Manager of OCIT s Application Services Division. Leads a staff of 80, project portfolio of approx. $35 million

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1 Scott Oppmann s Bio Manager of OCIT s Application Services Division Leads a staff of 80, project portfolio of approx. $35 million Over 10 years of experience in geospatial industry Participates in geospatial policy groups throughout local, regional, state and federal governments Active in professional organizations including IMAGIN, URISA, NSGIC, BLM s Eastern States Cadastral Subcommittee and Michigan s Geospatial Coordinating Initiative BS of Science from Michigan State University in Urban and Regional Planning

2 It s s Not About the Data Anymore. Scott Oppmann, Manager Application Services Division Oakland County Information Technology

3 County Overview County budget is is approximately $500 million 4.19 mills lowest county rate in Michigan Located 30 miles north of the City of Detroit 62 local governmental units (CVTs) Central IT Dept under County Executive 150 Employees plus Contract Resources Annual Budget approximately $40 Million 910 square miles and 450,000 parcels 2000 Census population of 1.2 million Added $50 billion in in property value in the last five years

4 Organizational Context Growing suburb with a rich set of natural and cultural features Like many suburban communities, wrestling with: Infrastructure Costs Natural Feature Preservation Quality of Life Business Attraction / Retention Homeland Security Budget Constraints (integrated services & systems)

5 Technology Vision Common taxpayers County and CVTs; ISD and school districts Enterprise deployments Promote data integration Horizontal Vertical Recognize full range of benefits Promote Information Capital

6 Oakland County s GIS Evolution Disparate Base Map Data Multiple Software Platforms Lacked Central Coordination Specialized Hardware Limited Data Sharing Limited Impact on Business Processes Enterprise GIS Data Management ArcGIS and RDBMS Migration Centralized and Federated Geospatial Teams Expertise Leveraged Throughout County Integral Part of Business Applications Base Map Data Coordinated Common Software Platform (ESRI) Central Coordinating Organization Created Open Hardware Platform Deployed Data and Common Knowledge Leveraged Apps Developed to Support Business Processes Early 1990s Mid 1990s Early 2000s Industry Industry Trends: Trends: Specialized Specialized Hardware, Hardware, Many Many Software Software Providers, Providers, Difficult Difficult to to Manage Manage Data Data Industry Industry Trends: Trends: Intel-based Intel-based Hardware, Hardware, Market-Leading Software Software Provider, Provider, RDBMS RDBMS Storage Storage Emerges Emerges Industry Industry Trend: Trend: Diverse Diverse Hardware, Hardware, Prominent Prominent Software Software Provider, Provider, RDBMS RDBMS Prevalent Prevalent

7 Where are we going? (The Vision) A geographically organized Oakland County where location is imbedded as an integral part of information management, is used to formulate environmental, social, safety and economic policies, and where access to this geographically organized data provides citizens with an enhanced opportunity to participate in the governance of their community

8 Implications of Vision Statement Geospatial technology and data are: Integral parts of the business applications and enterprise IT architecture Recognized as an asset in the organization Widely available to citizens, government agencies, and educational community Pervasive, yet transparent, geography is promoted

9 Geography is now a large component of Internet Search Technology

10 would like to see the equivalent of Wikipedia Geopedia. Vint Cerf, Chief Evangelist at Google, Inc. worries that even the best-intentioned amateur could provide inaccurate data that could lead to a disaster. Who wants to dig a hole and run into a pipe? Jack Dangermond, President of ESRI providing access to GIS tools, you ll end up with a big number of users converging on the truth. Michael Jones, Google Earth s Chief Technologist Source: Computerworld; August 2007

11 Background (Focused on Data) Government Activities FGDC Framework Implementation Imagery for the Nation Cadastral Local government Private Sector Activities ESRI Data Model Templates Google, Microsoft, TeleAtlas, Zillow, etc.

12 Modern Day Scenario

13 The Future While data custodianship continues to be a major focus of geospatial activities in government, the focus is shifting Advent of Web 2.0, has shifted focus to consumer markets demanding more and more data/services Geospatial community needs to stop dinking! Precision and accuracy have been replaced by collaboration and use Developing examples of application and use at a tremendous pace

14 External Forces Online content providers have redefined modern base map and user experience Imagery, transportation, and rooftop addresses Bypassing government data providers and leveraging private sector extensively Making enormous capital investments!

15 Call to Action Get our act together soon If we don t, the private sector is going to do it for us Become the trusted source for geospatial data Protect value and integrity because its so vital to commerce Reduce time to market Challenge our publication models Focus on knowledge, not commodities Business application integration Embrace private sector

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