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