Web-Based GIS Migration: How to Get Your GIS Data and Applications to Your Users and off All Those Computers Author: Xin Lu 1470 S. Havana St Phone: (303) 739-7752 The City of Aurora, the third largest city in Colorado, has developed numerous applications based on MapObjects, ArcView GIS, and ArcInfo development environments. Each application has dependencies and architectures that require significant time and effort by GIS professionals to maintain. The promise of Web-based GIS applications has brought about a major change in delivery of data and analysis. No longer does the GIS analyst have to physically deliver and install applications to the casual user. This paper will discuss the methods that the City has undertaken to transfer its PC-based applications to an Intranet-based system. System resources, architectures, and personnel will be described in detail as well as the problems faced in the migration. |