2017 GIS-T State Survey Summary2017 AASHTO GIS-T Symposium

Phoenix, Arizona

April 11, 2017

Purpose of Survey

• Input for future GIS-T Symposium activities• Roundtable

• Workshops

• Survey questions

• GIS-T research topics

• State of the States’ State – Status of State DOTs in different areas

Survey Participation

• Results based 47 responses as of March 31, 2017

1. Organization You Are Representing

Represent an organization100%

2. Contact Information: Name, Title, Agency

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45

DOT

AOT

SHTD

Cabinet

TRANS

OIT

SHA

HTA

Name100%

3. Please describe your most recent GIS related projects, and/or applications

4. Please describe up to four GIS related projects, applications, and/or issues that are of interest to your organization.

5. How is GIS deployed in your agency?

We have no GIS function in our agency

0%

We have a single unit responsible for all agency

GIS functions, applications, and services

7%We have more than one unit

responsible for GIS functions, applications, and services, and

multiple end users in various program offices with NO

coordination2%

We have more than one unit responsible for GIS functions,

applications, and services, and multiple end users in various program offices with SOME

coordination51%

We have integrated most agency databases through an

Enterprise GIS, and have developed GIS applications

throughout the agency40%

Other (please specify)0%

6. Has your agency…

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

Completed a Data Governance Plan

Formed a GIS coordinating group

Done a Return on Investment Study on a GISapplication/effort

Done a Benefit/Cost Analysis on a GISapplication/effort

Assessed itself with a GIS Capability MaturityModel

No Yes

7. How large is your GIS staff? (e.g. 5 FTE) in the office in which you work?

Full-Time Employees

Part-Time Employees

On-Site Contractors

Off-Site Contractors

Maximum 33 30 13 20

Average 9 4 3 2

Minimum 1 1 1 1

8. Where in your agency is the GIS core staff primarily located?

Planning49%

Engineering6%

Information Services

33%

Mapping/Surveying3%

Other9%

Other included: Program Management and Environmental, Transportation Technology Office, Information Technology, Performance & Technology Division, GIS Division, Data Section, Program Development - Preconstruction

9. What are the principal technical backgrounds of your GIS core staff?

Engineering/Surveying10%

Planning14%

Geography/Cartography39%

Information Technology/Information

Systems/Computer Science

32%

Business/Public Administration

3%

Other2%

Other includes Geoscience, Drafting, Landscape Architect, Math, Anthropology, Geology

GIS Professional Certification

Yes64%

No36%

10. Is anyone on the GIS core staff a Certified GIS professional?

Yes24%

No55%

Not Sure21%

11. Will GIS Professional Certification be an important consideration in hiring future GIS core staff?

12. Does your agency have any of the following Civil Service job titles under which GIS professionals are hired?

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

IT GIS titles

GIS titles not tied to IT

Planner or planning related titles

Cartography/mapping titles

Geographer titles

Geoscience/Remote Sensing, or other related titles

Other

13. What percent of your GIS staff's time is spent in each of the following transportation GIS functions?

Road Base Map -Development/Enhancement

Locational Referencing System (LRS) -Development/Maintenance

Data Warehouse -Development/Maintenance

GIS Technical Support and Training

End-user Application Development

Web Application Development

Other

Maximum 70% 75% 40% 50% 25% 60% 50%

Average 18% 25% 14% 15% 11% 17% 14%

Median 20% 20% 11% 10% 10% 10% 10%

Mode 20% 20% 10% 10% 10% 10% 5%

Minimum (>0%)

5% 5% 5% 1% 2% 2% 5%

14. What percent (%) of your GIS application development (end-user and/or web) is outsourced?

Maximum 100Average 39Median 25

Mode 0Minimum 5

15. What is the approximate annual amount ($) expended by your agency for GIS application development contracts?

0,000 - 50,00019%

50,000 - 100,00025%

100,000 - 250,00028%

250,000 - 500,00014%

500,000 - 750,0000%

750,000 - 1,000,0000%

1,000,000 - 2,500,0000%

2,500,000 - 5,000,0000%

> 5,000,0000%

Prefer not to say14%

16. What GIS software products are used in your agency?

Your GIS Staff Line of Business Users

17. Which relational database management system (RDBMS), if any, do you use to maintain geo-spatial data in your enterprise GIS?

