AUSTIN, Texas, May 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Live Earth, an
open source visualization platform that integrates numerous live
and static data feeds on to one common operational picture,
announced today its partnership with the National Center for
Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4) and the
attainment of the National Sports Security Lab's (NSSL) "Lab
Tested" designation. The Live Earth platform will be added to
the NCS4NSSL's Evaluated Product List, classified as a
validated Data Visualization Platform.
The National Center's NSSL's primary mission is to advance
sports security by serving as a focal point, offering opportunity
for security observation and practice, technology tests and
experimentation, and evaluations of feasible security solutions
applicable to sports operations. The NSSL derives its unique
position through its connectivity to each of the university's three
main sports facilities. The M.M. Roberts Stadium (football), Reed
Green Coliseum (basketball), and Pete Taylor Baseball Park
(baseball) serve as technology, training, and exercising extensions
of the lab. The university applies sports safety and security
best practices in an environment uniquely designed to integrate
people, processes, and technology. Students, practitioners, and
solution providers can explore the problems of today and effort to
solve the problems of tomorrow.
Live Earth meets the criteria for the NSSL's Evaluated Product
List as an extensible Internet of Things (IoT) open source
data visualization platform developed using GIS mapping software
technology on a real-time interactive map. The platform allows
nearly unlimited numbers and types of data feeds (live and static)
to be displayed and reviewed in one common operational picture that
users can share with one another. Live Earth is a software platform
technology that fully supports the primary mission of the
NCS4 -- to advance sports security.
Live Earth provides integrated information on a real-time
mapping platform for the venue itself and real-time data for the
surrounding areas, co-located with the venue and city. The
weather team, security team, operations team and executives of a
stadium can configure their dashboard to look at the live layers of
interest as they relate to their respective positions through the
platform's features.
Attribute alerting and real-time alerts notify users of events
or incidents with automatic triggers that are prioritized by
external threats. These alerts can be configured by
pre-defined scenarios and historical analysis that fall within
pre-determined criteria, delivered via in-platform pop-up, text or
email (depending on the user's settings). The Live Earth platform
also provides a means to synchronize data from multiple systems so
stadium operators can assess crowd control, security events, and
surrounding influences like weather, traffic and more. This
in-depth investigative support provides the analytics necessary to
prepare for future events. Additionally, the platform provides
the ability to export still images, video clips and fully
interactive scenes to streamline decision making across all
departments. Data source integration is already created to
provide a fast, out-of-the-box platform for immediate
use. Data sources, such as cameras, door access, radios,
traffic, parking and more, are all integrated into one common view,
the interactive map. This provides location intelligence and
insight into the conditions in and around the facility so teams can
proactively manage their operations.
"We are happy to have received the NCS4's NSSL "Lab-Tested"
designation and look forward to working as a member of the
Technology Alliance to help define and implement technologies to
create a more secure sports and entertainment
experience," commented Craig
Johnston, VP of Business Development for Live
Earth. "Live Earth truly offers a unique real-time view
of events and activities, allowing faster response to situations as
they arise."
As the leading academic institution in the United States in sports safety and
security, NCS4 works closely with universities,
professional leagues, public safety officials, high
schools and open access events providing access to a vast
network of potential customers, existing users, and their
prospective companies and organizations. The NSSL delivers
qualitative feedback from subject matter experts who have evaluated
the product and make recommendations for approval based on product
performance that meets the NCS4's primary mission -- to
advance sports security.
"We are looking forward to using this powerful technology as
a teaching tool in our National Sport Security Laboratory
(NSSL)," said Christopher
Kinnan, Manager of the NSSL at NCS4. "It
will teach the value of situational awareness to help ensure
safety, security, and service at sports and entertainment
events."
This honorable achievement moves new technologies, like Live
Earth, into an operational multiagency coordination center,
designed to provide an optimal environment for research,
validation, training and operations. The state-of-the-art
audio/visual system allows users to seamlessly coordinate,
display and disseminate information. Lab-tested technologies
are made available for training, operations, and experimentation.
Practitioners can explore and train with capable solutions,
while students can build an understanding of the role technologies
play in safety and security.
Join NCS4 and Live Earth at the National Sports
Safety and Security Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana from July 9-11, 2019. This is where security
directors and operators, facility and stadium managers, event
planners/operators, law enforcement personnel, emergency managers,
fire/hazmat, emergency medical/health services, athletic sport
administrators, and government representatives come together to
network and gather the latest knowledge, technology and strategies
to deal with today's sports safety and security challenges and
solutions.
Prior to the conference, and to learn more about Live Earth's
common operational picture for Stadiums and Pro Venues, view
Live Earth's Industry Solutions for Stadiums.
About Live Earth
Based in Austin, Texas, Live
Earth is the world's most advanced real-time IoT Visualization
Platform. Built to converge multiple live data streams and time
series data into one platform, the interactive system provides
real-time alerts to critical situations allowing organizations to
respond quickly and increase safety. The platform seamlessly fuses
data from multiple sources, sensors and systems that include
weather, traffic, IoT, transportation, video management, shot
detection systems and more. Live Earth supports multiple markets
that include Defense, First Responders, Law Enforcement, Logistics,
Energy and Transportation in order to improve efficiency and the
organization's understanding of critical scenarios.
For more information, please visit
https://www.liveearth.com.
About NCS4
The National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security
(NCS4), at The University of
Southern Mississippi, supports the advancement of sports
safety and security through training, professional development,
academic programs, and research. NCS4 collaborates with
professional leagues, open access events, intercollegiate and
interscholastic athletics, along with professional associations,
private sector firms, and government agencies. It is a
critical resource for sport venue managers, event managers, first
responders, and other key stakeholders.
For more information, please visit https://www.ncs4.com/.
Media Contact:
Craig Johnston
VP of Business Development, Live Earth
CJohnston@LiveEarth.com
888-813-4551 ext. 721
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