Local Government ELA- when the GIS department is not enough

Across the board, we are seeing the use of GIS maturing into the enterprise space, with Local Governments leading the charge. Local Governments are realising that it is no longer good enough to just rely on the GIS department to answer their location questions.

The black art of LG asset management

It’s a shared burden: across Australia, local governments often struggle to manage their assets to their community’s expectations. And I don’t think it matters if it is in the metro area or regional, or if you have the best asset management system or just something simple: there is always more that needs to be built, fixed, upgraded or replaced.

LI Enables Asset Management; Creates ‘City of the Future’

Well, you learn something new every day, don’t you? Did you know that Abu Dhabi is home to the world’s first carbon-neutral, zero-waste city? And do you know what they attribute the success of the project to? Why location intelligence of course!

Esri Local Government User Group Meeting – August 2010

Last Friday (13^th August), Jeremie Comarmond of Esri Australia and Susie Kempson of Melbourne City Council hosted the Esri LG meeting at the council offices of the City of Melbourne. There was a pretty large crew there, representing LGA’s from not only metro Melbourne, but also around the state.

The four main themes discussed were

-          3D

-          Data and Data Capture – 3D Point Clouds

-          GIS Applications, ArcGIS and Dekho

-          Base maps from MDS and Esri