URISA The Development of a Geospatial Society,
ROI, and Why GIS Matters
Greg Babinski, MA, GISP
Finance & Marketing Manager King County GIS Center Seattle, Washington, USA URISA Past-President URISA GIS Management Institute Committee Chair
April 29, 2013 Mount Clemens, MI
2013 IMAGIN GIS Conference
URISA The Development of a Geospatial Society,
ROI, and Why GIS Matters
Greg Babinski, MA, GISP
Finance & Marketing Manager King County GIS Center Seattle, Washington, USA URISA Past-President URISA GIS Management Institute Committee Chair
April 29, 2013 Mount Clemens Pleasant, MI
2013 IMAGIN GIS Conference
Greetings from URISA The Association for GIS Professionals
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
Greetings from URISA The Association for GIS Professionals
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
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
Disruption – is it good or bad?
Good or bad?
Cell disruption is a method or process in cell biology for releasing biological molecules from inside a cell.
"Disruption" in Schema (genetic algorithms)
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?‟
August 28, 1963
Dr. Martin Luther King delivers his ‘I have a dream’ speech
during the March on Washington
August 28, 1963
Dr. Edgar Horwood of the University of Washington
convened the first URISA Conference in Los Angeles
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
All Innovation Originates from Laziness!
All Innovation Originates from Laziness!
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
system • geographic concepts defining GIS
• geographic information system (GIS)
• geographic knowledge system
• geomatics
• georeferencing
• geospatial technology
• geostatistics
• GIS planning and implementation
• GIS trends
• global positioning systems
• globalization impact on community information
strategies • Google (street view, etc.)
• hazard information systems
• health information system
• housing information system
• human resources management information system
• imaging systems
• impact assessment principles/practices/techniques
• indexes and other metrics for
evaluating/grading/measuring performance • informatics
• 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
• needs analysis – information
• needs analysis – policy information/knowledge bases
• object-oriented database
• online mapping
• open systems and architecture
• pedestrian-sensitive intersection traffic safety system
• plan, program, budget information system
• planning and evaluation information system
• planning information system
• planning research information system
• police management information system
• policy objective, formation, and evaluation system
• policy research information system
• privatization impact on public sector information
services • productivity measurement
• project performance information system
• property assessment information system
• property inspections information system
• property standards by-law enforcement system
• prosecution management information system
• public participation geographic information system
• public policy and IS/GIS/LIS inputs
• quality assurance for GIS
• quality control procedures and systems
• real estate information system
• regional management information system
• relational database-management system, • remote sensing systems
• residential appraisal information system
• resource allocation models
• return on investment principles and practices
• routing systems (vehicles, utilities, etc.)
• school districting information system
• social indicators information system
• spatial analysis for business
• spatial analysis techniques, • spatial data infrastructures
• spatial data transfer standard (SDTS)
• spatial data warehouse
• standard of care information obligations
• street addressing
• topology
• traffic management information system, • transit planning information system
• transportation information system
• water and wastewater information system
• urban data models
• urban development information system
• urban information system
• zoning information system
Reflections on Survey and GIS Survey Profession is property focused
Determines authoritative location
Focus on the exclusive use of tools and methodology
Develop maps that become legal documents
Has a code of ethics
Delivers value to society
Its work is focused on „property‟
What is its „Moral Imperative‟?
What is the focus of the GIS Profession? Ummm…?
Stuff surveyors don‟t want to do?
Using GIS tools?
A personal reflection: Dr. William Bunge
Author: Theoretical Geography The Fitzgerald Project The Nuclear War Atlas
Dr. William Bunge at Wayne State University
Dr. William Bunge at Wayne State University
Dr. William Bunge at Wayne State University
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Dr. William Bunge at Wayne State University
URISA and the development of geospatial society:
URISA‟s 50th Annual Conference – GIS-Pro 2012
URISA Journal – Academic Indexing
The GIS Professional – Practitioner based articles and news
Specialty Conferences: Addressing, Assessing, Transit, Public Health – plus Caribbean Conference
Weeklong URISA GIS Leadership Academy
The Development of a Geospatial Society: Present Contributions
URISA and the development of geospatial society: Daylong URISA Workshops:
3D Geospatial: Project Implementation Methods and Best Practices
Addresses and IS/GIS Implementation: Key to GIS Success
An Overview of Open Source GIS Software
Asset Management: Planning, Strategy, and Implementation
Business Intelligence and Data Integration for the GIS Professional -NEW
Building Quality Spatial Data
Cartography and Map Design
eGovernment-Planning, Policy and the Portal
Field Automation Options for Local Government
