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A Business Plan for the A Business Plan for the Iowa Geospatial Iowa Geospatial

Infrastructure (IGI)Infrastructure (IGI)

Jim GiglieranoJim [email protected]@dnr.iowa.gov

October 7, 2008October 7, 2008


What is the IGI?• Iowa Geospatial Infrastructure (IGI) is Iowa’s

contribution to the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)

• IGI’s central focus is on the collection of consistent, common, integrated, standardized local, state, federal and other GIS data layers (“framework” data layers in NSDI terminology) that are freely available to the public through the Internet

• IGI will follow NSDI practices for metadata and data standards, and use Iowa’s data clearinghouse for data discovery

• IGI includes people, technology and agreements to make this happen


Components of IGI

1) Framework GIS Data2) Infrastructure Technology3) People4) Community


IGI Framework Layers1. Geodetic control: county GPS control monuments and

NGS benchmarks - counties2. Ortho imagery: BW, color and CIR orthorectified aerial

imagery – counties, state, federal3. Administrative boundaries: city, county and state

boundaries - counties4. Cadastral data: public land survey section corners,

section lines and parcel boundaries - counties5. Transportation: road centerlines, railroads, trails, airports,

waterways – counties and state6. Elevation: digital elevation models and contours - state7. Hydrography: rivers and streams, water bodies,

watershed boundaries - state8. Address points – counties and state9. Structures: 2D building footprints, bridges, towers –

counties and state


ROI Study – Costs Benefits of IGI

• Interviewed Counties with GIS

• Interviewed Counties without GIS

• Interviewed State and a few Federal Agencies

• Utilities and others


Benefits to Counties with GIS Participating in IGI

• Using lidar in county engineer office for road maintenance $12k-90k/yr

• Using lidar in county engineer office for surveying and design $10k-50k/yr

• Cost avoidance for web mapping server $10k/yr

• Cost avoidance for aerial photography $20k/yr through participation in IFTN

From $50k to $150k in benefits per county per year


Costs to Participate in IGI

• County GIS staff has to provide data to IGI

• County Staff – learning to use IGI layers, ie. lidar elevation

• Participate in Imagery for the Nation (IFTN)

~ $5k-6k in real costs per county per year to participate in IGI


IGI County GIS Service Bureau

• Gets county data into IGI, helps counties do GIS more effectively

• Job functions: about 4 FTEs– County IGI coordinator– County ortho-imagery coordinator– GIS web application developer– GIS tech/training specialist

• Funded by the state – free to counties who participate in IGI


66 Counties WITH GIS participating in IGI

Breakeven Year: 2009

Payback Period (in Years): 1

Net Present Value: $218,563,418

Present Value of Costs: $5,808,835

Return on Investment: 188.13% (Annualized)

66 Counties with GIS

$0

$50,000,000

$100,000,000

$150,000,000

$200,000,000

$250,000,000

Cumulative Costs

Cumulative Benefits


ROI Results:Counties WITHOUT GIS

• Typical approach for counties wanting to adopt GIS:– Initial outlay of $200k to $500k for GPS control,

orthos, centerlines and parcel conversion project– GIS staff: coordinator and half-time tech– 2 or more copies of desktop GIS software; GIS

hardware, servers, plotter– Web mapping server– OR all above services provided by a vendor

• Many of the remaining counties can’t afford startup or maintenance costs of GIS


Status of County GIS Programs

LINN

LEE

SAC

TAMA

IDA

SIOUX CLAY

IOWA

LYON

POLK

CASS

KOSSUTH

PAGE

JASPER

ADAIR

BENTONJONES

DAVIS

CLAYTON

STORY

FAYETTE

CEDAR

CLINTON

BOONE

PLYMOUTH

MONONA

DALLAS

MILLS

FLOYD

SHELBY

OBRIEN

HARDIN

WAYNE

BUTLER

WOODBURY WEBSTER

WRIGHT

MARION KEOKUK

TAYLOR

SCOTT

JACKSON

GREENE

HARRISON

UNION

GUTHRIE

LUCAS

WARREN

JOHNSON

HENRY

DUBUQUE

CRAWFORD CARROLL

MADISON

ADAMS

FRANKLIN

MAHASKA

CALHOUN GRUNDY

POTTAWATTAMIE

HANCOCK

LOUISA

HAMILTON

DECATUR

EMMET

ALLAMAKEEWINNESHIEK

CLARKE

WORTH

PALO ALTO

MARSHALL

HOWARD

FREMONT

DELAWARE

CHEROKEE BREMER

BUCHANAN

RINGGOLD

POWESHIEK

MONROE

MITCHELL

WAPELLO

BUENA VISTA

AUDUBON

BLACK HAWK

VAN BUREN

CHICKASAW

POCAHONTAS

WASHINGTON

APPANOOSE

OSCEOLA

HUMBOLDT

MUSCATINE

JEFFERSON

DICKINSON

DES MOINES

WINNEBAGO

CERRO GORDO

MONTGOMERY

County GIS Programs - August 2008

TRANSITION

NO GIS

YES GIS


Counties adopting a minimal GIS: parcel maintenance and tax assessment only

Breakeven Year:Does Not Break

Even

Payback Period (in Years):

