Proceedings of the Federated Conference on ISBN 978-83-60810-51-4 Computer Science and Information Systems pp. 915–918 Geoportal as Decision Support System with Spatial Data Warehouse Almir Karabegovic Mirza Ponjavic University of Sarajevo, Faculty of University of Sarajevo, Electrical Engineering, Department for Faculty of Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Informatics, Department of Geodesy, Kampus Univerziteta, 71000 Sarajevo, Patriotske lige 30, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Intelligence (LI) has the capacity to organize and understand Abstract— There is increasing interest of organization for complex phenomena, through the use of geographic advanced presentation and data analysis for public users. This relationships, which are inherent in all information. By paper shows how to integrate data from enterprise data combining geographic- and location-related data with other warehouse with spatial data warehouse, publish them together to online interactive map, and enable public users to perform business data, organizations can gain critical insights, make analysis in simple web interface. As case study is used Business better decisions and optimize important processes and Intelligence System for Investors, where data comes from applications. Location Intelligence offers opportunity that different sources different levels, structured and unstructured. organizations streamline their business processes and This approach has three phases: creating spatial data customer relationships to improve performance and results. warehouse, implementing ETL (extract, transform and load) The growing availability of geospatial data and the procedure for data from different sources (spatial and non- spatial) and, finally, designing interface for performing data demand for better analytic insight have helped to move analysis. The fact, that this is a public site, where users are not location analysis from limited departmental implementations known in advanced and not trained, calls for importance of into enterprise-wide environments; from the hands of usability design and self-evident interface. Investors are not geographic information system (GIS) experts to IT willing to invest any time in learning the basics of a system. organizations for deployment across businesses. Most of data Geographic information providers need geoportals to enable in enterprise data warehouses (EDW) have a location access to spatial data and services via the Internet; and it is a first step in creating Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI). reference. So now virtually any business can enhance its business analytics with location intelligence. I. INTRODUCTION But too many of those companies still don’t have a complete view of their business because their data aren’t ANY business users constantly search for new and integrated. Instead, their location data are stored in multiple M better ways for improving data warehousing departmental data marts – silos that drive up costs, cause capabilities. Many of them already use existing capabilities redundant data, and most important, does not utilize the to strengthen analytics and business intelligence (BI). They richness of their data warehouse [4]. have covered dimensions who, what, when, and why. But, there is no answer for “where”. II. USE CASE: INVESTMENT PROMOTION The first law of geography according to Waldo Tobler is "Everything is related to everything else, but near things are A. Business problem background more related than distant things” [1]. But standard data Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA) of Bosnia warehouse cannot answer on the following questions that and Herzegovina (BiH) is a state agency established with the arise as a result of just this law. How far workers would mission to attract and maximize the flow of foreign direct travel from their house to job? How to choose the best investment into Bosnia and Herzegovina, and encourage location for a new dam? Optimize delivery route to meet existing foreign investors to further expand and develop their changing customer demands and conditions? See which businesses in BiH, as well as facilitate the interaction parcels and building are in potential flooding areas? between public and private sectors. It has an active role in To answer those and other crucial business questions, we policy advocacy in order to contribute to continually need access to true location intelligence the kind of – improving environment for business investments and intelligence geospatial analysis can deliver [2] [3]. Location economic development, and to promote a positive image of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a country that is attractive to This work is supported by Gauss Tuzla, Center for Geospatial foreign investors. Research Sarajevo 978-83-60810-51-4/$25.00 c 2012 IEEE 915 916 PROCEEDINGS OF THE FEDCSIS. WROCŁAW, 2012 The project aims attracting and retaining cross-border and industrial zones, technological parks and incubators, investments and to provide better access to available land- localities available for investment projects); institutions related information. International best practice and academic (business registration courts, customs offices, academic research clearly suggest that easy access to land-related institutions, objects of cultural and historical importance, top information is a key issue for domestic businesses and touristic locations); and other available data, images or links international investors. Better access to land-related relevant for businesses and investors. information is clearly associated with greater government The task was to analyze and design the new system which effectiveness and better quality of public services and will will answer their goal. It is recognized that main obstacle ultimately increase levels of investment. The World Bank was missing of any infrastructure for collaboration and Group’s and the European Bank for Reconstruction and sharing data between different agencies that produce spatial Development’s Business Environment Survey (BEEPS) data. Searching for the best practices it is found that existing database identifies access to land as one of the major technologies convergence like web portals, data warehousing concerns for businesses. The European Union’s research and location intelligence could offer to develop the new shows that making various forms of key land and property concept. related information and information on practices, procedures and of relevant laws and regulations available and easy to III. GEOPORTALS access through European Union Land Information System Geoportal is a web service platform for advanced (EULIS) is associated with larger average of business and application development, viewing, and editing of geospatial investment opportunities ultimately leading to an improved and business information in a service-oriented architecture. business environment and investment climate. It also In this use case, solution was based on the Oracle Spatial encourages a spread of best practices in presenting land- database and Oracle Middleware Map Viewer web client related data to businesses, establishing basis for comparing platform. This geoportal dramatically expands the performance of localities and stimulates competition among availability of location based data to non-expert users for localities in preparing land-related data in a digitalized form review, editing, and analysis. It enables fast and efficient and making them available to the public users. creation and configuration of tailor-made, intuitive geodata In Bosnia and Herzegovina, various projects have been applications for broad bases of users who require geospatial implemented related to land registration and administration, information integrated with business intelligence [5] [6]. and land construction resulting in digitalized form of land- Task oriented, intuitive applications are available to end related data in different institutions and levels of users via internet without any software installation on client government. However, this land-related information is computers. scattered in different ministries and agencies at different From other side, next-generation BI capabilities enable IT levels of government, and this makes it difficult for either and business professionals to effectively leverage spatial public or private sector users to obtain land-related analytics, improve system performance, and enhance information easily and at an appropriate cost and timeframe. management of complex BI environments. It means that The goal is therefore to build a platform using advanced technologies: Spatial Mapping capabilities with Business GIS and web-based database technologies that would make Intelligence analytic capabilities, work together to make key land-related information needed for investors available better business decisions with automated, integrated location and easy to access. The resulting interactive map is intended intelligence. This means that spatial information needs data to become a comprehensive source of land related appliances that can handle the volume and process it with BI information relevant for businesses and investors that is easy technology and customers are demanding location-based to view on-line and that can serve a wide range of public and data analytics. private sector end users too. A geoportal is a type of web portal used to find and access Initially, the following layers and data are available within