Joella Givens

Bio: Joella is a skilled and dynamic presenter with a wealth of information to share. She is a leader in the field of GIS, with more than 25 years of experience creating innovative GIS solutions to business problems. Joella works directly with business end users and business managers at MnDOT to understand their daily processes, identify pain points, and develop effective GIS solutions. She serves an ‘expeditor’ role, working with management to steer and support GIS efforts at MnDOT. Joella is a champion of open source solutions and an advocate for agile development and open data.

Georilla – Serving Internal Customers with Web Maps

MnDOT needs quick access to information from many different data sets to support daily operations. Legacy electronic maps dedicated to one or two data sets never provided a complete picture. It was difficult to find and share spatial information in a fast-paced environment. We were challenged to think differently, to do more with less, to innovate. Georilla is our answer to this challenge, driven by an increasing need to access unique combinations of diverse data types and sources. Crafted using MapServer/GeoMoose Open Source technology, this lightweight, low-overhead web solution allows us to deliver data to the desktop in a quick and responsive way while complementing existing systems. Details of design and deployment will be discussed.

GeoMoose, MapServer, Georilla, MnDOT, Open Source, Web Map, Asset Management, Transportation