Measuring Up: The Business Case for GIS [Paperback]

Christopher Thomas Jou (Author), Milton Ospina (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2004

Featuring 75 case studies representing six industries and 22 sectors in business, this analysis measures the benefits of implementing geographic information systems (GIS). Thirteen ways that implementing GIS increases productivity and efficiency are outlined, including saving time and money, generating revenue, automating workflow, and increasing accuracy, communication, and collaboration. How to visualize and track the benefits of GIS is also addressed.

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About the Author

Christopher Thomas is the Government Industry Manager for ESRI. He has seventeen years of experience working in and with government to incorporate technology into the daily workload. Christopher is a regular speaker on the implementations of GIS technology in federal, state, and local government. He has also authored several books including Measuring Up--The Business Case for GIS, Mapping for Congress, Standards for Success, and Tribal GIS.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: ESRI Press (September 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1589480880
• ISBN-13: 978-1589480889
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,068,928 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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  • #94 in Books > Professional & Technical > Professional Science > Earth Sciences > Geography > Information Systems

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Managers, The best book on how to use GIS now!, November 5, 2004

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Mike Gritz "GIS Guy" (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Measuring Up: The Business Case for GIS (Paperback)

This is an outstanding resource for increasing the return on your GIS investment as well as to get new comers up to speed in understanding the benefits to GIS. As a GIS veteran who has trained new users as well as managers new to GIS in the public, private and non-profit sectors, this is the best book that I have come across to expose them to the importance of GIS and how it has specifically reduced costs, streamlined and improved service as well as perform analysis not feasible in the past. I gave five books to a world class City Planning, Info Tech, Neighborhood Services & Law Enforcement department managers (and kept one for me).

What I specifically enjoyed is that this is a "non-technical" book that focuses on several real world examples of how GIS technology has been used by real people, in the real world, in modern times and budgets and how they benefited as well as how much "$" it saved them. Full of color images and very easy to read. By seeing case studies of what others have done, I am now implementing some of the same uses. So even a GIS dinosaur like myself has been able to steal some wonderful ideas that make my bosses look great. Making them happy keeps me happy. A lifesaver for the new GIS person (especially management) and a resource for the GIS Veteran. Well done & highly recommended.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource, December 27, 2005

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ageonerd (Honolulu, HI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Measuring Up: The Business Case for GIS (Paperback)

I picked up this book at an ESRI User Group meeting. I had seen it advertised and asked the local ESRI rep about it. He gave me the book!

It is an excellent resource. It cites specific studies of GIS use to illustrate how GIS can pay for itself several times over. There are plenty of examples to cover a broad spectrum of GIS uses. There are several government examples, as well as some less known uses.

There is also a slide show / outline based on the book that can be downloaded from the ESRI website.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Reference Book for GIS Managers, April 12, 2010

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M. Bokhari "Read Maps - Past, Present, Future" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Measuring Up: The Business Case for GIS (Paperback)

I simply love this book as a resource on my office table. Acquired it for the corporate library and kept on lending it for 1 year. Bought a personal copy from Amazon a year later as I almost missed it when was kept at the library :-)
It is a Must book for all GIS professionals and non-GIS professionals who are directly/ in-directly managing GIS resources in their organizations. Very colorful, to the point, full of case studies, and frankly very short. Next book on your office shelf should be "The Business Benefits of GIS: An ROI Approach".