City of Tampa Innovative Wireless Communications Project

Hector A. Martinez abelhect@hotmail.com 850-3395943	Thursday, March 04, 2010 at 5:45 PM to 7:30 PM
	Meeting Description A team in the City of Tampa recently finished deployment of an innovative wireless communications project on behalf of the Tampa Police Department. The project enables automated wireless transfers of data captured by digital video cameras from police vehicles to police station-based reception and processing centers. The project is a result of a requirement by the Police Department of the City of Tampa, Florida to upgrade the video surveillance camera systems installed in multiple police cars. The department selected digital cameras and identified numerous benefits to deploying an automated system for wireless data transfers between the digital camera systems and police districts. These data transfers require secure transmission with automated connection, minimal human intervention, automated bookmarking and “chain-of-custody” data controls.
	Additional Information Speaker Biography: Robert F. Austin, Ph.D., GISP, is the Manager of Enterprise Applications Integration at the City of Tampa, where he directs the City’s GIS, Web Development, Web Contents and RDBMS teams. Before joining the City of Tampa, Dr. Austin worked in the private sector as a GIS consultant and project manager for 23 years. Prior to that time, Dr. Austin was a professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Senior Fulbright Fellow at Oxford Polytechnic. He is the author of more than 60 published professional papers, monographs, books and book chapters. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, a member of the Board of Directors of the GIS Certification Institute and the President-Elect of the Geospatial Information and Technology Association. It is important that you add your name to the attendee list, so we can notify security that you are attending. NOTES:This meeting is FREE for IEEE members. For non-members, there is a $5 fee. A limited amount of food and drinks will be served to the meeting participants. Please sign up at the meeting website to suggest your food and drink choices. Signing up will also allow us to get a proper head count. Pending final confirmation the meeting location will most likely be at TECO Hall in downtown Tampa with a backup location at the MITRE facility near Westshore Plaza Mall. PLACE: Urban Center One, 4830 W. Kennedy Blvd, Tampa, FL (see directions below) DATE: March 4, 2009 TIME: 5:45 PM to 7:30PM COST: FREE for members and $5 for non-members. Please bring cash.
	Meeting Location Urban Center One 4830 W. Kennedy Blvd (#790), Tampa Driving Directions The presentation will be held at the MITRE Tampa facility. The facility is located in the Urban Center One building, which is in the same location as the Intercontinental Hotel. The building is across from the Westshore Mall Plaza towards the south. There is a parking garage in the back. Level 2 parking is for hotel guests only, so park at Level 3 and up. Once parked, take the elevator towards Urban Center One, which is the side adjacent to Kennedy Blvd. and Westshore Blvd. There will be another set of elevators near the security desk. Go to the security desk and tell them you are attending this meeting. Take the elevator to the 7th floor. The MITRE entrance is next to the elevator looking westward. Ring the doorbell / intercom and someone will let you in. If you're still having trouble finding the location, please call Carlo at 813-413-5336.
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