TUgis Conference 2019

It’s an exciting time to be a GIS professional. The barriers to developing and sharing geospatial data have been dramatically lowered. Commercial-off-the-shelf solutions like Collector for ArcGIS can be quickly configured to support field collection, and standing up a web application to share your data can be done in a matter of hours, not weeks. Sometimes the hardest part of your job is convincing stakeholders to try using these tools. In this presentation, we will talk about how to make the case to your co-workers to put away the paper and use their mobile devices to collect data, and monitor project progress in real time from their desktop. Topics will include how to build relationships with people in your organization, how to raise awareness about available tools, identifying and leveraging advocates within your organization, and measuring and reporting return on investment.