Creating an Easements
Web Application
with Web App BuilderMay 2, 2016
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Olivia DeSimone, GIS Analyst
407-571-8252
City of Altamonte Springs –
Background Information
9.6 square miles
Population: 42,719
435 Employees
GIS is under the Information Services Department
3 GIS Employees
Public Works is one of the biggest departments and GIS consumer
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Overview
Why Web App Builder
What are easements?
Background information on easements with Public Works.
Meeting with PW stakeholders.
LGIM Data Structure.
Fields added.
Building the feature class for WAB.
Building the application.
Demonstration
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Why Web App Builder? - Transition to AGO
City had been using ArcGIS Viewer for Flex
Esri announced it is retiring Flex support
Benefits of switching to Web App Builder
HTML/Java based
On-the-cloud applications mean they are available outside City network
Can use AGO for central application location
Easements was a WAB pilot project
Opportunity to get PW on board
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What Are Easements?
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Easement – a right to cross or otherwise use
someone else’s land for a specified purpose.
Common local government easements:
Utility
Meter
Sidewalk
Easement Project Background
Easement layer originally created in AutoCAD
No dedicated AutoCAD position to maintain layer
Layer became outdated
City now relies more on GIS
AutoCAD layer imported into GIS:
No attribute information
Questionable accuracy
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Meeting with PW Stakeholders
Set up workflow for legal description document exchange
Tri-department collaboration (PW, IS, City Clerk)
Identify information to be captured
How to update spatial accuracy
Rely on CAD geometry when accurate
Draw shape using COGO
Managing user expectation in new WAB environment
PW stake holders knew what they wanted but not how to accomplish it
Searching data
Symbology
Geometry
Access to legal descriptions
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Local Government Information Model
Encumbrance Feature Class
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Parcel Publishing - Encumbrance
City Fields Added
Subtype
Platted/Non-platted
Status
Active/Vacated
Document Title
Document Date
Recording Date
Grantor
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Building Feature Class
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Building Feature Class - Related Table
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Easement ID(ENCUMID)
Document
Number
Document
Information
1 101 Original
1 102 Vacation
1 103 Subordination
Easement ID Type
1 Sidewalk
Attribute table Related table
Building Feature Class - Schema Hybrid
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Related table for multiple documents.
Added additional field into feature class to facilitate searching.
Easement
ID
Document
Number
Document
Information
1 101 Original
1 102 Vacation
1 103 Subordination
Easement ID Type Doc #1 Doc #2 Doc #3
1 Sidewalk 101 102 103
Attribute table containing all document numbers in one record for searching.
Related table containing additional document information.
Building Feature Class - Geometry
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CAD layer exhibits varying degrees of accuracy
Incorrect shape (too short/long, missing curves, etc.)
Incorrect location
Using Coordinate Geometry (COGO) when necessary
Need to consider many different data sources
Seminole County layers
Current lot lines
Parcel lines
Subdivision polygons
Plat
Utility networks
Historical lot lines
A utility easement and the potable
water line it encompasses.
Building Feature Class - Geometry
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Building Feature Class - COGO
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Insert better COGO
image here
Intro to COGO editing
document
Building Feature Class - Symbology
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Building the Application
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Building the Application
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Building the Application
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Building the Application
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Building the Application
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Building the Application
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Building the Application
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Building the Application
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Building the Application
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Information Security
As Altamonte moved to WAB, not all City users
were granted a AGO log-in.
ELA covers 100 AGO users, but City web applications
can have potentially up to 400+ users.
Most City users don’t need additional functionality
provided through AGO.
Solution to store and secure layers on City’s GIS
server.
Users use everyday log-in credentials to access
application.
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Demo
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Conclusion
LGIM provided good framework, but the City added unique organizational
fields too.
Related table/schema hybrid facilitated holding information from many
documents while maintaining searching capabilities.
Document retrieval is key aspect of application.
WAB reception was great – applied to all other City applications.
Access from anywhere
Access from any device
Making AGO public.
Securing services, not the application.
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Chris Rader – City Engineer, PW
Victoria Bogle – Utilities Coordinator, PW
Olivia DeSimone – GIS Analyst, IS
Richard Littlefield – GIS Manager, IS
Kyle Crawford – GIS Analyst, IS
Larry DiGioia – IS Director, IS
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Acknowledgements
Questions?
Thank you!
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Richard Littlefield, GIS Manager
407-571-8251
Olivia DeSimone, GIS Analyst
407-571-8252
Kyle Crawford, GIS Analyst
407-571-8059