Technical Workshop

Government 2.0 — Envisioning the Future of Delivering Government Services

—Chris Thomas and James Tedrick, Esri

Society is recognizing that maps and GIS are evolving into a strong Gov 2.0 platform. This "GeoWeb" offers many opportunities that advance a more collaborative citizen engagement. Governments are discovering that GIS data and analysis are effective social media that can be georeferenced to social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and blogs. Traditional data will be enhanced through Web 2.0 mashups, user-generated content, and crowdsourced data, resulting in government that is much more communicative and participatory.

The trend of geoenabling Gov 2.0 is leading to a rich set of cloud computing tools, open APIs, and resource centers that offer the opportunity to create good government through geospatial knowledge. This expansion of geographic knowledge will result in strong place-based governance policies. The session will emphasize the coupling of GIS technology with new trends in information systems, the business drivers for these pairings, and potential business cases, as well as demonstrate some sample integrations with GIS.

Level: All levels