Title: A Nation wide GIS Training Project
1A Nation wide GIS Training Project Background,
Scope, Tasks, Project Organisation and
Performance
2 Performance
3The Three Phases
4Phase 1
- To meet the politicians and senior officials
- One day seminars within each county different
performance - feed back meetings - 12 queries about GIS
- The benefit of utilising GIS
- How to manage a GIS effort
- How to use whats already done
- To initiate the local development process
- Initiate the creation of a GIS strategy
- Identify key persons
- Get along from where you are dont necessarily
start at box No 1 - Create a local plan for GIS activities
- Plan for comprehensive GIS training
5Phase 1 (contd.)
- To cooperate
- The regional GIS association
- Universities and colleges
- Between two or more cities
- Lessons learned
- Information material
- Centrally produced
- Published on internet for wide use
- Centrally executed lecturer training
- Central lecturer pool
6Phase 1
Costs Benefits
Quicker Pay back
Develope systematically
Technical solutions
Killer apps
Vision
Contents...
What is GIS?
Coordination standards
Why GIS?
Endurance
Test apps
How to continue
7Phase 2
- Skills to establish GIS GIO training
- Create regional human networks
- Prepare Phase 3
- Start (initiate) local implementation processes
8Phase 2 (contd.)
- Target Group
- GIOs
- Members of human GIS networks
- GIS enthusiasts and key persons
9Phase 2 (contd.)
- The GIO (Geographic Information Officer) who is
that? - The coordinator of the GIS-activities
- Transforms stategic visions to working
applications - Masters GIS projects
- Monitors the technical development and whats
going on - Is the GIS teacher (lecturer) and informer
- Represents the organisation externally concerning
GIS issues - Is responsible for enterprisewide applications
and data - Proposes GIS activities
- Reports to the general management
- Is the master of the human GIS network
10Phase 2 (contd.)
- The GIO has
- IT-knowledge focusing on GIS
- Knowledge about geo data base management
- Knowledge about the own organisation and its
activities - Knowledge about project and strategy work
- Knowledge about activity and information analysis
processes - Good teaching and information skills
- Knowledge about project economy and investment
analysis - Knowledge about legal aspects concerning GIS
- Basic map skills
- Understanding about the strategic importance of
the information within the own organisation - A personal network within the GIS domain
11Phase 2 (contd.)
- The GIO is
- Enthusiastic and inspiring
- A good coach
- As good comunicating with the general management
as with the end users - Result oriented
- Structured
- A good organiser
- Flexible
- Interested in the options of technology
- A good teacher
- Creative
- A good member of a personal network
12Phase 2 (contd.)
- Objectives for Phase 2
- Comprehensive knowledge about GIS
- Skill as GIS Implementation project manager
- Skill as a good teacher
- Knowledge about data and data management
- Ability to be a GIS purchaser
13Phase 2 (contd.)
- Education seminars
- Initial seminar in conjunction with the end of
Phase 1 - Three segments with, in total, 16 topics
- Strategies and planning
- Implementing GIS
- Running and maintaining GIS
- 11 seminar days period of 6 months
- 5 weeks GIS class at a univeristy college
14Phase 2 (contd.)
- Segment Strategies and planning
- To create and establish a GIS strategy (1 day)
- To establish a human GIS network (1/2 day)
- To transform the GIS strategy to action plans and
activity programs (1 day) - The activity analysis (1/2 day)
- GIS economy (1/2 day)
15Phase 2 (contd.)
- Segment implementing GIS
- To train the own organisation (1/2 day)
- To create basic geo data sets (1 day)
- Activities in a GIS project (1/2 day)
- To inform about development of GIS within the own
organisation (1/2 day) - To manage an implementation project (1/2 day)
16Phase 2 (contd.)
- Segment Running and maintaining GIS
- Standards affecting GIS (1/2 day)
- PilotGIS de facto-standard for societal planning
(1 day) - Data provision and data management (1 day)
- Technical platforms (1 day)
- GIS on Internet and Intranet (1/2 day)
- Legal aspects on GIS (1/2 day)
17Phase 2 (contd.)
- Training material produced by 10 authors all
GIS experts management focused - Topic text (15 25 pages) OH-slides, teachers
manual, training cases, litterature reference
list - Published on internet (website), possible to
download and print
18Task to the regions concerning Phase 2
- Identify the target group deploy individuals
- Establish cooperation teams
- Prepare and execute the training seminars
- Put priority on the GIS univeristy class training
- Create networks for the continued efforts
- Give additional information to politicians and
senior officials - Coordinate planning for Phase 3
- Initiate local implementation processes
19Local implementation processes
- A draft to a GIS strategy
- Ensure support from the top management
- Establish a GIS network
- Prepare for Phase 3
- Create education programs
- Purchase GIS software
- Create a data provision concept
20Phase 3
- Objectives
- Basic GIS knowledge
- Knowledge about how GIS can be utilised within
the own organisation - Knowledge about the local GIS organisation
- Knowledge about geographic data and data use
- Basic skill to use GIS
21Components in Phase 3
Locally pro-duced mate-rial
GIS strategy Training plan
Basic GIS training course
GIOs and inter-nal instructors
16 training course components
12 queries about GIS
22Phase 3 (contd.)
- Local Training planning
- Identify target groups
- Investigate the need for training and status of
existing skills - Streamline the training to the specific
organisational needs - Do the training
- Ensure funding
23Tasks to the regions concerning Phase 3
- Be encouraging
- Support the small cities
- Coordinate local training activities
- Take responsibility for funding local training
activities - Monitor and collect feed back
24Internet-concept
Viewer Thematic maps
GIS trial apps
www. lst.se/ strategis
Training documentation
Killer apps
www-links
Discussion forum
25What is OGIS ?
StrateGIS
- An easy-to use GIS viewer. Basicly developed for
users - within the regional government. Has proved to
reduce the process time for dealing with
different tasks. Can be used for viewing maps
with huge amounts of data.
- Proved Cost/benefit 14
- Web-klient, developed in MapObjects/VisualBasic
- Presently used by 17 regional govenments
- Support, marketing, development ESRI
Sweden/LandFocus
26One test application on internet
StrateGIS
SwedeFacts statistics on map (http//www.swedefac
ts.com)
27Information
www.lst.se/strategis