Potential Applications

Public Safety

• Mobile wireless applications present opportunities for improving law enforcement, fire suppression, and homeland security through video surveillance, high speed record sharing, mug shot transfer, video transmission from national and local sources, wireless call boxes, inner building tracking for firefighters, and field reporting, all resulting in productivity gains and improved communication.
• First responder safety can be improved by providing them with important information prior to arriving at a scene and with enriched communications during events.

Public Works

• Public Works applications for high speed data and voice communications include mobile GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System), work management and field reporting, inspections, asset management, automated meter reading, and traffic signal control.
• Also includes remote monitoring and control of critical infrastructure systems such as HVAC systems, water and sewer pipelines.

Parking Service

• Parking services operations can be improved by increasing parking lot amenities with wireless broadband, automated expired parking meter notification, and wireless credit card payment of parking fees.

Land Management

• Property assessing and Neighborhood Improvement functions include remote access to building prints for inspectors, real time permitting, wireless field reporting, and wireless recording of assessment updates including downloading photographs.

Education

• Student access to current school information, homework assignments, and help via a school web site and remote teaching
• Improved communication between school administration, teachers, parents, and students with use of email College and University – access to campus network for off campus students, distance learning

Economic Development

• Wireless ISP partnerships
• Providing homes and small businesses with low-cost, high speed Internet access
• Creating an inviting atmosphere for conventioneers, tourists, and visitors
• Making Washtenaw County attractive to new businesses, entrepreneurs and young professionals.

Heath Care

• Remote monitoring of patients with chronic illnesses.
• First responder access to vital patient information and medical assistance

Digital Divide

• Wireless broadband can reduce the digital divide by providing low-cost, high-speed Internet access for residents in urban, suburban and rural.
• Create wireless kiosks anywhere for citizens to access county government.
• Improves citizen participation in their government by encouraging an intelligent, informed, and interactive citizen.
• Neighborhood organization and non-profit applications