GIS Enterprise Architecture & System Integration
GIS Program Management
GIS Strategic Planning
Introduction to Agile: Project Management and Development
An Introduction to Public Participation GIS: Using GIS to Support Community Decision Making
LIDAR Concepts, Principles and Application
Public Data, Public Access, Privacy, and Security: U.S. Law and Policy
Transportation Spatial Database Design
Quality Management: Introduction to Issue Tracking
The Development of a Geospatial Society: Present Contributions
URISA and the development of geospatial society:
URISA „Foundations‟
Available for download at www.urisa.org
The Development of a Geospatial Society: Present Contributions
URISA and the development of geospatial society:
29 regional chapters
International affiliation: SSSI in Australia and New Zealand
Founded the GIS Certification Institute (GISP Program)
Initiated the Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO)
Instrumental in development of the US DOL „Geospatial Technology Competency Model‟ (GTCM)
Developed the URISA - USDOL „Geospatial Management Competency Model‟ (GMCM)
Developed the URISA GIS Capability Maturity Model (GISCMM)
The Development of a Geospatial Society: Present Contributions
URISA and the development of geospatial society:
URISA‟s GISCorps
Volunteer based support to emergency relief, humanitarian, health, and environmental projects around the world
1,600 volunteers
100+ Projects
2012 Presidential Award
The Development of a Geospatial Society: Present Contributions
URISA and the development of geospatial society:
Washington Chapter of URISA (www.waurisa.org)
2013 Washington GIS Conference – 6-8 May 2013 (300 attendees expected)
The Summit – Washington State GIS Newsletter
Summit Award – Annual Award for GIS contribution
Dick Thomas Student Paper Competition
Educational Workshops
The Development of a Geospatial Society: Present Contributions
A Personal Reflection on URISA‟s Influence:
East Bay Municipal Utility District – GIS Supervisor:
GIS planning & Implementation
Water & Wastewater Information Systems
King County GIS Center:
Centralization vs. Decentralization Issues
Data standards and data sharing protocols
Health information systems
Return on Investment
The Development of a Geospatial Society: Present Contributions
A New Approach to Performance Management King County AIMS High and Social Equity
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GIS ROI Estimates & Benefit-Cost Analysis
Common tool for analyzing & configuring development plans
Typically result in an estimate or forecast of business benefits
ROI Estimates & Benefit-Cost Analysis
King County GIS – 1992 GIS ROI Estimate
King County GIS – 1992 GIS ROI Estimate
King County GIS - Development History:
Originated with 1992 PlanGraphics study
1992 Benefit Cost Analysis
PlanGraphics identified 126 business applications and a $22 million capital cost estimate
1992-1994 King County – Seattle Metro merger
1993 joint King County – Metro GIS scoping plan – reduced $6.8 million scope approved by King County Council
1993-1997 GIS capital project executed
1997 KCGIS O&M begins
2002 KCGIS Consolidation implemented
2012 KCGIS Development:
500+/- desktop GIS users
100,000 annual internal web based GIS user sessions
2.2 million annual external web based GIS user sessions
50 GIS professionals
GIS use expanded from 12 to 35 county departments and offices
But where are we really on the optimal development of GIS in King County?
What was (is) our ROI?
GIS ROI Documentation Studies?
Why are they not required?
Why are they not performed?
GIS ROI Documentation Studies? Baltimore County, MD
GIS ROI Documentation Studies? Baltimore County, MD
Why GIS ROI Documentation Studies? State of Oregon
Why GIS ROI Documentation Studies? State of Oregon
GIS ROI Documentation Study Breakthrough
New Zealand
GIS ROI Documentation Study New Zealand
Oregon/KCGIS GIS ROI Study Project
Conceived during 2009 URISA AC in Anaheim
Approach finalized during 2009 ULA in Seattle
State of Oregon & King County joint funding
KCGIS 2010 Priority Initiative
Managed by KCGIS Center
KCGIS GIS ROI Study
May 2010 RFP sent to targeted consultants
June 2010 consultant selection
August 2010 contract signed
July 2010 work began
September & October 2011 Preliminary Results Released
March 2012 Final Report Published
KCGIS GIS ROI Study
Consultant Team from UW Evans School of Public Affairs:
Prof. Richard W. Zerbe
Danielle Fumia & Travis Reynolds
Pradeep Singh & Tyler Scott
KCGIS GIS ROI Study
Consultant Team from UW Evans School of Public Affairs:
Benefit-Cost Analysis Center
KCGIS GIS ROI Study
Scope of Work:
Literature Review
Qualitative Interviews (n = 30)
Quantitative Survey (n = 200)
Final ROI Report
Revised Interview/Survey Instruments for future studies
With or without survey methodology:
How has GIS altered agency output levels?
Benefits associated with FTE reductions to produce the same (pre-GIS) level of output
Benefits associated with enhanced production with the same FTE levels
Three stage analysis:
Interview agency heads and key employees to assess the types of applications and business uses. Interviews were used to build an employee survey.
Employees and managers across King County responded to the survey to record their pre and current (or with vs. without) GIS productivity by output types.
Interview and survey results were compiled by output type, agency, and productivity levels. Results were then monetized.
Monetized benefits compared to detailed GIS capital O&M, and end-user costs
KCGIS GIS ROI Study: Methodology
KCGIS GIS ROI Study Results
“The most conservative estimate presented finds that the use of GIS has produced
approximately $775 million in net benefits over the eighteen year period from 1992 to
2010….
