Making a Business Case for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Technologies

Details

• Creators:
  Cotton, Ben ; Fine, Alisa ; Macfarlane, Kate
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  Federal Highway Administration (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Cooperation
  • Peer groups
  • Geographic information systems
  • Investments
  • Cost effectiveness
  • Business practices
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  Federal Highway Administration (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  To explore how transportation agencies are making a business case for GIS investments, the Federal Highway Administration and Volpe National Transportation Systems Center interviewed five State DOTs that have made business cases for GIS investments: North Carolina Department of Transportation, Vermont Agency of Transportation, Utah Department of Transportation, Florida Department of Transportation, Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Volpe developed case studies for each agency. As a follow-up to the case studies, FHWA sponsored a peer exchange in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on March 24-25, 2015. This allowed case study participants to discuss their experiences in greater detail. This report supports GIS practitioners and decision-makers in identifying examples of noteworthy practices, considers the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches in making a business case for GIS, and determines how both quantitative and qualitative analyses of the costs and benefits of GIS investments can best support agency business practices.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/53787/dot_53787_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 755.80 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center ; Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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