gis mobile apps for highways - wiltshire council
DESCRIPTION
At Esri UK Annual Conference 2014 With 90% of Council data having a spatial element, either an address or location on a map, the provision of spatial information is a trusted and valuable service within Wiltshire Council. With the ever expanding need for spatial data across the business coupled with pressures to make more savings across the authority, it is essential we maximise the use of our existing contracts, join up and share spatial data across business areas internally and externally and strive to make the best business decisions possible for our customers via GIS.TRANSCRIPT
GIS Mobile Apps for Highways – June 2014Julie Seddon – Solutions Manager – Spatial Information Team
Wiltshire Corporate Award Winners
• Wiltshire County Area
3255 km2
Under 5: 28,373 (6%)
Over 65: 85,488 (18%)
Army Personnel and
Dependants:
31,000 (7%)
Total Population: 470,981
• Addition 14,800 army personnel to be
located on Salisbury Plain by 2020
Wiltshire Key Settlements
and Population per LSOA
• Spatial Team – Transformation Department
Current Status
• 4th year of ELA with ESRI
• 400 desktop users, 250+ LVF users with 70 windows
• Adoption of GIS throughout Wiltshire Council, up to 5000 staff
• Piloting of collector and viewer apps
• Working in partnership with Wiltshire Police IT
Spatial Information Team
GIS Mobile Project for Highways
• The Challenge
• The Options
• The Process
• The Solutions
• The Benefits & Savings
The Challenge
• Multiple data capture via paper maps in the field
• Time spent transferring data from paper records to systems
• Accuracy issues and duplication of data captured
• Limited knowledge on council highways asset conditions
• Decisions being made on out of data/inaccurate data
• Historic cost to the council for claims against assets (non highway)
The Options
Option 1
• Introduce asset recording GIS apps to allow officers to capture
data live in the field
Option 2
• Do nothing……
Option 1 was the recommended and chosen option
The Process
• Workshops
• Confirmed the apps required
• Confirmed the domains needed
• Configured the apps
• Trained staff
• Created test plans with an agreed testing period
• Follow up sessions – feedback, changes made and retested
• Go live
Create Domains for
App in Catalogue
Enter the SVC
account details
including titles and
tags and store
credentials with the
service item
Create a blank layer
with required fields in
Catalogue
Link the domains to
the layer’s fields in
Catalogue
Make an MXD
containing your
required layers and
style it as
appropriate
Add Item (this adds
the service online)
In the Map tab,
search for the layer
and add the layer
from the list
Choose the
basemaps, save and
share then choosing
an app template
Make the web app,
choose the edit
template, publish,
save and publish
Login to ArcGIS.com
and add a new item
to the web and paste
in the URL, changing
the server name to
the Wiltshire alias
Login to ArcGIS
server manager and
copy the relevant rest
end point of the
feature server
Publish your MXD
to the secure folder
Go into the new
app, and share it!
The Technical Process
The Solution
3 Collector apps
• Drainage App
• Fixed Assets App
• Play Area App
4 Viewer Apps
• Street Litter Viewer App
• Grounds Maintenance Viewer App
• Street Cleansing Viewer App
• Winter Maintenance App
Collecting a Feature
• Select a drainage type
Select a condition
Enter officer details
Select a board area
Select a date
Take a photo and save the photo
Save your feature
• Important - click “Done” in the top left of your screen to save your feature
Additional Capability
• Changing the base mapping
• Turning layers on and off
• Editing / moving points and the attribute
information
• Deleting data
Off Network Solution• Choose your work area
Choose the zoom scale you require
Capture a new polygon feature
Sync your features captured off network
View your captured features
Benefits
“Probably one of the biggest benefits is seeing what services are
delivered on the GIS Apps. This allows the service to become more
responsive to local demands.” Adrian Hampton (Head of Highways
and Streetscene)
Benefits to Wiltshire Council
• Underpins the Council’s strategic intent, actively changing services to be more
responsive and greater community involvement
• With the council’s need to be more “agile” we are changing the way we work
towards a vision where we’ve influenced the demographics to change
• Protect the Council from claims for damages
• Workforce becoming more knowledgeable and flexible in how we work
• Applications become faster to configure as the team gain knowledge and
confidence, continually improving processes and design
• All of this provides huge cost savings
Benefits to the public
• Real time decision making – saving on cost
• No duplication of effort and staff are more responsive to our customers’ needs
• Ensures the correct, real time information is available, maximising the use of
resources
Benefits to Highways (internal customer)
• Apps are assisting the section to deliver a better service
• Ability to log the location and condition of street furniture and other items and
therefore protect the Council from claims for damages
• Allow staff onsite to see Council maintained land and GIS data in real time
• Real time decision making – saving on cost
• Ensures the correct information is available, maximising the use of resources
Savings for the Highways
• Cost: £250 to create an app (officer time)
• Reuse knowledge and domains, allowing the council to become more flexible
and meet it’s current challenges
Travel Savings: £30, 500
Process Savings: £24, 500
Total initial annual saving: £55, 000 (not including contracts savings)
• Over 5 year period = £275,000 saving
• Across 10 business units = £2,750,000 saving
• Potential for huge savings through a change in the way we work and how we
provide our services to our customers
Future:
• Currently working with
• Emergency Planning
• Spatial Planning Team
• Future Potential areas include
• Election
• Environmental Health
• Property Assets Team
• Army Rebasing Plan