URISA and the Development of a Geospatial Society Greg Babinski, MA, GISP Finance & Marketing Manager King County GIS Center Seattle, Washington, USA URISA Past-President URISA GIS Management Institute Committee Chair SSSI Conference 2013 15-19 April 2013
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URISA and the Development of a Geospatial Society
Greg Babinski, MA, GISP
Finance & Marketing Manager King County GIS Center Seattle, Washington, USA URISA Past-President URISA GIS Management Institute Committee Chair
SSSI Conference 2013 15-19 April 2013
Greetings from URISA
URISA Board of Directors: President: Al Butler, GISP, AICP Past President: Greg Babinski, MA, GISP President Elect: Allen Ibaugh, AICP, GISP Secretary: Danielle Ayan, GISP Treasurer: Doug Adams, GISP Thomas Conry Tripp Corbin, MCP, CFM, GISP Nancy Obermeyer, GISP Claudia Paskauskas, GISP Cindy Post Chris Thomas Teresa Townsend
URISA Staff and Committees: Wendy Nelson, Executive Director Keri Brennan, Education Manager Katie Morehead, Office Manager Verlanda McBride, Database Administrator Pat Francis, Conference Manager Ann Bishopp, Finance Manager
King County, Washington
Population (2010 USCB): 1,931,249 (14th most populous US county)
Area: 2130 square miles (sea level to 8,000’)
39 incorporated cities
Viable agricultural and private forestry areas
Remote wilderness & watershed lands
Microsoft
Boeing
Paccar
Nordstrom's
Amazon
Starbucks
Port of Seattle
Weyerhaeuser
Univ. of Washington
Google
Skype
Gates Foundation
The Development of a Geospatial Society: Key Themes
1. The past and URISA’s engineering and planning origins: 50 years of geospatial accomplishment
2. The present and URISA’s relevance for a geospatial society
3. URISA’s role and a vision for the future geospatial society
Dr. Edgar M. Horwood
Professor of Civil Engineering and Urban Planning
University of Washington School of Engineering
URISA Founder
The Development of a Geospatial Society: Past Foundations
Professor Horwood’s simple but disruptive question to the U.S. Census Bureau in 1962:
“Can you let me have the 1960 census data for the U.S. on digital tape?’
Edgar Horwood and the birth of URISA:
Working with University of Washington Geography Department – established a short course on data mapping presented in 1962 and 1963
1963 to 1966 Urban Planning Information Systems and Programs Conferences for short course alumni
1963 Conference considered first URISA Annual Conference
In 1966 the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) was formally established with Dr. Horwood as first President.
The Development of a Geospatial Society: Past Foundations
URISA and the development of geospatial technology:
URISA short course 1963 graduate Howard Fischer assumed the challenge to develop an improved card mapping system
Fischer developed SYMAP for automated chloropleth and contour mapping
In 1965 Fischer established the Harvard Computer Graphics Laboratory where he released computer mapping source code
Jack Dangermond developed ArcInfo from the Harvard R&D program, leading to the development of Esri
The Development of a Geospatial Society: Past Foundations
URISA and the development of geospatial society:
Annual Conferences and Proceedings from 1963 to present
URISA Journal – Continued peer-reviewed academic focus
Exemplary Systems in GIS (ESIG) Awards
Basic URISA formula:
How to use technology x plus spatial data y for government business purpose z
The Development of a Geospatial Society: Past Foundations
Domains Discussed in URISA Conference Proceedings:
The Development of a Geospatial Society: Past Foundations
• access to data issues
• access to data policies
• access to information issues
• access to information policies
• applications of data systems
• applications of geographic information systems
(GIS) • applications of information systems (IS)
• applications of land information systems (LIS)
• assessing GIS benefits
• assessing IS benefits
• assessing management information system (MIS)
benefits • asset management systems
• attribute data
• automated cartography
• automated data processing
• automated mapping, • automated vehicle tracking
• cartographic principles and practices
• centralization/decentralization issues
• census
• climate change monitoring system
• code enforcement information system
• community health information system
• complaints-based municipal standard of care
response system • complaints-based inspector dispatch system
• computer-aided dispatch
• computer-aided mass appraisal • computer-communications systems
• confidentiality and privacy issues and practices
• consultants and data conversion tasks
• consultants and IS/GIS/LIS design and
implementation • contour mapping, • coordinate systems
• COTS – OSS/FS – Saas
• criminal justice information system
• data access control plan
• data acquisition alternatives
• data conversion processes
• data dictionary
• data generation techniques
• data layers/overlays
• data maintenance
