Implementing Enterprise GIS through the Enterprise License ...THE CITY OF BRANSON GIS – PRESENT...
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IMPLEMENTING ENTERPRISE GIS WITH THE ENTERPRISE LICENSE AGREEMENT (ELA) ESRI Midwest User Conference April 16, 2019 Curtis Copeland, GIS Coordinator, City of Branson, Missouri
Transcript of Implementing Enterprise GIS through the Enterprise License ...THE CITY OF BRANSON GIS – PRESENT...
IMPLEMENTING ENTERPRISE GISWITH THE ENTERPRISE LICENSE AGREEMENT (ELA)
ESRI Midwest User Conference
April 16, 2019
Curtis Copeland, GIS Coordinator, City of Branson, Missouri
THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF BRANSON GIS1994-2015 The Era of Centralized GIS
A Home for this Mysterious, Emerging Technology
Branson’s GIS is a Division of the Engineering Department
THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF BRANSON GIS1994-2015 The Era of Centralized GIS
Branson’s GIS is a Division of the Engineering Department
• An accurate foundation based on engineering standards and needs
The Pro’s and Con’s of this Arrangement
• Availability of infrastructure and transportation plans
• Indirect communication with other Departments and protocol issues
• Indirect communication with I.T. Department
THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF BRANSON GIS1994-2015 The Era of Centralized GIS
The Emergence of the Branson GIS
• ESRI from the get-go… 25 years of satisfied customers
GIS Software Selection
• ArcInfo 7.2.1, ArcView 3, coverages & shapefiles
THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF BRANSON GIS1994-2015 The Era of Centralized GIS
The Emergence of the Branson GIS
• Interns and temps… the tediousness of data creation
GIS Personnel – A staff of ONE in the beginning
• Since 2000, staff includes a GIS Technician…staffing has not increased
THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF BRANSON GIS1994-2015 The Era of Centralized GIS
The Emergence of the Branson GIS
• Highly accurate planimetric and topographic base
Early Data Acquisition and Creation
• Millions of clicks – Tablet digitizing a parcel base
• Adventures in GPS Field Data Collection in the Ozarks
• The first digital orthophotos – We’ve come a long way!
THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF BRANSON GIS1994-2015 The Era of Centralized GIS
The Emergence of the Branson GIS
• The solitary endeavor of building the GIS
What the heck is GIS? – The Education Factor
• Show and Tell Projects – Gain some support!
• Data is expensive! Justifying Budgets
THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF BRANSON GIS1994-2015 The Era of Centralized GIS
The Challenges of a Successful GIS Implementation
The City Departments “Discover” GIS and its Capabilities
THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF BRANSON GIS1994-2015 The Era of Centralized GIS
The Challenges of a Successful GIS Implementation
• Department GIS mapping, data and project requests increase
The City Departments “Discover” GIS and its Capabilities
THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF BRANSON GIS1994-2015 The Era of Centralized GIS
The Challenges of a Successful GIS Implementation
• Departments identify GIS-based procedures that improve traditional workflows and functions
The City Departments “Discover” GIS and its Capabilities
• The Planning and Police Dispatch Departments acquire full-time GIS Users
THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF BRANSON GIS1994-2015 The Era of Centralized GIS
The Challenges of a Successful GIS Implementation
• Other Department staff develop a dependency on GIS and GIS data.
The City Departments “Discover” GIS and its Capabilities
• GIS Personnel software knowledge expands, more ideas and functionality introduced
• The GIS Division’s data creation becomes data maintenance…for nearly all City Departments
THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF BRANSON GIS1994-2015 The Era of Centralized GIS
The Challenges of a Successful GIS Implementation
• Hard Copy map production
Citizens, Local Engineers, Developers and the Real-Estate Industry Discovers Branson’s GIS
• Digital data requests
• Digital data conversion requests
THE CITY OF BRANSON GIS – PRESENT DAY2015 – Present The Era of Enterprise GIS…Thank you ESRI ELA!
The Goals Motivating the Acquisition of the ELA
• Migrating from a Centralized GIS to an Enterprise GIS• GIS Data Accessibility
• Internally through ArcGIS Server• Externally through WebMap Applications
• Increase GIS users, bigger ROI on GIS investment• Spatial data maintenance by Department “experts”
THE CITY OF BRANSON GIS – PRESENT DAY2015 – Present The Era of Enterprise GIS…Thank you ESRI ELA!
The Goals Motivating the Acquisition of the ELA
• Increase GIS users, bigger ROI on GIS investment
• Spatial data maintenance by Department “experts”
• GIS map and project creation by Department staff… alleviate the bottleneck
• Eliminate duplicate datasets• Reduce error• Improve efficiency• Save time
THE CITY OF BRANSON GIS – PRESENT DAY2015 – Present The Era of Enterprise GIS…Thank you ESRI ELA!
The Goals Motivating the Acquisition of the ELA
• Increase GIS users, bigger ROI on GIS investment
• Eliminating Departmental Silos – A Branson, Citywide, GIS Team
• Create a multiple user, multiple editor Enterprise GIS Environment
• Eliminate duplicated effort
• Reduce errors and omissions• Data sharing• Open communication
THE CITY OF BRANSON GIS – PRESENT DAY2015 – Present The Era of Enterprise GIS…Thank you ESRI ELA!
2015 – City of Branson Enters into an Enterprise License Agreement (ELA)
Justification of ELA cost is easily identified by the benefits• Efficient licensing plan… as an Organization
• Simple license management, simplified billing and budgeting
• Unlimited licensing to the majority of ESRI Products
• ArcGIS Server Enterprise –The new Foundation
THE CITY OF BRANSON GIS – PRESENT DAY2015 – Present The Era of Enterprise GIS…Thank you ESRI ELA!
The Challenges of Migrating from Centralized to Enterprise GIS
Installing ArcGIS Server and creating the network architecture
• Working closely with IT staff
• Patient and outstanding service from ESRI Technical Support
THE CITY OF BRANSON GIS – PRESENT DAY2015 – Present The Era of Enterprise GIS…Thank you ESRI ELA!
The Challenges of Migrating from Centralized to Enterprise GIS
Creating the Enterprise Geodatabase
• Adopting and Implementing the LGIM (Local Government Information Model)
• Creating Users, Roles, and Privileges
• Migrating over 300 legacy shapefiles to feature classes in the LGIM
• Establishing a webmap server
THE CITY OF BRANSON GIS – PRESENT DAY2015 – Present The Era of Enterprise GIS…Thank you ESRI ELA!
The Challenges of Migrating from Centralized to Enterprise GIS
Distributing and installing GIS software to new GIS Users Citywide
Training new GIS users
THE CITY OF BRANSON GIS – PRESENT DAY2015 – Present The Era of Enterprise GIS…Thank you ESRI ELA!
The successes of the Enterprise GIS are measureable –Goals met!
• There are now over 25 GIS users in the organization
• The City’s return on investment for GIS has multiplied!
• Webmap applications serving live data accessible by our Citizens
• Collector applications being used by City personnel in the field• Departments are maintaining their own feature data
• No more silos – the LGIM provides a common and accessible live source for GIS data Citywide and through web applications
