Mapping software is only as good as the accuracy of the 911 information loaded into it.&nbsp; That&#039;s a fact we learned quickly out here in the ching weeds and went back to paper maps and pure human memorization .In fact when I started 911 wasn&#039;t even operational and were still using&nbsp;the old RD postal address format. Only problem with that is that the RD carrier maps were the exclusive domain of the USPS and were not public information.We had situations where roads were up to 10 miles away from what the GPS coordinates said they were, two or more roads and streets with the same name because while using the same zip they were in different townships and counties. And numerous cases a given road with two different names because it&nbsp; extended through two different townships and each township gave it a different name In this line of work nothing in the end will beat repetition, memorization and personal acquaintance. Humans are creatures of habit. The want exactly the same person there at exactly the same time of day&nbsp; doing exactly the same task in exactly the same manner.Obviously,&nbsp; you use what works best for you but don&#039;t&nbsp; assume for a moment that it will work everywhere..</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bacha29, post: 3461333, member: 58386"] Mapping software is only as good as the accuracy of the 911 information loaded into it. That's a fact we learned quickly out here in the ching weeds and went back to paper maps and pure human memorization .In fact when I started 911 wasn't even operational and were still using the old RD postal address format. Only problem with that is that the RD carrier maps were the exclusive domain of the USPS and were not public information. We had situations where roads were up to 10 miles away from what the GPS coordinates said they were, two or more roads and streets with the same name because while using the same zip they were in different townships and counties. And numerous cases a given road with two different names because it extended through two different townships and each township gave it a different name In this line of work nothing in the end will beat repetition, memorization and personal acquaintance. Humans are creatures of habit. The want exactly the same person there at exactly the same time of day doing exactly the same task in exactly the same manner. Obviously, you use what works best for you but don't assume for a moment that it will work everywhere.. [/QUOTE]

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