GeoComm announce a new partnership with NextNav to enhance floor-aware indoor mapping for E9-1-1. Recent regulatory requirements from the FCC require the 911 caller's vertical location to be determined with +/- 3m accuracy 80% of the time. NextNav's solution far exceeds that requirement, delivering +/- 3m 94% of the time according to independent tests. Using local GIS data and building information, GeoComm systems can convert raw positioning measurements received from wireless carriers into dispatchable locations including, but not limited to, building name, street address, and sub-address elements such as floor and room number.

Improved accuracy in locations empowers emergency responders to locate 9-1-1 callers inside buildings faster, saving more lives and protecting more property. Through the partnership with NextNav, GeoComm systems are also enabled with the ability to take indoor tactical mapping displays to the next level, automatically highlighting the vertical location from where a 9-1-1 call originated in a multistory building. This partnership builds upon NextNav's recent partnership announcement with a nationwide wireless carrier to provide precise vertical location information for 9-1-1 callers.