Geospatial Community of Practice for PA (GeoCoPa) September 22, 2005

1. Geospatial Community of Practice for PA(GeoCoPa) September 22, 2005 PA Geospatial Technologies Office Jim Knudson Stacey White www.gis.state.pa.us

2. GeoCoPa Agenda • Introductions • Agency Roundtable Update • Strategic Plan Highlights • Geospatial Enterprise Server Architecture (GESA) • Information Technology Bulletins (ITBs) • Training • GEARS/GATIR • Web Services • Open Discussion • Adjourn

3. Agency Introductions

4. Agency Roundtable Update

5. Strategic Plan Highlights

6. Strategic Plan HighlightsGeospatial Enterprise Architecture • Concepts • Develop the GEA • Make data more useful, accessible and secure • Initiatives • Enterprise Geospatial Data Repository • GIS Data Inventory and Data Stewardship • PA Geospatial Data Sharing Standards • Enterprise Essential Services and Geospatial Applications • Geospatial Standards, Directives, and Best Practices

7. Strategic Plan HighlightsStatewide Data Assets • Concepts • Statewide Data • Support for NSDI • Initiatives • Statewide Address Database • Statewide High-Resolution Imagery/PAMAP • Statewide High-Resolution Elevation Data • Real-Time Weather • Critical Infrastructure

8. Strategic Plan HighlightsEnterprise Strengthening • Concepts • Provide resources • Build partnerships • Enhance Capabilities • Initiatives • Statewide GIS Council • Commonwealth GT Strategic Plan • GIS/JNET Integration • Agency GIS Coordination and Guidance • GT Communications • Federal GT Partnerships and National Perspectives

9. Geospatial Enterprise Server Architecture

10. GESA • Centralized Data Repository • Application Hosting Environment – Managed Services • Development, Staging, Production • Centralized Licensing Manager - Citrix • ArcEditor (1), ArcView (11), 3D Analyst (2), Spatial Analyst (3), ArcPublisher (3), Tracking Analyst (1), Geostatistical Analyst (1) • Citrix Installation User Guide available at www.gis.state.pa.us • Send Requests to StateGIS@state.pa.us

11. GESA • Application Deployment Process • Meetings with BGT • ESF Documentation Template • Deployment Procedures • Electronic Commerce Security Assessment (ECSA) • Deployment to Development • Documentation Review and Meetings with ESF Staff • Deployment Scheduling • 6-8 week process • Testing from Staging Environment • User Sign-Off • Deployment to Production

12. Information Technology Bulletins (ITBs)

13. ITBs • All ITBs use EA waiver process • GIS Software • Identifies GT/GIS software standards for the Commonwealth • Reviews by DOT, PHMC, and LCB • Information Domain Team to release draft to agencies for official comment period after meeting with DOT and updates

14. ITBs • GESA • Establishes GESA as primary architecture for all Commonwealth of PA geospatial Internet/Intranet applications • Applies to new geospatial hardware/software and database investments • Primary data storage for all geospatial data assets that need to be shared across agencies

15. Training

16. Training • Instructor-Led – ITQ Procurements • Online Self-Paced – ESRI Virtual Campus • Workshops - GIS 101 for Managers • Training is FREE and optional for agencies

17. Training • Planning for FY05 Training • No more open registration • Agencies must submit employee names and prioritize via standard Excel spreadsheet • Alternates will need to be assigned by the agency • Exceptions will be made for newly hired GIS employees • Instructor-Led training to be held in FY 2005 • Introduction to ArcGIS I • Introduction to ArcGIS II • Building Geodatabases I • Data Collection, Editing, and Production • Introduction to ArcIMS

18. Training • GIS 101 for Managers” workshop • August 24, 10:00am - 11:30am, Ag, Room 309 • October 27 • $3,000 +/- of ESRI Virtual Campus courses still available • BGT developing agency charge back policy for GT training • Leveraging existing OA HR policy • BGT will be working with OIT Fiscal to set up charge back accounts to the agencies • Integration of Agency Training Coordinators via OA HR

