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High Accuracy GPS now available with ArcGIS for Windows Mobile!
Esri is proud to announce that we now have a GeoCollector solution for high accuracy GPS data collection with ArcGIS for Windows Mobile!
GeoCollector for ArcGIS for Windows Mobile
GeoCollector for ArcGIS for Windows Mobile is an end-to-end field data collection solution that bundles together Esri ArcGIS for Windows Mobile 3.1 software, Trimble® PositionsTM Software Suite by Trimble®, and Trimble® GeoExplorer® 6000 series GNSS hardware. Continue reading
Update to Campus Maps and Apps
Address data management just got a lot easier with ArcGIS 10
This week, we released version 1.0 of the Address Data Management Template. This template is an ArcMap editing map, editor extension, and set of editing workflows for managing road centerlines with address ranges, facilities, site addresses, and related mailing address data. It is an editor that can be used by mapping technicians in planning, public safety or land records organizations to streamline the collection, maintenance and use of authoritative address information.
When you download the template, you’ll find it includes:
- A multi-scale ArcMap document designed for editing
- Two Add-ins and set of constructions tools that are added to your ArcInfo or ArcEditor installation
- The Local Government geodatabase with sample data from the City of Naperville, Illinois
The Address Data Management Template at ArcGIS 10
The Address Management Add-in and address construction tools contain a series of custom editing tools that improve the editing experience for ArcGIS users working with roads and address information. For example, there are tools that:
- Add new road segments and allocate existing address ranges to the new segments
- Flip road segments to the direction of the line and address ranges are in sync
- Add new site address points and compute the proposed address from the location along the road centerline
In addition to the tools, the Address Data Management template also includes an editor extension called the Attribute Assistant. This extension uses a series of pre-defined methods to automatically populate attributes for you when updating and/or adding new features to the geodatabase. For example, one method will populate the full road name on each road centerline and site address feature from a valid list of road names contained in a master street name table. Other methods will help you maintain the integrity of your address data by populating a unique identifier, last editor and last update date on each feature.
The template is a great place to start if you’re looking to modernize your address data management workflows and improve the quality of address information in your organization. It provides a configuration of ArcGIS 10 that will:
- Allow you to manage road centerlines with address ranges, and site address points for public safety, utility, permitting and other service delivery needs
- Associate one or more related postal addresses to a given site address
- Implement a master street name inventory that increases the quality of your address information
- Deploy efficient data management workflows
- Help you implement several national address standards (NENA, USPS, etc.) that promote system integration and data sharing
The editing workflows help you improve the quality of your address information
To support the Address Data Management Template, we’ve also released an update to the ArcGIS for Local Government Information Model. This simple, harmonized local government information model supports the maps and apps shared on the ArcGIS for Local Government Resource Center. It reflects specific application requirements and the cartographic requirements necessary to produce rich, multi-scale base maps and operational layers. You can download the Local Government Information Model from ArcGIS.com and migrate your content into this geodatabase design. When you do, you can quickly take advantage of the maps and apps published on the ArcGIS for Local Government Resource Center.
The latest release of the information model adds support for the address workflows contained in Address Data Management Template. In addition, it incorporates address standards from NENA (National Emergency Number Association) and the USPS (United States Postal Service). We’ve taken these standards and implemented them where appropriate in the Local Government Information model and provided local government users with a set of streamlined workflows to maintain authoritative address information for their community. The physical implementation of these standards supports a wide variety of system integration opportunities and is a foundation for state and national data sharing initiatives.
USPS and NENA Address Standards have been incorporated in the Information Model
Our goal is to provide local governments with a set of ArcGIS tools and workflows that simplify address management and improve the overall quality of their authoritative data. Later this winter we’ll add a complimentary web application that can be used to enlist feedback from your citizens on the quality of your address data. This simple web application will allow citizens to add missing site address information. Once added, the local government can then review the new address locations and decide whether they would like to incorporate them in to their master address inventory. In addition, this application could be used to enhance the data sources used by a Reverse 911 or other citizen engagement application in your community.
So that is a quick overview of Esri’s Address Data Management Template at ArcGIS 10. If you’d like to see the address workflows in action, you can watch a short video we’ve posted on the Resource Center. In the future, we’ll share blog posts on other Address Maps and Apps you can find on the ArcGIS for Local Government Resource Center. As always, feel free to contact us if you have any questions when you begin to leverage the new address data management workflows in ArcGIS 10.
