Ambulances to benefit from new in-cab Ordnance Survey mapping technology
The Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) has begun a pilot of a new life-saving in-cab navigation technology, underpinned by Ordnance Survey (OS) mapping, with a nationwide roll-out to follow.
Accurate and updated maps are crucial for the navigation of emergency services, and the nationwide roll-out of the new mobile data system, the National Mobilisation Application (NMA), developed in collaboration with mobile data experts Terrafix, aims to improve at-scene emergency response times and overall patient care.
Terrafix were licenced to integrate Ordnance Survey addressing, roads and mapping products when building the NMA. These include OS Zoomstack, OS MasterMap Highways Network and AddressBase Plus. The application’s navigation is in line with the same OS datasets in every NHS computer aided dispatch (CAD) system, which is used in emergency control rooms nationwide, giving NHS services the same and most authoritative mapping data.
The corresponding systems mean that ambulances no longer need to be taken off the road to download the latest navigation and mapping data, as updates can be streamed to the in-cab systems using designated Wi-Fi hubs at key operational sites.
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