Groundtruth 911
My commercial company, building NG9-1-1 GIS tools for the people responsible for the geographic data behind 911.
The tools
- Validation Workbench NG9-1-1 GIS validation
- Schema Bridge Free public beta
Kaitlin Quinn · Portland, Oregon
I see something missing.
I start building.
Hi, I’m Kaitlin.
I follow questions into maps, tools, research, gatherings, and things I want to exist. This is where I keep what I’m making, thinking about, and listening to.
More about meMaking & following
What I’m working on
Tools, independent investigations, a geographic publication, and a practitioner community. Different work, connected by the questions I care about.
CALL WAITING
Following the time, infrastructure, and public decisions between a 911 call and help arriving in Portland.
The Portland Porch
Come look at Portland with me. Maps, local questions, useful resources, and investigations, with room for whatever catches my attention next.
On the Porch
The Aggregation Point
A public place for NG9-1-1 practitioners to compare notes, ask specific questions, and share useful work.
On my mind
Recent writing
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White Glove Service or Paywalled Progress?
We’re told profit drives innovation. But what happens when the next advance would make us less profitable to serve? White glove service promises to carry us forward. I’m questioning whether we’re paying to move, or paying to remain dependent.
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For-Profit, Nonprofit, Anti-Profit
TL;DR I’m building Groundtruth 911 around practitioner independence and asking what a business owes the public when its work supports emergency access. I want a sustainable living, fairly paid collaborators, and useful tools. I’m questioning what happens when profit becomes the purpose.
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What does getting it right the first time cost us?
Building in public has helped my practice grow by letting actual use inform the next decision. What do we lose when professionalism means nobody can see us revise?
Still here
Earlier work
Finished projects, past gatherings, and ideas I’ve put down. They’re part of the story, too.
Browse the archive- Pact Retired
- La Luna en Mí Complete
- The tiny brand publisher Complete
- All Hands, No Jobs Complete
- Found Hanging Retired
- Portland Transportation Recovery and Accountability Plan Retired
Correspondence
New writing.
No schedule promised.
Essays, build notes, and whatever else is worth sending.
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