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Shannon Qualie
BSc, CETGIS & Asset Management:Moving into the Future
The Past: The Inventory▪ GIS commonly used for simply holding data
▪Automatic data acquisition
▪Drawing digitization
▪MIMS
▪ Firm belief in having data
▪ More is better
The Past: The Inventory▪ The accuracy rabbit hole
▪ Sub cm GPS or survey
▪7 decimal places
▪Day of install
▪ We are not landing the mars rover on your manhole
Now: The Inventory▪ Most useful info is in people. Download their brains!
▪Memories
▪Stories
▪ Or a photo
The Present: Begin Where You Are▪ Get the data out of the basement or people’s heads
▪ Sketchy data is better than no data
▪ Data entry is easily (cheaply?) farmed out
The Present: Duelling Datasets▪ Purpose of Cadd▪Design
▪ Purpose of TCA (often Excel)▪Report depreciation of assets
▪ Purpose of GIS▪Data Containment and Linking
The Present: Data Access▪ Get the right information to the right people at the right time
▪ Limiting access to a single point is a very big risk
▪ 3 Groups▪Public Works – needs accurate location and attributes
▪Administration – needs to ask strategic question
▪Leadership (Public) – needs to know why
The Present: Historical Data▪ There is power in trends.
▪Strategic planning
▪ Operations & Maintenance Tracking▪Maintenance isn’t free
▪Materials aren’t free
The Present: Implementation▪ The biggest hurdle
▪http://themaintainers.org/
▪ Be honest about the people/skills you have and what you need▪Outsource what you can’t have or don’t want
▪Personal Capacity vs. Interest vs. Space
▪Time – this is a process; Is it working?
Role of the GIS Practitioner▪ Data Boss▪ Information Management▪ Guardian of the one truth
▪Guide to the Stated Reality▪ A guide doesn’t “do”, they facilitate access for others to “do”
▪ Blow open the gates to the data castle
▪Builder of Detail▪ What do we need next
Role of the GIS Practitioner▪ The Translator▪Getting information to the people who need it, how they need it
▪ The Communicator▪Who is your audience?
▪What is your message?
The Future: Defining the Problem▪ It’s about more than the math
▪Cost, Inventory, Accounting
▪What do you need to do?
▪ How and what to communicate?
▪ How to make defensible decisions?
▪Can GIS help?
The Future: Services▪It’s all about Services
▪Municipalities exist to provide services to people
▪Expensive▪The public doesn’t realize this
▪ Heavy Expectation▪ Snow clearing to dishwasher fixing
▪ Communication of Levels of Service is key
The Future: Education▪ Get administration, leadership, and public on the same page
▪The Cost-Service-Risk Triangle
▪Goal: Defensible decision making
Alberta Municipal Affairs: Asset Management Handbook and Toolkit
A modern GIS professional is a facilitator.
An information professional who facilitates:
▪Data access
▪Communication
▪Understanding
We are the oil in the system
