Asset Mapping Intelligence · Research series
Evidence-led analysis for the people shaping GIS and location strategy in local government.
Less promotion. More evidence. Better decisions.

How the research works
Each Intelligence report starts with a practical question facing government today: Is the investment justified? What does the evidence actually show? What is changing in the market? What should a city or county do next?
We then build the analysis from the evidence outward.
Our Intelligence reports draw on current government research, academic studies, professional standards, public agency case studies, industry data and primary-source material. AI-assisted research helps us examine a wider body of evidence; sources and quantitative claims are then reviewed, compared and placed in context rather than simply repeated.
Where the evidence is strong, we say so.
Where results come from a single jurisdiction, a vendor case study or a forecast rather than a measured outcome, we identify that too.
The objective is not to promote a particular technology or produce another collection of success stories. It is to give local-government decision-makers a concise, evidence-led view of what is working, what remains uncertain, where value is being created and what questions should be asked before the next investment is made.
Who are the Intelligence reports for?
Asset Mapping Intelligence reports are written for the people making and influencing geospatial decisions across local government, including:
Some Intelligence reports are discipline-specific. Others address issues that cut across the organization — from GIS investment and asset management to AI, permitting, infrastructure, data governance and the changing role of the geospatial function.
Start with the decision. Follow the evidence. Be clear about what the evidence does — and does not — prove.
The reports

State of practice
How GIS Is Moving from Mapping Platform to Departmental Infrastructure
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Business case
A Finance-Ready Business Case for Municipal GIS
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Public works & utilities
Where geospatial investment actually pays back — and how to prove it
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Landslide risk
How GIS, earth observation and AI are helping local governments move from mapping landslide susceptibility to managing infrastructure risk
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Cost & productivity
The evidence on cost, productivity and ROI for local government
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Water infrastructure
What the evidence says about predictive analytics for water infrastructure
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