GIS Forum Leadership

Facilitator
Alan Leidner
Senior Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton
PTI Strategic Advisor

PTI Staff Member
Dale Bowen, Director of Professional Development
202-626-2456

08-01-2006

GIS ROI Tool Kit

Local government advocates for enterprise geographic information systems (E-GIS) are often vigorously challenged by budget managers and elected officials to justify their proposals.

Faced with the demand to document benefits, proponents seeking to quantify or estimate E-GIS benefits can have a difficult time coming up with reliable and convincing numbers.

The purpose of this assemblage of support documents is to give GIS managers at the local government level help in justifying funding for the development, enhancement and maintenance of E-GIS systems.

Members: Click for more...   11-07-2007

2006-2007 Technology Solutions: GIS

2006-2007 Technology Solutions: GIS provides examples of how PTI member local governments are using geospatial information systems (GIS) technology to enhance the delivery of programs and services.

Each example describes the problem or issue the local government needed to solve, details of how it addressed the problem, and the results of that solution or implementation.

These projects were submitted in the PTI 2006-2007 Technology Solutions Award competition. This annual program recognizes PTI members that have demonstrated how, through the use of technology, government has improved community services, improved internal operations or reduced costs.

Examples contained in this report:

Damage & Habitability Assessment Program (Collier County, FL)
Zoning Docket Automation Tools (Fort Worth, TX)
Automated Mapping Engine (Indianapolis / Marion County, IN)
Indianapolis MyNeighborhood (Indianapolis / Marion County, IN)
Indianapolis GIS Web Services Toolbox (Indianapolis / Marion County, IN)
GIS/GPS Tracked Mosquito Abatement Program (Lafayette, LA)
Enterprise GIS (Mesa, AZ)
Serving Up GIS Data for Emergency Managers (Montgomery County, MD)
Regional Fire Dispatch PCGeoMap Program (Phoenix, AZ)
Geodatabase Replication (Phoenix, AZ)
Graffiti Web Services — phoenixgov (Phoenix, AZ)
Traffic Analysis Application (Tallahassee, FL)
Utilities Web Mapping Application (Tallahassee, FL)
WashtenawVotes (Washtenaw County, MI)

Price: $25.00 for members and $50.00 for nonmembers.

Buy this publication with a credit card. See How to Use the PTI Store for ordering information.

10-01-2007

Successful Response Starts with a Map

Successful Response Starts with a Map:
Improving Geospatial Support for Disaster Management

Committee on Planning for Catastrophe:
A Blueprint for Improving Geospatial Data, Tools, and Infrastructure
Mapping Science Committee, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources
Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council

This report is about the maps that are an essential part of search-and-rescue operations.

Click for more...   08-24-2007

GIS Forum Mission

The purpose of this forum is to provide governments with awareness and knowledge about the benefits and best practices of Enterprise GIS services. The forum is designed to accommodate the needs and perspective of multiple audiences including elected and appointed officials, management, business users and GIS practitioners.

The PTI staff contact for this council is Dale Bowen, Director for Professional Development, 202-626-2456, E-mail: dbowen@pti.org.

07-31-2006

GIS Forum April 2006 Meeting

Chicago, April 29 and 30, 2006

The GIS Forum is the network of local officials from PTI member cities and counties responsible for GIS activities. The GIS Forum met at the beginning of the 2006 Congress for Technology Leadership.

Members: Click for more...   04-30-2006