Geospatial Community of Practice for PA

(GeoCoPa)

September 22, 2005

PA Geospatial Technologies OfficeJim KnudsonStacey White

www.gis.state.pa.us

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

Agency Introductions

Agency Roundtable Update

Strategic Plan Highlights

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

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

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

Geospatial Enterprise Server Architecture

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

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

Information Technology Bulletins (ITBs)

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

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

Training

Training

• Instructor-Led – ITQ Procurements

• Online Self-Paced – ESRI Virtual Campus

• Workshops - GIS 101 for Managers

• Training is FREE and optional for agencies

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

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

GEARS/GATIR

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

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

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

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

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

Web Services

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

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

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

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

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

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

Open Discussion

GIS DayNovember 15

GIS for Local Government ConferenceOctober 17-18

National States Geographic Information Council

September 25-30

Adjourn

Thank You!