John Woodard - Enterprise GIS: Concepts and Applications

Enterprise GIS

Concepts and Applications

Enterprise GIS

Concepts and Applications

by

John R. Woodard MS, GISP

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Dedication

This book is dedicated to my wife and my parents.

For their endless love, support, patience, and

encouragement during this writing process.

Contents

Many people have asked, Why? Why this book about enterprise architecture for geographic information systems? ESRI has already created these systems! There are many books about enterprise architecture and operations.

These are valid questions, and they deserve answers.

This textbook is intended as a helpful aid for GIS professionals and users searching for ways to improve themselves and information systems. This book is a way of giving back to the people who taught, encouraged, and sometimes provided a proper kick to you know where, when this author required proper motivation.

These same people (professors, teachers, Seabees, farmers, and laborers) also instilled the professional ideals of hard work, responsibility, accountability, helping others, and pride, in an inexperienced newbie. This book also seeks to honor their efforts, with a tool for tomorrows professionals.

Smoothing the path for those behind you is one of those professional responsibilities everyone seems to discuss, but only a few people practice. This book will hopefully help smooth the rough spots in the paths of future enterprise GIS builds and ensure a smoother transition from a simple desktop to an organizational information system. The authors understanding and methodologies in developing enterprise systems come from developing several municipal GIS systems and a second masters degree in digital science concentrated upon enterprise architecture.

Continuing education is one of the secrets to becoming a well-rounded professional. Scuba divers have a magazine Dive Training , which has the motto A good diver is always learning! This author has not only lived by, and trained for scuba following, the slogan but adapted it for the field of GIS, A good GISer, is always learning! This phrase can be applied or act as a slogan for any professional regardless of profession.

First and foremost, I would like to thank my wife for her love and willingness to sacrifice our time to enable me to finish writing this project.

I would like to thank my parents for their support and help; they were there when I needed them.

A very special thank you to Dr. Tyner! Without his suggestions and encouragement this book would never have been written.

Thank you to the partners/owners of my former company, Chagrin Valley Engineering, Ltd. (CVE). They provided support, encouragement, and the space to fail, when developing enterprise GIS. They graciously allowed me to use CVE project sheets as appendices for this book.

I would like to say thank you to my current employer Davey Resource Group, Inc. (DRG) and The City of Oberlin, Ohio Public Works Department for their support and for allowing me to use Oberlins project sheet as an appendix for this book.

A special thank you to Ms. Tabitha Messmore for being a go-to mentor and advisor.

A special thank you to Mrs. Debbie Sheeler for her encouragement and support.

A special thank you to Dr. Denise Bedford who introduced me to the field of enterprise architecture and who provided timely insights, encouragement, and templates for many enterprise and business architecture models.

Thank you to all my friends, who encouraged me along the way and never let me forget how far I had come, during moments of self-doubt. Your friendship has provided me with many wonderful adventures, experiences, and memories that helped me through the hard times.

Thank you, Lord, for providing me with all these wonderful people in my life, and for always being there for me.

John R. Woodard MS, GISP

John R . Woodard, MS, GISP has worked in the field of geographic information systems (GIS) since 2002. He was fortunate enough to be offered a position with the Summit County Health Departments Community Health Division. John was responsible for planning, implementing, and coordinating all GIS activities for the Health Department. A high point in his time with Summit County Health was managing a multi-agency project composed of nurses, administrators, and first responders to create an interactive disaster/terrorism response map. This interactive map was designed to provide first responders information about nearby facilities and assets in a time of emergency.

He spent 10 years with Chagrin Valley Engineering, forming a close working relationship with clients, engineers, and field crews. This is where he became interested in working with enterprise architecture as a foundation for enterprise GIS systems. He was responsible for designing, building, and maintaining enterprise GIS systems for 14 municipalities in Northeast Ohio. His excellent work for The City of Avon was recognized with a GIS Best Practice award from the Ohio Geographically Referenced Information Program (OGRIP) in 2016.

Mr. Woodard firmly believes in continuing education and helping others. Since May 2003, he has held the position of Adjunct Faculty at the Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio. During this time, he completed a masters degree in GIS/Geography from the University of Akron and a masters degree in digital science concentrated in enterprise architecture from Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. He was awarded his certification as a GIS Professional (GISP) in 2015.