19. GEARS/GATIR

20. GEARS/GATIR • Common Operating View for HS response systems • Fosters geospatial data sharing among all levels of government through the use of XML web services and OGC standards using ITEP funding • Adding Robust Geospatial Enhancements to PEMA’s PEIRS application • Interoperable essential services of geocoding, mapping, routing, and search capabilities to be sharable across state agencies and first responders through the use of web services

21. GEARS/GATIR • Phase 1: OGC Web Services for Data Sharing • Phase 2: GATIR Portal Modifications for PEMA/PEIRS • 2 more portals for Transportation and Health as follow on’s to this project • Project is implementing the baseline architecture and portal web service components • Phase 3: Reusable Web Service Lightweight Applications

22. GEARS/GATIR • Sixteen (16) of the forty-two (42) OGC web services for data sharing deployed to GESA staging environment • Deployment configured architecture for OGC compatibility • GATIR user interface skin, logo and functionality of GATIR were defined • Geocoding, Mapping, Routing, Spatial Search, and Plume Modeling functional requirements for Phase 3 were completed • Lightweight, reusable XML web services that PEIRS and other agencies will use in the future to build robust geospatial applications

23. GEARS/GATIR • Sixteen (16) of the forty-two (42) OGC web services for data sharing deployed to GESA staging environment • Deployment configured architecture for OGC compatibility • GATIR user interface skin, logo and functionality of GATIR were defined • Geocoding, Mapping, Routing, Spatial Search, and Plume Modeling functional requirements for Phase 3 were completed • Lightweight, reusable XML web services that PEIRS and other agencies will use in the future to build robust geospatial applications

24. GEARS/GATIR • ArcIMS security configured on development environment for both non-secure and secure data services and applications • Performance testing being conducted • Response times for non-secure vs. secure applications and data web services • Testing implications of having both on the same web server

25. Web Services

26. Web Services • An application, delivered as a service, that can be integrated with other web applications/services using Internet standards • URL/addressable resource that programmatically returns information to clients who want to use it, using common Internet coding standards such as HTTP and XML • Can be used by multiple agencies (and multiple applications within an agency) without agencies needing to devote time and funding to develop the same application process

27. Web Services • BasicAddressMatch • Enterprise web service allowing an input address string to be geocoded using TANA/GDT Matchmaker data • Native .NET web service callable from an agency application • Developers Integration Guide available at www.gis.state.pa.us

28. Web Services • USPSAddressVerification • Accesses the QAS QuickAddress Pro Web software and enterprise data for application address verification capabilities . • Address verification data is provided specifically for the United States of America • Data is updated on a bi-monthly basis • Staging – 10/24 • Production – 10/31

29. Web Services • BGTBoundaryGeocoder • Returns geography identifier 'within', plus those within a user-specified distance of the address geocoded point, plus a confidence value that indicates how close to a boundary the address was. • Currently works with school districts and municipalities, but extensible to any other continuous polygon geography with a unique field value by adding additional boundary data layer references to a database table • Staging – 8/29 • Developers Integration Guide available at www.gis.state.pa.us

30. Web Services • GATIR Web Services • Geocoding • Finds lat/long for a given address or intersection or a centroid for a city/town • Performs geocoding of US and Canadian addresses, postal codes, and city/towns • Routing • Provides ability to get routing directions and/or a route highlight shape between point locations within the continental US and Canada • Route highlight shape will contain the lat/long coordinates defining the route along the roads • Route shape can be passed into the Mapping Web Service to create a map highlighting the route

31. Web Services • GATIR Web Services • Spatial Search • Performs spatial query based on parameters • Mapping • Generates a map image file of an area of interest • Plume Modeling • Generates a map image file containing a set of plume polygons based on a set of user specified parameters • Gazetteer

32. Open Discussion

33. GIS DayNovember 15GIS for Local Government ConferenceOctober 17-18National States Geographic Information CouncilSeptember 25-30

34. AdjournThank You!