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The Role of Regional Geospatial Coordination for Effective City Management

Geospatial World Forum Rotterdam: 15 May 2013. Greg Babinski, MA, GISP Finance & Marketing Manager King County GIS Center Seattle, WA, USA URISA Past-President URISA GIS Management Institute Committee Chair COGO Secretary Summit At-Large Editor

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The Role of Regional Geospatial Coordination for Effective City Management

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  1. Geospatial World Forum Rotterdam: 15 May 2013 Greg Babinski, MA, GISP Finance & Marketing Manager King County GIS Center Seattle, WA, USA URISA Past-President URISA GIS Management Institute Committee Chair COGO Secretary Summit At-Large Editor 2013 Washington GIS Conference Co-Chair The Role of Regional Geospatial Coordination for Effective City Management

  2. Agenda • The Organizational Context • Why Regional Geospatial Coordination? • Reduced costs • Financial benefits • Enhanced business benefits • Case studies overview • GIS as a public utility • Discussion

  3. King County, Washington • Microsoft • Gates Foundation • Boeing • Paccar • Nordstrom's • Amazon • Starbucks • Port of Seattle • Weyerhaeuser • Univ. of Washington • Google • Skype Population (1,931,000 (14th most populous US county) Area: 2130 square miles (sea level to 8,000’) 39 incorporated cities Viable agricultural and private forestry areas Remote wilderness & watershed lands

  4. Mapping Public information delivery Growth management & planning Property assessment Land development permitting Site selection Simulating environmental conditions Emergency response planning Crime analysis Transportation planning Bus & van routing Road maintenance management Public health service delivery Service center location analysis E911 operations Airport sound abatement Boundary management (legislative districts, voter precincts, tax unit boundaries, etc.) And the list goes on….. How is GIS Used for King County Business?

  5. KCGIS Center & Agency GIS End-Users

  6. The Organizational Context • King County GIS • City of Seattle GIS: • Seattle Public Utilities GIS • Seattle City Light GIS • Suburban cities: Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Renton, ~20 other municipalities • Puget Sound Regional Council (growth and transportation planning agency) • Sound Transit (regional transit agency) • Puget Sound Energy (private gas and electric utility) • Cable service providers • E911 emergency dispatch districts • ~15 public school districts • ~25 public utility districts • Mukleshoot Indian Tribe • U.S. Federal government • State of Washington

  7. Why Regional Geospatial Coordination? • Reduced costs: • Back-office functions are critical and difficult, but do not add value • Shared back-office functions save money and are more sustainable • Financial benefits: • GIS staff can support focused productivity enhancing applications to support agency business processes • Enhanced business benefits: • GIS staff can focus on value-added agency focused work • Shared applications

  8. Regional Geospatial Coordination: Reduced Costs King County T-Net

  9. Regional Geospatial Coordination: Reduced Costs

  10. Regional Geospatial Coordination: Reduced Costs • King County Regional Imagery Consortium • 51 agencies • $1.1 million project cost • 65%+ cost savings for each agency • 2-year cycle planned

  11. Regional Geospatial Coordination: Reduced Costs • King County GIS Data Portal

  12. Why Regional Geospatial Coordination? • Reduced costs: • Back-office functions are critical and difficult, but do not add value • Shared back-office functions save money and are more sustainable • Financial benefits: • GIS staff can support focused productivity enhancing applications to support agency business processes • Enhanced business benefits: • GIS staff can focus on value-added agency focused work • Shared applications

  13. KCGIS GIS ROI Study Consultant Team from UW Evans School of Public Affairs: • Prof. Richard W. Zerbe • Danielle Fumia & Travis Reynolds • Pradeep Singh & Tyler Scott

  14. KCGIS GIS ROI Study Results

  15. Why Regional Geospatial Coordination? • Reduced costs: • Back-office functions are critical and difficult, but do not add value • Shared back-office functions save money and are more sustainable • Financial benefits: • GIS staff can support focused productivity enhancing applications to support agency business processes • Enhanced business benefits: • GIS staff can focus on value-added agency focused work • Shared applications

  16. Regional Geospatial Coordination: Enhanced Business Benefits • King County GIS Training Program

  17. Regional Geospatial Coordination: Enhanced Business Benefits • King County GIS Training Program

  18. Regional Geospatial Coordination: Enhanced Business Benefits • eCityGov Alliance: Regional GIS-based Applications • 10 partners & 27 subscribers

  19. Regional Geospatial Coordination: Enhanced Business Benefits • eCityGov Alliance: Regional GIS-based Applications

  20. Regional Geospatial Coordination • Other components of regional geospatial utilities: • Architectural design • Hardware and software procurement • Contract administration • Database management services: • Primary data centers and emergency back-up hot sites • Database administration • System administration • Metadata management

  21. Regional Geospatial Coordination • Other components of regional geospatial utilities: • Architectural design • Hardware and software procurement • Contract administration • Database management services: • Primary data centers and emergency back-up hot sites • Database administration • System administration • Metadata management

  22. URISA’s GIS Management Institute • Promoting Regional Geospatial Coordination URISA Education ULA & UMA GMBOK: GIS Management Body of Knowledge GCMM: GIS Capability Maturity Model GMCM: Geospatial Management Competency Model Municipal GIS Operations GCMM Accreditation GISCI GIS Managers Certification Component GIS Management Educational Program Accreditation Future: ROI Services Other Accreditation Benchmarking

  23. URISA’s GIS Management Institute • Promoting Regional Geospatial Coordination Babinski’s Theory of GIS Management: As GIS Operational Maturity Improves, ROI Increases

  24. Agenda • The Organizational Context • Why Regional Geospatial Coordination? • Reduced costs • Financial benefits • Enhanced business benefits • Case studies overview • GIS as a public utility • Discussion

  25. Greg Babinski, MA, GISP URISA Past-President URISA GIS Management Institute Committee Chair COGO Secretary SUMMIT At-large Editor Finance & Marketing Manager King County GIS Center 201 South Jackson Street, Suite 706 Seattle, WA 98104 206-263-3753 greg.babinski@kingcounty.gov www.kingcounty.gov/gis

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