The challenge
Responsible for planning, building, operating and maintaining Victoria’s transport and planning system, DTP Victoria brings together key transport, planning, land, precinct and policy functions within a single department.
DTP Victoria possessed large and rich transport modelling datasets but had no meaningful way to properly express them. The solutions they had previously used, including PowerBI and Tableau, were slow (or unable to process their datasets), cumbersome to use and were limited in the amount of data they could display. This heavily impacted DTP’s ability to visualise and compare scenarios, which itself had an effect on the flow of information between internal planners, economists, policymakers and beyond.
These challenges meant DTP Victoria were unsatisfied with their ability to analyse spatial data in a timely and impactful way, as well as visualise it in a form that could be understood by a range of internal and external stakeholders.
The solution
With its ability to stably ingest large datasets and visualise them on the map almost instantly, Planwisely gave DTP the power to leverage their own model scenarios with a wider stakeholder group and run spatial analysis on the fly – even live during meetings. Using Planwisely, the DTP Victoria team could now visualise data-heavy transport modelling data and compare scenarios (across a range of metrics including traffic, public transport patronage and origin-destination movements).
In addition to this, Planwisely’s easy-to-use front-end interface and range of spatial analytics tools has lowered the barrier of entry to the world of spatial analysis, empowering more DTP staff – many of whom had limited GIS experience – to find and share insights in a straightforward, digestible way.
Planwisely’s rendering speed and spatial analysis toolkit were able to instantly improve DTP’s ability to turn information into insights and do so in a visual, impactful way. By giving planners, policymakers and economists the power to access modelling inputs and outputs with ease, Planwisely also helped DTP Victoria improve the flow of information between stakeholders, helping to speed up outcomes as DTP Victoria looks to create thriving places and connected communities.
