Track: System Implementation for GIS
Enterprise GIS: A Cost-Effective Approach
David W. GallaherNick Massaro , Stephen Mitchell
Problem The challenge facing our department was to get GIS enterprise tools and data to our 1,600 users at a very low cost. Strategy We created a front-end interface known as the Data Extraction Interface (DEI) using Sylvan OCX tools, MapObjects, in-house Visual Basic code, AML, and ArcView GIS Versions 1.0/3.0. The DEI can be thought of as a fat client/fat host environment with GUI and ArcView GIS/ArcExplorer on the client and extraction and compression on the host. ArcView GIS/ArcExplorer as the standard interface was used due to ease of training, simplicity of use, and because some of the software is free over the Internet.
David W. Gallaher
Jefferson County
100 Jefferson County Parkway
Golden, CO 80419-3530
USA
Telephone: 303-271-8781
Fax: 303-271-8791
E-mail: dgallahe@co.jefferson.co.us