Smart Cities:

A Location-based Idea

Richard Leadbeater, Esri

Our World Is Changing Rapidly

Creating Many Challenges For Our Country And Your Organizations

. . . We Need Collective Intelligence and Understanding

Climate Change

Population

Political and Social Conflict

Loss of Biodiversity

Energy

Water Security

Natural Resources

Economic Uncertainty

Urbanization and Land Use

Human Health

Security

Technology Advancements

Poverty and Inequality

Globalization

A Resource

Geospatial Systems Are Helping Us Understand

. . . Helping Us Make Better Decisions

Data

Information

Knowledge

Understanding

Mapping

Integration

Sharing and

Collaboration

Policy

Managing Natural Resources and Agriculture

River Management

US Department

of State

Geologic

Mapping

Hydrologic Analysis

Land Cover

Change

Forest Atlas

USDA Forest

Service

World Resources

Institute

Forest Atlas,

DRC

USDA NASS/George

Mason University

Crops

Know Your

Farmer & Food

USDA

Assessing Population and Housing

Population Center

US Census Bureau

2010 Census Maps

Census

Census Maps

(TIGERweb)

Demographics and the Mail

Postal Service

Housing and Socioeconomic Needs

Community Planning and Development

Human Health

Food Contamination

Food and Drug

Inspection

US Department of State

Influenza

Healthcare Safety

Tracking

Imports

HIV Infected Population

USAID/ICF Macro/Blue

Raster, LLC

National Cancer Institute

Cancer

Spread of

HIV–DRC

Physician

Visits

Planning For and Managing Emergencies

Fire Planning and Response

National Park

Service

National Guard

Flooding

Populations Affected

Earthquake Planning

Kentucky, FEMA

Situation

Awareness

Evacuation

Management

Tornado

Damage

Alabama

Search and Rescue

US Coast Guard

SimSuite USACOE

Hurricanes

Planning and Managing Facilities

Energy Consumption

Space Optimization

Campus Management Waste Storage

Phone MappingCritical Inventory

Management

Urban Design

GIS and BIM

Integration

Good GeoInformation Products

Helping Us Understand . . .

. . . And Make Better Decisions

• Provide Timely Information

• Disseminate Knowledge

• Communicate Importance

• Support Decision Making

• Illustrate Time

• Show Status and Performance

• Show The Future

Effectively Telling a Story . . .

GIS Is Changing How We Approach Our Community

Evolving Technology And Science Are Expanding Our Capabilities

Helping Us Understand Our World

Access

Bandwidth

Collaboration

Social Networking

ConnectivityWireless

PredictiveReal Time

Science

Analytics

Modeling

Real Time

Tracking

Sensor Network

Measurement

Remote Sensing

Lidar

GPS

Services

Web

Enabled

Collaboration

Privacy

Data

Crowdsourcing

Access

Ownership

Volume

Mobile

Distributed

Security

Computing

VisualizationCloud

Performance

SaaS

Services

Open Access

Usability

Big Data

GIS

Analysis

Location

Analytics

Mobile

Imagery Integration

Scalable

Collaboration

3D

A New Pattern Is Emerging

An Intuitive Platform For Sharing, Discovery, Access and Use

Creating An Online Collaboration Framework

Knowledge

Workers

Managers

Policy

Makers

Casual

Users

Geospatial

Professional

This Will Provide Access & Common Infrastructure

Connecting Federal Agencies and Stakeholders

Facilitating

Communication

and Collaboration

Breaking Down Barriers

Between Institutions,

Disciplines and Cultures

Integrating and

Synthesizing Information

from Many Sources

The Geospatial Platform Is Emerging

Providing A Framework For Sharing National Information

Organizing Many Communities . . .

. . . Providing Common Infrastructure

Natural Resources

Environmental

Catalog

Groups

Content

Weather

Maps

AppsGeospatial Platform

Distributed Services

(cloud datacenters)

Other Agencies

Agriculture

Acting

Decision

Making

Design &

Planning

Measuring

Analyzing

Managing Data

Visualizing

This Pattern Will Also Help Coordinate Work

Integrating Activities Across Organizations

ArcGIS Online Organizes Geospatial Content

Makes it Accessible Across An Organization

ArcGIS Online

Groups

Catalog

Hosting

. . . A New Architecture

. . . For Managing and Providing Easy & Secure Access

User and Content Management

Cataloging

Grouping

Hosting

Intelligent Web Maps Are the New Medium

Integrating Services (Data, Maps, Models . . . )

Supporting

• Information Pop-Ups

• Dynamic Web Services

• Temporal Data

• Spreadsheets

• Spatial Analysis

• Annotation and Sketching

. . . Publishing and Sharing Good Information Products

Accessible

Services and Data

Easily Created

and Shared

Intelligent Web Maps Can Be Used Everywhere

. . . Enhancing Access and Collaboration

One Map Desktop

Tablets

Smart Phones

Web Sites

ArcGIS Online

Any Device

Browsers

Social Media

ArcGIS Online Integrates Other Platforms

Geospatially Enabling Content Across the Enterprise

Supporting Direct Integration

Salesforce

IBM CognosMicrosoft SharePoint & Office