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Geospatial Enterprise Architecture

What does it mean to me?and

Why you should care!

Tim Haithcoat

MISSOURI

Happy Birthday Tim

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Have you been asked?• How would you unify, simplify, stream-line, or

consolidate state geo-operations?• What elements of your agencies or organizations use

geospatial technologies and why?• How much is being spent on geospatial?• Are you duplicating capability and data?• Where are the opportunities to leverage investments in

the geospatial arena?• How can you reduce costs in hardware, software, and

data resource acquisition, management, and use?• What standards for geospatial data development,

accuracy, or technology acquisition are you using?

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Have your peers recognized that . . .

• Geographic information is used in a growing number of business settings in and outside of government

• Geographic information and services are not addressed consistently within and between organizations

• Interoperability among providers and consumers of geographic data and services requires a common understanding of terminology and functional capability/capacity

• Development of common multi-jurisdictional approaches to the use of geographic information and services requires inclusion in a state’s Enterprise Architecture initiatives

• Individual agencies developing internal geospatial architectures without specific participation in multi-agency / enterprise efforts

• Location-based services and Service Oriented Architectures being built in state government require geospatial information

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Have you desired . . .• to promote consideration of location as a component of agency

business activities and processes• to support description and sharing of geospatial resources across

organizations both horizontally and vertically• to build geospatial considerations into all aspects of agency enterprise

architecture development• to adopt existing guidelines, standards, and policies established by

FGDC, OGC, and ISO for development, management, and use of geospatial resources

• to measure performance in the use and management of geospatial resources

• to assess program development across government for geospatial aspects so as to leverage these shared requirements for greater gain

• to compare where your state is to others in terms of geospatial maturity

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Geospatial Profile V1 Outline• Executive Summary• Introduction to the

Geospatial Profile– Objectives – Audience – Document Structure

• Introduction to Geospatial Concepts – Cross-cutting nature of

geospatial – Overview of Geospatial

Capabilities– The NSDI

• Business Reference Model

• Data Reference Model• Service Components

Reference Model• Technology Reference

Model• Performance Reference

Model and Maturity Model– Appendix A: References – Appendix B: Glossary – Appendix C: FEA Overview– Appendix D: Use Case and Scenarios– Appendix E: Geospatial Activity for BRM– Appendix F: Geospatial Business Language– Appendix G: Geospatial Service Components– Appendix H: Geospatial Standards List– Appendix I: Acronym List

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Business Questions• Is the activity associated with a place or a location?

• Would the addition of a “where” component to the business activity enhance the business operation?

• Does the activity description contain any of the following key words?

Address (physical), address (postal), area, bearing, bearings, city, community, compass, country, direction, distance, district, domicile, event, facility, geography, house, household, incident, latitude, locale, locality, locate, location, longitude, neighborhood, pinpoint, place, point, port, position, post, property, region, reservation, residence, river reach, route, scene, site, situation, space, spot, station, street, suburb, terrain, territory, topography, town, tract, venue, vicinity, village, watershed, where, whereabouts, zip code, zone

– If yes, then further questions should be asked to determine the role of that keyword in the activity.

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Business Questions (cont)• Does the place/position/location/address have or could it have an impact

on the way that an activity is conducted? In other words, does the activity vary by place/position/location/address or do the characteristics of a place/position/location/address impact the activity?

– If yes, then further questions should be asked to elicit more about how that activity varies spatially and what geospatial information and services may be relevant to the activity.

• Does the activity require the use of or could it benefit from having a map/aerial photograph/satellite image?

• Would a map/aerial photograph/satellite image be helpful in the conduct of the activity or increase the effectiveness of individuals or groups conducting the activity?

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Business Questions (cont)• Does the activity require the use of a Global Positioning System (GPS) or

other location determining technology?

• Would the use of GPS or other location determining technology be helpful in the conduct of the activity or increase the effectiveness of individuals or groups conducting the activity?

• Does the activity require knowing the location of any of the actors in the activity?

