Parking management and allocation is currently a hot topic in Auckland. With a greater understanding of kerbside allocation, our parking team can make more informed decisions to optimise parking solutions. The availability of a comprehensive regional urban dataset was crucial for effective parking planning and allocation based on the specific needs of the area. Auckland Transport obtained a static Kerblines dataset from an external source. This dataset represented the kerbside allocation across the Urban Auckland Region and was captured by an AI system attached to a vehicle. Using ArcGIS, the AT GIS team built 3 separate application to enable improved understanding of the regions kerbside allocation.
- An ArcGIS Experience Builder application was developed to view the data
- An ArcGIS dashboard was built to analyse and provide more insight to the data
- An editing platform to keep the data up to date for the business
A database view approach allowed us to build a tailored view for our end users through a simple query. Leveraging GIS for all of our customer’s needs ensured that the source of truth is displayed, analysed, and updated in one central location. This project provided valuable insights into customising, displaying, and managing large datasets.

New Zealand's love for water activities is increasingly threatened by pollution at many beloved swimming spots. This past summer, Safeswim, led by Auckland Council, provided real-time water quality warnings across the region. These alerts highlight the urgent issue of water quality, showing that not all favourite swimming spots are consistently safe.

As awareness grows, the public is becoming more conscious of water quality issues and ageing infrastructure in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland. In response, the Safe Networks programme monitors and investigates to trace contaminants and their sources within piped networks and properties.

To effectively track, monitor, and address issues upstream of Safeswim sites, a comprehensive on-site and desktop method is essential. This ensures quality control, accurate data gathering, and efficient resolution tracking and reporting for asset and property inspections.

Auckland Council, Watercare, and Morphum Environmental have collaborated to implement 'The Water Quality and Network Improvement Hub'. Built using ArcGIS Hub and Experience Builder, this geospatial platform, developed over seven years, meets the complex demands of regional-scale asset and water quality management. ArcGIS Hub facilitates stakeholder engagement and data sharing, while Experience Builder customises the user experience. It provides tools for inspection planning, mobile and desktop data collection, and review and tracking across compliance and renewal works. Additionally, online KPI reporting supports progress tracking and stakeholder engagement. The Hub is accessible to managers, staff, and contractors from Watercare, Healthy Waters, and partner companies.

This digital solution enhances programme coordination, leading to significant time savings and potential cost reductions. Efficiency gains can be redirected into resolving water quality issues, resulting in tangible network improvements. With environmental concerns paramount and resources limited, optimising public systems efficiently is more crucial than ever, ensuring the best outcomes for our communities and the environment.

The Strategic Planning Team wanted Waikirikiri Ki Tua | Future Selwyn to be a dynamic, living strategy supported by interactive maps and graphs in an engaging interface. The Geospatial Team wanted a scalable platform that could cope with each Phase as we expand the site. At phase one, a lot of planning went into how we were going to structure the data and publish web-layers and webmaps to ensure data updates/ expansions were seamless and required very little ongoing work from us. We also considered functionality that was coming in the next phases.

In Phase one of Future Selwyn the geospatial analysis all went into development of the hundreds of datasets that were gathered to build the weblayers used in the interactive maps.
Proximity analysis, raster analysis was used to develop informative datasets which guided the writing of the strategy but are not necessarily mapped in Phase one. These will appear in the Area plans and Monitoring in Phase two.

Our findings have been that using ArcGIS Experience Builder applications resulted in minimal infrastructure change. For Phase one we wanted to keep the platform as much an out-of-the-box solution as possible with minimal customisations. In order to achieve this the planners/marketing and Coms teams have had to make some compromises and the web development, and Geospatial teams have had to come up with some creative work arounds. In the end we have managed to achieve all the functionality that we wanted in Phase One

In the early stages of this project, we reviewed other New Zealand Councils Spatial Strategies. Different councils used a number of different platforms, and all had Pros and Cons. We found looking at other sites invaluable, we believe others will be interested in the challenges and wins we have had configuring our Experience Builder site.