[OMS_MANAGERS] Geo-fencing apps?

[judyg at macnet.com]

Great idea Erin - the ai space has changed in the last couple years, so 
having that kind of new info on a MoM call would be great!

On 2026-03-11 9:19 am, Erin Salisbury wrote:

> I'm at the Oregon Gov Con on Tourism, and in a moment of serendipity, 
> am at a table this morning for breakfast with a woman who works for a 
> Placer type competitor.  Datafy.com
> She had some interesting perspectives about the limits of placer and 
> how there may be other products that might better serve civic 
> organizations like ours.
> They might be a good presenter at a mornings on main call. I'll send 
> contact info to Cam.
> 
>> On Mar 11, 2026, at 8:54 AM, Shawn Irvine 
>> <irvine.shawn at ci.independence.or.us> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Judy,
>> 
>> Independence had placer for a year a couple years ago.  It's useful 
>> for a lot of things, but you really have to know what you want to do 
>> with it to make the cost worthwhile.  Also, the numbers never match up 
>> with on the ground data so you have to think of it in terms of trends, 
>> generalities, and percent changes as opposed to "513 people came to 
>> this store last week."  Our attorney also had a lot of issues with 
>> their contract terms.  On the positive side, we also used it for 
>> things like land use planning, understanding traffic patterns, and 
>> park usage.
>> 
>> Happy to talk about it.  Drop me a line.
>> 
>> Shawn Irvine
>> 
>> Assistant City Manager
>> 
>> Office 503.837.1191 | Fax 503.606.3282
>> 
>> sirvine at ci.independence.or.us
>> 
>> www.experienceindyoregon.com
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>> From: OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers-bounces at omls.oregon.gov> on behalf of 
>> judyg at macnet.com <judyg at macnet.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2026 6:26 PM
>> To: oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov <oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov>
>> Subject: [OMS_MANAGERS] Geo-fencing apps?
>> 
>> Wondering if any of your organizations are using placer.ai or other 
>> such geo-fencing applications for data gathering?  And if so, I'd like 
>> to reach out and find out more.  We are thinking of it here, but as a 
>> tiny town it seems a heavy lift.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Judy Gerrard - Dayton Community Development Assoc / Board 
>> Secretary-Treasurer
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