• Is the location of the actor(s) changing and is ongoing knowledge of the location(s) useful to the activity?

• Does an individual or group conducting the activity need to know their location?

• Does an individual or group managing the activity need to know the location of the individual or group conducting the activity?

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Geospatial Business LanguageThe Geospatial Business Language is comprised of five basic types of terms:

1. Application: A computer program with a user interface or computer program component that employs geospatial data and technology; a geospatial business process or sub-process that is implemented as a software program or program component.

2. Data: A geospatial information class, type or property.3. Function: A geoprocessing capability or user tool; a geospatial

service component.4. Process: A general series of business activities that employs

geospatial data and technology.5. Technology: An application of science that generates, displays,

manages or otherwise processes geospatial data.

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Geospatial Integration Maturity Model

At any given time, various organizations will be in different phases of integrating geospatial technologies, services, and data into their business and mainstream IT operations. The degree to which this incorporation has occurred can be measured through an integration maturity model.

Comprised of eight (8) measurement categoriesassessed across six (6) levels of maturity (range 0-5)

Influenced by NSGIC Model for Coordination of GeographicInformation Technology, NASCIO EA Maturity Model, and OMB PART

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GIMM Measurement CategoriesCoordination—The level of organized coordination, collaboration, and leadership.

Governance, Management, & Planning—The degree to which plans and strategies for geospatial components exist.

Policies & Compliance—The existence and use of compliance–based processes for assessing consistency of integration, adoption, and service implementation.

Enterprise Integration—The degree to which the geospatial aspects of business data are planned for, integrated, leveraged, and used to guide investments and initiatives.

Data Acquisition, Documentation, & Maintenance—The stage of implementation of geospatial data lifecycle processes.

Data Access & Distribution—The degree to which an organization maintains and improves users ability to search for, discover, and access geospatial data.

Standards & Best Practices—The degree to which an organization adopts and complies with geospatial technology and process standards.

Training & Skills Development—The level at which the organization is aware, understands, and communicates the potential utility and application of geospatial technologies.

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GIMM Levels

Level 0 - No program

Level 1 - Informal program

Level 2 - Repeatable program

Level 3 - Well defined program

Level 4 - Managed program

Level 5 - Continuously improving and

vital program

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GIMM Category Coordination

Level 0 - No geospatial coordination mechanisms; Geospatial IT activities pursued on a project-by-project basis.

Level 1 - Project-based coordination by independent groups with common geospatial IT and data needs; Vested leader emerges for project duration

Level 2 - Broad based coordination by organization with common geospatial IT and data needs; Volunteer coordinator leads organization to goal; No predictable pattern or frequency of coordination; dependent on availability of lead

Level 3 - Unofficial Single Department Coordination; Key individuals act as coordinators with management approval; Level of facilitation and coordination depend on tenure of key persons and organizational leadership

Level 4 - Official Coordination through a Geospatial Information Officer (GIO); Enterprise coordination to the extent granted by authorizing mandate

Level 5 - Official Coordination through a Geospatial Information Officer (GIO); System is in place to ensure that established policies, guidelines and standards are followed, reviewed, and updated

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NSGIC’s GEA Workgroup

• Mission StatementDocument and provide resources and information for education on, and

implementation of, geospatial enterprise architecture integration activities.

If there is a fundamental understanding that can be achieved

regarding EA (it’s structure, knowledge, resources, and peer

activities) state coordinators and their staffs will be better able to

integrate geospatial technologies within the IT framework being

assembled within their respective states.

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NSGIC’s GEA Workgroup

Objectives & Activities– Work with the evolving Geospatial Profile document.– Inventory and assess state geospatial maturity– Aid in the development of geospatial enterprise architecture (GEA)

performance metrics– Compile and leverage amongst the states the various documents

resulting from the development of individual state architectures (standards, best management practices, technical solutions, data element descriptions, etc.)

– Interact and provide a state perspective to federal and OGC EA developments

– Develop briefing materials for GEA and Geospatial Profile documents and activities

Tonight is NSGIC’s GEA Workgroup meeting

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