Andrew Valenski & Curt Bynum's 2019 presentation at the Esri User Conference in San Diego, CA. This presentation covers the implementation challenges, considerations and lessons-learned from developing, architecting and implementing the largest Enterprise GIS in the Southeast US, consisting of over 100 servers and servicing over 100,000 customers.
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Moving to Web GIS: Transforming an Organization
1. Moving to Web GIS:
Transforming an Organization
Curt Bynum, GISP
LOJIC Manager
curt.bynum@lojic.org
Andrew Valenski, Enterprise GIS Consultant
Geographic Technologies Group
avalenski@geotg.com
2019 Esri User Conference
Thursday, July 11, 2019
2. TODAY’S
GAMEPLAN
A Traditional GIS | Taking a look at LOJIC’s GIS
operations, organization & challenges.
Introducing Web GIS | Briefly discussing the
paradigm shift of Web GIS and what it means.
Getting Started | Introducing LOJIC and Geographic
Technologies Group (GTG).
Our New Normal | Reviewing LOJIC’s current Web
GIS frontier.
Checking the Rear-View | Sharing the lessons learned,
challenges faced and outlook.
LOJIC’s Leap Forward | Exploring LOJIC & GTG’s
quantum leap into Web GIS.
Wrapping Up | Opening the floor for a Web GIS
conversation.
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4. LOJIC and GTG partnered in
late 2017 to begin the
process of designing and
implementing a world-class
Web GIS to meet LOJIC’s
current and future needs.
The Louisville/Jefferson County Information
Consortium (LOJIC) represents a multi-agency GIS
partnership among:
Louisville Metro Government
Jefferson Property Valuation Administrator
Louisville Water Company
Louisville Metro Sewer District
Geographic Technologies Group (GTG)
is a GIS consulting & strategic planning firm
that specializes in delivering outstanding
results to governments and governmental
organizations across the world.
5. UNDERSTANDING OUR GIS LANDSCAPE
Legacy GIS (10.2) in Place
Running ArcGIS 10.2 suite,
supported by Oracle RDMSs and
relatively “fragile.”
High Degree of Customization
in the GIS
Many mission-critical custom apps,
tools, APIs, SOEs and ETLs in place.
Growing Internal & External GIS
Communities
Increased demand to provide more,
better and innovative GIS solutions to
customers.
Large Customer Base
Over 5,000 employees, 700,000
residents, and thousands of businesses
and organizations.
Limited GIS Support Staff
Team of nine (9) veteran GIS
professionals to support core GIS
operations.
Longtime Commitment to GIS across
the Organization
On premise GIS was introduced in mid-
1980s using Esri products for the
consortium.
Dependent on IT Support
Reliant on a partner agency for IT
services, support and system
maintenance.
Significant Geodata Footprint
Multiple enterprise geodatabases, several thousand spatial
datasets, versioned editing and critical dependencies on these
data.
LOJIC
7. WELCOME
MESSAGE
Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply
random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin
literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old.
Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-
Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more
obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum
passage, and going through the cites of the word in
classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source.
ESRI’S
WEB GIS
SOLUTION:
ARCGIS
ENTERPRISE
ArcGIS Web Adaptor Portal for ArcGIS ArcGIS Server ArcGIS Data Store
8. Phase I: Planning
Understand the requirements,
stakeholders & draft a flexible
framework.
Phase III: Design &
Implementation
Update your work-plan and begin
designing and implementing your vision.
Phase II: Current State Analysis
Thoroughly research your current system
before starting on your new system.
Phase IV: Reflection & Iteration
Reflect on the project, the GIS and
communicate this information.
IMPLEMENTING A WORLD CLASS WEB GIS
10. DESIGNING A WEB
GIS THOUGHTFULLY
TECHNOLOGY
PROCESSES
PEOPLE
“A clever person
solves a problem.
A wise person avoids
it.”
– Albert Einstein
11. IMPLEMENTING A WORLD CLASS WEB GIS
Portal for ArcGIS
Application
ArcGIS
Server
(Hosting)
Application
ArcGIS
Server
(Mapping)
Application
ArcGIS
Server
(Imagery)
Application
ArcGIS
Server
(Geoprocessing)
Application
ArcGIS
Server
(SOE)
Application
ArcGIS
Server
(Geoevent)
Application
ArcGIS
Server
(Geoanalytics)
Application
ArcGIS Web
Adaptor(s)
Web
Load
Balancer
Web
ArcGIS Data
Store
(Relational)
Database
Publication
Database
(File Geodatabase)
Database
Publication
Database
(Oracle RDBMS)
Database
ArcGIS Data
Store
(Spatiotemporal)
Database
Transactional
Database
(Oracle RDBMS)
Database
Presentation
Database
(Oracle RDBMS)
Database
ArcGIS
Monitor
Application
!
Task (ETL)
Server
Application
!
Chef Server
Application
!
12. STATUS UPDATE FOR THE
WEB GIS IMPLEMENTATION
JAN NOV
OCT
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP DEC
Leadership & project
team changes for GTG &
LOJIC
GIS
design
revised &
approved
LOJIC, GTG &
Esri realign their
efforts
Development
UAT period
Project plan and
implementation status
are revisited & updated
Testing GIS is
deployed &
modified.
Development GIS is
deployed & modified
Enterprise
GIS project
ongoing
GTG provides onboarding, documentation & training services to LOJIC staff
Testing UAT
period
Production
GIS is
deployed
Pre-
Release
GIS runs
in parallel
Production
UAT
period
Pre-Release
goes live to
production
Project reflection & close-out
13. LESSONS LEARNED:
LOJIC’S TIPS FOR SUCCESS
• Don’t Miss the Window of Opportunity
• Align GIS, IT & Leadership Early
• Be Patient & Expect Obstacles
• Seek Professional Assistance
14. LESSONS LEARNED:
GTG’S TIPS FOR SUCCESS
• Best Practices are not Absolute
• Do Not Let “Perfect” be the Enemy of “Good”
• Plan & Realize Web GIS in Phases
• Avoid “Paving the Cow Path”
• Know & Apply Systems Thinking Principles
16. WANT TO CONTINUE THE
CONVERSATION?
CONTACT INFO FOR LOJIC CONTACT INFO FOR GTG
www.geotg.com
info@geotg.com
858.777.4222
www.lojic.org
gis@lojic.org
502.540.6000
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