Portal for ArcGIS
Allen County’s Experience
Dave Estes - GIS Coordinator
Allen County
200 E Berry Street, Ste. 415
Fort Wayne, IN 46802
260.449.3608
dave.estes@allencounty.us
Portal for ArcGIS
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What is Portal for ArcGIS?
Why consider Portal for ArcGIS?
How to implement
Where we are…
Where we want to go…
Demonstration(s)
What is Portal for ArcGIS?
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The ESRI Portal for ArcGIS software
is the software that creates an
ArcGIS Online functionality within
the customer’s environment.
Why consider Portal for ArcGIS?
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Share and Collaborate
Web/Mobile Device Compatibililty
Ease of use by “non-GIS” staff
Part of Allen County’s ELA
How to Implement Portal for ArcGIS
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Highly recommend Portal as part of
an ELA
Virtualized Server Architecture
ESRI did the actual installation*
Train departments on how to use
Where we are…
We are at the beginning…
Where we are..
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ELA began in January 2013
Server virtualization completed
February 2013
Portal for ArcGIS installed by ESRI
March 2013
GIS Visioning Workshop March 19th
& 20th – Stakeholder buy-in
Where we are…
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Creating basemaps and learning
how to create applications
Demonstrating workflows to
incorporate Portal maps into
presentations and web pages
Where we want to go…
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High percentage of internal
departments using Portal to share
data and collaborate on projects
Non-GIS staff collecting data and
creating maps as part of their
workflow
Where we want to go…
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Implement GIS functions on mobile
devices
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Field Mapping
Analytics
Data collection
Create applications to serve the
public
Demonstration
Questions?
Dave Estes - GIS Coordinator
Allen County
200 E Berry Street, Ste. 415
Fort Wayne, IN 46802
260.449.3608
dave.estes@allencounty.us
Thank You!