GIS for a City Presentation for Kerman Andrew U. Frank Technical University Wien, Austria

GIS for a CityPresentation for Kerman

Andrew U. FrankTechnical University Wien,Austriawww.geoinfo.tuwien.ac.at

Rapidly changing world

Many problems and opportunities for a city:Growth of a city: new buildingsIncrease in trafficHigher demand for services (water, electricity, transportation)

Rehabilitation of existing buildingsCreate new jobs, for example in tourism

Decisions by city

Rational, fact based decisions make better use of limited resources.

Less use of Land, CapitalPeopleHistoric heritage

For more service to the citizens.

Rational decisions require informationThe city council needs information to

make good decisions. The Geographic Information System of the

city can provide this information.

Geographic Information System

Produces information when required aboutLand ownership, land useUtilities like electricity, water, sewageRoadsPublic institutions: schools, culturalTopographyEtc. etc.

Geographic Information Systems

Produce information in graphical form for analysis and communicationbut also gives

Tools for systematic numerical and statistical analysis.

Applications: Traffic Analysis

Identify the bottlenecks!What effects has a proposed change for

the rest of the traffic situation?Avoids that one improvement creates a new problem at another intersection.

Analysis of traffic accident locations.

Application: Public Services

An up-to-date inventory and map of the existing services improves service for the citizens.

Failures in the system can be repaired more quickly.

Applications: Urban Planning

Identify areas where new construction produces less demand on the construction of new city facilities.

Plan the facilities for new developments: Traffic, Water, Sewage, etc.

Applications: Maintenance of Street surfaces accidents locationRegister Street qualityEstablish a plan for maintenance within a

determined budget.

Application: Tourism

Produce tourist maps and other form of information for tourists:Lists of cultural heritageList of Hotels, Restaurants and their location

Application: Tree cadastre

Have an inventory of the trees in your city.

Maintain their health!

Technology

The systems are mature, all the major vendors provide all the necessary functions.

Hardware is standardized and widely available.

Technology is not an issue!

Need for educated staff

Technical systems like Geographic Information systems are only as good as the people operating them.

Invest in educating your staff – it is worth it!

Conclusion

Most of the decision of a city council have spatial aspects.

The Geographic Information System of the city provides the information for the city council to make good, fact based decisions.

A Geographic Information System improves indirectly the life of the citizens.