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Paper
Lessons Learned Building Enterprise GIS at the Port of Portland
Track: System Implementation for GIS
Author(s): Preston Beck

The Port of Portland owns and operates marine and aviation facilities and a significant amount of industrial property. It is a large, mature, diversified, and geographically dispersed organization. A little less than two years ago, only a handful of people at the Port knew what GIS was. Today, the Port has an enterprise GIS that is accessible to everyone who works there. This system is used for a wide variety of applications ranging from planning and infrastructure maintenance management to marketing and environmental management. This presentation will provide a managerial perspective on how this system was planned, designed, developed, and deployed including technology selection and implementation, data conversion/acquisition/creation/maintenance, organizational design and staffing, training, and procurement.

Preston Beck
Port of Portland
IT Department
PO Box 3529
Portland , OR 97208
USA
Phone: (503) 944-7514
Fax: (503) 548-5536
E-mail: beckp@portptld.com