1. GIS for Large Scale Events
Christopher Thomas
ESRI
Director Government Markets
Federal, State, and Local

2. The World of Large Scale Events

3. Large Scale Events
Driver for Innovation

4. GIS for Large Scale Events

5. Large Scale Events
Regional Impact
World Cup
South Africa Stadiums - 2010

6. GIS for the Vancouver Olympics
Community Planning
Services
Facilities Economic Public Safety
Development
Construction

7. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and
the Olympics

8. Olympic Technology – By the Numbers
23,000 Fiber miles of Optical Fiber Cable
20,000 Tasks in the SLOC IT Project Plans
14,000 Desktop Phones
10,000 Mobile Phones
7,000 Two-way Radios
4,500 PCs and Laptop Computers
1,850 Fax Machines and Copiers
4,000 Televisions
1,150 Printers
550 Computer Servers
50 Major Games Applications
20 Million Pages of Printed Reports

9. Olympics Games – Critical Success Factors
• Venue design and build-out
- Completing venues is generally on the critical path
• Event planning and operations
- Preparing for the events and ensuring smooth operations
• Transportation planning and design
- If you can’t get people to the events, nothing else matters
• Security preparations and emergency response
- Ensuring the safety of the athletes and public is essential
• Economic Viability
- The Olympics should benefit local economies
• Great Games!
- A memorable experience must be had by all

10. GIS Integrates Olympics Activities Around a
Spatial Data Infrastructure
• Common Operational Picture
• Public Safety
Security • Emergency Response
• Ticketing Analysis
• Design Marketing • Brand Enforcement
• Permits Venues • Torch Relay Planning
• Inspections
• Volunteer Recruitment
• Planning Staffing • Venue Assignments
• Vehicle Routing Transportation
• Contingency Planning
• Water Resources
• Event Planning Environment • Land Use
Games
• Venue Loading • Pollution
• Pedestrian Flow Operations
Operations Centers Public Access
Government Agencies Field Workers

11. GIS Collects, Manages, Analyzes, and
Visualizes Data Across Operations
Emergency Operations Center
Field Operations
Incident Support
Incident Command Post
Regional/National Agencies

12. Audiences for Apps
Business
Government
Volunteers Visitors

13. Applications Built Today
Transferable
GIS Professionals
Road Closure
Ongoing Citizen Information
Road Closure
During Event
Road Closure
During Construction

14. Apps for Government
Olympic Venue Planning Olympic Venue Planning
Public Safety
Government Facility Planning

15. Apps for Government
Olympic Emergency Response System
Government
Olympic Traffic Management

16. Apps for Commerce
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Olympic Ticketing Analysis
World Cup Tourist Facilities and Services
Business

17. Apps for Volunteers
Driver Road Book - VANOC
Connecting Volunteers
Volunteers

18. Olympic Volunteer Clustering System

19. Apps for Visitors
Visitors

20. Olympic Visitor Information

21. Road Map for
Success

22. ArcGIS – A Complete System for Managing
Geographic Information
Discover Anywhere
Online
Create
Manage
Visualize
Analyze
Mobile Collaborate Any device
Desktop Any time
Making Geographic Information Available to Everyone…

23. ArcGIS Online
Enabling Citizen Participation

24. ArcGIS for Local Government
Useful maps and apps that help local governments implement GIS
• Organized around the work you do in local government
- Land Records
- Public Infrastructure
- Elections Web Apps
Basemaps
- Planning
- Public Safety
- Public Health Local uel
- Basemaps Models/Charts
- …….. Editing
Workflows
• Available for free on ArcGIS.com
Mobile Apps
…a simple pattern to configure and use ArcGIS

25. ArcGIS Online
Resource Center
ArcGIS.com

26. Authoritative Data
Elevating The GIS Profession
Collaboration
Application
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Open Government
Government As Data Steward

27. Connecting Citizens to Apps

28. Templates to Connect Citizens

29. GIS For Large Scale Events
GIS for Today
Progress for
the Future
Government, Business,
Volunteers, & Visitors

30. Thank You
Christopher Thomas
cthomas@esri.com
@GIS_Advocate