Looking forward over the next 12 monthsKey learning messages

about GIS solutions

Kathryn Ramirez

Geographic Information Systems Specialist

March 30, 2011

ICT4 Development Conference

Lusaka, Zambia

Looking Forward

• Setting up the ArcGIS Server

• Management

• Training

• Implementation

Setting up the ArcGIS Server

Field Collection

Database Cleaning and Management

Map Creation

Server

Potential Pilot:-Projects-Donors-Partners-Services-BeneficiariesThoughts?

Management

• Purchased Concurrent User Licenses• Able to Borrow- up to 3 months at a time• Secure more licenses if needed

• License Manager Pilot-COMPLETE

• You do NOT need a license for visualization alone.

ArcGIS and Google Earth

ArcGISGoogle Earth/ArcGIS

Explorer

Need a License FREE

Many options for background layers Limited Background Layers

Need Training and More Complicated

Need Limited Training and Less Complicated

Visualization and Database Management Good Tool for Visualization

Training

• ArcGIS Explorer and Publishing Maps on the Web

• Intro Arc GIS 10.0

• Advanced GIS: Creating Data, Spatial Databases, and Decision Making (Spatial Analyst)

• GPS

Information

Sustainability

• Currently being used in the field

• Tool that can improve project management/implementation, decision making, and promote our work

• Donors are expecting to see spatial information

Summary and Close

• Overwhelming Response from the Field• Patience and Dedication• Time for Capacity Building• GIS assistance

– helpdesk@crs.org • GIS Installation• GIS Assistance

• ICT4D solutions require carefully managed technological, personnel, and process changes

Thank You!