Case Studies on GIS Needs Asssessment
City of Walnut Creek - GIS and General Plan Mapping, Formatting, and Layout Support
Challenge
The City of Walnut Creek was on a tight deadline to update their General Plan and needed to generate a large number of maps from their GIS. They also wanted a solution and the necessary training to allow their non-technical staff to use the GIS as a tool for map production in future analyses.
Solution
Farallon assessed the existing GIS and provided production services for the required maps. Farallon helped create GIS templates, documentation, and workflow training so that the City staff could develop maps without depending upon GIS specialists. Read more details...
Categories: Planning & Training, GIS Needs Asssessment, Training & Technology Transfer
San Mateo County Assessor/County Clerk/Recorder Business Process Analysis
Challenge
San Mateo County's Clerk-Assessor-Recorder-Elections department (CARE) processes and records most of the information that is input into the County's system. Since most of the recorded information supports spatial processes, CARE wanted a way to improve the recording procedure and understand how it could be extended to support other County processes using a central Oracle database and the County's spatial data.
Solution
After a thorough needs assessment of the current County processes, Farallon created an implementation plan that when executed would improve the County's revenue collection timeframe and ability to forecast annual revenue streams. Read more details...
Categories: GIS/IT Integration, Planning & Training, GIS Needs Asssessment