• data models • data sharing issues/protocols • data sources and data acquisition/transfer caveats and protocols • data standards • decision support information system
Domains Discussed in URISA Conference Proceedings:
The Development of a Geospatial Society: Past Foundations
• development monitoring/tracking information
system
• devolution impact on municipal government
information services • digital elevation model • digital mapping
• digital terrain model • dispatch Information system
• ”Doomsday Map” • economic development information system
• electronic data processing
• emergency response information system
• enterprise geographic information system
• environmental impact assessment information
system • environmental information system
• environmental technical information system
• evaluating information system performance
• exemplary systems/best practices
• expert and knowledge-based information system
• facility management system
• financial information system
• fiscal impact analysis
• fiscal information system
• geocoding
• geodatabase structures
• geographic base file
• geographically-referenced data storage and retrieval
• information and knowledge bases for decision-making
Domains Discussed in URISA Conference Proceedings:
The Development of a Geospatial Society: Past Foundations
• Information interchange protocols
• information management systems
• information research services
• information science
• information society
• information system architecture
• information system functionality
• information system performance
• information systems and critical/essential
infrastructure • information system trends
• informational activity criteria
• informing and listening to the public
• infrastructure management and maintenance
information system • in-house/out-source principles and practices
• institutional and organizational factors
• institutional maxims and conditions
• integrating land records databases
• integrated municipal information system
• integrated system development
• interactive GIS
• interdependent infrastructures and information
systems • intergovernmental information system
• internet GIS
• land information system
• land market information system
• land parcel information system
• land records information system
• land registration information system
• land/structure/occupancy database
• land use classification systems
• legacy systems
• legal issues
• LiDAR
• management information system, • measuring information system return on investment
• mental health data system
• metadata
• methods and techniques of spatial analysis
• metropolitan information system
• mobile LiDAR
• motor vehicle accident records information system
• multi-jurisdictional geographic information system
• multimedia systems and applications in local government
• multipurpose cadastre • multi-purpose land information system • municipal information system • national spatial data infrastructure (NSDI) • natural resources information system • needs analysis – data
Domains Discussed in URISA Conference Proceedings:
The Development of a Geospatial Society: Past Foundations
URISA’s GIS Management Institute Originated with basic questions: Is there a GIS profession? What is the GIS Profession’s Moral Imperative? Does GIS provide value to society?
Is There a GIS Profession? ArcNews, Summer 2012: Strengthening the GIS Profession, by David DiBiase What is the Moral Imperative of the GIS Profession?
The GIS profession uses geographic theory, spatial analysis, and geospatial technology to help society manage the Earth’s finite space, with its natural
resources and communities, on a just and sustainable basis for the benefit of humanity.
Does GIS Provide Value to Society? ArcNews, Summer 2012: King County Documents ROI of GIS (minimum $776 million net benefit over 18 years, $87 million in 2010) http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/index.html
Consultant Team from UW Evans School of Public Affairs:
Prof. Richard W. Zerbe
Danielle Fumia & Travis Reynolds
Pradeep Singh & Tyler Scott
King County GIS ROI Study
GIS operations are maturing – or they should be
GIS operations manage large capital investments
GIS operations require large operating budgets
GIS is a proven technology for effective municipal administration (standard of care)
GIS operations deliver huge returns on investment
Local agency leaders and managers must deploy GIS for cost-effective government services (and to comply with the standard of care)
Geospatial technology is complex, continues to evolve, and continues to provide new opportunities
The management of municipal GIS operations is complex, evolving, and requires a scientific, professional approach
URISA’s GIS Management Institute What is the Business Need?
Is GIS management distinct from other types of municipal management? The management of GIS requires knowledge skills and abilities that set it apart from and
above many other management domains, due to its complexity, importance for effective services, and integrative role in local government enterprise operations.
