Data Strategy

Our experienced data consultants can provide strategic advice on the use and implementation of GIS data within the enterprise with a view to maximising the return on investment and identifying scope for further opportunities.

An in-depth understanding of the customer specific requirements and application requirements in terms of the business objectives to be met and tasks to be fulfilled is essential for successful data consultancy.

Data Requirements Analysis

The services for data requirements analysis include:

• Analysis of the customer application data requirements to establish technical requirements
• Analysis of processes and how appropriate the data is to the intended application.
• Recommendations of additional datasets for improved accuracy and cost benefit to the business
• Recommendations of use of data assets for improved Return on Investment (ROI)

Data Implementation Advice

The implementation of a range of disparate data sources requires careful planning and consideration of a number of data-specific issues. Data implementation consultancy aims to help answer the following questions:

• How to efficiently and effectively deploy data sets?
• How to handle upgrades / maintenance?
• How to clean and Restructure prior to utilisation?
• How to manage format and projection inconsistencies?

Data audit

One of the keys to successful implementation of GIS is understanding the data. In order to do this it is often a requirement to carry out an audit of the spatial data within an organisation in order to establish the assets held, and to build up metadata regarding those assets such as currency, release and scale.

A data audit aims to answer the following questions in relation to the data assets of a company: are they

• Up to date?
• Licensed?
• Cost-effective?
• Fit for purpose?
• Better than alternatives?
• Effectively Deployed?
• Able to be rationalised?
• Value for money / effective ROI?

The data audit service can assist with data management plans; data quality reviews; data ownership issues; data sharing and data confidentiality. Assistance can also be provided with the preparation of data capture specifications and the management of data capture consultants.