Geographical Information Systems Proof Of Concept

City Of Houston Public Works

Date: September 16, 2014Location: Houston Permitting Center Basement Classroom 1

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Information/Location

Subject: Integration of Business Intelligence and Geographical Data

Location: City Of Houston Permitting CenterBasement Classroom B11002 WASHINGTON AVEHOUSTON, TX 77002

Date: September 16, 2014, 10:00 am to 11:30 amSeptember 16, 2014, 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

Presenters:Ken Porter, Robust Systems, ILMS SMESharon Alston, Information Builders, WebFOCUS Developer and Business AnalystTed deSaussure, Information Builders, Public Sector Solutions Manager

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Agenda

• Introductions – Ken Porter

•A Little History – Ken Porter

•What is GIS and how can it help us? – Ted deSaussure

•Use Cases For Real Application – Sharon Alston and Ken Porter

•Why Do We Want This? – Ken Porter

•Questions

•What is the future of WebFOCUS and ESRI? - IBI

•Can I play with this application? – Sharon Alston

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Introductions

Ken Porter – Robust Systems -32 Years with the City, 25 Years working with ILMS

Bob Hooper – Robust Systems - 14 Years working with the City and ILMS. 35+ years in IT.

Sharon Alston – Information Builders – Consultant at the City for 2.5 years. WebFOCUS 20+ years.

Ted deSaussure – Information Builders – Public Sector Solutions Manager

Other Information Builders Personnel can introduce themselves.

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A Little History

The HPC, Robust Systems and Information Builders have been in a joint public-private venture for the HPC Datamart – Jaguar Project.

The first generation of the HPC datamart is serving the HPC business user community very well.

We look forward to extending and taking advantage of the WebFOCUS existing geo-spatial, mapping features and WebFOCUS-ERIS integration.

Also, we look forward to the prospect of extending the GIS services not only to internal staff but to field staff and external customers as well.

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What is GIS and how can it help us?

• A Geographic Information System (GIS) generates digital map images to link information about where things are with information about what things are like. Simply put, a GIS combines layers of information about a place to give you a better understanding of that place.

• Enables spatial and geographical aspect to existing data.

• While reports and spreadsheets are necessary and very useful, GIS provides another way of viewing the same data in a way that reveals patterns more easily. A GIS alone cannot replace tables or databases. These are structures that power a GIS. The addition of a GIS map enhances and quickens the transfer of knowledge.

• Information Builders and ESRI have teamed to deliver a Geographic Business Intelligence Solution (GBIS) that combines the real-time enterprise business intelligence and reporting capabilities of WebFOCUS with ArcGIS Server. The combined solution allows users throughout the extended enterprise to rapidly and intuitively analyze real-time information with a spatial component by presenting business intelligence information in the context of physical location.

Source: WebFOCUS Adapter for Geographic Information Systems: ESRI ArcGIS Server and ArcIMS Manual

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Use Case 1 – Find Commercial Buildings With No COCertain commercial buildings require a Certificate of Occupancy (CO).

Let us find Finaled projects that had a 13 building permit that require a CO.

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Use Case 1 – Find Commercial Buildings With No CONow lets find CO’s purchased in the same time period.

Notice the dots with a yellow triangle. Those locations have both. The locations with only a purple dot have no CO purchased at the same time.

If you hover over the purple dot, it will display information including the project #.

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Use Case 2 – WCR ApplicationsWhen Utility Analysis (UA) employees are processing applications for Water, Waste Water, and Storm Water, they have to go to the GIMS map server to see the layers they need to process the letter (i.e. where the applicant needs to hook up new water services, etc.). Now we can display that on the map for them with the layers they need.

First we will run the WCR report to find Water applications that have been triaged, and the customer paid the application fee.

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Use Case 2 – WCR Applications

Pick a project number (copy). For this example we will pick 14074626.

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Use Case 2 – WCR ApplicationsNow we clear the map. Reset the selections to ALL. Then paste the project # into the project number box. Then map it.

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Use Case 2 – WCR ApplicationsWe want to turn on the Water layers. Go to the map and click on the “Map” icon. Select “Live Maps”.

Click on the “Water_Public”, then select the layers you want to see. Then click on the X in the top right corner of the box.

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Use Case 2 – WCR ApplicationsNow you can see all of the water connection info that is needed for the application.

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Use Case 3 – Compare New Projects to Remodel ProjectsWe want to find 13 permits for new construction, other building, active projects, and a zip code.

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Use Case 3 – Compare New Projects to Remodel ProjectsNext we want to find 13 permits for remodels for other buildings, active projects, and a zip.

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Why Do We Want This?

• Streamline plan review process utilizing GIS mapping.• Leverage the GIS features of ProjectDox.• Augment existing research processes such as TORA

requests.• Leverage and consolidate existing mapping services.• Leverage the existing permit information.• Analyze existing construction trends geographically.• Enhance the field inspection staff’s access to review

his/her scheduled inspections against a common map source.

• Enhance the office staff’s access to reference permitting data against a common map source.

• Analyze and review investigations geographically.• Meet emerging business needs such as geo-fencing.• The City already has the license for this WebFOCUS

interface.

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Questions

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Future of WebFOCUS and ESRI

• State-of-the-Art Mobile Solutions

• Enhanced features for iPhone, iPad, Android

•New mapping features

•WebFOCUS Portal with new features for customer created reports

• Enhanced Active Technologies

•New Charting Engine

• Big Data and Columnar Database Adapters

• Improved Search-Based BI

• Extended Security and Web Services Support

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Can I Play With This Application?

Yes. You can click on this link: http://75.148.137.165:8080/ibi_apps/Controller?WORP_REQUEST_TYPE=WORP_PUBLIC_LOGIN&WORP_MPV=af_mpv&

Requirements:1.Internet Explorer 8 or higher.2.If using IE 10 or higher, you have to run using Compatibility Mode.3.You have to have Adobe Flash loaded to use the ESRI maps.

Yes this means you currently cannot use iPad, iPhone, and Android tablets and phones. This will be changed to use HTML5 instead of Flash sometime this year. Then you will be able to use tablets and phones.

4.You may be able to use Firefox or Chrome, but some features MAY not work. Also, some alignment and font sizes may be off because the launch page was designed using IE9.

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Can I Play With This Application?

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