From From Master Address List Master Address List

ToTo GIS Enabled GIS Enabled

Data WarehouseData Warehouse

The InfrastructureThe Infrastructure One Central GIS Map that Drives our One Central GIS Map that Drives our

Location DataLocation Data One Central Database containing our One Central Database containing our

Addresses and Location DataAddresses and Location Data All operational applications have their All operational applications have their

address data loaded and managed address data loaded and managed from the Central GIS MAP and from the Central GIS MAP and Location DatabaseLocation Database

GIS Enabled Data WarehouseGIS Enabled Data Warehouse

Clear and Straightforward GoalsClear and Straightforward Goals Save (Time and Money) and Improve Save (Time and Money) and Improve

(Quality and Consistence) Managing (Quality and Consistence) Managing Location DataLocation Data– Enterprise Perspective (everyone must be on Enterprise Perspective (everyone must be on

board)board)– Manage Locations in one place and push to all Manage Locations in one place and push to all

operational databasesoperational databases Create a Simple Data Warehouse from Create a Simple Data Warehouse from

several key operational databasesseveral key operational databases– EventEvent– DateDate– Location Location

Save (Time and Money)Save (Time and Money)Improve (Quality and Consistence)Improve (Quality and Consistence)

Must have the entire organization Must have the entire organization supporting this initiativesupporting this initiative

Must Manage addresses and Must Manage addresses and locations in only one place in the locations in only one place in the organizationorganization– We have 13 operational applications We have 13 operational applications

that depend on Addresses from Police that depend on Addresses from Police dispatch to Permit and Developmentdispatch to Permit and Development

Enterprise PerspectiveEnterprise Perspective

CIO and City Manager must champion all CIO and City Manager must champion all things that are enterprise widethings that are enterprise wide

Project leader reports directly to City Project leader reports directly to City ManagerManager

Involve all Department heads and their Involve all Department heads and their key people in determining the business key people in determining the business process to centrally manage locations and process to centrally manage locations and address.address.

Manage all types of locations not just Manage all types of locations not just addressesaddresses

Manage Locations in one placeManage Locations in one place

Clean your data (you now have a Clean your data (you now have a place to store it)place to store it)

Departments will no longer add Departments will no longer add addresses into their own databasesaddresses into their own databases

All addresses and street names will All addresses and street names will be added into the central location be added into the central location databasedatabase

Clean Your Master DataClean Your Master Data

Master list of street namesMaster list of street names Master list of segments from the Centerline Master list of segments from the Centerline

GIS dataGIS data Associate segments and streetsAssociate segments and streets Set ranges on segmentsSet ranges on segments Routing data for segments i.e. speed limitsRouting data for segments i.e. speed limits Point addressesPoint addresses Validate intersectionsValidate intersections QA, QA, QAQA, QA, QA

Database Database Relate Segments to Road namesRelate Segments to Road names

DatabaseDatabaseRelate loc (Addresses) to segment/roadsRelate loc (Addresses) to segment/roads

DatabaseDatabase

Location Repository

Process toClean & Manage

Addresses

Address Information

Address Information

Business will determine what to send to the DW

- Address Information- Event Information- Date and Time Information

Citywide Addressing and Location Infrastructure(CALI)

Address Information

Each Business Area will feed addressinformation to the Central Address Business

Process

Look at address informationincrementally loaded from

External Organization

1By April 18

Incremental Load

Initial CleanStreet names

and Addresses

2By May 19

2Sync

By May 19

Map Files

3I/Cad

By June 194

RestBy Oct 15

5By Dec 15

6Parallel Dependent on

Ext OrgBy Dec 31

7Business Process By

June 1Technology By Dec 31

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Data Warehouse

LRS

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Operational Applications

i.e. I/CAD, I/Leads, Tidemark,Heat, Firehouse, Storm

Water, Police Narc, RouteSmart, People Soft,...

External Organizations

i.e. Polk County, PolkDirectory, Warren County,Fire House, IDOT (LRS),

MSAG, Water Works, USPS,...

No longer add address to operation No longer add address to operation databasedatabase

This is why you need the CIO, City This is why you need the CIO, City Manager and department heads Manager and department heads involved at the planning stage.involved at the planning stage.

