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Geographic Information System Software Selection Guide July 2013 System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders (SAVER) Geographic Information System Software Selection Guide July 2013 Prepared by Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. The Geographic Information System Software Selection Guide was funded under Interagency Agreement No. HSHQPM-12-X-00031 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Government. Reference herein to any specific commercial products, processes, or services by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the U.S. Government. The information and statements contained herein shall not be used for the purposes of advertising, nor to imply the endorsement or recommendation of the U.S. Government. With respect to documentation contained herein, neither the U.S. Government nor any of its employees make any warranty, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Further, neither the U.S. Government nor any of its employees assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed; nor do they represent that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Distribution authorized to Federal, state, local, and tribal government agencies for administrative or operational use, July 2013. Other requests for this document shall be referred to the SAVER Program, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate, OTE Stop 0215, 245 Murray Lane, Washington, DC 20528-0215. FOREWORD The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) established the System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders (SAVER) Program to assist emergency responders making procurement decisions. Located within the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) of DHS, the SAVER Program conducts objective assessments and validations on commercial equipment and systems and provides those results along with other relevant equipment information to the emergency response community in an operationally useful form. SAVER provides information on equipment that falls within the categories listed in the DHS Authorized Equipment List (AEL). The SAVER Program mission includes: • Conducting impartial, practitioner-relevant, operationally oriented assessments and validations of emergency responder equipment; and • Providing information, in the form of knowledge products, that enables decision-makers and responders to better select, procure, use, and maintain emergency responder equipment. Information provided by the SAVER Program will be shared nationally with the responder community, providing a life- and cost-saving asset to DHS, as well as to Federal, state, and local responders. The SAVER Program is supported by a network of Technical Agents who perform assessment and validation activities. Further, SAVER focuses primarily on two main questions for the emergency responder community: “What equipment is available?” and “How does it perform?” As a SAVER Program Technical Agent, the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWARSYSCEN) Atlantic has been tasked to provide expertise and analysis on key subject areas, including communications, sensors, security, weapon detection, and surveillance, among others. In support of this tasking, SPAWARSYSCEN Atlantic developed this selection guide for geographic information system software, which falls under AEL reference 04AP-03-GISS System: Geospatial Information (GIS). Visit the SAVER section of the Responder Knowledge Base (RKB) website at https://www.rkb.us/saver for more information on the SAVER Program or to view additional reports on GIS software or other technologies. i POINTS OF CONTACT SAVER Program U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate OTE Stop 0215 245 Murray Lane Washington, DC 20528-0215 E-mail: [email protected] Website: https://www.rkb.us/saver Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic Advanced Technology and Assessments Branch P.O. Box 190022 North Charleston, SC 29419-9022 E-mail: [email protected] ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword .......................................................................................................................................... i Points of Contact ............................................................................................................................. ii Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................ v 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 1 2. GIS Overview ........................................................................................................................... 1 2.1 GIS Software Types .......................................................................................................... 1 2.2 GIS Resources ................................................................................................................... 2 2.2.1 Hardware ................................................................................................................ 2 2.2.2 Software ................................................................................................................. 3 2.2.3 Spatial Data ............................................................................................................ 3 2.2.4 Personnel ................................................................................................................ 3 2.3 GIS Functional Capabilities .............................................................................................. 3 2.4 Data Models ...................................................................................................................... 5 2.5 Geographic Data Models .................................................................................................. 6 3. Software Selection Process ....................................................................................................... 6 3.1 Needs Analysis .................................................................................................................. 8 3.1.1 Identify Stakeholders ............................................................................................. 8 3.1.2 Determine GIS Uses and Applications .................................................................. 9 3.2 Requirements Definition ................................................................................................. 12 3.2.1 Collecting Information ......................................................................................... 12 3.2.2 Standards .............................................................................................................. 13 3.2.3 Business Policies ................................................................................................. 13 3.2.4 Requirements Validation Activities ..................................................................... 13 3.3 Product Identification ...................................................................................................... 14 3.3.1 Internet Research and Literature Review ............................................................ 14 3.3.2 Requests for Information ..................................................................................... 15 3.4 Product Selection ............................................................................................................ 15 3.4.1 Implementation Factors ....................................................................................... 15 3.4.2 Cost Factors ......................................................................................................... 15 3.4.3 Software Requirements ........................................................................................ 16 3.4.4 Requirements Priorities ....................................................................................... 17 iii 3.4.5 Vendor Surveys ................................................................................................... 19 3.4.6 Feature Comparison Matrix ................................................................................. 19 3.4.7 Product Comparison Matrix ................................................................................ 19 3.4.8 Product Comparison Matrix Analysis ................................................................. 20 3.5 Product Assessment ........................................................................................................ 22 4. Summary ................................................................................................................................. 23 Appendix A. Glossary of Terms .............................................................................................. A-1 Appendix B. Example GIS Architectures ............................................................................... B-1 Appendix C. GIS Data Standards ............................................................................................ C-1 Appendix D. Sample Product Information Summary
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