Maximizing your use of GIS
products
Presenters:
Kevin Fowler, GIS Specialist,
Hubbell, Roth, & Clark, Inc
Erv Suida, DPS Director,
City of Howell
Getting the Best ROI
from Your GIS
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Background
City of Howell
≡Est. 1863
≡Pop. 9,489 (2010 Census)
≡5.12 sq. miles
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Background
≡Historical Downtown
≡Including many restaurants
and retail shop
≡Eight different parks
≡Public beach & lake access
2018 GREAT AMERICAN
MAIN STREET AWARD WINNER!
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Public Services
≡Department of Public Works
≡Water Treatment Plant
≡Wastewater Treatment Plant
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Howell SAW Grant
≡City received SAW grant for
$1,657,244 in November of 2016
≡Grant was for design, sanitary
and storm asset management
planning
≡High priority of the City was to
develop robust GIS to better
manage systems
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GIS Goals
Under SAW Grant
≡Inventory of sanitary sewer
and storm sewer
≡Develop geodatabase
≡Condition assessment
≡Criticality & Risk assessment
≡Develop CIP
≡Hardware/software
improvements and training.
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Biggest GIS Goal??
EFFICIENCY
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WHERE DO WE START?
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EXPECATIONS
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REALITY
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NEW & IMPROVED
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What to collect
• Attributes?
• Spatial?
How to collect
• App?
• GPS?
Collection
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Types of features and how should
they be grouped?
• PRV & GVW?
• CB & MH?
• Forcemain & Gravitymain?
How should the data be stored?
• Shapefiles?
• GeoDatabase?
• Enterprise system?
Organize
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How to get data to work together
• Datasets
• Geometric Networks
• Related Tables
• Hyperlinks
Proper up keep & maintenance
Manage
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The fun stuff!
Geoprocessing/Analysis
• Identify patterns
• Make predications
• Develop plans
Back into the field!
• Apps
• Field workflows
Utilize
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What about my ROI?
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Return on Investment
Measure the gain or loss of an
investment relative to the cost.
A metric used for hard numbers
ROI
GAIN - COST
COSTROI =
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ESRI Products
• ArcMap
• ArcPro
• ArcGIS Online
• Web Maps
• Operations Dashboard
• Collector
• Survey 123
• Workforce
Desktop/Laptop
Online
Mobile
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ArcGIS Online (AGO)Cloud-based mapping and analysis
• Load layers
• Create maps
• Share
• Analyze
• Mobile
AGO
Office/Master Data
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ArcGIS Online (AGO)
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ArcGIS Online (AGO)
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Collector for ArcGISMobile data collection
• Collect asset locations
• Collect asset information
• Conduct surveys
• Real time maps in field
• Improve efficiency
Collector
AGO
Office/Master Data
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Survey123 for ArcGISCreate, share, and analyze your surveys
• Form-centric data
collection
• Create Smart surveys
• Immediate access of real
time data
• Collect data via web or
mobile devices
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Survey123 for ArcGIS
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Side by side comparison
Survey123 Collector
Data collection style Form centric Map centric
Capture new data Yes (points only) Yes
Edit existing data Yes Yes
Smart forms Yes No
External GNSS receiver No (for now) Yes
Collector
AGO
Office/Master Data
Survey123
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Operations Dashboard for ArcGISVisualization and analytics in an operational view
• Web Application
• Easy to build
• Interactive for users
• Add elements that break
down data
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Operations Dashboard for ArcGISLook at all those elements
Elements can…
1. Monitor real time
2. Identify trends
3. Show what’s important
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Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS
Daily Totals
How many
structures have
been added
Overview of
daily totals
Percent Complete
Structures of interest
Photos of structures
of interest
Field Crew Location
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Collector
Dashboard
AGO
Office/Master Data
Survey123
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New Work Order System
• City wanted to purchase and implement a new CMMS system
• Limited budget made purchasing software difficult
• At a minimum, looking to for a way to better manage daily
workorders
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Workforce for ArcGISField coordination driven by GIS
• Improve field-to-office
workflow
• Create and manage
assignments
• Quickly send updates to
field staff
• Prioritize tasks
• Track and analyze daily
field work
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Workforce for ArcGISField coordination driven by GIS
Two Major Roles
1. Dispatcher
2. Mobile Worker
Use web app to create assignments and
send to mobile workers while tracking
location and progress in real time
Use app to complete To Do lists and
receive assignments on their mobile
devices
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Workforce for ArcGIS
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Workforce for ArcGIS
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Workforce for ArcGIS
Collector
Dashboard
AGO
WorkforceDispatcher
Mobile Worker
Office/Master Data
Survey123
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ModelBuilder
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Using CCTV Data to
Map Leads
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CONCLUDERS
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CONCLUDERS
This is a GIS
revolution!
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CONCLUDERS
What you put in, is
what your going to
get out
Set yourself up for
success
Collector
Dashboard
AGO
WorkforceDispatcher
Mobile Worker
Office/Master Data
Survey123
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CONCLUDERS
Push your data
further
Utilize ESRI’s tools,
software, and Apps
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