Campus Maps and Apps added to ArcGIS for Local Government
Recently, we added the Campus Editing and Campus
Basemap templates to the ArcGIS
for Local Government Gallery and a new ArcGIS for Facilities Group on
ArcGIS.com.
These Campus maps can be used to capture interior and/or
exterior assets on a university or business campus. They can also be used by government agencies
to capture these same assets in a downtown, or on a government complex or
military base. These interior and
exterior assets are the foundation for a variety of desktop, mobile and web
mapping applications deployed to support facilities management, education,
public works, planning, and military business needs.
The Campus Editing template is an ArcMap editing map,
editor extension, and set of editing workflows for managing building, interior
space and related exterior campus data. It is an editor that can be
used by mapping technicians in a college university, private corporation, or
public works agency to streamline the collection, maintenance and use of asset
information.
The Campus Basemap template is an ArcGIS Map
Document that can be used to create a high-resolution, multi-scale (~1:9k to
1:141) basemap for a university, or business campus. As we mentioned earlier, this basemap can also be used
by government agencies to produce a high-resolution basemap for a downtown,
government complex, or military base.
Stay tuned for future maps and apps that will leverage this
high-resolution data.
The first application we’ll release is called the Campus
Place Finder. This application will work in concert with the basemap and
editing templates. Leveraging the new building interior features
incorporated in thee Local Government Information Model FacilitiesStreets
feature dataset, users will be able to search by occupant name or interior
space (e.g., office number) to locate people or places of interest within
campus facilities.
When you’re ready to start using the Campus
Editing map with your data, start by downloading the Local Government
Information Model schema-only layer package. It can be used to create the empty
geodatabase you’ll need to migrate your facilities data and publish these
campus maps.
New release of Local Government Information Model supports upcoming Address and Facilities Maps and Apps
ArcGIS for Local Government provides a simple, harmonized local government information model that supports a series of maps and apps used by local governments. The information model reflects specific application requirements and the cartographic requirements necessary to produce rich, multi-scale base maps and operational layers. You can download the information model from ArcGIS.com and migrate your content into this geodatabase design. When you do, you can quickly take advantage of the maps and apps published on the ArcGIS for Local Government Resource Center.
The Local Government Information Model in ArcCatalog
This release of the local government information model includes a series of major updates.
Major Updates:
The Address feature dataset was updated to support the active management of site addresses. The SiteAddress feature class was retired and three new feature classes were added to the local government information model. This update supports a series of Address Editing apps currently under development. The new feature classes and a PostalAddress table in the local government information model are a physical implementation of the FGDC United States Thoroughfare, Landmark, and Postal Address Data Standard and were adapted to support site address maintenance in local government.
The FacilitiesStreets feature dataset was updated to support the active management of facilities and campuses.This update supports a series of Facility/Campus management apps currently under development. For many who have already begun to use the features in this dataset, you’ll find we’ve done some pretty extensive work on the data model for features like, signs, streetlights, and signals. In addition, we’ve incorporated portions of the Building Interior Space Data Model (BISDM) to support building/interior space management and extended it to support exterior features found on government grounds, parks, and even campuses. Much of this work will also support Public Works apps that require information about paved areas, pavement markings, poles, signs, signals, etc.
This update to the information model also supports a new campus basemap we will release later this summer. When you begin to use this information model, you will be able to produce a great basemap for your government facilities, downtowns, and campuses.
The new campus basemap with sample data from the Esri Campus
This release of the local government information model also includes a series of more minor updates.
Minor Updates:
The Parcel Fabric, contained in the ParcelEditing feature dataset now supports the active management of PLSS Sixteenth Sections. A new parcel type was added to the ParcelType domain to accommodate this requirement.
The ParkRecInfo table was added to the local government information model to support the Parks and Recreation Finder application currently under development.
The ServiceRequest feature class in the CitizenService feature dataset now supports the creation of service requests within buildings. The building floor and interior space attributes were added to the feature class to support Facilities Management applications currently under development.
Known Issues:
There are a few known issues we’re working to resolve in future releases.
Your imagery and surface models must be added to this schema manually.
