GIS Solutions for Local Goverment

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GIS Solutions for Local Goverment

• Johan van Heerden
• MDComputer Foundation

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GIS- A vital component of planning and monitoring
service delivery infrastructure construction
and maintenance
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We live in two worlds
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We are evolving towards a more human controlled
world

• Increasing
• Population
• Consumption
• Land Use

• Declining
• Resources
• Diversity
• Natural Areas

. . . and creating problems in both worlds
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Strategy is about direction
It is not about today it is about tomorrow
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IDP- 5 year strategy plan that get annually
reviewed
PLANNING AND MONITORING
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GIS Layer-based MIS
In layman terms
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FORMAL SETTLEMENT
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TOWNPLANNING AND SERVICES
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Failing to plan is planning to fail
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Process
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Mapping of services
That was THE WHAT
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Disease Management
Informal trading
Cadastral
Services
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Eg. Valuation role
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GIS Project monitoring
At all spheres of government
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Value of GIS

• GIS vs IS
• Heavy Startup Costs
• Data Integration Expenses
• Long Payback Periods
• Value add
• Scalable
• Support Service Delivery
• Operational Efficiency
• Constituent Service Levels
• Political Return
• Response time
• Ease of use

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Typical Delivery model
Database driven
Other systems
Internet Server
Database
LAN/WAN
Workstations
GIS in Disguise
Regional Office
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Questions and Answers
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