From cy.smith at state.or.us Wed Apr 4 09:44:49 2012 From: cy.smith at state.or.us (SMITH Cy * EISPD GEO) Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 09:44:49 -0700 Subject: [FIT] FW: King County GIS Delivers Significant Return on Investment Message-ID: <4BD752C728FD8C43A7940818DD4A1E9B0A078349@exchnode02.ad.state.or.us> The article below contains an ROI report from King County that GEO helped fund with a small amount from the Strategic Planning grant we got a couple years ago from FGDC. As you will see in the report on pages 12 and 13, if you get that far, the estimated measurement of ROI for King County's use of GIS is about $2 billion, using a middle-of-the-road approach (not too conservative or too generous). The King County GIS is an enterprise program, very similar to what we are trying to develop statewide in Oregon. We will be using this same ROI methodology very soon to measure the ROI on the public safety common operating picture project we have developed in Multnomah County and at Oregon Emergency Management. cy Cy Smith, Oregon State GIO DAS/EISPD Geospatial Enterprise Office Secretary, Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO) Past President, Urban & Regional Info Sys Assoc (URISA) Past President, Natl States Geographic Info Council (NSGIC) 503-378-6066 http://gis.oregon.gov King County GIS Delivers Significant Return on Investment April 4, 2012 Twenty years ago, geographic information services were in the proposal and planning stage in King County, Washington. Today King County's geographic information system (GIS) includes integrated spatial databases, mapping and analysis software, information technology, and professional GIS staff. King County's GIS was developed to meet the business needs of county users, and it also provides free data and online mapping capability to the public. In March 2012 a return-on-investment (ROI) report issued by Professor Richard Zerbe and Associates showed that use of the King County Geographic Information System has resulted in at least $775 million in net benefits to the county over the eighteen-year period from 1992 to 2010. While ROI estimates are often developed as part of a proposal to develop a geographic information system, it is believed that this is the first study by independent economic consultants to examine and measure the actual benefits realized by a city or county from the internal agency use of GIS. The study methodology looked at the cost to perform county agency business functions both with and without GIS. For example, county permit technicians were asked how much time it takes to pull together all the maps and spatial data needed to assist a permit applicant now with GIS, versus the time it would take the technician to perform the same business function without GIS tools and data. The methodology included detailed interviews of 30 key county staff and then an online survey to county GIS users that was completed by 175 respondents. Interview and survey responses were analyzed to compare both with-GIS and without-GIS level of effort. The results were then compiled and monetized by output type and agency to measure cost savings and productivity benefits. The total cost for King County GIS, including capital development, central GIS operations and maintenance, and agency GIS end-user costs from 1992 to 2010 is over $201 million. In 2010 alone these county GIS costs were $14.6 million, but for the same year the Zerbe report measured benefits from GIS of $180 million, with a lower estimate of $87 million. So the benefits over a single year far outweigh the costs for the year, and if repeated for 2011 and 2012, the benefits realized over just two years could eclipse the costs of the previous twenty. This project was partly funded by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, Geospatial Enterprise Office. Dr. Richard O. Zerbe, Jr. is the Daniel J. Evans Professor of Public Affairs at the University of Washington, where he is Director of the Center for Benefit-Cost Analysis. The King County GIS Center is a part of King County Information Technology, chartered as an internal service fund to provide GIS services to county agencies and external customers. The King County GIS Center operates King County's enterprise GIS and provides data, services, and training to help put GIS to work. (www.kingcounty.gov/gis). For more information, contact Greg Babinski at the King County GIS Center (206-263-3753; greg.babinski at kingcounty.gov). * KCGIS ROI Report Executive Summary (65kb PDF) * KCGIS ROI Report, complete (459kb PDF) -greg babinski -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Michael.C.CROCKETT at odot.state.or.us Wed Apr 4 14:36:08 2012 From: Michael.C.CROCKETT at odot.state.or.us (CROCKETT Michael C * Chad) Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 14:36:08 -0700 Subject: [FIT] FW: Administrative Boundaries FIT - Meeting announcement Message-ID: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark your calendars now for the next Administrative Boundaries FIT Meeting. Thursday, May 17th 10:00am - Noon BLM Salem District Office 1717 Fabry Rd. SE (just off Commercial and across from Safeway) Salem, OR Valley of the Giants Conference Room iLinc info: T join: https://oregon.ilinc.com/join/jmxrfsw Dial-In: 1-800-689-9374 Passcode: 736587 We'll follow up with a reminder and agenda between now and the meeting date. Notes from our March 15th meeting are on the teams' FIT page:http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/EISPD/GEO/fit/admin_boundaries/AdminFrame .shtml Chad Crockett GIS Data Integration Project Coordinator Oregon Dept. of Transportation Geographic Information Services Unit 503-986-3298 michael.c.crockett at odot.state.or.