GIS Motivation GIS Consultants, Oakland, CA Page 1 GIS Consultants GIS Consultants GIS Consultants WHY GIS? Personal Motivation Unlocks the Energy GIS Consultants GIS Consultants GIS Consultants WHY ARE YOU USING GIS? • What Interests You? • Why Were You Drawn to GIS? • What Inspires You? • How is it Working? • What is Needed?
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WHY ARE YOU USING GIS? - Esri · GIS Consultants • Application Software Programming • Geoprocessing Analysis for Specific Disciplines: O Land Use Planning O Geology, Forestry,
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• Visualizing RealityO Use Tools for Improvement and Change
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Why Were YOU Drawn to GIS?
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Why Were YOU Drawn to GIS?
• Understand Our World• Use New Technology• Share, Learn, Build Relationships• Work-related Requirement• It is Fun• Competance: "I can do anything with GIS"• Leaving the World better than when I found it
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How Does GIS Inspire You?
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How Does GIS Inspire You?
• Geography Brings Us Together• Context Organizing Content• Implementing Wholistic Thinking• Access to Information – Democratization• New Way of Working – Cooperating• Improve Decision Processes – Coordinating• Being a Respected Service Provider
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How Well is GIS Meeting Your Expectations?
• How Well is it Working?
• What is Snagging?
• What is Missing?
• Where do We Go from Here?
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What is Snagging GIS Progress?
• Detailed Database Construction• Learning the Software• Developing Useful Applications• Cooperation for Data Maintenance• Acceptance in the Organization• Staffing, Training, Budgetary Support
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What is Missing?
• A Credible Plan to the End of the Tunnel
• Highly Useful ApplicationsO critical to the organization?
• Staffing, Training, Budgetary Support
• Re-design of Business ProcessO still automating paper processes?
• Participation & Cooperation from Peers, Staff Managers
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GIS IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
PALO ALTO GIS IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 [ Year 4 Year 5 Ongoing Operation
MANAGEMENT
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What is Missing?
• A Credible Plan to the End of the Tunnel
• Highly Useful ApplicationsO critical to the organization
• Staffing, Training, Budgetary Support
• Re-design of Business ProcessO still automating paper processes?
• Participation & Cooperation from Peers, Staff Managers
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APPLICATIONS BY GIS USERS
• Aquifer Pollution Modeling• Cadastral Information• Census Demographics• Data Access – Library• Engineering Design – Roads,
• Land Use Planning• Landfill Management• Leak Survey• Natural Resource Management• Noise Abatement• Police/Fire Emergency Response• Politics – Elections• ROW Survey, Expansion• Tract/Subdivision Design• Traffic Analysis• Utility Customer Information• Water Well Monitoring• Zoning
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PRIORITIZE APPLICATIONS
• Biggest Impact or Need• Easy, Fast• Foundation Building• Public Relations Impact• Decision Maker's Hot Button• Special Project Focus
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GIS BENEFITS
• Eliminates Redundancy• Improves Record Keeping• Timely Access to Information• Simplifies Access to Information• Decreases or Contains Operating Costs
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More Benefits Can Be Realized
• Decision Analysis of More Alternatives
• Decision Support Using More Data
• Integration with Organization's Other Data
• Synergy from Integrated Processes
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What is Missing?
• A Credible Plan to the End of the Tunnel
• Highly Useful ApplicationsO critical to the organization
• Staffing, Training, Budgetary Support
• Re-design of Business ProcessO still automating paper processes?
• Participation & Cooperation from Peers, Staff Managers