Layer Packages (LPKs) do not currently support standalone tables in the geodatabase. After you’ve created your schema, please copy the ten stand alone geodatabase tables from the sample dataset in a recent application download. Refer to the Data Dictionary for a complete list of the standalone tables you’ll need to complete the Local Government Information Model.
If you are using ArcGIS Desktop SP1, the ParcelType domain will have to be applied to the Type field in the Parcel fabric class manually after you create your schema.
Quick Summary:
We continue to evolve the local government information model as we add new maps and apps to the ArcGIS for Local Government system. Your feedback is vital. So don’t hesitate to let us know what you think about the information model and what maps and apps will help you in your local government.
We’ve got some exciting things coming this summer and early fall so keep a close eye on the Local Government Blog or follow us on Twitter if you’d like to learn more about how ArcGIS for Local Government can help you effectively deploy GIS.
Have you signed up yet for the Water Utility Data Health Check at UC?
With the User Conference just 10 days away, we’d like to remind you to take advantage of the Water Utility Data Health Check service that we are providing at the Geodatabase Management island. There are still some slots left if you’d like to sign up. Just send an email with your name, organization, contact info, and preferred time slot to datareviewer@esri.com.
New release of Infrastructure Editing Map
This week, we posted a new release of the Infrastructure Editing Map. This release includes many enhancements you’ve requested and addresses several problems.
You’ll find the June 20, 2011 release of the Infrastructure Network Editing template for ArcGIS 10 addresses the following:
New Functionality
1. Redesigned isolation trace routine to incorporate new functionality
2. Added a new Secondary trace that uses the trace point from an isolation trace, disables all valves selected, and reruns the trace
3. Added a new configuration file tag for angle of the dogleg “<Hook_Angle>45</Hook_Angle>”
4. Added a new configuration file tag for the operable values of a valve “<add key=”TraceIsolation_Operable_Values” value=”0|1″ />”
5. Added a new configuration file tag for additional SQL Query for remove valve used in the trace
6. Added a new option to list multi value class for the isolation trace
7. Redesigned the Profile Graph and exposed labels for configuration
8. Redesigned the Update_Intersecting_Feature so it does not stop after processing one intersecting feature; it now runs on all intersected features
9. Added a new option to subtype rules that allows users to list multi subtypes or all subtypes in a list
10. Redesigned how rules are processed and evaluated to enhance performance
11. Added the On_Manual flag to the Dynamic Value table to allow users to specify a rule to only rule when you click new button. Note: The “new button” has been added to the end of the Infrastructure Editing toolbar.
12. Added a RUNORDER field to the DynamicValue table to allow users to list a hierarchy to how the rules are processed
13. Added a new configuration file tag to use an Envelope to do spatial searches and not the geometry
14. Redesigned the INTERSECT_STATS and JUNCTION_ROTATION methods in the Dynamic Value table
15. Added several new methods to the Dynamic Value table (FROM_EDGE_STATS, TO_EDGE_STATS, FROM_EDGE_MULTI_FIELD_INTERSECT, TO_EDGE_MULTI_FIELD_INTERSECT, FEATURE_STATS, MINIMUM_LENGTH, NEAREST_FEATURE_ATTRIBUTES, SPLIT_INTERSECTING_FEATURE, MULTI_FIELD_INTERSECT, and INTERSECT_STATS)
16. Redesigned the Generate ID and Generate ID by Intersect rules to use a new GenerateID table
17. Redesigned the installation location of the configuration file to now be installed in the user directory. Note: it is copied there the first time ArcMap is opened once the tools are installed.
