GIS From the back office to the enterprise

Ciaran KirkTechnical Director, IMGS

Agenda

IMGS Introduction

Our Customers

Our Challenge – “The Enterprise”

Enterprise GIS Customer Examples

Smart Technologies– The Next Generation Enterprise

Summary

IMGS

We deliver innovative spatial solutions

For the desktop, web and mobile

Built on our partner’s technology:

Designed to meet the challenges of Government, Mapping Agencies, and Utility & Communications Customers

Some of our customers…

Our Challenge – The “Enterprise”

Historically GIS was seen as a:Stove pipe solution – not part of the enterprise

A pretty map to backup a decision e.g. Planning

Our company has worked with our customers to move GIS into the enterprise!

GIS now viewed as an essential Enterprise solution providing improved decision making leading to:

Improved customer service

Decreased operating and capital costs

ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONSCustomer Examples

Waterford required ability to record environmental incidents

e.g. Graffiti, Abandoned Vehicles, Fly Tipping, Burst Pipes, Broken Street Light, etc

Waterford required a secure mobile GIS that can instantly over a wireless connection (iPhone) update enterprise systems

Benefits:Reduce delay in responding to customer incidents Public can see that incidents are resolved in a timely manner

Waterford City Council Sustainable Neighbourhood Unit

Dublin City Council

Property Register

Scan & Geo-locate Dublin City Council’s property register:

250 bound paper registers

~45,000 property records

Provide single true source for all property transactions in Dublin City

Self Service Portal

24X7 website to capture customer service requests e.g. Water leak

Uses web mapping to allow customer locate incident and improve response times

IMGS in partnership with HP provide the FGS as part of the INS Fisheries Protection System

Solution allows INS to track and monitor all fishing vessels in the Irish seas ~132,000 square miles

Provides an almost real-time graphical display of all current and historic fishing activity in Irish fishing waters

Irish Naval Service – Fisheries Geographic System

Images courtesy of the Irish Naval Service

Dublin Region Water & Drainage GIS

Greater Dublin Region Water and Drainage Steering GroupsConsists of 7 Local Authorities in the Greater Dublin area

Total Population of 1.4 million

Area of 2,690 KM2

Aim to provide single view of water and drainage for region

First of its kind - distributed solution across 7 authoritiesDesktop, Web and Mobile solution

Management Dashboard

Benefits Enhanced business operations

Reduced maintenance costs

Improved quality of service e.g. less leaks

ESB Networks GIS

Will serve as a single enterprise solution for the full life cycle management of network assets

Fully integrated with asset, work and financial management solutions

Benefits Improved operational efficiencies through extended workflows with other business critical systems e.g. SAP, OMS

Decreased capital costs through improved asset management

SMART TECHNOLOGIESEnterprise - The Next Generation

WATER MANAGEMENT

SMART CITY

ENERGY

ECOCITY

PUBLIC INFORMATION &

SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT

INFRASTRUCTUREMANAGEMENT

PUBLIC SAFETY

“SAFE CITY”

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

GIS

Smart Infrastructure = Smart Grid

Smart Grid described as:Smart “in home” devices (including Generation)

Two-way communications

Advanced control systems

Benefits of Smart GridBetter utilization of existing infrastructure

Reliable and resilient power supply

Home energy savings

Reduced carbon footprint (CO2).

Location

Smart Grid Operations

Center

InfrastructureManagement

Critical Infrastructure

Protection

“Safe City” - Common Operating Picture Multi-data & multi-sensors fusion

Radio SystemData

Access ControlTelephone, Radio, Voice Recorder

Controls

Intelligent Video

Telephone Data

Mapping Data

Video Surveillance

Personnel& Asset Data

Sensors Data

SUMMARY Location is at the heart of a Smart City

Summary

An Integrated Enterprise GIS will:Decrease capital & operating expenditure through better decision making

Improve customer satisfaction through improved response times

A spatially focussed Smart City will drive economic investment and support a recovery in Ireland

Smart Grid will be at the forefront of green tecnologies

And this will help us all to “live long and prosper…”

Thank You  Ciarán Kirk Technical Director, IMGS8b Keypoint, Rosemount Business Park, Dublin 11t:   +353 1 885 3839  m: +353 87 804 7218  w: www.imgs.ie e: ckirk@imgs.ie