A dashboard spy reader pinged me last week for an example of a map driven enterprise dashboard. His business unit was considering integration of a GIS system into their dashboard reporting system And wanted some examples of current map driven dashboards that he could examine in a hands-on manner. He wanted an introduction dashboard, and not some lame demo. He just wrote me thanking me for the resource I pointed him to and I wanted to share it with you.
Take a look at the approach that the US federal government took with their Recovery.gov dashboard. Significant portions of it are strongly integrated with maps and allows the user to drill down all the way to the street and address level as well as flip between funding, aerial and street map views.
You will definitely want to try out this dashboard for yourself. Use this link:
Take a look at this next screenshot and you’ll see that the recovery.gov homepage is itself a dashboard. It’s not apparent when you go there as they have a slick looking graphic at the top but scroll down on the page and you’ll see that there is a very nicely designed business dashboard layout in use.
This dashboard is a major tool in the federal government’s watchdog program that encourages transparency in government spending. While the data has been questioned as of late, it’s still an extraordinary use of technology to keep taxpayers in the loop as to how their money is spent. I encourage all business dashboard project team members and dashboard users to take a look at this dashboard example.
