The presenters will share there experience in designing, developing and deploying the self-service web-application built on FME server, Openlayers and Angular JS. Future enhancements to the application will be discussed as well.

1. Building AZGeo’s Self-service Data
Download Application
Bo Guo, PE, PhD
Gistic Research, Inc
www.gisticinc.com
Tim Colman
Assistant State Cartographer
Arizona State Cartographer’s Office

2. System
▪Data and Meta Data
▪Document Sharing
▪Security and Access
▪Web Services
▪ Redundant Hardware
▪ Software and Databases
▪ Mapping Applications

3. Curated Data and Approved Users
▪Data and Users
3460
32
8
screened and approved
users
Hosted datasets and services
3
8
organized and secure user-
groups
800+Open Data - Datasets and
Services through an online app
(Curated)

4. What does AZGEO offer?
▪Geospatial data sharing platform for Arizona
▪Original datasets and geospatial services
▪Customizable security, enhanced access control
▪Search and discovery for your data and services
▪Analytics & statistics to increase ROI on your data
▪Subscription & notification services for when data is altered or
updated
▪Enhanced geospatial upload and metadata tools
▪Scalable and redundant servers and backups

5. Enhanced Access Control
▪Data contributors can choose to share their data with their
internal staff, external agencies, or (optionally) with the public
▪Security user-groups are customizable
▪Designated group administrators are responsible for approving
users
▪Can be highly secure and private; “invite only” restricted
▪Can be “joinable” so that the group administrator does not have
to manually add in their members

6. FME Applications in AZGEO
▪E911 – Aggregate address data for Public
Safety Answering Points (PSAP).
▪Incorporate disparate road centerlines into a
statewide Linear Referencing System (LRS).
▪Creation of a Statewide Parcel dataset.
▪Deliver addresses to the National Address
Database (NAD).
▪Define Area of Interest and Extract
Geospatial Datasets.

7. AZGEO Web Application
Map Viewer Advanced Map
Viewer
Supply Chain Extract Data
Transform
Address Open Data
Editor

8. Extract App With FME
Problem – ESRI Clip ‘n Ship Service is too “High
Strung” Difficult to maintain and apply.
Solution – FME. We use FME to allow clip of datasets
for downloads. The datasets are stored in an SDE.
The downloads allow flexibility for file type and
projections. KML’s may be immediately displayed in
our Map Service.
Implementation - Work with a Certified FME
Professional.

9. AZ Geo wanted a self-service app

10. The Answer was...

11. What Is the Big Deal?
- ETL Tool with a spatial data focus
- ModelBuilder on Steroid
- Versatility
- Breaking the boundaries
Proprietary technologies
GIS / IT
- Multiple solutions
- Elegance
- Abstraction
- Coding is optional
- Self documenting
- Visual workflow

12. Some FME Project Examples
CAD QC and loading - City of Phoenix
E911 address aggregation - AZ E911 Office
LRS data processing - DOTs
Self-service data download - State of Arizona

13. Technologies & Resources Utilized
Front-end
+
Application Server
Basemap
Services:

14. High-level Architecture
AZGeo
Data Download App
FME Server Database
Server
Services
Layer List
Download
GeoJSON

15. Services & Workspaces
Service Workspace Notes
Layers
List
AZSL_CountyService2 Returns AZGeo’s SDE
layers
County
Geom
AZSL_LayersService2 Returns a selected
county or entire state
as the “cookie cutter”
Clip &
Ship
AZSL_Download2 Delivers data CS-
Transformed, clipped,
& format-transformed.

16. Workspace for Clip & Download

17. Workspace for Available Data Layers

18. Workspace for County Services

19. AZGeo Data Download UI

20. What FME Is and Isn’t?
Data Functions Capability Notes
ETL Yes
Projection Yes 2000+ Predefined CS
QC Yes
Batch CRUD Yes You can write SQL as well
Interactive Editing No
Analysis Yes
Services Yes Through FME Server
Presentation No Inspection viewer

21. Questions?
Bo Guo, PE, PhD
Gistic Research, Inc
2033 E Warner Rd, Ste 105
Tempe, Arizona
www.gisticinc.com
bo.guo@gisticinc.com
480-656-9962
Tim Colman
Assistant State Cartographer
tcolman@azland.gov