
Measuring Up
The Business Case for GIS, Volume 3
Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc.,U.S. (Publisher)
Published on 14. July 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-1-58948-624-9 (ISBN)
Description
How do leaders and innovators drive change and improvement?
Governments often depend on a geographic context for making major decisions, sharing information, and expanding its operations. When organizations face the need for change from a drastic event, such as economic downturns or a pandemic, how do they maintain the quality of their day-to-day operations while continuing to find solutions to existing and new problems?
Many governments and professionals turn to geographic information systems (GIS). Using GIS and location intelligence produces more informed, data-driven decisions, which lead to improved outcomes.
Measuring Up: The Business Case for GIS, Volume 3 is a third book in the Measuring Up series demonstrating how government agencies have embraced GIS as a critical infrastructure in their processes. Through a collection of all-new, updated, real-world stories, each chapter covers how GIS helps organizations in saving time, saving money, avoiding cost, increasing accuracy, improving productivity, increasing efficiency, automating workflows, managing resources, and aiding in budgeting. Readers can look to this new collection as a model for working through their organization's new challenge or to understand the business value of introducing GIS into their organization.
Measuring Up: The Business Case for GIS, Volume 3 explores how organizations can continue to move forward using GIS as not just a tool but necessary to the solution.
Governments often depend on a geographic context for making major decisions, sharing information, and expanding its operations. When organizations face the need for change from a drastic event, such as economic downturns or a pandemic, how do they maintain the quality of their day-to-day operations while continuing to find solutions to existing and new problems?
Many governments and professionals turn to geographic information systems (GIS). Using GIS and location intelligence produces more informed, data-driven decisions, which lead to improved outcomes.
Measuring Up: The Business Case for GIS, Volume 3 is a third book in the Measuring Up series demonstrating how government agencies have embraced GIS as a critical infrastructure in their processes. Through a collection of all-new, updated, real-world stories, each chapter covers how GIS helps organizations in saving time, saving money, avoiding cost, increasing accuracy, improving productivity, increasing efficiency, automating workflows, managing resources, and aiding in budgeting. Readers can look to this new collection as a model for working through their organization's new challenge or to understand the business value of introducing GIS into their organization.
Measuring Up: The Business Case for GIS, Volume 3 explores how organizations can continue to move forward using GIS as not just a tool but necessary to the solution.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Redlands
United States
Publishing group
ESRI Press
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 186 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58948-624-9 (9781589486249)
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Cory Fleming | Christopher Thomas | Shannon Valdizon
Measuring Up
The Business Case for GIS, Volume 3
E-Book
02/2022
1st Edition
Esri Press
€29.49
Available for download
Persons
Cory Fleming is a senior project manager with the International City/County Management Association (ICMA). She lives in Washington DC. Christopher Thomas is the director of Government Marketing at Esri. He is a subject matter expert in government, technology, geographic information systems, marketing, and global business development. His books include GIS for Decision Support and Public Policy Making, Standards for Success: GIS for Federal Progress and Accountability, and Building a Smarter Community: GIS for State and Local Government.
Shannon Valdizon is the State and Local Government Marketing Lead on the Esri Industry Solutions team. She works with government strategists to identify emerging trends in government and GIS across the globe.
Shannon Valdizon is the State and Local Government Marketing Lead on the Esri Industry Solutions team. She works with government strategists to identify emerging trends in government and GIS across the globe.
Content
Forward: Marc Ott, ICMA
Introduction
Chapter 1: Saving Time
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
Houston Police Department, TX
Utah Department of Natural Resources
Chapter 2: Saving Money
Clay County Utility Authority, FL
Rural Lorain County Water Authority (RLCWA), OH
New England
Chapter 3: Avoiding Cost
City of Glendale, CA
City of Cayce, SC
City of Escondido, CA
Chapter 4: Increasing Accuracy
City of Sarasota, FL
City of Columbia, SC
Santa Clara County, CA
Chapter 5: Improving Productivity
U.S. Census Bureau
Denton Municipal Electric
City of Thomasville, GA
Chapter 6: Generating Revenue
Tippecanoe County, IN
England
Stafford County, VA
Chapter 7: Increasing Efficiency
Maricopa County, AZ
City of Johns Creek, GA
City of Santa Barbara, CA
Chapter 8: Automating Workflows
Massachusetts DCR
Crawford County, PA
Delaware Department of Agriculture
Chapter 9: Managing Resources
City of Glendale, CA
Maricopa County, AZ
City of Palo Alto, CA
Chapter 10: Aiding in Budgeting
City of Brownsville, TX
State of Texas, Parks and Recreation
Potter County, PA
Conclusion: Leaning Forward: Embracing GIS as a Critical Infrastructure
Afterword
Introduction
Chapter 1: Saving Time
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
Houston Police Department, TX
Utah Department of Natural Resources
Chapter 2: Saving Money
Clay County Utility Authority, FL
Rural Lorain County Water Authority (RLCWA), OH
New England
Chapter 3: Avoiding Cost
City of Glendale, CA
City of Cayce, SC
City of Escondido, CA
Chapter 4: Increasing Accuracy
City of Sarasota, FL
City of Columbia, SC
Santa Clara County, CA
Chapter 5: Improving Productivity
U.S. Census Bureau
Denton Municipal Electric
City of Thomasville, GA
Chapter 6: Generating Revenue
Tippecanoe County, IN
England
Stafford County, VA
Chapter 7: Increasing Efficiency
Maricopa County, AZ
City of Johns Creek, GA
City of Santa Barbara, CA
Chapter 8: Automating Workflows
Massachusetts DCR
Crawford County, PA
Delaware Department of Agriculture
Chapter 9: Managing Resources
City of Glendale, CA
Maricopa County, AZ
City of Palo Alto, CA
Chapter 10: Aiding in Budgeting
City of Brownsville, TX
State of Texas, Parks and Recreation
Potter County, PA
Conclusion: Leaning Forward: Embracing GIS as a Critical Infrastructure
Afterword