1. Statewide Technology and Electronic Commerce Advisory Council Need and Demand for GIS in the Commonwealth: a Private Sector View Bruce Stauffer Advanced Technology Solutions, Inc. November 20, 2003

2. Private Sector GIS Market GIS technology firms Cartographic firms Real estate/appraisal firms Engineering/surveying firms AVL/Fleet tracking: bus and trucking Home delivery services Timber management Utility management Marketing and sales

3. Needs Dictate Data Source Detailed and accurate mapping Geocoding to centerlines Vehicle routing Asset management by parcel Sales/market analysis by county or municipality Transportation studies

4. Local GIS Data Today Detailed and accurate mapping Road centerlines may or may not match functional need Cross border projects are painful  Lacking geometric edge-matching  Inconsistent data structures  Incompatible encoding standards

5. Why This State of Affairs? Different objectives Wide ranging budgets for GIS Focus is on administering services within jurisdictions No optional or mandatory standards Some vendors promote “production designs” Technology differences

6. Variability in County Data Sources 2002 PA GIS Survey Findings  20 predominantly rural counties relied on federal or state agency mapping  33 counties acquired their own base mapping from aerial photogrammetry

7. Variability in County GIS Budgets 2001 PAMAGIC Survey Findings  Reported initial start-up costs ranged from $15,000 to $3 million  Higher costs associated with aerial fly- overs with tax map conversion  Other factors: –size of geographic area –the mix of map features to be acquired –the quantity of features to be mapped  GIS maintenance costs range from $5,000 - $1.5 million per year

8. Economic Reasons to Evolve Standards New market opportunities to local government at reduced costs Flexibility to cost share and achieve economies of scale Facilitates cross border studies at lower cost Open new market for evolving technologies

9. Policy Roadblocks 2002 PA GIS Survey Findings  42 counties implemented fees for municipal and/or public use  8 counties have copyrighted their data, and  32 counties restrict the redistribution of their data to third parties

10. Policy Roadblocks Varied Reasons for Varied Policies  Provides a source of revenue to the County’s general fund wins political support and assurance of ongoing funding  Concern about liability from improper uses of the data  The private sector will sell the data with no value added, County will receive no benefit  The taxpayers already paid for the data so they should get it for free with no additional charges

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