Geographic Information Systems can be used to visualize a wide variety of map-based information and make this feospatial intelligence available to the masses.

GIS is organized in layers. These map layers can include features such as roads, streams, utilities, property ownership, political jurisdictions, aerial photos, scanned paper maps, realtime weather information and many other layers of information.

Viewing environments include professional GIS users of ESRI'S ArcGIS, Google Earth and even browser-based web map viewers for non-technical users. A new iPhone app and Windows Mobile open up new vistas for GIS use in the field. Waypoint Mapping has real-world experience with these emerging technologies and can help implement them within organizations of all sizes.

For NIMS-based emergency response, geospatial visual intelligence provides a Common Operational Picture (COP). Waypoint Mapping can help merge the geospatial information that you already have with new sources of map information such as realtime weather, GPS and aerial imagery in order to create a map view that provides total situational awareness.