Leon County Uses Artificial Intelligence with GIS Imagery Data to Improve Safety for First Responders

About the Program

Category: Information Technology (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

The Tallahassee Leon County Geographic Information System (TLCGIS) is a joint multi-jurisdictional program created in 1990 by the governments of Leon County, Florida and the City of Tallahassee. TLCGIS provides mapping services for both governments including GIS data that feeds the Computer Aided Dispatch system used by the Leon County Sheriff's Office, Tallahassee Police Department, Emergency Medical Services, and Tallahassee Fire Department. In the fall of 2022, TLCGIS started experimenting with the artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities of the GIS system along with existing aerial photography. Four weeks later, TLCGIS successful extracted alley and service road features into a new data layer that is now incorporated into all base maps and provides improved safety and quicker response for public safety and first responders, especially when responding to dense housing developments such as apartments, by allowing improved response times. Best of all, TLCGIS did it in 1/8th the time and at 95% savings as compared to manual methods of the past and they verified AI as a viable solution for further savings in vendor contracts going forward, setting an example for other governments to follow in providing expanded services at huge cost savings.