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Abstract
Development of a Municipal Spatial Information Management Process InfrastructureTrack: State and Local Government
Author(s): Gord Rasmussen, Michael C. Szarmes
Canadian municipal governments, such as the City of Calgary, are challenged with providing a multitude of services to the citizens they serve. Collecting, managing, and sharing the necessary information—both spatial and attribute--to provide these services effectively and efficiently is fundamental to the successful operation of that organization. The current technologies available for spatial information management provide viable and cost-effective alternatives in providing the most appropriate information within a spatial context to the business areas; however, it is also critical for the organization to provide a suitable process model to ensure complex issues of stewardship, data sharing, communication, access, and the like are in place. This paper will discuss the development of a Spatial Information Management Process Infrastructure currently under development at the City of Calgary. Emphasis will be placed on the following topics: creating an evaluation methodology for determining corporate spatial information requirements, categorizing various types of spatial information used at the City of Calgary, evaluating and applying the most appropriate spatial information collection and manipulation methodologies, and managing these information assets within a municipal environment. Discussion of the Process Infrastructure will be placed in a strategic enterprise governance and operation perspective. Finally, the Process Infrastructure will be verified through specific examples of spatial features required and shared by many separate business areas.
Gord Rasmussen
The City of Calgary
PO Box 2100, Stn. M.
Calgary, Alberta T2P 2M5
Canada
Phone: 403-268-4842
E-mail: prmigr@gov.calgary.ab.ca