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     Send a link     Topics:  Geospatial Information Systems (GIS)     Print version

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     Send a link     Topics:  Council Leadership  Geospatial Information Systems (GIS)     Print version

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: Read more    11-07-2007

The efforts of Santa Clara County, CA to charge high fees for public access to its GIS basemap culminated in a court-ordered, $500,000 payment to a citizens’ organization that sued the county.

A copy of a key 2009 court decision in this case is available at the link below.

Members: Read more    10-20-2009

The following is a successful application for Innovation Lab recognition.

Montgomery County, MD: Implementing Configuration Management Practices in GIS

Members: Read more    04-23-2009

PTI and Esri presented this webinar on October 19, 2011.

The webinar focused on how Community Analyst is helping government agencies, civic organizations and other groups make informed decisions about projects and issues that affect their areas by providing access to interactive maps and data about demographics, the economy, health, education and more.

The City of Hyattsville, MD explained how it successfully used the product to help benchmark and compare neighborhoods and to assist with funding applications.

Facilitator: Alan Shark, Executive Director, Public Technology Institute

Presenter: Brenda Wolfe, Community Analyst Product Manager, Esri

View this webinar

10-13-2011     Send a link     Topics:  2011 Events  Geospatial Information Systems (GIS)     Print version

PTI presented this webinar June 1, 2011.

Building upon early efforts to enhance situational awareness during emergencies, the Cincinnati Fire Department surveyed internal and external stakeholders from a host of first responder disciplines to identify critical infrastructure and key resources which were deemed integral to responding to a catastrophic emergency.

Read more    06-01-2011

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.

Read more    08-24-2007