KEYNOTE: Next Generation GIS in the State of Hawaii: Let's Go!

Sonny Bhagowalia
CIO, State of Hawaii Office of Information Management and Technology (OIMT)

Monday March 5, 2012 - 8:45 to 10:15 am

While GIS professionals in the State of Hawaii have done a good job in maintaining GIS as a viable technology and capability of supporting users in existing mission requirements (e.g., online maps, broadband service mapping, basic analytics), the efforts are largely fragmented and not unified in taking advantage of the additional capabilities of GIS in solving many mission needs that remain to be met. Hawaii GIS can solve many needs with additional new capabilities such as:

· "On-the-fly", direct, on-line, visualization, mobilization, socialization and business analytics of geo-coded information for decision-making and problem solving
· A unified registry to avoid duplication of effort and coordinate efforts more effectively
· New mobile applications that provide needed solutions quicker
· A geo-spatial governance that is nimble and responsive to customer needs and a marketplace for ideas
· GIS is included in the Life-cycle management
· An agile open architecture and platform to deliver services for Web 3.0/Gov 3.0

Next Generation GIS technology, processes and policies are here! We need to empower Hawaii users to use it - now! OIMT is soliciting input from all citizens on the State of Hawaii Business and IT Transformation Plan at
http://www.hawaii.gov/oimt

Get involved with the GIS groups to ensure Next Generation GIS is included in the plan!