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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 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. • Cartographic skills are rare. • Map requests are repeated.
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.
Revised Plan • Multi-phase delivery of a single integrated application. • Wizard first. • Subscriptions later. • Report generating capabilities to be added.
Phase I • Map Wizard • Maintenance App • Cleanup service
Phase II • Multiple deliverables • Save map definitions for reuse • Subscription Service • Reporting capabilities
Technologies Used • ASP.NET & VB.NET • ArcMap • ArcGIS Server • Maplex • Oracle 10g • Catalog Interface • ArcSDE • ArcIMS
Skills leveraged • Cartographic • Layout design • Group layer selection • Labeling/annotation • Database design • Application development • Project management
Challenges encountered • Security issues • Deployment issues • Cartography issues • Layer selection/interaction • Annotation/labeling performance • Project management • ArcGIS Server/Fine–grained ArcObjects interaction
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
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/
Rick Petrecca, GISP Project Manager Indianapolis - Marion County Information Services Agency rpetrecc@indygov.org