IMGS' technical director's presentation from the Breakfast Briefing on the 14th November 2012 with Minister of State, Fergus O'Dowd. The aim of the event was to promote World GIS Day and to highlight how GI technology is used in Ireland today.

1. OSI Ministerial Briefing
Davenport Hotel
Ciaran Kirk
Technical Director, IMGS

2. Agenda
IMGS Introduction
Our Customers
Our Challenge – “The Enterprise”
Enterprise GIS Customer Examples
Smart City – The Next Generation Enterprise
Summary

3. IMGS
We deliver innovative spatial solutions
For the desktop, web and mobile
Built on our partner’s technology:
Designed to meet the challenges of
Government, Mapping Agencies, and Utility &
Communications Customers

4. Some of our customers…

5. Our Challenge – The “Enterprise”
Historically GIS was seen as a:
Stove pipe solution – not part of the enterprise
A pretty map to backup a decision e.g. Planning
Our company has worked with our customers to move GIS
into the enterprise!
GIS now viewed as an essential Enterprise solution
providing improved decision making leading to:
Improved customer service
Decreased operating and capital costs

6. ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS
Customer Examples

7. Waterford City Council Sustainable Neighbourhood Unit
Waterford required ability to record
environmental incidents
e.g. Graffiti, Abandoned Vehicles, Fly
Tipping, Burst Pipes, Broken Street
Light, etc
Waterford required a secure mobile GIS
that can instantly over a wireless
connection (iPhone) update enterprise
systems
Benefits:
Reduce delay in responding to
customer incidents
Public can see that incidents are
resolved in a timely manner

8. Dublin City Council
Property Register
Scan & Geo-locate Dublin City
Council’s property register:
250 bound paper registers
~45,000 property records
Provide single true source for all
property transactions in Dublin City
Self Service Portal
24X7 website to capture customer
service requests e.g. Water leak
Uses web mapping to allow
customer locate incident and
improve response times

9. Irish Naval Service – Fisheries Geographic System
IMGS in partnership
with HP provide the
FGS as part of the INS
Fisheries Protection
System
Solution allows INS to
track and monitor all
fishing vessels in the
Irish seas ~132,000
square miles
Provides an almost real-
time graphical display of
all current and historic
fishing activity in Irish
fishing waters
Images courtesy of the Irish Naval Service

10. Dublin Region Water & Drainage GIS
Greater Dublin Region Water and Drainage Steering Groups
Consists of 7 Local Authorities in the Greater Dublin area
Total Population of 1.4 million
Area of 2,690 KM2
Aim to provide single view of water and drainage for region
First of its kind - distributed solution across 7 authorities
Desktop, Web and Mobile solution
Management Dashboard
Benefits
Enhanced business operations
Reduced maintenance costs
Improved quality of service e.g.
less leaks

11. ESB Networks GIS
Will serve as a single enterprise
solution for the full life cycle
management of network assets
Fully integrated with asset, work
and financial management
solutions
Benefits
Improved operational efficiencies
through extended workflows with
other business critical systems
e.g. SAP, OMS
Decreased capital costs through
improved asset management

12. SMART CITY
Enterprise - The Next Generation

13. SMART CITY
WATER PUBLIC SAFETY
MANAGEMENT
“SAFE CITY”
PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
INFORMATION & MANAGEMENT
SOCIAL
ENGAGEMENT
GIS
ECOCITY
ENERGY
PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION

14. Smart Infrastructure = Smart Grid
Smart Grid described as: Smart Grid
Operations
Smart “in home” devices (including Generation) Center
Two-way communications
Advanced control systems
Benefits of Smart Grid Location
Better utilization of existing infrastructure Critical
Infrastructure
Reliable and resilient power supply Management Infrastructure
Protection
Home energy savings
Reduced carbon footprint (CO2).

15. “Safe City” - Common Operating Picture
Multi-data & multi-sensors fusion
Personnel
Mapping Data
& Asset Data Access Control
Telephone, Radio,
Voice Recorder Video Surveillance
Controls
Intelligent Video
Radio System
Data
Telephone Data Sensors Data

16. SUMMARY
Location is at the heart of a Smart City

17. Summary
An Integrated Enterprise GIS will:
Decrease capital & operating expenditure through better decision
making
Improve customer satisfaction through improved response times
A spatially focussed Smart City will drive economic
investment and support a recovery in Ireland
And this will help us all to “live long and prosper…”

18. Thank You
Ciarán Kirk
Technical Director, IMGS
8b Keypoint, Rosemount Business Park, Dublin 11
t: +353 1 885 3839 m: +353 87 804 7218
w: www.imgs.ie e: ckirk@imgs.ie