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ENTERPRISE WEB-BASED GISFOR
THE LOUISVILLE WATER COMPANY
Christina GnadingerGIS Applications DeveloperLouisville Water Company
AGENDA
LWC Overview
Current GIS Resources & Strategies
From Old to New
What’s Next?
Wrap Up
LOUISVILLE WATER COMPANY
LOUISVILLE WATER COMPANY
620 SQUARE MILESERVICE AREA
> 302,000 SERVICECONNECTIONS
> 23,500FIRE HYDRANTS
> 51,000VALVES
> 4,100 MILESOF PIPE
GIS RESOURCES
LWC GIS infrastructure
GIS RESOURCES
Base Map Information
CURRENT GIS STRATEGY
Varying 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 SOCsNumber of Instances
Time to Complete
4 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 UP
LWC Overview
Current GIS Resources & Strategies
From Old to New
What’s Next?
Wrap Up
