Tilburg Fire Department - Netherlands, A Case Study

A typical fire engine is fitted with extinguishing equipment, axes, wrecking tools and ladders. Since the average driver has not memorized every possible address in his ever-expanding operational area, (the result of merging brigades), there are also maps on board. There can be up to three hundred maps stored in a large bin. These maps are not just for finding your way, but also for detailing accessibility and special features of many structures, industrial estates and other properties. Digitizing this mountain of paper could be an enormous help to the process of maintaining up-to-date and accurate maps.