Oracle38%

SQL Server41%

Access13%

DB25%

Sybase1%

Other2%

Other includes Excel, PostgreSQL, Postgresql with PostGIS and SDE

18. Which, if any, spatial data management software do you use in your enterprise GIS?

Arc SDE62%

Oracle Spatial31%

Other7%

Other includes Transactional and replication SQL servers, SQL Server Geometry Data Types, SQL Spatial, Hadoop, PostGIS, Hexagon

19. Approximately how much money ($) is spent annually on all GIS services?

Hardware Software Services Data Other

Maximum $500,000 $600,000 $1,200,000 $1,500,000 $7,000,000

Average $81,475 $232,916 $397,931 $304,107 $794,300

Median $50,000 $200,000 $200,000 $162,500 $70,000

Mode $50,000 $100,000 $1,000,000 $0 $0

Minimum (>$0) $600 $25,000 $5,000 $5,000 $3,000

Other Areas include: Mobile LiDAR pilot, Supplies, media, Approx. Total Cost, Training, Salary & Benefits

20. What software product(s) are used by your agency for web mapping applications?ArcGIS Online, MapOptixAZGEO(Home grown), geocortex, ArcGIS online,ArcGIS Online, PostgreSQL, AWSArcGIS Enterprise; Geoserver; Geomedia WebMap; Google Maps for Work APIEsri APIs, Google MapsESRI, Bentley's ALIM/AWP, QGIS, Map ServerArcGIS OnlineAGOL, ArcGIS for Server, HTML5Bing APIgeomedia webmap professionalFlex, Java, ArcGIS OnlineEsri JavaScript API, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS ServerArcGIS Online, JavaScript, ArcGIs ServerEsri,AGOL, ArcServer, Google MapEsri Arc OnlineCustomAGOL, Geocortex, JavaScript APIAGOL and Web App BuilderArcGIS OnlineESRi Suite, GeoMoose,GeoServer, GeoMedia Web Map.net / Flex / IOS / JavascriptArcGIS Online, Oracle Map Viewer, Google Maps API, Esri JS API, GeoServer, ArcGIS ServerEsri ArcMapESRI, AdobeArcGIS Server; Latitude Geographics Geocortex EssentialsArcGIS (including AGOL)ArcGIS Server, GeoCortex Essentials, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS API for JavaScriptArcServerArcGIS ServerGeoMedia Web Map, Arc GIS, Arc GIS On-LineArcGIS for ServerGeomedia Web, ArcGIS onlineArcGIS OnlineArcGIS Oline, Google Maps API, ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS OnlineArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Server, Geoserver, Linear Bench ExplorerEsri and Latitude GeographicsArcGIS for Server, ArcGIS Online, Google for Work, LeafletAGOL, Esri JavaScript, MSDN, ArcGIS ServerESRI ArcGIS ProductsArcGIS API for JavaScript, ArcGIS ADF, Google Maps API, WebSphere, IIS, Novel Access Mgr

21. What is your agency's status regarding GIS data and services consolidation?

0

5

10

15

20

25

Our agency consolidatedGIS data across all/some

offices

Our agency consolidatedGIS services across

all/some offices

Our agency consolidatedboth GIS data and services

across all/some offices

We are in the process ofconsolidating

We have consideredconsolidating but have notmove forward with it at the

moment

22. If your agency has consolidated GIS data, services or both, what was/were the primary reason(s) for this?• Department wide access to data• Efficiency• Standardization and control• Get users on the same page, reduce

duplication of effort, standardize data• Efficiency, discover ability, and the need

for authoritative data• Improved data admin• Streamline data/Reduce redundancy• Enterprise access and maintenance• efficiency, performance and customer

service• Reduce data redundancy, provide

consistent workflows, build an enterprise approach to GIS

• Reduced Footprint, Cost, Training, System Support

• No• policy and costs• Concentrate expertise, streamline

workflows• data and resource management• Single System of Record• Efficiency, Cost, Standards, Security• IT Consolidation is general cause• elimination of data silos

• data modernization• one authoritative data source• Reduce redundancy, better service driven delivery

of authoritative data & services• Improve efficiency and effectiveness• Standardization• Reduce Duplication, Data Integrity, Cost Saving• Management purposes from GIS-T initiation• Better decision making analysis process• Ensure standardize workflows and management• Standardization• Better decision making tools• Streamline operations, effective mgmt.• Consistency, Scalability, Outreach• Authoritative Data and Single Source of Information• Surviving cuts to staff/funding. Added efficiency.• To provide enterprise solutions• Consolidate to a single Data Center by state

mandate, however each agency has their own GIS data and services. here are no shared services and infrastructure for GIS at this time, or planned in the near future.

