Press Release - July 23 2004

Spatial Vision has again been selected by the Victorian Country Fire Authority (CFA) to reproduce one of its map book series. The new map book focuses on those areas fringing Melbourne’s metropolitan area for which the CFA is responsible. Given the large numbers of people living and working in these areas (which include the Dandenong Ranges), this map book is critical in ensuring an effective response by CFA brigades. The new map book will replace a publication previously known as ESMAP.

The original ESMAP was developed in 1991 by the predecessor to Land Victoria, in conjunction with the Country Fire Authority, and used early digital topographic mapping to create a street directory meeting emergency service requirements.

Melbourne’s outer urban areas have experienced rapid growth during Melbourne’s sustained housing boom. This new map book will show the greatly expanded areas of urban development that have taken place over the last decade.

The publication will comprise over 100 maps representing regions at 1:50,000 and township at 1:25,000. An important feature of the new map book is that it will use a version of the base spatial data consistent with that used in other areas of the emergency response sector. The new map book will use Land Victoria’s standard Vicmap digital data for base topographic and transport themes. Part of the CFA map book contract provides the option for developing a series of wall posters based on the map book data for brigade offices. Most importantly, digital data from the new mapping will be provided to Emergency Communications Victoria (ECV) for use in the State’s Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system.

This is the third map book prepared by Spatial Vision for the CFA.

For more information about this project, please contact:
Stephen Farrell
ph (03) 9691 3000
email info@spatialvision.com.au

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