Community Information Systems
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Community & Ecological Resilience
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Band Chief Councillor: “I need CED
(“referrals”) reports with summary, maps,
analysis, communications
highlights.”
Referrals Manager:
“I need a pay-per-consultation system and to
track staff time spent
on each proposal/project.
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School Teacher:
“I need access to the maps
and multimedia
files to teach our culture.”
Fisheries Officer: “I need a
(spatialized) system to
record environmental
data.”
CED Staffer: “I need a better
way to track consultation. Data
entry tasks are rotten!”
Cultural Expert: “I need a better way of doing interviews and for digitizing
our TUS/TEK/Arch data.”
GIS Technician: “I’m swamped and need help, but we have no $$ for training.”
Teenager: “I want to access to
some community data, calendars,
blogs, job lists and our elections information.”
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1. CIS - Referrals workflow efficiencies2. CIS – TUS/TEK3. CIS – Access/Backup/Security4. Communicating with community5. Cultivating youth6. Emergency Preparation & Response7. Regional efficiencies CFN could support8. Regional efficiencies that FNTC could
support9. CIS - $$$ - CFN group discount?10.Why Open Source?
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1. CIS - Referrals workflow efficiencies
…more business intelligence
Less data entry…
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2. Function buttons (e.g. print)
5. CRM: govt & proponent contacts info
(pop-up, dial out)
1. Proposal info/codes
3. Process phase drop-down
4. Process check list
6. Engagement level
7. Assessor notes
8. Communications log
9. Attachments list with links
10. Layer reports
11. Where? Explore zoomed in (with some GeoBC layers)
10. Where? Zoomed out with traditional
territory
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Referrals tools –Tracking currentEmail harvesting (via
unique comm code)Email attachment
harvestingSpatial upload to WKT
Draw, Lat/Long, Shapefile, Geomark API
Rolodex (CRM)Government
contactsProponent contacts
Process trackingWhat Engagement
Level?Communication
stageElder / NRG
committee / Council feedback
Assessor notes
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Harvesting demoUnique
“comm code” in subject or body
IMAP mail standard
Attachments link opens in pop-up
E.g. Communication Code: #METLA-PA-2287-P
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Geomark demo
http://www.ilmb.gov.bc.ca/geomark/index.html
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Referrals tools – Tracking next stepsSpatial upload to WKT
KMLExternal form
submissionsE.g. Ft. NelsonRolodex/CRM
adds/edits by proponents and/or government
Response letter drafts
Fee systemFee for accessFee for assessmentFee letters (e-
comm)Upload field reports
Multimedia uploadsStaff time tracking
Upload Archaeology reports
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Referrals tools – Reporting currentWhat’s in the Bin?
Filter and print tableAssessor notesPreliminary
assessment with spatial queries (overlap tables, mini maps)Can process lots of
layers, each with hundreds of features
Print report to PDF
Map layers exploration – some, but need to switch to desktop GIS and not much link between CIS and GIS…
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Referrals tools – Reporting next stepsCumulative effects -
Show me all Referrals (by location, by date range, by proponent, by type)… as a Map and as a printable Table
Click to grab KML of any layer, of filtered list
Councillor/NRG views (they sign in to do reviews)
Post-assessment exploration Desktop GIS linked to
web app spatial database
E.g. Quantum GIS <-> PostGIS
Links to GeoBC Batch Spatial Overlay Engine APIGeomark vs all non-
sensitive warehouse layers
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2. CIS – TUS/TEK - Cultural KM
…cultural knowledge mobilization
Cultural knowledge management…
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2. CIS – TUS/TEK - Cultural KM, cont.Link TUS sites with
Referrals reporting – done
TUS site upload efficiencies:Digitize interview
map and then Shapefile upload; Feature key
Excel upload; feature key and attributes
Scan/Optical Character Recognition to CISNeed way to link scan
to “Project” – like comm code: tus code
Scan media – tus codeBuild “Explore”
interface:Lists, categories,
exposed filtersFaceted search
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3. CIS – Access, Backup, SecurityRoll patches as required
(system emails)Off site backup
In another community building
GeoMemes BU host
FutureSSL certificates (esp
for fees collection)Yubikey (password on
usb)CIS as Applicance
Mini-server Back-up unit Scanner Barcode printer
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CIS Appliance
Linux mini-PCs and Android tablets with touch screen for stewardship offices
Governance Survey ToolInteractive touch table
interface for Council chambers to review Referrals, Proposals, Treaty
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4. Communicating with Community
>50 member accounts>20 member accounts
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4. Community, cont.Since we use Drupal (Debian/UbuntuLTS linux,
Apache, MySQL)… we can do community websitesEasy to useWYSIWYG editorsMembers-only sectionsNewsletter building/mailing/(un-)subscribing
Ready to build “History Maps” (e.g. Living Atlas)Ready to develop systems to support Treaty
E.g. Land selection voting, Treaty news, polls, videosReady to link TUS with schools
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4. Community, cont
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5. Cultivating youthReady to link Referrals / TUS / Fieldwork
with community school programsInterview Your EldersEcosystem/cultural year poster project (with
Sierra Club BC)Record ecosystem dataWhat’s happening in the territory?Asset mapping exercises
Web programming for youth
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6. Emergency Preparation & ResponseUpload Shapefile of community property lines
and roadsAsset mapping of emergency assets (incl dates
for recharge and checking)Plan documentationCommunity member contacts, locations and
needsResponder training trackingLinks to Province / INAC Real-time eDashboard (tablet) in times of
disasters
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7. Regional Efficiencies | CFN/GBICommon data server (3rd party provider... map
layers? backups?)Community of Practice (Referrals/Stewardship
Officers) web support (with a paid facilitator) - example is GeoMemes' community of practice websites for health...
Partnership with University research group (e.g. FNST-II)
Standards, standards, standards (Referrals, TUS/TEK, Fieldwork, Arch)
Push for WFS data link (e.g. for Fisheries openings)
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Communities of Practice E.g.
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8. Regional efficiencies / FNTC Sharepoint is fine, but…
Is it effective for small organizations? Does it provide ‘order-of-magnitude’ increases in efficiency?
Hardware purchasesPartnership with Dell, Sun or HP: Cloud deal? Server appliance hardware deal? Rugged
tablet deal?Standards
Referrals – best practices GeoMemes, EcoTrust, GeoBorealis
TUS/TEK – we started with North Coast Skeena First Nations Stewardship Society (NCSFNSS),… Ft. Nelson
Fieldwork – CGWN, Ft NelsonArchaeology – BC Gov’t, Arch companies
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9. CIS - $$$ - CFN group discountPay it forward
Working for Metlakatla: e.g. Geomark, KML upload code
CIS is open-source: available for down-load, with instructions, on GitHub.com
Group rate…A question of pace (coding economies of scale):
Steady: step by step improvements as we add one new community per year
Bundle of new features with multiple join-ups
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10. Why Open Source?TrustSharing DataFreeEmpower
communities to contribute backPotlatch idea
Decentralized developmentE.g. UVic
Leveraging big projects
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