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INDIANA FIRST RESPONSE MAP APPLICATION FOR FIRST RESPONDERS. End-user Customization Presented By: Phil Worrall GIS Director, Pinnacle Mapping Technologies, Inc. INDIANA FIRST RESPONSE MAP APPLICATION (INFRM) WORKSHOP TOPICS. What is INFRM? Application Data
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INDIANA FIRST RESPONSE MAP APPLICATIONFOR FIRST RESPONDERS End-user Customization Presented By: Phil Worrall GIS Director, Pinnacle Mapping Technologies, Inc.
INDIANA FIRST RESPONSE MAP APPLICATION (INFRM) WORKSHOP TOPICS • What is INFRM? • Application • Data • Introduction to ArcReader & ArcPublisher • Installing the INFRM Application & Data • Key Features of the INFRM ArcReader Application • INFRM Application Demo (Sullivan Co Prototype) • INFRM Customization • Themes & Saved Views • Creating your own INFRM .INI file • Publishing your own PMF • Program Source Code Customization • Another FREE GIS Viewing Application (AccuGlobe)
What is the INFRM Application? • A tool for Emergency Management and Public Safety Personnel to quickly and easily view, query and search digital maps to support First Response efforts. • The INFRM Application is a FREEWARE application written in C#.NET for use with ESRI’s ArcReader free GIS viewer technology. • INFRM data is published using ESRI’s ArcGIS Publisher Extension and consists of the 2005 Indiana Statewide orthophotography overlaid with over 60 selected statewide vector graphics layers.(Appendix B) • INFRM also supports the search and display of hazardous material information from the 2004 Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG2004) chemical database
Introduction to ArcReader & ArcPublisher • A free, easy-to-use GIS mapping application that allows users to view, explore, and print digital map data • Allow any user to view maps created with ArcGIS Publisher • Leverage your investment in GIS data by publishing content to a wide audience • Provide read-only viewing and query capabilities to your enterprise GIS data • Allow non-GIS users to work with maps • Create a unified user experience across a variety of operating systems • Distribute digital maps on CD/DVD-ROM • Create custom application programs built using the ArcReader SDK
Introduction to ArcReader & ArcPublisher • An ESRI Extension to create pmf files in ArcGIS Demonstrate how easy it is to publish a file for ArcReader
Installing the INFRM Application & Data • INFRM Custom Installer* • Application • Vector Data • Documentation • ArcReader 9.1 • 2005 County Imagery Mosaics • Township Mosaics created for each Indiana County • MrSID - MG3 format 50:1cr *Operating System Requirements: Microsoft Windows 2000 (SP2 or higher), or Windows XP (SP2 or higher). See Appendix A for detailed Installation Instructions
Key Features of the INFRM ArcReader Application • The custom Graphical User Interface (GUI) • Custom Pull-down Manu • Custom Tools • Custom Buttons
Pull-Down Menu Custom Tools Custom Buttons Date/Time Display Map Viewing Tabs Navigation Window Current View Scale Cursor X,Y Coordinate Display Current Tool View Controls Identify Attribute Window Table of Contents (TOC) Magnify Window
INFRM Application Demo • Sullivan Co Prototype
INFRM Customization • Customize the application by creating your own Saved Views, Themes, and Initialization (.ini) files customized for different types of end-users or uses (e.g. police, fire, emergency management, etc…) • The INFRM application can also open custom .pmf files to access different GIS data. A custom .pmf file can be created using ESRI’s ArcGIS software with the ArcPublisher extension. • The C#.NET source code for the INFRM application is FREEWARE. A copy of the source code can be obtained from the State of Indiana and further customized to meet specific needs