Web-GIS used to support and strengthen Environmental and Social Management Plan - Gail Burgess & Peter McBride, ERM

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Web-GIS used to support and strengthenEnvironmental and Social Management Plans


Gail Burgess – GIS Consultant

Peter McBride – Senior GIS Consultant


Presentation Outline

• About ERM

• Development Lifecycle

• The Problem

• The Solution

• Benefits

• Disadvantages

• Conclusion


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About ERM

• Environmental Resources Management

• Leading global provider of environmental, health, safety, risk, and social consulting services.

• 140 offices in 39 countries and employ over 5000 people.

• Clients include Fortune 500 companies

• 400 GIS staff around the globe

• A global Data Management, Modelling and Visualisation (DMMV) Practice Group


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About Us

Peter McBride• Senior GIS Consultant• Lead consultant in Edinburgh and

Manchester Offices• Part of global web GIS working

group• GIS lead for Environmental

Management Systems

Gail Burgess• GIS Consultant• Based in Edinburgh• Part of global working group for

mobile GIS.• GIS specialist for biodiversity• GIS liaison for HS2 ecology EIA

and ongoing studies


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Development Lifespan

Feasibility Impact Assessment Operation Decom-

missioning

Project Stage

Options Appraisal

Environmental and Social

Impact Assessment

Environmental and Social

Management Plan

Decommisioning Report

Reporting Requirements


The Problem

• ESMPs are large static documents

• Knowledge gaps

• Often different teams

• Dynamic project environment

• E.g. cities evolve very quickly

• Accessibility Issues

• Multiple Versions – no single source of truth


The Solution

• Web-based ESMP GIS Viewer

View

Query

Connect

Collaborate

Geo – processing

Extract


VIEW

■ Interact directly with multiple complex map layers


QUERY■ Find information by querying the GIS database■ Directly measure and extract points, distances and areas


CONNECT

■ Link features to documents or web links (e.g. photos, logs, graphs)


COLLABORATE

■ Edit selected features to share instantly with other system users


GEOPROCESSING■ Complex spatial query and analysis options directly over the web

(e.g. multivariate data queries, feature buffering)


EXTRACT

■ Print simple maps or extract data for further analysis


The Benefits of Web Based ESMPs

• Accessible by All

• Extendable

• Cost effective to implement

• Single source of truth

• Customisable interface

• Give power of GIS back to the users

• Accessible in the field


Potential Drawbacks of Web Based ESMPs

• Financing

• Ongoing administration and improvements

• System maintenance

• Data conversion and consolidation


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Conclusion

• Static documents are no longer suitable

• Increased awareness of project stakeholders to environmental issues

• Access to data by everyone is essential

• City environments are more and more dynamic and evolving so data becomes out of date quickly

• Web based ESMPs provide a solution

• Provide access to spatial data to everyone

• Unleash the power of GIS to all project stakeholders

• Can be expensive to implement but provide returns on investment throughout the project lifecycle

Web-GIS used to support and strengthen Environmental and Social Management Plan - Gail Burgess & Peter McBride, ERM

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