Digital signage and high-visibility video walls can be a valuable tool for state and local governments to keep staff and the public informed.
Fremont, CA:By using scheduled or dynamically updated messaging via secure software, digital signage can do everything from updating residents to relaying mission-critical data for utility operators and first responders. Effective signage is also important for crowd control in outdoor events and venues like parades and festivals.
Here are some ways in which state, county, and municipal governments can use video walls for public information display.
1. Crowd Control
Digital displays can be used to manage and streamline tasks like waiting for government-issued IDs, licenses, and permits. Interactive screens can help with appointment check-ins and even issue waiting list numbers. Displays in waiting rooms can announce who’s being served and where they should go. These displays also present an opportunity to communicate additional information or public messaging to crowds, raising awareness of other available options such as online services.
2. Courts
A public information display in a busy courthouse corridor or waiting area can relay critical details like case numbers and court appearance times without compromising sensitive information. Going digital reduces the burden off judicial operations and building staff, making it easier to keep pace with the rapid changes that are common in court processes.
3. Command Centers
Large video walls can give everyone from the police to public utility operators a full view of critical operations. In control rooms, a seamless direct view LED display provides a wall-filling canvas that relays everything from traffic and surveillance footage to real-time, graphics-driven data from the operating systems keeping streetlights illuminated and drinking water safe. These displays are ideal for secure environments because they are impossible for threat actors to access via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.
4. Mass Transit
Displays at mass transit stations and hubs update schedules and guide riders. Mass transport systems can use interactive displays to help riders plan trips and purchase tickets. They can also use larger signage to inform them of service changes and disruptions, freeing up staff for other tasks. At the track and stop level, sensors and data systems provide real-time arrival status on flat-panel and direct view LED displays.
5. Community Building
Displays in government facilities such as libraries and recreation centers can raise awareness of community events and programs. Highly visible displays with full-motion graphics and rich color reproduction capture people’s attention and generate interest far more effectively than paper-based bulletin boards.
Digital signage technology is a highly effective, cost-efficient platform for informing government workers and the public. Government entities equipped with the right strategically placed digital signage solutions can view, analyze and communicate all sorts of information that their staff and the public depend on.
