BE Magazine - Volume 5, Issue 1 - (Page 30) GEOSPATIAL technology. All data are managed and stored on the server side in the Bentley Geospatial Server for mid-office workflow and presented to the user on-demand via Bentley Geo Web Publisher for front-office activities. Front-office workers can initiate changes via redlines and these changes are automatically routed to the back-office GIS team for execution using Bentley PowerMap. There were three elements of innovation involved in this project: the integration of GIS and SAP, object-based workflow management system, and the use of Web services and open standards such as XML and GML. The system is also innovative because it takes less than one second to present the combined administrative and geospatial data on the end-user’s screen once a parcel has been selected. properties under lease, rental agreement, or scheduled for sale or purchase. The next task was to fuse the administrative data held in SAP with Bentley GIS data to provide electronic access to information about each property presented visually on a single screen to the administrator. The uniqueness of Dutch Ministry of Finance’s integrated solution includes: s A user-friendly interface for combined administrative and geospatial data by offering only the needed data and GIS functionality in one screen s Automated maintenance workflows, implemented by graphical redline techniques enabling SAP end users to request the creation, maintenance, and modification of geospatial data s Industry standards, open data formats, Web services, and Web services-oriented architecture enable the State Property Service to exchange geospatial data with other information systems and organizations s A huge amount of geospatial data and related documents are integrated, stored, managed, indexed, and found due to Bentley’s centralized geospatial server v Accurate cadastral and administrative data displays the property in context In this way, the cadastral data is 100 percent accurate and underpins the administrative data retained in SAP. With accurate cadastral data, the State Property Service maximizes the return on its property portfolio by showing the property in context—the key to making effective commercial decisions and getting a higher return on the land base. Several Bentley products are at the core of this system. The integration process was smoothed by the underlying flexibility of the XML Feature Modeling (XFM) technology and solutions-based approach delivered through Bentley’s Professional Services organization. All geospatial data are created and maintained in the backoffice environment, which is based on standard Bentley GIS The vastly improved workflows have allowed the State Property Service to understand the true value of its real estate holdings and, as a result, increase its revenues. Sebastiaan Sintemaartensdijk at the Dutch State Property Service said, “Our immediate savings from eliminating paper documents, improving interdepartmental communication, and increasing revenues through more accurate geospatial information have made this project a success. However, there is an even bigger payoff. By combining our GIS information with our SAP real estate data, Bentley has enabled the Dutch State Property Service to more accurately see the context of its real estate assets and thereby realize a greater value for them.” Innovation with GIS technology and other enterprise systems at the Dutch State Property Service has led to appreciable productivity gains. In fact, other Dutch government agencies are reviewing this project to learn how they can benefit from integrating GIS information into commercial workflows. 30 BE MAGAZINE | Volume 5, Issue 1
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