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From milton.e.hill at state.or.us Thu Apr 5 14:05:27 2012 From: milton.e.hill at state.or.us (HILL Milton E * EISPD GEO) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 14:05:27 -0700 Subject: [FIT] LU/LC FIT Meeting | Land Use - Additional meeting info In-Reply-To: <4BD752C728FD8C43A7940818DD4A1E9B06D6FF2C@exchnode02.ad.state.or.us> References: <4BD752C728FD8C43A7940818DD4A1E9B06D6FEDC@exchnode02.ad.state.or.us> <4BD752C728FD8C43A7940818DD4A1E9B06D6FF2C@exchnode02.ad.state.or.us> Message-ID: <4BD752C728FD8C43A7940818DD4A1E9B06D6FF7E@exchnode02.ad.state.or.us> Will spring EVER arrive? The upcoming Land Use/Land Cover FIT meeting will be Tuesday, April 17th from 10:00am - Noon in Eugene and we have a couple of options for those wishing to attend from other areas: Virtual attendance via computer and phone: To join: https://oregon.ilinc.com/join/cjhsbtv Dial-In: 1-800-689-9374 Passcode: 736587 Salem to Eugene car pool: Drop me a note (milton.e.hill at state.or.us ) by end of day Tuesday, April 10th to reserve your spot. Enhanced directions and parking options: Meeting Location: Willamette Room (4th floor) Lane Council of Governments 859 Willamette Street Eugene, OR 97401 (541) 682-4283 Exit elevator on the 4th floor-Willamette Room is to the right through the glass door. LCOG reception desk is on the 5th floor. Parking: Limited on-street 2-hour meter parking around building. Nearest parking lot: Parkade at Willamette and 8th Avenue. Hope to see you there! Eric Brandt | ebrandt at lcog.org | (541) 682-4338 From: HILL Milton E * EISPD GEO Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 8:31 AM To: gpl_list at listsmart.osl.state.or.us; fit at listsmart.osl.state.or.us; pac at listsmart.osl.state.or.us; ogic2 at listsmart.osl.state.or.us; ogic at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Subject: LU/LC FIT Meeting | Land Use - Hold the date Please hold Tuesday, April 17th from 10:00am - Noon for a meeting of the Land Use/Land Cover FIT. Topics to discuss include: * Land use vs. Land cover-What's the difference and why does it matter? * Who uses land use data/common data sources * Sustainability and drivers of current and future land use data (examples: land use planning, transportation modeling, emergency services, commerce) * Land use data as points: structures and critical facilities * Focus and direction of the LU/LC FIT Location: Lane Council of Governments (LCOG) 859 Willamette Street Suite 500 Eugene, OR 97401 Suggestions: Eric Brandt | ebrandt at lcog.org | (541) 682-4338 Agenda details, meeting room and teleconference information to follow. Thanks! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cy.smith at state.or.us Tue Apr 10 16:43:13 2012 From: cy.smith at state.or.us (SMITH Cy * EISPD GEO) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:43:13 -0700 Subject: [FIT] HTML5 article Message-ID: <4BD752C728FD8C43A7940818DD4A1E9B0A0783EE@exchnode02.ad.state.or.us> With all the talk about HTML5 potential, I thought this article from Directions Magazine might be of interest. http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/html5-canvas-an-open-standard-for- high-performing-gis-map-visualizatio/243519 cy Cy Smith, Oregon State GIO DAS/EISPD Geospatial Enterprise Office Secretary, Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO) Past President, Urban & Regional Info Sys Assoc (URISA) Past President, Natl States Geographic Info Council (NSGIC) 503-378-6066 http://gis.oregon.gov -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cy.smith at state.or.us Thu Apr 19 08:42:52 2012 From: cy.smith at state.or.us (SMITH Cy * EISPD GEO) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:42:52 -0700 Subject: [FIT] FW: [COGO] FW: LightSquared Information Message-ID: <4BD752C728FD8C43A7940818DD4A1E9B0A0784E7@exchnode02.ad.state.or.us> From time to time, I have forwarded messages about the LightSquared issue to our various listservs. The link in the message below is a really good, brief summary of the issue. There was a serious potential for GPS interference if the LightSqaured proposal had been allowed to move forward by the FCC. Even though that proposal appears to be dead, the issue remains and there will likely be a national effort to resolve the issues related to GPS equipment that were raised. Some of you may want to be involved in that effort. cy Cy Smith, Oregon State GIO DAS/EISPD Geospatial Enterprise Office Secretary, Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO) Past President, Urban & Regional Info Sys Assoc (URISA) Past President, Natl States Geographic Info Council (NSGIC) 503-378-6066 http://gis.oregon.gov From: cogo-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:cogo-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Curtis Sumner Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 7:19 AM To: State Executives; NSPS Officers and Directors; NSPS Governors; NSPS Foundation; GLIS Officers; AAGS Board; cogo at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Cc: John Matonich; Stephen Gould 2; Ilse Genovese; Trisha Milburn; Laurence Socci Subject: [COGO] FW: LightSquared Information Thanks to ACSM/NSPS Government Affairs Consultant Laurence Socci for forwarding to us the below which contains a very good summary of the LightSquared issue. Curt http://www.gps.gov/spectrum/lightsquared/ The page was updated on April 16, 2012 on a U.S. government website developed by the National Coordination Office for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing and the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee. It is hosted by the Coast Guard Navigation Center. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: ATT53820643.txt URL: