It is estimated that 80% of the information within government and utility organizations involves a spatial location. This suggests that an enterprise solution should be centered on spatial data. Typically, governments have separate departments -- all with a need for up-to-date information that involves spatial locations. The information must be accessible by everyone and available to everyone on an as-needed basis. And, to be most effective, all information should be seen through a map to understand the patterns and trends.

Enterprise Data Management solutions use relational databases to store all of the information (spatial and tabular) of the enterprise. With this solution, mission critical information is always available to the different departments when it is needed. By using industry standard relational database systems, information is accessible by all the departments around the enterprise.

To accomplish this vision, spatial data must be included in the relational databases. It becomes just another set of information and is managed in the same manner as the tabular information using industry standard RDBMS tools. We should no longer discuss the use of GIS systems as a separate issue, but rather, we should discuss how to incorporate spatial data in our enterprise solutions. This increases the value of the information for which you are responsible.

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Mr. Bayer has over 22 years of GIS experience. He started his career as a Geophysicist on an oil exploration field crew processing and collecting seismic data. His interests led to automated mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) where he worked as Project Manager coordinating software development, marketing, certification and documentation activities. Recently he has worked as private consultant supporting the implementation of multiple types of GIS systems. He is currently employed as a Territory Manager for Intergraph Corporation.