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Automated map generation and delivery

Automated map generation and delivery. Beautiful maps for the cartographically impaired. Rick Petrecca – Indianapolis/Marion County Information Services Agency. Background. Everything happens somewhere and people want to see it. Maps are often requested at the last minute.

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Automated map generation and delivery

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  1. Automated map generation and delivery Beautiful maps for the cartographically impaired. Rick Petrecca – Indianapolis/Marion County Information Services Agency

  2. Background • Everything happens somewhere and people want to see it. • Maps are often requested at the last minute. • Cartographic skills are rare. • Map requests are repeated.

  3. Initial Plan • 2 applications • Subscription service. • GIS Staff would publish maps, users would subscribe. • Wizard to make maps. • Replacement for ArcView 3.x Map Wizard extension. • Subscription service first then wizard.

  4. Revised Plan • Multi-phase delivery of a single integrated application. • Wizard first. • Subscriptions later. • Report generating capabilities to be added.

  5. Phase I • Map Wizard • Maintenance App • Cleanup service

  6. Phase II • Multiple deliverables • Save map definitions for reuse • Subscription Service • Reporting capabilities

  7. Map Wizard

  8. Map Wizard

  9. Map Wizard

  10. Map Wizard

  11. Map Wizard

  12. Map Wizard

  13. Map Wizard

  14. Map Wizard

  15. Map Wizard

  16. Database Design – Phase I

  17. Maintenance App

  18. Maintenance App

  19. Maintenance App

  20. Maintenance App

  21. Technologies Used • ASP.NET & VB.NET • ArcMap • ArcGIS Server • Maplex • Oracle 10g • Catalog Interface • ArcSDE • ArcIMS

  22. Skills leveraged • Cartographic • Layout design • Group layer selection • Labeling/annotation • Database design • Application development • Project management

  23. Challenges encountered • Security issues • Deployment issues • Cartography issues • Layer selection/interaction • Annotation/labeling performance • Project management • ArcGIS Server/Fine–grained ArcObjects interaction

  24. Lessons learned • KISS – Keep It Simple, Stupid! • Single server deployment • Less is more • Stripping out unnecessary items improves performance • Performance is not everything • Warn users about issues that will affect performance

  25. Questions?

  26. Presentation and paper on-line This presentation and the paper that accompanies it are available on-line on the IndyGIS web site at: http://www.indygov.org/eGov/County/ISA/Services/GIS/About/Papers/

  27. Rick Petrecca, GISP Project Manager Indianapolis - Marion County Information Services Agency rpetrecc@indygov.org

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