GIS in the Enterprise

Presentation for National Weather Service Tech Days

October 30, 2008

Dan O’Leary

Enterprise Solutions, ESRI

Enterprise Lab 2

Geographic Information System (GIS)

A GIS is a system for the Management, Analysis, Visualization and Dissemination of Geographic Information…

… for effective, timely, and efficient collaboration, problem solving, and decision-making.

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GIS is Used to Build Information Systems

• Federal Government• State & Local

Government• Natural Resources• Utilities• Transportation &

Logistics• Intelligence• Defense• Science & Technology• Public Safety• Homeland Security• Environmental• Water/Wastewater• Telecommunications• Weather / METOC• Agriculture• Energy• Mining• Insurance/Banking• Retail• Real Estate• Education

Cartographic Production

ImageManagement

Land/Property Management

Business Analysis

Facility Management

… in many industries …

… providing many capabilities

Incident Management

Network Management

Resource Management

Command & Control

. . . and delivering critical mission capabilities

Traditional ContemporaryClient / Server

Emerging

GIS Has Evolved - Supporting the Enterprise Infrastructure, Architecture, and Application Technology

Integrating Distributed Data and Applications Connecting Communities and Enabling Collaboration Supporting Real-time Operations Powering the Specialist—and Reaching the Generalist

Web Services Services Oriented Architecture

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Shell OilGeocentric Enterprise Example

Find &Retrieve

UserApplicationinterfaces

CorporateMemory

Documents(Livelink EDMS)

Library Records(incl. hardcopies)

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Federated DBs(joint-up business net)

Federated GIS DBs(joined-up GIS net)

Imagery(Satellite, Grids)

Business Catalog(Central Asset Register)

GIS Catalog(Metadata per layer)

Search (spatial, text, natural language)

Geoparsing&Geocoding

Browse (folders, categories)

Specialist Apps(Business/GeoScience)

Corporate Portal(User-customisable)

GIS(ArcGIS Desktop)

Internet (search, trade journals,

hosted services)

www

SearsGeospatially Enabled Enterprise Example

Customer RequestHome Delivery ORHome Product Repair

Mainframe CIS

GIS Based Service Area PlanningSears Enhanced Home

Delivery System (EHDS) Routing forkliftsWarehouse Optimization

Computer Aided Routing System (CARS)

Customer ServiceDelivery Vehicle departs to your

home to Deliver MerchandiseService Technician Departs to your

home for Product Repair

Mobile Mapping

Assign Technicians to work areas

Capacity Area Management System (CAMS)

Nationwide Geocoding and Route Optimization

Geocoding and Route Optimization

Forecasted Demand Available Fleet

ArcObjects

GPS

Mobile Workstation

In-Vehicle Navigation

NationwideGeocoding and Routing

Turn Right on EastWashington Street

Route Management

In-Vehicle Navigation

Evacuation Zones

Real-time Evac Info

Shelter Status

Live Weather

Evacuation Zones

Electricity Outages

Hillsborough County CollaborationGeospatially Enhanced Enterprise Example

Impact Probability

ProductionGeodatabase

Web Services

PublicationGeodatabase

Web Services

GeodatabaseReplication

Web Service

Color Imagery

Infrared Imagery

Shelter Routing

Job Search

Available Jobs

County Ops Center Public Access Portal

Three Enablers of Enterprise GIS

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Enterprise Infrastructure Technology

ScalableNetworkedHardwareLaptop

Desktop

PDA

Servers

Phone

WebServices

. . . and enable integration in mainstream applications

• Faster Processing– Multi-core, Blades

• Increased Bandwidth• Larger Storage• Web Services Standards• Mobile Technologies• Real Time Networks

• Unique imagery and mapping content, and a variety of data models/formats

• Very large, distributed databases• Legacy systems built around computing and

integration constraints

Developments in …

… accommodate GIS demands …

Evolving Enterprise Architectures

Consume / Use

Globe Map &Chart

Image-Process

Open Web

Tracking& RSS

Serve

Author / Publish

2-D Viewers

3-D Viewers

Catalog Geo-Process

Rich Internet Client

Services

Data

Services Oriented…

Rapid development, legacy integration, interoperability, integration, sustainability…

Integration Platform

Clients

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. . . Creating a New Kind of Geospatial Framework

. . . In an Open and Interoperable Environment

Mashups

GIS Services & Web Content

Web Maps & Globes

(Google & Microsoft)

Sensor Networks

WebUsers

Geo-ReferencedWeb Content

GIS is Evolving on the Web 2.0 PlatformIntuitive Integration with Multiple Information Systems

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GISUsers

GISKnowledge

GIS Servers

GIS

• Consumer Base Maps & Content• Geo-Referenced Web Content

OnlineGIS

Advancing GIS TechnologyComprehensive, Robust Platform …

• Rich Application Clients• Standard Development

Environments• Out-of-the-Box GIS Services• Easy to Install & Manage• Scalable• High Performance• Interoperable• Affordable

. . . Enabling Enterprise GIS

• Advanced Cartography• Visualization—2D and 3D Spatial Analysis and Modeling Temporal Analysis and Modeling Data Management

Delivering

DesktopGIS

ServerGIS

Bringing GIS to the Enterprise

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Engage and Serve Multiple Stakeholders

Different, legitimate enterprise perspectives …

Users – Problem Solving– Implement Data Management (Creation, Collection, Editing), Analysis

(Models, Workflow), and Visualization capabilities.

CIO/IT – Reliability and Efficiency– Optimize IT performance—stability, scalability, security ,economy;

comply with standards; and deliver on-time/on-budget projects.

CEO/CFO - Business Value – GIS-enable mainstream applications on an integrated IT foundation,

unifying organizations and delivering strong ROI. 

… requires sustained Governance comprising executive champion, IT, security, budget, contracts, and users.

Serving Mainstream Business NeedsQuality, Timeliness, Efficiency

VisualizationInformation Integration

Common Operating Picture

Analysis/Workflow

More than maps and imagery … a foundation for business planning

and execution

Build Agile Geospatial Solutions--SOA

Better managing risk, cost, and IT resources

Infrastructure

SOA Framework

IT Governance

Mission Requirements Identify

Services

Build

Evaluate

Test

Design

Use

ServiceRegistry

Library of reusable services

Mission Governance

Measure

Deploy

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Existing Capabilities

Service Enabled

Components

Legacy

Legacy

Deactivate

COTS-BasedReplacement

Legacy

Replace

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Retire

Incremental Migration to Exploit Legacy

DEMOServices Oriented Enterprise View

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Enterprise GIS BenefitsQuality, Timeliness, Efficiency

– Improve access to geographic information

– Use geography to fuse enterprise knowledge

– Deliver new geospatially-based products and services

– Accelerate the analysis and decision cycle

– Extend geospatial capabilities to generalists

– Integrate disconnected GIS applications

– Integrate GIS with other enterprise applications

–Rationalize overlapping development efforts

– Improve geospatial data management and applications

–Optimize IT infrastructure efficiency and performance