A framework for good practice GIS
Take part in this year’s survey and get a free copy of the results to help your Council benchmark its GIS capabilities. VIC councils only.
Is your Council adopting GIS Good Practice?
With more than 60% of Australia’s local government leaders considering undertaking a smart city/region project, your council needs to know where it stands with its GIS capability.
Share where you’re at in the Good Practice Benchmark Survey (open to VIC councils), and benchmark your results in the report to follow.
The annual survey is built on the GIS Good Practice Framework (GPF), which defines good practice for GIS and geospatial data utilisation across five proficiency areas.
The GPF helps your council understand your level of adoption of sector-wide accepted ‘GIS related good practices’. In addition, the survey enables everyone to see how much the whole sector is improving and compare your council against others.
Link to the Questions in MS Excel;
https://cloudfiles.spatialvision.com.au/index.php/s/7DdgrBEaStJWB4a
When responding to questions on:
- Is Council’s GIS web portal integrated with its Asset Management System? Integration refers to the ability to view the Asset data in the context of GIS web and the reverse. The integration may be direct through an API or an overnight data-refresh.
- Are people able to access dynamic information about Council services and their local community through user friendly location-aware website or apps? Consider the StoryMap examples shared by the City of Whittlesea at the recent online GI workshop. You can watch the video here: https://vimeo.com/870531211/d2754f3bc4?ts=8457000&share=copy
Supporting Victorian Local Government GIS since 2003.
The Local Government Spatial Reference Group (LGSRG) is a MAV committee of GIS leaders and officers throughout the Victorian LGA sector seeking to represent LGA GIS services as a single entity and uplift capability in an ever changing landscape. LGSRG is led by the strategic vision from its 2013 Strategy:
“Appropriate and effective geospatial capability is recognised as fundamental to council efficiency and service delivery.”
The LGSRG leads a program of work including the Good Practice Benchmark Survey.
Our 2023 Good Practice Champions (what’s this?)
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11 officers representing metro, interface and rural councils.
The LGSRG Committee has up to 11 officers from across the Victorian LGA sector. We aim to have a balance of metro, interface, and rural councils from across the state.
The group runs a series of “Capability Workshops” in addition to the “Good Practice Benchmark” Survey to help Councils share, network, and learn to improve their adoption of GIS best practice, and measure their progress. The events form part of a system to uplift capability across the sector.
If you wish to become a committee member please contact your local representative as shown on the map or the committee group directly.