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Flexible and Usable WebGIS for the Flexible and Usable WebGIS for the
Organisation
Karolina van Schrojenstein Lantman – Orlinska
GIS & ICT Advisor
Grontmij Nederland B.V.Grontmij Nederland B.V.
The Netherlands
Grontmij… GIS&ICT… Team GISGrontmij… GIS&ICT… Team GIS
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� Engineering office, ~ 9.000 employees, Offices in West and North EuropeWest and North Europe
� 100: combining industry knowledge with sustainable geo-ICT solutions geo-ICT solutions – Software development, maintenance, implementations and administration of tailor-made and standard applicationsapplications
� 35: PL, Advisors, software developers– Open source & ESRI based– Open source & ESRI based
– Clients & users of our software: Waterboards, Ministries, provinces, municipalities, Tennet, Shell, Insurance provinces, municipalities, Tennet, Shell, Insurance companies
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Let’s step out from our special/spatial world Let’s step out from our special/spatial world
for a moment…
A bigger picture…A bigger picture…
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� World of specialists is very small
� Only when technology gets user-friendly enough it � Only when technology gets user-friendly enough it
will be widely adopted and used
� It’s not about # of buttons or functions but about how � It’s not about # of buttons or functions but about how
well do you understand the needs (and limitations)
of your usersof your users
� Value of every application can be measured with
how well it supports the end users needs
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WebGIS <> GIS onlineWebGIS <> GIS online
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� …so why would it be any different for WebGIS
� We want that everyone within an organisation � We want that everyone within an organisation
uses WebGIS
� WebGIS is not for GIS specialists
� WebGIS is not the same as GIS over the internet (searching in google is not the
same as sending SQL queries over the internet)same as sending SQL queries over the internet)
� WebGIS is for everyone!!� WebGIS is for everyone!!
� This has very important consequences� This has very important consequences
Users of GIS vs. Users of WebGISUsers of GIS vs. Users of WebGIS
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� Few
� Can be trained
� Many
� Can’t be trained / don’t want to be � Can be trained
� Technology and innovation is
� Can’t be trained / don’t want to be
trained
� Do not care for technology and
innovation� Technology and innovation is
interesting
� A lot of different work processes
innovation
� Repetitive work processes (not � A lot of different work processes
� Need flexibility
� Repetitive work processes (not
necessarily frequent)
� Need extreme user friendliness
� Understands GIS jargon� Understands work process jargon
(legal, maintenance, administration,
spatial planning)spatial planning)
What most WebGIS offerts to its users?What most WebGIS offerts to its users?
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NavigeerDe kaart naarEen locatie
Zoek eenadres op
VerschuifDe kaart
ActiveerEen laagEen locatie adres op
Voer eenSelectie uit
Zoek eenstraatnaam op
Zoek eenPerceel op
De kaart Een laag
BufferGeselecteerdeSelectie uit straatnaam op
Stel de afdruk Maak een
Perceel op Geselecteerdeobjecten
Genereer eenStel de afdrukParameters in
Maak eenafdruk identificeer Genereer een
rapport
Zoom deKaart in
Zoom deKaart uit
Geselecteerdresultaten
Export alsCSVKaart inKaart uit resultaten CSV
How it should be…How it should be…
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I want…I want…
Close the Generate work
orders for mowingClose the Sint Jacobsstraatfor maintenence
12.09 - 14.09Evaluate if one
is allowed to
orders for mowinggrass
(whereverit’s needed)12.09 - 14.09 is allowed to
start a cafe atHoofdstraat 33
it’s needed)
Hoofdstraat 33
Where does this bring us? – purpous
specific applicationsspecific applications
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WebGIS
WebGIS
interface 1
Technology A
WebGIS
interface 2
Technology B
WebGIS
interface 3
Technology A
WebGIS
interface 4
Technology C
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How does it look like?How does it look like?
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Management of purpose specific applicationsManagement of purpose specific applications
Intranet Intranet ‘Spatial planning' ‘Spatial
planning' Intranet
application
Intranet
application ‘basic’
application
‘basic’
application
‘Spatial planning' application
‘Spatial planning' application
mobile
app
mobile
app
Database connectionsDatabase connections
Map servicesMap services IntegrationsIntegrations
ReportsReportsDatabase connectionsDatabase connections
CouplingsCouplings
ReportsReports
SearchesSearches
SecuritySecurity WorkflowsWorkflows
ServerServer
ConclusionsConclusions
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� Users of WebGIS <> users of GIS
� WebGIS <> GIS over the internet
� Only when the whole organisation is
using info in WebGIS, you can get the
ROIROI
� No lose steps in known work processes
� It is possible to satisfy flexibility and
complexity at the same timecomplexity at the same time
� Application management does not have
to be a nightmare with the right toolsto be a nightmare with the right tools
� Technology to make it happen is
already available
Contact
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Contact
Karolina van Schrojenstein Lantman - Orlinska
@orlinska @GeoWeb4, @GrontmijNL
orlinska.com software.grontmij.nl