No Payback Anticipated

Net Present Value: ($1,106,613)


Return on Investment: -2.28% Annualized

One County Stand Alone

$0$500,000

$1,000,000$1,500,000$2,000,000$2,500,000$3,000,000

2008

2011

2014

2017

2020

2023

2026

Cumulative CostsCumulative Benefits


Problems• “Standard” GIS approach is not cost effective for

smaller counties if parcel maintenance and tax assessment are the only applications of GIS

• Many counties WITH GIS are not getting all the possible benefits of their GIS if all they do is parcel maintenance and tax assessment

• May feel compelled to sell data to recoup costs • IGI (and therefore NSDI) won’t happen without

major assistance to local data producers to lower their ongoing costs, and expand their overall benefits of having a GIS


IGI Benefits

• IGI County Coordinator helps with regional approach starting a GIS– Sets up agreement to share a GIS person among

3 counties– Assists with contracting for GIS data conversion

among 3 or more counties; parcel maintenance outsourcing

– Data hosting and web application by service bureau

• Benefits of access to IGI data (lidar contours, etc).




Net Present Value: $590,491

Present Value of Costs: $905,393

Return on Investment: 3.26%

County Adopting GIS with IGI Assistance – sharing costs with 2 other counties, plus other

IGI benefitsOne County with IGI

$0

$500,000

$1,000,000

$1,500,000

$2,000,000

$2,500,000

$3,000,000

2008

2011

2014

2017

2020

2023

2026

Cumulative Costs

Cumulative Benefits


IGI State GIS Service Bureau*

• Helps get state data into IGI and helps state agencies do GIS more effectively

• Job functions – 4 FTEs– GIS database/clearinghouse administrator– Web application developer– GIS tech/training specialist– IGI state agency coordinator

probably located at state emergency management agency• Funded by the state – free to state agencies• Geocoding is a big need for state agencies

* Not equivalent to a state agency “bureau”


The IGI ROI Calculation – 20 year cost scenario

• 20 counties w/o GIS will build county GIS programs, phased into GIS/IGI over 10 years

• 79 counties w/ GIS, will participate in IGI, phased in over 10 years

• State and federal agencies will provide funding GIS service bureaus and IFTN

• Costs of participating were phased in over first 10 years, then full cost of maintaining for next 10 years


Summary of IGI Costs• $385k/yr state service bureau• $600k/yr new orthos and lidar• $385k/yr county service bureau• $300k/yr county data projects• $2M one time data projects (hydro,

structures, address points)• 1M/yr county data costs (new and existing)• (1M/yr federal contribution to IFTN –not

counted in analysis)Total of about $3M/yr average cost over 20

years (2M state, 1M county)


Quantitative Measures

NPV

Subtract Costs from

Benefits

ROI

Divide Benefits by Cost

BreakEven

Cumulative Benefits Equal

Cumulative Costs

PayBack

Time from Now to Breakeven

Point


Multi-agency IGI Study



Net Present Value: $271,103,423


Return on Investment: 24.21% annualized

Multiagency Cumulative Costs and Benefits

$0$50,000,000

$100,000,000$150,000,000$200,000,000$250,000,000$300,000,000$350,000,000

2008

2011

2014

2017

2020

2023

2026

Cumulative CostsCumulative Benefits


Major Findings – ROI Spreadsheets

• The 20 year analysis shows Net Present Value of $271M and Return on Investment of 24.21%. Present value of total 20 yr costs is $56M (about $3M a year).

• Sensitivity analysis shows that delayed adoption of GIS, with counties phasing in GIS capabilities over 20 years instead of the desired 10 year span, does not result in extreme detriment to the project. NPV is reduced from $271M to $230M and ROI is reduced from 24% to 22%.


Major Findings – Economic Development Interviews

• A Chamber of Commerce interview cited GIS as contributing more than 50% of the resources needed to bring in new business

• Estimate of $13.5M/year in benefits to a community of modest size

• Did not use this in the ROI spreadsheets but it certainly shows the potential for growth in this area


ROI Study Summary!

• IGI is possible, and financially compelling

• Everyone benefits by participating in IGI

• Move ahead to funding sources in the next year


Questions so far?

Jim GiglieranoJim [email protected]@dnr.iowa.gov319-335-1594319-335-1594


Iowa Geospatial Infrastructure

http://www.iowagic.org/

http://www.iowagic.org/igi/

Check out Appendix A with text

of interviews


Why are we doing this?

Documents

Iowa Geographic Information Council 2007 NSDI 50 States Cap Grant A Business Plan for the