23. If your agency has not consolidated GIS data, services or both, what is/are the primary reason(s) for this?• Politics• Business area subject matter expertise, state statue• Fear, complacency, varied requirements, time, money, procedures, silos• different tasks and functions• See "GIS Data" as just data and managed like all other data. Don't want to have GIS seen as a

separate to everything else• Resource constraints, one system at a time• Tighter alignment with business.• Business experience and Knowledge• Different Skill Sets• not needed at this time• Issues are complex, GIS staff direct support to users in distributed model• It doesn't make sense. Too broadly conceived.

24. Is there an effort to consolidate GIS data, services, or both across all/some state government agencies?

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Just GIS data Just GIS services Both GIS data and services There is an effort toconsolidate ALL

Information Technology,including GIS

There is an effort toconsolidate ALL

Information Technology,EXCEPT for GIS

No effort at this time

25. Please specify the level of roadway(s) maintained as part of your agency's digital road base map.

Only U.S. and State highways

(i.e. US and State signed routes)

4%

U.S., State, and county routes (i.e., U.S., State

and county signed routes)

10%

All public routes (i.e., all signed routes plus local

streets)86%

26. Is the data distributed outside your agency?

Yes, it is distributed free of charge (e.g., via the agency website or state geo-data

clearinghouse)76%

Yes, it is distributed free to other government

agencies or data partners for non-

commercial purposes22%

No, it is restricted to internal agency use

only2%

27. Does your agency have any formal data sharing agreements with any other public agencies or private data providers?

Yes68%

No23%

Not Sure9%

28. Please specify, if any, those geo-spatial databases that are maintained by your agency and routinely shared with other state agencies or disseminated to the public.

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Databases are not routinely shared with others

Orthoimagery

Political Boundaries

Transportation Features

Water Features

Cadastral

Elevation Data

Geodetic Control

Other

29. What other sources do you routinely use to obtain geo-spatial data that you don't maintain yourself?

Other state or local government agencies

29%

Statewide geo-spatial data clearinghouse

22%

Federal agency Web Sites22%

NSDI Geo-Spatial One Stop Web Portal

8%

Data provided by commercial GIS

software vendors9%

Data purchase from commercial sources

7%

Other3%

30. Over the past year, where has your agency benefited the most from geo-spatial technology?

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

CAD/GIS integration

Corridor and/or system planning

Transportation performance management

Highway safety

Asset management

Enterprise data integration

Public information web portals

Location based services

Other

31. Over the past year, where has geo-spatial technology proved most costly and difficult to implement?

0 5 10 15 20 25

CAD/GIS integration

Corridor and/or system planning

Transportation performance management

Highway safety

Asset management

Enterprise data integration

Public information web portals

Location based services

Other

32. Where do you see geo-spatial technology adding the most value to your agency in the future?

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

CAD/GIS integration

Corridor and/or system planning

Transportation performance management

Highway safety

Asset management

Enterprise data integration

Public information web portals

Location based services

Other

Emphasis Areas0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

CAD/GIS integration

Corridor and/or system planning

Transportation performance management

Highway safety

Asset management

Enterprise data integration

Public information web portals

Location based services

Other

Question 30 - Most Benefit Now Question 31 - Costly/Difficult to Implement Question 32 - Most Future Value

33. Does the roadway transportation data include source data from local governments?

Yes79%

No15%

Not Sure6%

34. Does your data include commercial data?

No77%

Yes17%

Not Sure6%

35. Does your agency share a GIS road network with your State's E911 system? If not, do you plan to do so in the future?

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16

The GIS road network is currently shared, and used in E911activities

The GIS road network is currently shared, but not used inE911 activities

Plans are underway to share the GIS road network for use inE911 activities

The GIS road network is not shared and there are no currentplans to do so

Not Sure

36. What activities, if any, within your agency take advantage of commercial IT cloud-based GIS or geospatial services/technologies?

