Enterprise GIS: Concepts and Applications

173 Pages·2019·11.484 MB·English

by  John R. Woodard

Enterprise GIS
Concepts and Applications

Enterprise GIS
Concepts and Applications
by
John R. Woodard MS, GISP
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Contents
List of Figures .........................................................................................................xi
List of Tables ........................................................................................................xiii
Preface .....................................................................................................................xv
Acknowledgments .............................................................................................xvii
Author ...................................................................................................................xix
1. Introduction and Organization ...................................................................1
1.1 Introduction ...........................................................................................1
1.2 Information sources ..............................................................................6
1.3 Enterprise architecture .........................................................................9
1.4 Conclusion ............................................................................................12
1.4.1 Organization ...........................................................................12
1.5 Applied GIS ..........................................................................................13
1.6 Assignment ..........................................................................................14
1.6.1 Assignment 1 Article Review ..............................................14
Bibliography ...................................................................................................14
2. Enterprise Geographic Information System (Enterprise GIS) ............17
2.1 Just what is enterprise GIS? ...............................................................18
2.2 Why are there so many different, yet similar, definitions for
enterprise GIS? ....................................................................................18
2.3 Case 1: Medina County Health Department, Medina
County, Ohio ........................................................................................19
2.4 A word on professionalism ...............................................................21
2.5 The enterprise GIS ..............................................................................25
2.6 The beginning of the enterprise system ..........................................26
2.7 Summary ..............................................................................................29
2.8 Assignment ..........................................................................................29
Bibliography ...................................................................................................30
3. Enterprise Architecture ...............................................................................31
3.1 What is enterprise architecture? .......................................................31
3.2 Capabilities ...........................................................................................33
3.3 Flexible architecture ...........................................................................35
3.4 Designing an enterprise architecture ..............................................37
3.5 Establishing goals ...............................................................................38
3.6 Case 2: The City of Oberlin, County of Lorain, Ohio ....................41
3.7 Summary ..............................................................................................42
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3.8 Assignment ..........................................................................................42
Assignment 3: The company .............................................................42
Assignment 3.1 Establishing goals ...................................................42
Bibliography ...................................................................................................42
4. Roles in Enterprise Architecture ...............................................................45
4.1 Roles and responsibilities ..................................................................45
4.2 Building the team ................................................................................50
4.3 GIS manager/enterprise architect.....................................................51
4.4 Business architect ................................................................................52
4.5 Data architect .......................................................................................53
4.6 Data steward ........................................................................................53
4.7 Subject matter expert ..........................................................................54
4.8 Applications/technology architect ...................................................55
4.9 Owner and executive management ..................................................56
4.10 Department supervisors ....................................................................57
4.11 Summary ..............................................................................................57
4.12 Assignment ..........................................................................................58
Assignment 4: Why .............................................................................58
Assignment 4.1: Roles .........................................................................58
Bibliography ...................................................................................................58
5. Data Architecture .........................................................................................61
5.1 Data architecture .................................................................................61
5.2 Data vs. information ...........................................................................62
5.3 Enterprise data ....................................................................................62
5.4 Metadata ...............................................................................................64
5.5 System hierarchies ..............................................................................64
5.6 Data standards .....................................................................................66
5.7 Reference data......................................................................................72
5.8 Data formatting ...................................................................................73
5.9 Geodatabase domains ........................................................................74
5.10 Summary ..............................................................................................75
5.11 Assignment ..........................................................................................75
Assignment 5: Data examples ...........................................................75
Bibliography ...................................................................................................75
6. The EA/Enterprise GIS Toolbox ................................................................77
6.1 EA/EGIS tools......................................................................................77
6.1.1 Business on a page (BOAP) ...................................................78
6.1.2 Workflow model .....................................................................81
6.1.3 UML activity diagram ...........................................................81
6.1.4 Strategic analysis methods ...................................................82
6.1.5 Backcasting .............................................................................83
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Case of the City of Strongsville .........................................................84
City of Strongsville enterprise GIS build timeline .........................87
6.2 Present/future state model ................................................................87
6.3 Process model ......................................................................................88
6.4 Improvising tools ................................................................................88
6.5 Final comment .....................................................................................89
6.6 Summary ..............................................................................................89
Bibliography ...................................................................................................89
7. Designing an Enterprise GIS with EA Tools ..........................................91
7.1 Designing the enterprise GIS with EA tools ...................................91
7.2 Enterprise GIS goals ...........................................................................91
7.3 The geodatabase ..................................................................................92
7.4 Catalogs ................................................................................................96
7.5 Data catalogs .......................................................................................96
7.6 Technology catalog .............................................................................98
7.7 Application catalog ...........................................................................101
7.8 Current state to future state model.................................................104
7.9 Summary ............................................................................................110
7.10 Assignment .......................................................................................111
Assignment 7.1: Build a data, technology,
applications catalog .............................................................111
Assignment 7.2: Catalog analysis ...................................................111
Assignment 7.3: Building a model for current state
to future state ........................................................................111
Assignment 7.4: Build a maturity model .......................................111
Bibliography .................................................................................................112
8. System Visualization .................................................................................115
8.1 Strategic architecture ........................................................................115
8.2 Sub-architecture ................................................................................119
8.3 Summary ............................................................................................123
8.4 Assignment .......................................................................................123
Assignment 8.1: Visualizing the entire system .............................123
Assignment 8.2: Visualization of current state .............................123
Assignment 8.3: Visualization of sub-architecture .......................123
Assignment 8.4: Visualization of future state ...............................124
Bibliography .................................................................................................124
9. Governance ..................................................................................................125
9.1 What is governance? .........................................................................125
Case: The City of Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio ..........................126
Case: The City of Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio ..........................127
Case: Medina County Health Department (MCHD), County
of Medina, Ohio ...................................................................128