NetMotion Wireless enhances Mobility, Locality offerings

In addition, the latest version of Locality lets administrators export data to other GIS-based mapping applications that can be used to make better dispatching decisions, Crowe said.

“In public safety, if I’m going to send an officer to respond to a high-crime area with minimal connectivity, then potentially you may want to send a second car, or you may want to send a mobile communications unit, if it’s a larger issue,” he said. “In the utility market, it may be more about critical service locations.

“Either way, it’s giving you the ability to tie network availability and device availability [information that Locality provides] to important locations that are key to your job.”

For administrators, Locality Server 2.1 features a new console that is optimized for HTML5-compatible browsers, as well as much greater user-management controls via the cloud-based Locality platform, Crowe said.