—Ben Dwinal, BAE Systems
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The City of Tamarac's Community Development department has a GIS system that was implemented in 2003 and is in need of upgrade. The current enterprise GIS is built using Esri's enterprise components, Spatial Database Engine (SDE) and ArcIMS. While the implementation has worked well for the City to this point, it has been difficult for the Community Development department to make changes to the current ArcIMS web map and maintain the SQL 2000 Database over long periods of time. Also, the IT infrastructure has modernized during this time period leaving the GIS capabilities isolated from many other department databases within the city government. The Community Development department wanted to implement Esri's ArcGIS Server 9.3 system. This move will provide several advantages including 1) easier updates to web map applications; 2) move maintenance of GIS database to the IT department's main database server; 3) increase web based applications and utilization by other city departments. BAE System's Geospatial Systems Engineering (GSE) team was tasked with providing an assessment and a design plan for the implementation of the ArcGIS Server system that would meet the needs of the City of Tamarac. This paper will discuss the details of the plan and highlight the challenges and success of the implementation of Esri's ArcGIS Server suite.