{"id":1173,"date":"2018-11-01T13:08:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T17:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assetworks2stg.wpengine.com\/eam\/?p=1173"},"modified":"2026-02-04T14:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T19:47:11","slug":"eam-smart-cities-data-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assetworks.com\/eam\/blog\/eam-smart-cities-data-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Cities Part One: Data Platforms for Physical Asset Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1173\" class=\"elementor elementor-1173\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2bca27 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c2bca27\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-038b759 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"038b759\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>Over the last few decades, there have been plenty of examples of organizations who make their own custom, in-house applications to solve their specific problems and to capture and manage their data. These solutions often work great for a while, but they inevitably fall apart when the individuals who create them move on, when security and networking become concerns or when somebody decides they want to import the data into a system where it can be fully analyzed.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>These one-off applications often use a mix of different technologies and rarely are able to talk to each other. Not only can most of the people inside your organization not do anything useful with the data \u2013 let alone see it \u2013 but neither can your community.<\/p><p>The solution? Shared data platforms and an effective enterprise asset management software.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-545fe33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"545fe33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What problems does this solve?\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae7885b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae7885b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Communication within your organization and community<\/li><li>IT security<\/li><li>Auditing and accountability<\/li><li>Regulatory compliance<\/li><li>Executive summaries of cross-departmental information<\/li><li>Data silos<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-921241f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"921241f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why does my city need data platforms?\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4de6ed4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4de6ed4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p>Good platforms for smart cities are reliable for communication and analytics. In addition, they can receive online requests from citizens, forward those requests to back office systems for processing and send summary data back to citizens for reports. Streamlining this process helps to give your city\u2019s decision-makers the tools they need to effectively lead your city.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3960322 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3960322\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Open data platforms\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-887d099 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"887d099\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><p>A common open platform is usually a geographic information system (GIS), which should include tiles and features. Tiles are the actual photos or drawings of the world and can give you context, such as geography, names of places, elevation and proximity to other sites or landmarks. Features are the layers of data displayed on the map. For example, the feature layer may tell you the number of street signs in a particular area. When you can see the signs plotted on a map, you get a much more complete story about the data. You not only get a sense of quantity, but also of density.<\/p><p>Based on the depiction above, which application do you think is more useful for analysis: an application that gives raw numerical data, or an application that gives the numbers along with a visual representation of the properties of this data?<\/p><p>GIS is a great example of a data platform because it is easy and efficient to build new applications on top of GIS by simply combining the layers and tiles in new ways. You can mash up data, such as road and sewer problems, alongside other data, like property values, and look for correlations. You can even compare one data set to itself in the past for year-over-year analysis to see how data trends change over time in relation to each other.<\/p><p>One big benefit to using cloud-based platforms is that you won\u2019t need to worry about hardware any longer \u2013 you can scale it up or down as needed. Another benefit is that you won\u2019t have to keep training your IT staff on the latest security threats and updates. You can keep doing your job on a reliable platform while a dedicated team of engineers worries about the rest.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72591ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"72591ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What specific steps can my city take?\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-294d464 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"294d464\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Migrate from in-house custom software to a true enterprise asset management system<\/li><li>Deploy a GIS such as Esri and digitize your old paper maps<\/li><li>Stop worrying about deploying updates to every employee\u2019s workstation and start using software as a service (SaaS)<\/li><\/ul><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assetworks.com\/eam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AssetWorks Enterprise Asset Management (EAM)<\/a>\u00a0software is already integrated with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.assetworks.com\/eam\/gis-asset-management-software\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Esri GIS<\/a>. 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