Proposals that GIS operations should be under the supervision of licensed engineers or surveyors are not supported by the breadth of knowledge domains required for GIS management.
URISA’s GIS Management Institute What is the Business Need?
Knowledge Domains
Management Areas
GIS Survey Engineering IT Project Mgt Geography
GIS Technology X O O
Survey O X O O
Engineering O X O
General IT X X O
PM X O X
Geography X X
Cartography X O X
GIS Science X O
Databases X X
Programming X X
Geospatial Law X
Contracting X O O X X
Governance X X O
The Ah-ha Moment:
GIS operational process maturity (aka the GIS Capability Maturity Model)
and…
GIS management capability (aka the Geospatial Management Competency Model)
Can both best be defined against…
A body of geospatial management best practices and standards, or the GIS Management Body of Knowledge
URISA’s GIS Management Institute What is the Business Need?
Develop the URISA GIS Management Body of Knowledge (GMBOK)
Maintain the URISA Geospatial Management Competency Model (GMCM)
Maintain the URISA GIS Capability Maturity Model (GCMM)
Accredit the capability and maturity of county, city, and regional GIS operations against the GCMM
Accredit GIS Management educational programs for alignment with the URISA GMBOK and GMCM
URISA’s GIS Management Institute What will the URISA GIS Management Institute
do?
Include an advisory council from other geospatial management professional stakeholders
Include international stakeholders
Advance the future certification of GIS Managers by developing a GIS Managers designation of the GISP in partnership with GISCI
URISA’s GIS Management Institute What will the GMI do with in cooperation with
others?
URISA developed and launched GISCI
URISA developed and manages GISCorps
URISA has 50 years of study, experience & intellectual capital related to GIS development and management
URISA has a portfolio of publications and educational offerings, including the ULA, that can be aligned to support GIS management
URISA has a history of 31 years of ESIG awards that form an initial resource for recognizing GIS management best practices
URISA has designated the development of the GIS Management Institute as a priority initiative
URISA’s GIS Management Institute Why URISA?
URISA’s GIS Management Institute Who will use the GMI, and why?
Babinski’s Theory of GIS Management:
As GIS Operational Maturity Improves, ROI Increases
GIS Managers – to assess their competency against the GMCM and GMBOK and plan their professional development
Organizations with GIS Operations – to assess their capability and process maturity against peer agencies and by becoming GMI accredited against the GMBOK via the GCMM
Geospatial professionals – to assess and align their own practices against the GMBOK
GIS management educational programs – to assess and refine their curriculum by becoming GMI accredited against the GMBOK, GMCM & GCMM
GIS management consultants – to assess and refine their practices against the GMBOK, GMCM & GCMM
In the future, GIS managers will use GMI products and services to prepare for achieving a GISP manager designation through GISCI
URISA’s GIS Management Institute Who will use the GMI, and why?
URISA’s GIS Management Institute
How will the GMI Operate?
GMBOK:
GIS Management Body of Knowledge
Municipal GIS
Operations GCMM
Accreditation
GCMM: GIS Capability Maturity Model
URISA Education
ULA & UMA
GIS Management Educational
Program Accreditation
GISCI
GIS Managers Certification Component
GMCM: Geospatial
Management Competency
Model
Future:
ROI Services
Other
Accreditation
Benchmarking
URISA’s GIS Management Institute How will the GMI Operate?
URISA’s GIS Management Institute
How will the GMI Operate?
URISA and the future of geospatial society:
The URISA International Initiative:
Existing SSSI (Australia & New Zealand) affiliation
Proposed semi-annual Canada GIS Conference
New URISA-UAE Chapter
Request to form URISA-Poland chapter
Other possible URISA chapters (Turkey, Singapore)
Other possible URISA affiliations (Asia, Latin America, India, Africa, Others)
Re-establish URISA affiliation with BURISA
The Development of a Geospatial Society: Future Vision
URISA and the future of geospatial society:
The Development of a Geospatial Society: Future Vision
Finance & Marketing Manager King County GIS Center 201 South Jackson Street, Suite 706 Seattle, WA 98104 206-263-3753 [email protected] www.kingcounty.gov/gis URISA - The Association for GIS Professionals www.urisa.org