Using GIS to Inform Business DecisionsWednesday 8th March 2016Claire Inkpen – Esri UK

Who are Esri and Esri UK?

“ ArcGIS […] has enabled us to create user-friendly mobile solutions that start to save money, improve our efficiency and deliver better information to citizens straight away ”Andrew Gardener – GIS Officer, Epping Forest District Council

More than points on a map… GIS allows you to…

Establish the best

route

…and more!

View & Compare patterns over time

Understand what the nearest

features are

Calculate underlying

values

Determine an optimum

location

Record asset

information

Consider multiple

variables in decision making

Store and share

geographical data

GIS – A system of record

Identify features within a target

area

Perform comparative time-

based analytics

Create thematic maps

Show clusters and hotspots

Answer what-if scenarios

Find a route from A to B considering

impedances

Locations

CCTV Coverage

Building Plans

Assets

Road Network

Woodland

Geology/Soils

Terrain

Properties

Census Data

Health Statistics

Utility Networks

Policy Holders

Land Ownership

Flood Risk

Rivers/Canals

The GIS PlatformApplications to make sense of data

Portal – manages access to the content and who has access

Services - cloud/ on premise – content, data, analysis

Housing

Refuse and recycling

Highways

Planning

Leisure services

Education

Pupil transport

Streetworks

Emergency Planning

Open DataSocial Care

Finding the Nearest – Customer Examples

Norwich City Council “MyNorwich”: resulted in 21% decrease in telephone enquiries.Cornwall Council “My Area”: estimates that if it can convert 15% of its annual telephone enquiries to web enquiries using My Area, it will reduce costs by over £125,000 per annum.

SEN – Norfolk County CouncilUsing GIS to improve the school transport arrangements for almost 2,000 children with special needsTeam members can now click on a school and see : - where every pupil is coming from

- if they travel alone - the type of transport being used - the cost - whether there is a suitable educational establishment closer to their home.

Helped meet a cost-saving target of £500,000.

Data Sharing - Mobile GIS – Customer Examples

Wiltshire County Council – Savings of £275,000, over a five year period, in one department aloneWestminster City Council - Improving productivity by 20% with mobile GIS Surveyed 17% more sites with a 20% smaller team The council’s annual survey was completed 1.5 months more quickly than before

Open Data•Government requirement•ArcGIS Open Data widely used by Local Authorities

•Reduces FOI requests•Making data available to 3rd parties – assists wider business decision making

Everything exists somewhere U

PRN

“The application of GIS is limited only by the imagination of those who use it”.Jack Dangermond, Esri

Claire Inkpen Email: cinkpen@esriuk.comPhone: 01296 745554 Mobile: 07525 668821https://uk.linkedin.com/in/claireinkpen