THE ROLE OF REGIONAL GEOSPATIAL COORDINATION FOR EFFECTIVE CITY MANAGEMENT Greg Babinski, MA, GISP...

THE ROLE OF REGIONAL GEOSPATIAL COORDINATION FOR EFFECTIVE CITY MANAGEMENT

Greg Babinski, MA, GISPFinance & Marketing ManagerKing County GIS CenterSeattle, WA, USA

URISA Past-President URISA GIS Management Institute Committee Chair COGO Secretary Summit At-Large Editor 2013 Washington GIS Conference Co-Chair

Geospatial World Forum

Rotterdam: 15 May 2013

Agenda

The Organizational Context

Why Regional Geospatial Coordination?

Reduced costs

Financial benefits

Enhanced business benefits

Case studies overview

GIS as a public utility

Discussion

Microsoft Gates Foundation Boeing Paccar Nordstrom's Amazon Starbucks Port of Seattle Weyerhaeuser Univ. of Washington Google Skype

Population (1,931,000 (14th most populous US county)Area: 2130 square miles (sea level to 8,000’)39 incorporated citiesViable agricultural and private forestry areasRemote wilderness & watershed lands

Mapping Public information delivery Growth management & planning Property assessment Land development permitting Site selection Simulating environmental conditions Emergency response planning Crime analysis Transportation planning Bus & van routing Road maintenance management Public health service delivery Service center location analysis E911 operations Airport sound abatement Boundary management (legislative

districts, voter precincts, tax unit boundaries, etc.)

And the list goes on…..

King County GIS City of Seattle GIS:

Seattle Public Utilities GIS Seattle City Light GIS

Suburban cities: Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Renton, ~20 other municipalities

Puget Sound Regional Council (growth and transportation planning agency)

Sound Transit (regional transit agency) Puget Sound Energy (private gas and electric

utility) Cable service providers E911 emergency dispatch districts ~15 public school districts ~25 public utility districts Mukleshoot Indian Tribe U.S. Federal government State of Washington

Reduced costs: Back-office functions are critical and difficult,

but do not add value Shared back-office functions save money and

are more sustainable

Financial benefits: GIS staff can support focused productivity

enhancing applications to support agency business processes

Enhanced business benefits: GIS staff can focus on value-added agency

focused work Shared applications

King County T-Net

King County Regional Imagery Consortium

51 agencies$1.1 million project cost 65%+ cost savings for each agency2-year cycle planned

King County GIS Data Portal

Reduced costs: Back-office functions are critical and difficult,

but do not add value Shared back-office functions save money and

are more sustainable

Financial benefits: GIS staff can support focused productivity

enhancing applications to support agency business processes

Enhanced business benefits: GIS staff can focus on value-added agency

focused work Shared applications

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 Results

Reduced costs: Back-office functions are critical and difficult,

but do not add value Shared back-office functions save money and

are more sustainable

Financial benefits: GIS staff can support focused productivity

enhancing applications to support agency business processes

Enhanced business benefits: GIS staff can focus on value-added agency

focused work Shared applications

King County GIS Training Program

King County GIS Training Program

eCityGov Alliance: Regional GIS-based Applications10 partners & 27 subscribers

eCityGov Alliance: Regional GIS-based Applications

Other components of regional geospatial utilities:

Architectural designHardware and software procurementContract administration

Database management services: Primary data centers and emergency back-up hot

sites Database administration System administration Metadata management

Other components of regional geospatial utilities:

Architectural designHardware and software procurementContract administration

Database management services: Primary data centers and emergency back-up hot

sites Database administration System administration Metadata management

URISA’s GIS Management InstitutePromoting Regional Geospatial Coordination

GMBOK:

GIS Managemen

t Body of Knowledge

Municipal GIS

Operations GCMM

Accreditation

GCMM: GIS

Capability

Maturity Model

URISA Education ULA &

UMA

GIS Manageme

nt Educational Program Accreditati

on

GISCI

GIS Managers Certificati

on Compone

nt

GMCM: Geospatia

l Managem

ent Competency Model

Future:ROI

ServicesOther

Accreditation

Benchmarking

Babinski’s Theory of GIS Management: As GIS Operational Maturity Improves, ROI Increases

URISA’s GIS Management InstitutePromoting Regional Geospatial Coordination

Agenda

The Organizational Context

Why Regional Geospatial Coordination?

Reduced costs

Financial benefits

Enhanced business benefits

Case studies overview

GIS as a public utility

Discussion

Greg Babinski, MA, GISPURISA Past-PresidentURISA GIS Management Institute Committee ChairCOGO SecretarySUMMIT At-large Editor

Finance & Marketing ManagerKing County GIS Center201 South Jackson Street, Suite 706Seattle, WA 98104206-263-3753greg.babinski@kingcounty.gov www.kingcounty.gov/gis