By far the biggest Business By far the biggest Business commitment and the first step.commitment and the first step.

Benefits of Central managementBenefits of Central management

All 13 applications will have the All 13 applications will have the exact same address data exact same address data – When Departments work together they When Departments work together they

all have the same addresses to talk all have the same addresses to talk about.about.

– We do not have any cleaning to do to We do not have any cleaning to do to load the location data from these 13 load the location data from these 13 operational applications into our Data operational applications into our Data Warehouse Warehouse

Benefits (Cont)Benefits (Cont)

If one department finds a problem If one department finds a problem then the fix is added to our central then the fix is added to our central address database and pushed out to address database and pushed out to all 13 operational databases so the all 13 operational databases so the entire city organization benefits from entire city organization benefits from one person in one department one person in one department discovering a problem discovering a problem

Benefits (Cont)Benefits (Cont)

Likewise if one external partners Likewise if one external partners such as the Water Works finds a such as the Water Works finds a problem we can verify this problem we can verify this discrepancy and fix the problem discrepancy and fix the problem which will benefit all 13 of our which will benefit all 13 of our operational applications and all of operational applications and all of our external partners.our external partners.

Benefits (Cont)Benefits (Cont)

Once the infrastructure is in-place, Once the infrastructure is in-place, we can use 1/13th as much effort to we can use 1/13th as much effort to get really great quality address data get really great quality address data and all 13 applications will get the and all 13 applications will get the same extremely high quality data same extremely high quality data with this very small amount of effort. with this very small amount of effort.

Benefits (Cont)Benefits (Cont)

When we add our 14th or 15th When we add our 14th or 15th application we simply tie them into application we simply tie them into our architecture and they will our architecture and they will immediately benefit from our immediately benefit from our extremely high quality of addresses. extremely high quality of addresses.

Benefits (Cont)Benefits (Cont)

We have our very best address We have our very best address people making the decisions as to people making the decisions as to what the addresses should be for our what the addresses should be for our enterprise. enterprise.

Problems with Central ManagementProblems with Central Management

It took a real cultural change for the It took a real cultural change for the departments to give up control of departments to give up control of their address data and look to the their address data and look to the enterprise to provide this data and enterprise to provide this data and functionality. The key was that our functionality. The key was that our CIO and City Manager were 100% CIO and City Manager were 100% behind this initiative. behind this initiative.

Problems (Cont)Problems (Cont)

Departments now have a Departments now have a dependency on the central Address dependency on the central Address Administrators group to change the Administrators group to change the address and the department must address and the department must now wait for one of the Address now wait for one of the Address Administrators to change the address Administrators to change the address before the change can get into their before the change can get into their departmental database. departmental database.

ProblemsProblems We had to build an infrastructure to We had to build an infrastructure to

support this centralized architecture.support this centralized architecture.– Central Address Database (ERS)Central Address Database (ERS)– Initially populate and clean the ERS databaseInitially populate and clean the ERS database– Create a GUI application to manage the ERS Create a GUI application to manage the ERS

databasedatabase– Create Business Process to Centrally Manage Create Business Process to Centrally Manage

AddressesAddresses– Create Data transformations from ERS to each Create Data transformations from ERS to each

operational databaseoperational database– Create Data transformations from each Create Data transformations from each

operational databases to our Data Warehouse operational databases to our Data Warehouse (This step is infinitely easier then if we would (This step is infinitely easier then if we would not have implemented this architecture)not have implemented this architecture)

Key Components of Central Key Components of Central Address RepositoryAddress Repository

Location Repository

GIS Maps

Iowa DOTLRS

Our CentralAddress DB

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MSAG

Segments

Key Strategies to move data from Key Strategies to move data from the Central Database to the Central Database to Operational DatabasesOperational Databases

Expose your master data in a canonical format so Expose your master data in a canonical format so you can change the master structures without you can change the master structures without changing all transformationschanging all transformations

Process to Immediately move address data to Process to Immediately move address data to operational database when a change is made in operational database when a change is made in the master databasethe master database– Replication ServerReplication Server– SQL TriggersSQL Triggers– Third party toolThird party tool

Special work needs to be done for applications Special work needs to be done for applications that are integrated with GIS map data.that are integrated with GIS map data.

QuestionsQuestions