Geo-reference Your
Documents with
Laserfiche and ESRI
Presenters
Cody Bettis, President
DocuNav Solutions
 David Stephens, Director of Technology
Services
City of Plano
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800.353.2320
Laserfiche enterprise content management
(ECM) solutions:
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Enable quick searches to find information faster
Enforce consistent records procedures
Protect documents and records
Improve access to public records
Automate business processes
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Engineering, planning
and zoning, public
safety and law
enforcement use
Laserfiche for:
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Archiving, retrieving,
and distributing maps,
plans, inspections, etc.
Fast access to records,
which is vital to everyday
operations
Assisting with effective
crisis response
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ESRI and Archiving
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Used by most municipalities to
map assets, identify districts /
neighborhoods, record
infrastructures, track changes, etc.
Offers imaging modules, but are not
ideal for archiving or linking images
since maps are ever-changing
ECM solutions, like Laserfiche,
can attach or link images, leveraging
records retention as well as
managing the continuous
updates/changes to the map
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Integrating Laserfiche with your
ESRI ArcGIS System
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Eliminates paper
Simplifies information
retrieval
Maximizes the investment
in both systems
Simplifies business
processes
Enables Web-based map
users to locate critical
documents stored in
Laserfiche directly from
the ESRI map
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City of Plano, Texas Case Study
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Migrated from custom legacy application
using image enablement to MapWorks
Easy transition since many departments
already used Laserfiche
MapWorks Laserfiche-ESRI integration:
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Enhanced system performance, proving
more interoperable
Streamlined business processes
More cost effective than previous solution
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City of Plano, Texas Case Study
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MapWorks Laserfiche-ESRI integration
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Easy search access for users
Laserfiche as the ECM standard for records
management and document management
city wide
Consistent document control, security, and
accessibility
Higher level of service to citizens for
information sharing
Implementation approach
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DocuNav
is an enterpriseclass Web services tool that seamlessly
ties ESRI and Laserfiche together
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The City of Plano’s ESRI and Laserfiche Integration:
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Georeferences documents
with one click, eliminating
re-indexing when maps
change or update
Applies geocodes so the
interface is not address
or ESRI driven
Allows for interfaces
through Google maps, i.e.
health department can
post restaurant scores
for public viewing
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The City of Plano’s ESRI and Laserfiche
integration enables users to:
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Quickly locate
documents in
Laserfiche directly
from the ESRI map,
without searching
Display a list of
applicable Laserfiche
documents, without
searching, by
zooming or select
map layers/locations
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The City of Plano’s ESRI and Laserfiche
integration enables users to:
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Attach Laserfiche documents
within the ESRI map by simply
right-clicking
Automatically populate Laserfiche
template fields once Laserfiche
documents are attached to the
ESRI Map
View Laserfiche documents
related to addresses, parcels,
objects, etc. in a side-by-side
view/window pane within the
ESRI screen
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The City of Plano’s ESRI and Laserfiche
integration enables users to:
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Categorize search
results by Laserfiche
template data (for
instance, engineers
can view documents
by project or subdivision)
Filter results by easily
collapsing categories
(ex. collapse all
categories and
show as-builts only)
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The City of Plano’s ESRI and Laserfiche
integration enables users to:
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Use existing ESRI
maps and layers along
with any Laserfiche
documents and templates
Perform specific
type searches with
drop-down feature
Allow for many-to-one
relationships, so one
document in Laserfiche
can be attached to
several ESRI objects
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