ArcGIS OnlineArcGIS Online and Traffic ServerAll data is moving to Amazon CloudTravelers Information Website using Google Map APIArcGIS Online; Google Maps for WorkGeohazards spatial data storagenot sureArcGIS Server on AZURE, SQL on AZURE, ArcGIS Online,None - No state policy on cloud usenumetric roadway assetsUtilizing collector app, ArcOnlineData collection, Enterprise Statewide Geocoder, web map and application hosting,We are taking full advantage of ArcGIS Online. Have unlimited users for it. Integrated with Azure Authentication Looking to leverage FME Cloud Server and hosting ArcGIS Server in ESRI Cloud Looking to work with industry for doing offsite data storage and warehousingArcGIS Collector AppAGOL pages, Collector, and Survey123Data Collection using ArcGIS Online and iPad Collector Appprojects, freight, assets, traffic monitoringArcGIS Online application/solution data Road photo log storage Aerial imagery storageArcGIS Online and its mashup mapping, as well as ESRI's Collector App.ITS servicesArcGIS Online and GeoServerArcGIS OnlineCurrently looking into the availability and security of utilizing cloud technologies to administer our geospatial data needs.Currently data collection and proof of concept web portalGO!NC (https://ncdot.maps.arcgis.com)NoneNone at this timeTravel Speed, Traffic & Bike Travel DataLocal Scour Critical Bridge Portal Welcome Center Winter Road Condition Map Data Sharing Posted and Bonded Road PortalArcGIS Online ,Google Earth, Open Street MapAVL, Web MappingArcGIS based maps: information sharing, emergency communicationNoneOur public facing web mapsArcGIS Server in the Amazon Cloud. ArcGIS Online. LRS, straight line diagrams, and Oracle in the Amazon Cloud.Planning, Project Management, Communication, Asset ManagementRight of way data storage in Amazon cloud, asset management and mobile data collection, RTKArcGIS Online related activities - data collection workflows primarily.All of our interactive map services and web applications are discoverable/accessible via AGOL.The ongoing GIS portal project takes advantage of ESRI ArcGIS Online technology.ArcGIS Online

37. Please describe any efforts to use geospatial technologies that take advantage of mobile devices?

Field crews are using Collector/Survey 123 on iPads. ALDOT's Regions are about to start using it as well.ESRI Collector and Survey 123ArcGIS Collector, Travelers Information Website, ArcGIS OnlineAsset management data collection; inspections; facility status reporting.Using Esri mobile apps (Collector, Survey 123) and SAP Work Manager for asset management. Geohazards field data management.We are using the ESRI Collector app to inspect pipesE-Maintenance, Wildflower Inventory, Lane Closures, Invasive SpeciesResponsive design in web technologies, GPS on cell phones,collector app/asset collection, HPMSData collection, workforce management, public facing maps and applications,Office of Maintenance, Traffic & Safety, Rail, Construction and Location and Environment all use mobile GIS technology to collect and manage assets.ArcGIS collector App for FRA Crossing Inventory. Development of collector apps for Stormwater Protection,Sign Inventory, Maintenance Quality Assurance, MIRE Elements, Guardrail, Sidewalks, Permitting, HPMS Samples Collector Survey123 for Asset Management, Inspections, etc.Data Collection using ArcGIS Online and iPad Collector App Navigation Asset identificationasset management collection, condition assessment of facilities, park and ride surveys, scenic byway inventoryWe several efforts to collect asset information using the ArcGIS Collector App as well as Workforce and NavigatorAGO & Collector app to obtain asset locations and attribution.ESRI Collector App is popular, and older mobile apps are tending to be remade in this technologySeveral Applications have been developed in-house: Storm water Inspection, AMMO work orders, Building Footprints, etc.mobile ITS traffic services, apps ESRI Collector,Collector for ArcGIS, Collector app on iPADs and Surface Pros, NPMRDS for HPMSData collection in the field, drainage performance, OEM/shelter management, asset management, fleet management, weather event responseAll new public facing web applications must be responsive. Also working towards using mobile devices for field data collectionSmall Pipe Inventory Roadside Environmental Signage, Data Collection, 511 Dissemination, 511 Data Entryasset data collectionODOT Project Tracker, Tripcheck MobileCollecting pipe, culvert and guiderail conditions Roadside Activities - herbicide, mowingCurrently the agency is going on a process to migrate all field data collection to mobile technologiesWe are deploying iPads to all maintenance personnel to record and track all work order activities including drainage, signs, traffic, roadside.ArcGIS online maps, collector app is used in the environmental office and currently being estimated Have developed collector applications for field inspection and inventory.Field inventory inspection, sign retro-reflectivity inspection. Outdoor advertising regulationGuardrail begin and end point collection, reference marker data collection, roadway condition and maintenance information.Maintenance Station Management, Project Density Cores, Storm Water Collection, Materials SamplingAsset management and mobile data collection, VTransClick2Fix appAsset and work order management via Collector for ArcGIS and DTS VueWorks/MobileView.Most of our maintenance field staff use a mobile GIS app for their operations. We have a few mobile app users in Environmental. We use a mobile app for culvert video inspection work.MS4 and ADA curb ramp data collection both take advantage of mobile devices.ArcGIS Collector on IPADS FotoIn (geotag construction photos), Onstation (geolocating plans / stationing in the field) MACH is currently being used in 1,885 mobile devices (laptops) by 4,169 users

