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Introduction
Victorias Spatial Information Industry
- Private Sector in Transition ???? Brian
Marwick General Manager - Dataflow Logica Pty
Limited
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Overview of Presentation

• An historical perspective
• Examples of the transition
• A snapshot today
• Concluding Remarks

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An Historical Perspective

• Comparing 1985 to 2002
• Has changed dramatically for the better
• Continuing to evolve

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An Historical Perspective - 1985

• Spatial information (SI) management was totally
  within the domain of the Public Sector
• Virtually all mapping and asset recording systems
  were map based and labour intensive
• Duplicative data maintenance was the norm
• SI Private Sector comprised many small firms with
  their major focus being land development

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An Historical Perspective - 1985

• Access by public to map based data was difficult
• Technology very expensive
• Very limited skill base from which to recruit
  staff to implement any changes
• We dreamed of a future where digital map based
  systems were an operational tool readily accepted
  by management

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An Historical Perspective - 1990s - A Change in
approach

• Significant improvement in Technology
• Debt reduction by Governments
• Acceptance within Government of Outsourcing /
  Privatisation / increased Tendering

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An Historical Perspective - mid 1990s

• Strong Strategic Focus by Government on
• Steering role Of Government
• Doing role Of Private Sector
• Data accessibility, maintenance and completeness
• Building relationships between key Agencies to
  minimise duplication

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An Historical Perspective - Mid to Late 1990s

• Outcomes of changes
• A dramatically reduced SI workforce within the
  Public Sector
• Significantly increased involvement of Private
  Sector in all aspects of SI
• Significant increase in the availability of
  higher quality spatial information at an
  affordable price
• A significant change in structure within the
  Private Sector

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An Historical Perspective - 2000

• Continued impetus by Governments to build
  stronger SI Industry
• ANZLIC Industry Development Plan (2000)
• Action Agenda initiated by Federal Government
  (2001)
• Creation of Australian Spatial Industry Business
  Association (ASIBA)
• Initiatives to form single Professional body

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Example of Transition 1985 to 2002
MMBW Survey Branch
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SI Private Sector - 2002

• Becoming increasingly diverse (increased
  segmentation)
• size
• ownership
• capability (multi disciplinary)
• Increasing focus on markets beyond Australia
• Increasing focus on partnerships with Government
• Improved access to capital to fund required
  technology and infrastructure

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Beyond 2002

• With the continuing influence of
• Technology and the SI component becoming just
  another record in large databases
• Tightly integrated multi disciplinary firms
• Will the SI Industry be identifiable as a
  discrete industry in another 10 years ?

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Ethical Issue

• Scenario
• In responding to a tender specification you
  become aware of a significant deficiency in the
  specification that would inevitably lead to
  increased costs to properly deliver to a client
  the outcome they are seeking.
• You are aware that cost will be a significant
  factor in determining the outcome of the tender.

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Ethical Issue

• Possible Options
• Ignore the deficiency to the extent that you
  submit a complying tender in full knowledge that
  if you win the tender you will have strong
  grounds to use Contract variations to increase
  your costs.
• Submit a tender that highlights the deficiency
  and includes a solution and costs to deliver the
  desired outcome to the client
• Inform the client of the deficiency at the outset