From The Newsstand...
Institute Position Papers and Press Releases
- May 8, 2025 - Migration of Web AppBuilder Grid Overlay Widget to Experience Builder; USNGI letter to Esri expressing concerns about deprecation of the Grid Overlay Widget.
- April 23, 2025 - Sixth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Wireless E911 Location Accuracy Requirements, PS Docket No. 07-114; USNGI letter to the Federal Communication Commission encouraging promotion of USNG as a FCC standard.
- April 8, 2025 - Request for Comments - Gridded Census Data; USNGI letter to U.S. Census Bureau encouraging distribution of USCB data using the USNG.
The Problem: Lost On the Way to a Response - Some Examples
- 63-year-old Shot and Killed by Police in Laurel County, Neighbors Say Wrong Home Targeted. WDRB.com, December 29, 2024
- Family Receives $4 Million Settlement After 911 Call Delay Leads to Kansas Woman's Death. KAKE.com, October 7, 2024
- 911 Center Errors Botch EMS Response to Sampson Co. Accidents: 'Mistakes Like This Shouldn't Happen'. Channel 11, ABC News, September 5, 2024
- Emergency Disservice: Inside DC’s Dysfunctional 911 System. Washingtonian, August 8, 2024
- Missing Woman Found Dead A Month After Calling 911 With Her Exact Coordinates. Huffington Post, April 3, 2024
- New Mexico Will Not Charge Officers Who Fatally Shot Man at Wrong Address. New York Times, January 31, 2024
- Something You Don’t Forget,’ Officer Says 10 years After Digging for Missing Boys in Deadly St. Paul Landslide. St. Paul Pioneer Press, May 22, 2023 (Note: USNG ELMs were installed in the park after this incident.)
- NEW: DC 911 Error Sends Fire & EMS to the Wrong Address on Cardiac Arrest Call. STATer911, May 10, 2022
- Morgan County Woman Dies After 911 Dispatchers Can't Find Her Exact Location. WAAY, 31 ABC News, Huntsville, AL, December 1, 2021
- A Teenager was Drowning. 911 Sent Help to the Wrong Place. Washington Post, August 21, 2020
- A New York University Student Called 911 But Police Say They Could Not Pinpoint His Location. He Was Found Dead Hours Later. CNN, February 21, 2020
- If You Call Chicago 911 and Don't Know Your Street Address, Will the Dispatcher Send Help?, NBC 5 Chicago, December 12, 2019
- Man Who Died in 911 Address Error Identified. Chicago Tribune, May 13, 2019
- 911 Couldn't Find Her. She Died. WXIA, 11Alive television, Atlanta, January 27, 2019
- 911 Can’t Always Get Accurate Locations From Cell Phones. NBC Nightly News, Jan 11, 2018
- Comments to the National Transportation Safety Board per Emergency Medical Services Helicopter Operational Safety. National Search and Rescue Committee, March 9, 2009
The Solution: U.S. National Grid
- Maps, Apps, and Location Help Residents in Cobb County Get Outside. Esri News for State and Local Government, Fall 2024, Page 8.
- U.S. National Grid Emergency Location Marker System Speeds Response, Saves Life. Cobb County Georgia Government TV, February 13, 2023
- Advocates Urge Adoption of Old Grid for Geolocation, Market to Market, Iowa Public Television, first aired April 17, 2020
- Emergency Location Markers Aid Kennedy Visitors, NASA Blogs, July 25, 2019
- The Emergency Response Language of Location: U.S. National Grid, dp-Pro Magazine, Fall 2018
- Additional Lessons That Could Be Learned Regarding the Yarnell Hill Fire, Wildfire Today, April 28, 2015
- Dakota County Leads Minnesota in Embracing New U.S. National Grid System, Pioneer Press, May 5, 2009
- Which Way to National Grid?, National Review, April 6, 2006
- New Kind of Map Could Help Emergency Response, National Public Radio, March 4, 2006