38. What research is needed in geospatial data and technologies for transportation?

Efficient field collection methods for LRS based featuresAgency wide integration of data to a single LRSSystems engineering/design for GIS virtual desktop infrastructure; Data validation best practices (e.g. HPMS)Risk and ResiliencyResearch LiDAR for Roadway Characteristics in Progress3d lane modelsmore ROI studies, cost effectiveness, cloud hostingGIS Maturity and Enterprise data managementGeospatial IBM Watson. In Memory Database architecture. Integration with Smart Vehicles. Integration of 511 systems with NG911. Streamlined permitting procedures."Big Data", large volume temporally deep and real-time data integration; UAV sensor-integration; V2I/V2V integrationLRS Synchronization "“ Event Mgmt.autonomous vehicleLinear Referencing System assignment from the field to assets on the fly.Auto populating feature data from LIDAR and Aerial Imagery.Autonomous vehicle researchIntegration between CADD and GIS and enterprise architecture implementation.I would like to better understand how GIS can/will support connected and autonomous vehicle developments.Approaches to managing transportation events, like LRSAVL/CVArcPad replacement optionsConstant monitoring on all public roads and roadways to fill a centralized database for real time decision makingSeamless GIS/CADD integration and Virtual Reality modelingHow to contribute to the management/utilization of autonomous vehicles on the state system. Explore the possibility of moving beyond lines for roadways.Integration and use of big data, 3D modelingGIS data for autonomous vehicles and probe data extracts, real-time collaboration on road closures and commercial SatNav company coordinationThere are significant aspects of implementing, managing, and maintaining a LRS that plague the industry. Vendors and agencies alike have yet to crack the code.Maximizing the benefits of "big"• traveler information data sources. Using LiDAR for collection of spatial roadway data. Impacts of connected and autonomous vehicles on transportation data and management.ARNOLD/HPMS Advancing data extraction engines from LiDAR data (mapping and survey grades) Advancing geospatial/linear capabilities and visualization integrated with conventional business intelligence tools Advancing geospatial integration capabilities into DOT enterprise data warehouse architectures. Advancing linear and GIS corridor analytics. The cost effective application of UAV/UAS-based collection for transportation asset management

39. Would your agency be interested in hosting a GIS-T Symposium within the next few years?

Yes35%

No36%

Not Sure29%

AlaskaArizonaArkansasFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiMassachusettsMinnesotaMontanaNorth CarolinaOregonPennsylvaniaSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasUtahVirginia

State

GIS-T Symposium

40. Roundtable Suggestions

41. Future GIS-T Workshop Suggestions• NPMRDS

• CAD-GIS integration - making it simple for CAD data to fall in the right GIS coordinate system.

• Overcoming Data editing challenges with maintaining an LRS within Esri Roads and Highways

• MLRS

• how to calculate GIS use-monetize

• Enterprise data warehouses

• HPMS changes, USDOT initiatives,

• "Big Data", large volume temporally deep and real-time data integration; UAV sensor-integration; V2I/V2V integration

• NG911 and DOT LRS integration, LRS Synchronization "“ Event Mgmt.

• Pavement Management

• Innovations such as Solar roadways and Intelligent Pavement design

• Advanced LRS solutions and best practices.

• How to implement and manage a LRS, and potential alternatives.

• GIS Technical Staff Development Strategies 2. Upcoming Federal Requirements

• GIS best practices on all related transportation topics from data collection, manipulation, updates, analysis and reports

• Asset management, GIS for maintenance, Bike/Ped

• More hands-on training opportunities like model builder and collector application development.

• HPMS (Field data collection, integration, QAQC, reporting)

• NPMRDS

• CAD-GIS integration - making it simple for CAD data to fall in the right GIS coordinate system.

• Overcoming Data editing challenges with maintaining an LRS within Esri Roads and Highways

• MLRS

• how to calculate GIS use-monetarize

42. Survey question suggestions• With state budgets growing ever-tighter we'd like to see GIS-T investigate

technology that would allow remote access to the entire conference.• What features in asset management versus GIS, 3D design• How to implement and manage a LRS, and potential alternatives.• Implementing efficiencies in existing GIS work processes• More private sector technology presentation and products demonstration• I would like to see my previous years responses when taking the survey.• Thank you Mark Sarmiento for taking on the task of compiling and reporting the

results of this survey. And autofill answers from the previous year in the survey to provide a point of beginning on the current year survey.

• More space for project description in questions 3 and 4

Have FAX Number

32%

Don't FAX Number68%

2. Contact Information

State Survey

• This presentation and survey results on AASHTO GIS-T website

• www.gis-t.org

• Contact

• Mark Sarmiento, mark.sarmiento@dot.gov