Data Integration + Location
Intelligence = Better Decisions
February 26, 2014

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Meet the presenters.
Mark Stoakes
 Manager, Professional Services

Iris Gutowski
 Product Support Specialist

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Agenda.
Introduction
Highlights & Demos
 Data Integration
 Spatial Relationships
 Better Decisions

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What do you mean by location intelligence?
Depends who you are and your perspective…
…is location intelligence just the newest buzz word for what used to be
called spatial analytics, geographic information systems (GIS)?

… is it the ability to visualize spatial data and understand relationships
between specific locations, helping you make better strategic business
decisions?
… is it the combining of location-related data with other business data
that allows you to see you business data with a different perspective?

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What do we mean by data intelligence?

Data integration.

Spatial relationships.
Better Decisions..
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Poll: What kind of location
intelligence are you looking for?

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Data integration.
Spatial relationships.

Better Decisions.
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Data integration.
Data formats:
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Excel
CSV or delimited text
Databases
Cloud datasets
GIS

Added Value:
 Geocoding
 Drive time polygons
 Demographics data

Merging data:
 Joining
 Appending

Filtering:
 Conditional testing
 Spatial filtering
 Data cleansing

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Demo 1:
Data integration.

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Data integration.
Spatial relationships.

Better Decisions.
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Spatial relationships.
Spatial Filtering:

Nearest Neighbor(s):

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Demo 2:
Spatial relationships.

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Data integration.
Spatial relationships.

Better Decisions.
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Better Decisions.
Output formats:
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Excel
CSV or delimited text
Databases
GIS (MapInfo)
PDF

Automation:
 Daily reports
 Standardized templates

Summaries:
 Pivot tables
 Statistics

Reporting:
 Charting
 Tables
 Mapping

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Templating with Excel.
 Utilize Excel to
present your
data

 Automatically
repopulate
tables and
charts with
new data
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Standardized PDF Reporting.
 Get to the point!
 Summarize
Spatial and
Tabular data in a
formatted PDF
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Demo 3:
Better Decisions.

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Q&A
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Thank you!
 Sales
 info@safe.com
 Support
 www.safe.com/support
 (604) 501-9985 ext. 278
 Mark Stoakes
 Mark.Stoakes@safe.com
 Iris Gutowski
 Iris.Gutowski@safe.com
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Data Integration + Location Intelligence = Better Decisions

Editor's Notes

  • #5 Yes, for simple translationsYes, for data integrationYes, for producing reportsYes, for automationNo, I don’t use FME
  • #13 Site planningInsurance/Risk ManagementDemographicsSpreadsheet ProcessesOther
  • #17 How is one set of data related to another – or to itself
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