18. Enhanced the refresh rate of the map when using add laterals and traces
19. Added an option to set search distance on Add Laterals
20. Added an option to search the mains featureclass or the featurelayer in the add laterals
21. Added support for multi add lateral rules defined on the same point layer
22. Enhanced the X_COORDINATE, Y_COORDINATE, LAT,LONG rules to allow users to choose the centroid, start or end coordinate to start
23. Enhanced the elevation layer in the profile graph to make it now optional
24. Added a new rule “CREATE_LINKED_RECORD” to create a new record in a table and creates a relationship to table using the primary key in the edited record
25. Added a new rule “INTERSECTING_LAYER_DETAILS” to extract the details from the intersecting layer
26. Simplified the Network Editing map document
27. Added the latest LocalGovernment.gdb and Data Dictionary
Resolved Problems
1. Resolved an issue with multi returns values in a geocoder
2. Resolved an issue with Create Laterals with a dogleg that would preclude lateral from snapping to main
3. Resolved an issue with Lat and Long rules to correct coordinate values returned
4. Resolved an issue with intersecting rules to use feature geometries and handle mixed projections
5. Resolved an issue with Intersect_Layer_Details and network path layers
6. Resolved an issue with the CREATE_LINKED_RULE that prevented a trigger from being fired when a create event was fired
7. Resolved an issue with the add laterals that caused issues with connection to the geometric network
8. Resolved an issue with Generate_ID_By_Intersect rule that caused an issue when the ID field was not a string field
9. Resolved an issue with the JUNCTION_ROTATION rules that precluded users from applying additional spin angle
10. Resolved an issue with the construction tools that precluded them from registering properly
11. Resolved an issue with split lines at click location and when clicking for a profile trace
12. Resolved an issue with the fixed EXPRESSION rule
13. Resolved an issue with the Attribute Assistant that precluded the EXPRESSION rule from being used more than once
14. Resolved an issue that precluded a prompt for the debug log file location when opening an ArcMap document
15. Resolved an issue that caused additional edits when opening an ArcMap document
16. Resolved an issue with the Municipal Boundary layer in the InfrastructureEditing.mxd and associated documentation
17. Resolved an issue that precluded the Attribute Assistant from interacting with layers in the basemap group layer
18. Resolved an issue with the Connection Closest function that created features in the wrong order
19. Resolved an issue with the Merge Features function that introduced features from incorrect feature classes
Known Issues
N/A
The update to the Network Editing app is a major release that include direct feedback we have been getting
from users. We encourage you to download these updates and tell us how
they can improve the management of your water, sewer and storm water
infrastructure.
How Healthy is your Water Utility Data?
One of the most over-looked components in any GIS implementation is the accuracy of your data. This year at UC, we’re introducing 30-minute “health checks” where our water utility experts can perform a diagnostic on your data to help you assess its overall quality. Using the ArcGIS Data Reviewer extension, Esri staff will run various automated checks on your water, wastewater, and stormwater data in file or personal geodatabase format.
If you’re interested in having your data analyzed, stop by the Geodatabase Management island in the Esri Showcase. Our experts will be available between 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 12th and Wednesday, July 13th, and between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Thursday, July 14th.
To ensure an appointment for your “Health Check” you can schedule in advance by emailing datareviewer@esri.com with your name, organization, contact information, and preferred data and time.
If you can’t make it to UC, here are some other resources to help you QA/QC your water utility data:
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Data Reviewer for Infrastructure Template-Download this free template that includes pre-configured validation rules specific to water utilities.
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Data Reviewer Videos-Learn more about using ArcGIS Data Reviewer for water utilities and see how to take advantage of the Infrastructure Template.
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ArcGIS Data Reviewer Evaluation Software-Request a free, 60-day trial of ArcGIS Data Reviewer to start performing your own health checks.
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Coming Soon – GIS Data Quality Best Practices for Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Utilities. This new whitepaper provides an overview of quality assurance and quality control techniques to help ensure the quality of your data.
ArcGIS Data Reviewer for Water Utilities webinar recording now available
The video for the February 15, 2011 ArcGIS Data Reviewer for Water Utilities webinar is now available on the Data Reviewer and Water Utilities Resource Center. You can find the recording here.
In addition, you’ll find a written copy of the Q&A attached to this blog post below.
Thanks for the feedback and for attending!
Upcoming ArcGIS Data Reviewer for Water Utilities webinar on February 15th!
If you are a water, sewer, or stormwater utility, you may be interested in the free webinar on Feb 15th offered by Esri’s Water Practice and the Data Reviewer team. The webinar will discuss how water utilities can leverage the ArcGIS Data Reviewer extension and the Water Utility Resource Center templates to effectively integrate quality control into your GIS data creation and maintenance process, and how to ensure the accuracy of your assets.
Sign up for the free webinar here. Also, feel free to explore the newly released Data Reviewer for Infrastructure template available on the Water Utilities and Data Reviewer Resource Centers.
