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November 13th, 2012 2:30PM-4:00Pm GIS IN GOVERNMENT AND FINANCE This ain’t your daddy’s map anymore Expense 2500000 2000000 1500000 Expense 1000000 500000 0 From the Visual Teaching Alliance FACT: Approximately 65% of the population are visual learners. FACT: The brain processes visual information 60,000 X’s faster than text. FACT: 90% of information that comes to the brain is visual. FACT: 40% of all nerve fibers connected to the brain are linked to the retina. FACT: Visual aids in the classroom improve learning by up to 400%. FACT: Students who are twice exceptional (2e) are often visual learners. Picture worth a thousand words… Examples of Visuals Verizon – “coverage” map “Which is more” campaign When does Visual not work? When you use images not common to your audience When the data being presented has too many elements at one time If doing a comparison and the difference is not visually discernible GIS - What is it? Acronym – Geographic Information System (Graphical) As Defined by ESRI - A geographic information system (GIS) integrates hardware, software, and data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information. GIS allows us to view, understand, question, interpret, and visualize data in many ways that reveal relationships, patterns, and trends in the form of maps, globes, reports, and charts. A GIS helps you answer questions and solve problems by looking at your data in a way that is quickly understood and easily shared. GIS technology can be integrated into any enterprise information system framework. The Human Brain - Relational Database What can GIS Do? Help analyze large amounts of data Present data in an easy to understand format Marry non-contiguous or heterogeneous data Create “visual impact” Where can we use GIS? Fixed Assets Identification and quantification Budgeting Revenue forecasting/projecting Expense forecasting/projecting Project Descriptions Special Assessments CRA’s Disaster Recovery Special Notes of interest GIS can graph also like Excel GIS can route like a GPS for your car GIS can produce schedules like Excel which can be used for mail merge and other uses GIS Terms for “Us” Them Layer Data Point Polygon Join Set Attribute Us Schedule Address or PCN Area or Shape Lookup table or Crosswalk Format or Information Fixed Assets Remember GASB 34? Add layers to the map with the data you want in them… Revenue Forecasting And what if Amendment 4 passes? Expense Forecasting Project Descriptions A little challenge… Can I do GIS? What do you know? ERP? Microsoft Excel? Microsoft Word? Microsoft PowerPoint? Microsoft Access? Bing Maps? GIS? Data “Joins” – Linking by common field Joins – links to your data Some joins are only temporary or on the “fly” Some joins are persistent and used over and over again Questions?