ECM and GIS – Partners?
An important facet of information is location based data that is used in conjunction with a wide array of organizational data. Such data relationships are frequently used for analysis of aggregated data. In local government this data is used to identify crime patterns, efficient trash truck routing and the quick routing of fire trucks to incident locations.
Patterns that are not easily discernable with other data can be identified with the power of geographic data. For example, crime incidents within a district may not appear to be problematic due to relatively low number of incidents within the district. However, when viewed with adjacent districts, the several incidents within each district, when aggregated point to an emerging pattern of criminal activity.
There are many applications of the GIS data. Data can be aggregated within geographic areas. Recent examples of this are in land data such as home sales. Trends can be identified In specific neighborhoods, census tracts, or political district. All housing is local as a former Federal Reserve stated. Also, from call centers, customer requests for services and work order management is also analyzed from a geographic perspective. Is a pattern emerging from a particular area? Are there issues that are specific to a particular neighborhood? Such data enables more effective problem resolution.
Infrastructure, such as gas, electricity, water and sewer lines, all can be monitored remotely by location using GIS systems. Repair work is completed safely when location of lines can be specifically pinpointed and work coordinated using the power of GIS and work order management systems.
With all of this capability, there is very little discussion about Enterprise Content Management and GIS.
Are you addressing this technology is your enterprise data management? If so, how? What are the challenges?
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