enterprise web-based gis for the louisville water company

ENTERPRISE WEB-BASED GISFOR

THE LOUISVILLE WATER COMPANY

Christina GnadingerGIS Applications DeveloperLouisville Water Company

AGENDALWC Overview

Current GIS Resources & Strategies

From Old to New

What’s Next?

Wrap Up

LOUISVILLE WATER COMPANY

LOUISVILLE WATER COMPANY620 SQUARE MILE

SERVICE AREA

> 302,000 SERVICECONNECTIONS

> 23,500FIRE HYDRANTS

> 51,000VALVES

> 4,100 MILESOF PIPE

GIS RESOURCESLWC GIS infrastructure

GIS RESOURCES

Base Map Information

CURRENT GIS STRATEGYVarying levels of internal GIS users

Power Users / Editors

General Users

Mobile GIS Users

General Users

EXISTING WEB APPLICATION

EXISTING WEB APPLICATION

Complex Dynamic Services

ArcIMS 9.3.1

Launched in 2004

How do we improve the new application?

Design

Performance

Functionality

DESIGN CHALLENGES

Aesthetics

Efficiency

Realistic Expectations

PERFORMANCE CHALLENGES

Virtual Server Configuration

# of Cores per SOC / SOM # of SOCs Number of

InstancesTime to

Complete4 2 8 01:38:304 2 8 01:40:052 2 4 04:04:082 4 8 02:07:282 4 10 01:56:432 4 12 01:41:262 4 14 01:29:432 4 16 01:25:542 4 17 01:27:212 4 18 01:30:18

How many servers?

How powerful should they be?

PERFORMANCE CHALLENGES

System Cache Strategies

Compact vs. Exploded?

Local Server Storage vs. Network?

256 vs. 512 pixel tiles?

PNG8, 24 or 32?

Which is faster?

Wouldn’t it be nice to give your General Users functional GIS abilities within the web application?

FUNCTIONALITY

Valve Tracing

Research

Reporting

Digital Drawings

System Linkages

Map Making

GIS Research Tools, Basic Reporting, & Map Making

FUNCTIONALITY

Digital Drawing Access

FUNCTIONALITY

AsBuilts

Construction Drawings

System Infrastructure Maps

Links Between Systems

FUNCTIONALITY

Project Tracking

Plant DrawingManagement System

Valve Tracing

FUNCTIONALITY

Other Tools

FUNCTIONALITY

Display GPS Locations

Draw and Sketch Tools

Google Street View

Modernized Interface

FUNCTIONALITY

FUNCTIONALITY

WHAT’S NEXT?Web Application

Upgrade to ArcGIS for Server 10.1 / Flex Version 3.0 +

'SPIN' off web applications

WHAT’S NEXT?Other GIS Development

Strategies driven by work process needs

Mobile Development

WRAP UPLWC Overview

Current GIS Resources & Strategies

From Old to New

What’s Next?

Wrap Up

Questions?

Christina GnadingerCGnadinger@lwcky.com