Thus a reasonable estimate of total gains is between $180 million and $87 million in
2010.”
KCGIS GIS ROI Study Results
Theoretical basis for cost and benefit calculations
Future Steps:
Article in ICMA ESRI Press Book of GIS for Elected Officials
Likely articles by Dr. Zerbe & colleagues in GFR, URISA Journal
Analyze detailed department results
Analyze detailed benefits by output type
Analyze detailed benefits by productivity type
Tell our bosses - great interest within KC government
Compare with Twin Cities/Metro GIS Parcel Data ROI study
Compliment & Inform Multnomah County ROI study
URISA ROI Workshop development
Refine methodology
Encourage/support more studies
KCGIS GIS ROI Study
Questions & Answers:
At what stage is KCGIS in the total potential business use of GIS?
Are the KCGIS results „good‟?
How do we know?
Do we need similar studies of other large counties?
What about a single „latitudinal‟ study of 15-20 mid-sized cities in Washington & Oregon & British Columbia?
Are government agency officials not now compelled to pursue full GIS development?
KCGIS GIS ROI Study
Acknowledgement:
State of Oregon GIS and Cy Smith, Oregon GIO
KCGIS Technical Committee
Richard O. Zerbe & UW GIS ROI Study Team
KCGIS Center Interview team:
George Horning, Manager
Greg Stought, Enterprise Services Manager
Dennis Higgins, GISP, Client Services Manager
Debbie Bull, GIS DBA
Greg Babinski, GISP, Finance & Marketing Manager
Questions, Comments & Discussion Learn More: • ArcNews: Summer 2012:
http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/summer12articles/king-county-documents-roi-of-gis.html
• Access full report on King County web site: www.kingcounty.gov/gis
Using GIS to „Incentivize‟ People to Change
Using GIS to „Incentivize‟ People to Change
Using GIS to „Incentivize‟ People to Change
Using GIS to „Incentivize‟ People to Change
Using GIS to „Incentivize‟ People to Change
Using GIS to „Incentivize‟ People to Change
Using GIS to „Incentivize‟ People to Change
Using GIS to „Incentivize‟ People to Change
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
Dr. Costis Toregas at United Nations Conference on GIS - presentation titled “Geography as a Municipal Asset”
“Geography has always been a major integrative element in municipal administration. Many points of municipal policy concern are debatable, but geography can be said to be constant and decisive. The location of a tree or a city block cannot change, nor be the topic of a debate. For this reason, the spread of Geographic Information Systems (or GIS) has been rapid and dramatic in state and local government institutions. “
Microsoft
Boeing
Paccar
Nordstrom's
Amazon
Starbucks
Port of Seattle
Weyerhaeuser
Univ. of Washington
Skype?
URISA and the future of geospatial society:
URISA Proceedings & URISA Journal online and searchable (project in progress – but additional financial support needed)
URISA Listserv – closed communications amongst URISA members – a virtual GIS „silicon valley‟
URISA Connect webinars – allowing delivery of education worldwide
The Development of a Geospatial Society: Future Vision
URISA and the future of geospatial society:
The URISA GIS Management Institute:
URISA GIS Management Body of Knowledge
URISA GIS Capability Maturity Model
URISA Geospatial Management Competency Model
URISA Accreditation of Enterprise GIS Program
URISA Accreditation of Educational Programs
URISA GIS ROI Methodology
The Development of a Geospatial Society: Future Vision
URISA‟s GIS Management Institute
Originated with basic questions:
Is there a GIS profession?
2009 URISA adopted the GIS Capability Maturity Model 2010 -URISA Commits to Develop Tier 9: The Geospatial Management Competency Model
URISA GMCM Core Team: David DiBiase Patrick Kennelly Greg Babinski
Coordination with USDOLETA URISA‟s GMCM delivered to DOLETA June 8, 2012
http://www.urisa.org/gmcm_review
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
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 supervised by 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 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
Knowledge
Platform
Sensor Web
Knowledge-Oriented
Cyberinfrastructure
TIEOS – Intelligent Taiwan
Project
The Development of a Geospatial Society: Future Vision
URISA and the future of geospatial society:
The Development of a Geospatial Society: Future Vision
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URISA and the future of geospatial society:
The Development of a Geospatial Society: Future Vision
Reflections on Survey and GIS Survey Profession is property focused
Determines authoritative location
Focus on the exclusive use of tools and methodology
Develop maps that become legal documents
Has a code of ethics
Delivers value to society
Its work is focused on „property‟
What is its „Moral Imperative‟?
What is the focus of the GIS Profession? Create maps from framework and business data as decision support tools
It‟s focus is on stuff that moves around and maybe changes
Time and distance
Relative location
Correlation of phenomena
Relies on tools and methodology
Has a code of ethics
Has a moral imperative
Puts its tools in the hands of people
Delivers value to society
URISA – The Association for GIS Professionals
Greg Babinski, MA, GISP URISA Past-President URISA GIS Management Institute Committee Chair Summit Founding Editor
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 The Summit www.waurisa.org/thesummit