As we get closer to the ArcGIS for Local Government fall release, we wanted to take a minute to share with you our plans for the next release. But before we do that, its been awhile since we last “spoke” and I wanted to take a minute to thank everyone who attended our sessions at the User Conference this year. The feedback we got was outstanding and we look forward to working with you all in the near future.
For those that couldn’t make the conference, you may want to watch the Live Training Seminar entitled An Introduction to ArcGIS for Local Government. It was recorded earlier this month and is a great place to learn more about recent improvements to the ArcGIS for Local Government solution.
As always, we have several things in motion right now and are working towards the fall 2012 release. We plan on shipping this release the first week of November. Here is a summary of what you can expect to see in the next release:
1. New Maps and Apps:
We will be adding a series of maps and apps to the ArcGIS for Local Government solution. They include:
Executive Dashboard: A HTML 5 application used by local government leaders to proactively view critical metrics, identify trends, raise questions, and devise new management strategies. It supports community-wide efforts to increase accountability and
transparency within government and with the citizens they serve. The Dashboard is a single application that can be deployed by local governments and used by decision-makers on a tablet device and desktop PC.
My Government Services 2.0: A HTML 5 application that helps residents locate a government facility and obtain information about curbside and drop-off services provided by a government agency. The new release of the My Government Services application can be deployed by local governments and used by citizens on a desktop PC, mobile phone, and tablet device.
Data Reviewer for Addressing: A series of pre-configured ArcGIS Data Reviewer for Desktop extension batch job (.rbj) files that can be used to improve the quality of address data.
Data Reviewer for Tax Parcel Editing: A series of pre-configured ArcGIS Data Reviewer for Desktop extension batch job (.rbj) files that can be used to improve the quality of parcel data managed with the ArcGIS Parcel Editing solution.
2. Complete 10.1 Release:
We’ll be wrapping up 10.1 releases of the following maps and apps:
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- Public Safety COP
- Infrastructure Mobile Map
- Tax Parcel Viewer
This release will be the first for each of these applications on the ArcGIS 10.1 platform and will complete the migration of the existing ArcGIS 10 maps and apps to the ArcGIS 10.1 platform.
3. Updated Help System:
We’ve taken the feedback you’ve provided on the Online Help System and incorporated those changes in to a subsequent release. We hope you’ll find topics are more complete and easier to follow in this release. And we’ll continue to improve the quality and quantity of content in the help system in subsequent releases.
4. Existing App Updates (Bug Fixes & Enhancements):
The updates will include the latest local government information model and updates to many applications. The updates also include several enhancements and address any bugs that have been submitted to date. The bug fixes and enhancements will be documented in the releases notes for each map and app.
Look for more information in the coming weeks as we finish testing and packaging up the new releases. Thanks again for your continued feedback. As always, feel free to contact us with any specific feedback or questions you may have.
You may have alreay heard this but I would like to say that the Local Government team has been amazing in building this Information Model. A lot of thought and brainstorming on this model has paid off. I believe the next step, which it seems that the team has already “deep the their toes into the water” a bit, is the mobile solution. I am implementing the LGIM for several of the city’s departments. Planning Department will benefit from the Address Management Maps, Apps, and tools along with the landuse parcel viewer. Public Works could greatly beneifit from the Infrastucture Maps, Apps and Tools. In an edit session, the attribute assistent has become a necessity to reduce time and increase effeciency. Unfortuntely, all this can not be done in the office. There is a need for a mobile solution and ESRI has great mobile applications. It would be nice to have this LGIM product integrated with the mobile solutions. I would like to send these rules to ArcPad and ArcGIS Mobile for Windows so that field crew can benefit from these attribute assistent.
Once again, thank you all for all of your hard work in creating the LGIM, LG Resource Center, LG Community and LG maps, apps and tools!
We will continue to add mobile apps to the ArcGIS for Local Government solution. They will be focused apps that support specific workflows in a local government. The Mobile Map, Damage Assessment, Code Violation, and Tax Parcel Viewer are specific examples. Currently, we don’t plan on porting the Attribute Assistant functionality (which is what I think you’re referring to) to our mobile or server apps. Instead, we’re working with the ArcGIS development teams to make the Attribute Assistant functionality available in core. At that point, you’ll have access to the functionality in desktop, mobile, server and online.
Scott,
We are in the process of preparing for this wet season (over next 2 weeks), and are particularly interested in the Executive dashboard. We beleive that this will greatly assist in our emergency coordination centre.
Is there any chance of getting a pre-release version? Do you have an eta on the release date?
Sorry, we don’t have a pre-release version. We’re wrapping up help and final testing now. We’re targeting an early November release – more details in blog post.
hi,where is the Enterprise GIS Blog..
Scott, thanks very much for the information.
Are the new Executive Dashboard and My Government Services templates exclusive to 10.1 or will they also work on 10?
We will only be shipping and supporting 10.1 updates in our quarterly releases. To your specific questions though on the Executive Dashboard and My Government Services apps. The Executive Dashboard reporting scripts will require 10.1. But you could publish map services and use AGOL to create a series of webmaps for the Executive Dashboard with version 10. My Government Services can consume services from 10.1 or you could use your existing 10.0 services.
Scott,
I am in the “transition phase” between 10.0 and 10.1, and would like to update my current geodatabase with the local government geodatabase. I read a great post on using X-Ray, but I am holding off in case there are updates to the schema of the database. Should we expect any changes to the geodatabase schema?
Yes, each release of the ArcGIS for Local Government solution includes an updated version of the geodatabase schema. The updates support new maps and apps, bug fixes and enhancements.
I’m looking forward to getting my team out in the field the new Infrastructure Mobile Map and getting the fire department comfortable with the Public Safety COP so this is a great release. I was curious how the ipad app for sign collection and inspection was coming and when we would be looking at seeing that?
We are planning on shipping the Sign Inspection app in the next release – which will be Q1 2013. More details right after the holidays.
Just curious if the sign inspection app you’re referring to is the new or if there’s something more specific to signs?
sorry… bad formatting!?!?!
Is this the new collector app or is something else on the way?
While looking at the trend graph in the exec dashboard I noticed the y axis (time) is reversed, is this a fix I should make when I deploy, or can your team publish a bug fix soon?
Great job on this template. Thank you.
debarry –
The dashboard charting widget was designed to show the most recent observation first and as the observations get older as the user moves to the right of the chart. We did that because users are looking at the most current observation on the map and the expect the observation near the origin of the chart. Let us know if you have any further questions.
Scott