Enterprise GIS
Most
organizations utilize spatial data and systems and may not realize that they
are using a type of Geographic Information System (“GIS”). Other organizations
might have a robust GIS servicing the entire enterprise in various capacities
from robust desktop data management to lightweight field mobile devices. Enterprise GIS represents a mature, governed
ArcGIS Platform that brings key company maps and data sets into user’s hands
via desktop, web and mobile on demand. Maps for everyone.
A
mature GIS supports the enterprise with improved search and discoverability, collaboration,
decision making and provides a single, trusted source of the truth via an
intuitive map interface. The GIS is
valid, accurate, complete and trusted, but it is still multiple clicks
away. Users generally have to actively
seek out and interact with GIS professionals or overly complex query and
analysis tools to answer the really interesting questions. The information sought must be actively
pulled from systems and resources as opposed to the right information in the
right context being pushed to the user at the right time.
Zero Touch GIS
While
it is sometimes rare for companies to have a powerful and robust Enterprise
GIS, once achieved, the ability to supply a “Zero Touch GIS” is possible. Zero Touch GIS refers to a system where the
right data is begin pushed to the user at the right time in the right
context. The user does not have to send
an email, chase down a land person to build them a map, put a ticket in a
queue, open ArcMap Desktop or open a web map and start filtering or querying to
get a map product. As users access maps
on their phone, tablet, web or desktop, the map that displays is already in the
right context, displaying just the data that the user needs and expects. Layers don’t have to be turned on or off,
query or filter data sets don’t requiring modification, and symbolization is
correct. The map has the right content,
context and pre-calculated analyses.
Organizations
can achieve this level of service by continuing to build close relationships
with the line of business and becoming the “trusted advisor”. By proactively anticipating user needs
instead of reacting to requests, a better understanding of the data behind the
analyses and maps will result.
The
GIS team is now anticipating user needs.
They are pre-processing and high-grading data so that when the business
user opens a map, they don’t have to query, interpret or mash up data, but
instead the answer they are seeking is already on the map. The competitor analysis is already there, the
top ten performing and bottom ten performing wells are already there, the
platforms assets endangered by the coming storm are already there.
Next Steps
LOGIC Solutions Group has
the skill and experience to help your team achieve Zero Touch GIS. We will work with your line of business users
and your GIS team to identify quick wins and strategic initiatives to
accelerate the process. Please contact
us today to discuss how we can help.
