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							Geospatial Community of
    Practice for PA
     (GeoCoPa)

     September 22, 2005

 PA Geospatial Technologies Office
          Jim Knudson
          Stacey 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 Highlights
  Geospatial 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 Highlights
          Statewide 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 Highlights
          Enterprise 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 Day
           November 15

GIS for Local Government Conference
            October 17-18

    National States Geographic
        Information Council
          September 25-30
 Adjourn

Thank You!