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Enterprise GIS access delivers efficiencies primarily through time savings and mitigating the risk of decisions being made on different versions (copies) of data.
Time savings Staff will be able to readily answer:
• What is going on where – the location of an incident (e.g. safety, fire);
• What are the constraints to development in a particular area- can we put an access road through here?
• Where is the equipment that is to be serviced over the next month, and how do we get to it?
• Where have all the safety incidents occurred over the last month?
• What is the status of the approvals for ground disturbance over this area?
Without access to this information using GIS, information would need to be collated from a number of sources. This would involve:
• Operating different information systems, including a system that could produce maps
• Locating and extracting data from different systems to produce a map
• Dependence on an expert technician (e.g. in a mapping system), consequently relying on their availability and time
Risk mitigation
Ensuring that all decisions are made using the same version of spatial data guarantees that decisions are based on the most current and accurate corporate information.
Field force enablement
There are significant time savings and corresponding efficiency gains in enabling staff to access maps in the field as and when they require it. By accessing GIS capability in the field, staff will be using only the most current and authorised information.
Examples include: • As part of orientation in the field (safety)
