First Look Pro

Mobile Mapping Features

For years, fire departments have used First Look Pro to organize and access all their critical pre-incident planning information. But that information is not very helpful until you first find your way to the incident! Now you can use First Look Pro Map*, with its GPS technology, to show you how to get there and display the progress of your vehicle as you move towards the incident. A separate Map Designer application is included so you can easily incorporate maps and make them work for you. The GPS receiver is included with First Look Pro Map!

*First Look Pro Map is an optional module of First Look Pro that is available for an additional charge.

Let First Look Pro Map show you exactly where you are and where you need to go! Just get map files from your City or County and set them up to show just the details you want.

            Here's how it works in the truck              

1. Start First Look Pro and look up the desired preplan by its address.
2. If a map is available for that address, a map icon will appear on the screen. Click on the globe to switch to view the map.
3. As soon as the GPS receiver (included with First Look Pro Map) starts to send valid data, a vehicle symbol is displayed on the map. This represents your current location, relative to the location of the incident.
4. As you drive, the map is instantly updated to show your vehicle's progress towards the incident.
5. You can allow the map to zoom in automatically as you get closer to the incident, or you can manually zoom in to see more of the map's details, such as street names.

             Here's what you do at the station             

1. Get your ESRI map layer data files from your city or county GIS department and copy them to your computer.
    
2. Use the First Look Pro Map Designer program to change the look of the maps to be the way you want them.
    
3. Change map layer colors, line style, fill style, font style, font size, and more.
    
4. Define when each map layer is to be displayed so details like street names do not come on too soon and cover up the map.
    
5. Use the Verify Address feature in First Look Pro to add latitude and longitude values to all of your building addresses so they can be located on the map.
    
6. Take Designer out on the road and record some routes so you can play them back in the station. This lets you verify that your maps are exactly the way you want them!
    
7. Copy your map layer files and First Look Pro Map preferences file to your mobile computers so they are ready to use in the truck.

Use the Map Designer program in the station to set up your maps to look exactly the way you want them. Basic map files are commonly available from City or County GIS Departments

              Other Features of First Look Pro Map              

Automatically detects the port being used by the GPS receiver. Just plug in the receiver and let First Look Pro Map do the rest.

Mutual Aid feature lets you have access to individual maps and preplans for all your mutual aid partners.

Easily change map preferences like fill color, label color and size, font style, and more.

Change the symbol used to show your vehicle's location. Choose from a fire truck, police car, or ambulance.

Use Map Designer to add and delete map layers so you see only what you need.

You determine the initial map zoom value, which determines just how big of a map you is initially displayed.

Flexible Zoom tools let you zoom in, zoom out, zoom on a window, and pan around the map.

Use the GPS receiver (included) to verify the latitude and longitude of any location and incorporate that data into your First Look Pro pre-fire plan.

Minimum System Requirements for First Look Pro Map: 1.4ghz cpu, 512 mb RAM, Microsoft® Windows XP or higher, Windows Vista (32-bit & 64-bit) and Windows 7 (32-bit & 64-bit), minimum screen resolution of 800 x 600  

Click here to download your FREE Evaluation Copy!

or call 1-800-641-9077 for more information.