MAGWeb Minutes
July 17, 2008
Attendees
Chris Audano, City of Overland Park, Kan.
Katherine Williams, Douglas County, Kan.
Susan Waters, MARC
Daniel Davis, Jackson County, Mo.
Sonya Fendorf, City of Shawnee, Kan.
Jamie Roberts, City of Shawnee, Kan.
Sean Hare, Baldwin City, Kan.
John Beadles, City of Gladstone, Mo.
Kreg Cox, City of Gladstone, Mo.
Anthony Oropeza, Johnson County Park and Recreation
Christine Zarrabi, Maple Woods Community College
Chris Giffin, MARC
Brian Parr, MARC
Brett Williamson, Johnson County, Kan.
Welcome and Introductions
Brett Williamson, President, KC MAGWeb
GIS and the Web
Brian Parr, GIS Manager, MARC
Brian gave an overview of what GIS (Geographic Information Systems) can do and gave the basic definition that it’s “map meets database.”
Tools used to maintain and analyze GIS data at MARC include ARCMap, ARCView and ARCServer.
The biggest cost of GIS is actually for data management.
Brian walked us through several examples of GIS on the Web:
- Riley County, Kansas:
http://gis.rileycountyks.gov/website/rileyco/default.htm - SWARM: Password-protected application for emergency management. Shows real-time weather alerts and paths of storms on top of layers of structure types and land use information.
- Transportation Improvement Program:
http://gis.marc2.org/TIPmap/ - www.openstreetmap.org
AIMS
Dan Steen, Johnson County GIS
Johnson County has more than 200 data sets in their collection. The most expensive part of their operation is capturing and maintaining the data.
The next wave of GIS web applications will involve Web 2.0 technology, APIs and mashups.
Dan spoke about REST (query strings and JavaScript), geoprocessing tools and web mapping services.
SQL Server 2008 will have more options for queries that may make GIS and mapping easier.
Dan walked us through several maps and projects they are working on:
- Leawood’s crime map:
http://www.leawood.org/police/crimemapdisclaimer.cfm - Johnson County Election Office:
www.jocoelection.org – They are working on some SMS/cell phone applications to find your polling place - Human Services agencies – internal mapping of clinics, service providers, etc.
- Foreclosure data
- They were able to map the commutes of all Johnson County employees to benchmark miles saved through alternative transportation
- School locator
Next MAGWeb meeting
Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008, 10 a.m.,
Overland Park Antioch Justice Center,
8500 Antioch.
Topic: Web Site Redesigns
Speakers will include Erica Reynolds from Johnson County Library and Brett Williamson, Johnson County.
Minutes submitted by Susan Waters