MassGIS Web Mapping Services
Co-winner, URISA ESIG Award 2005, Enterprise System
1. What are MassGIS Web Mapping Services?
Massachusetts Broadband Institute Survey
The MassGIS Web Mapping Services were
developed as part of a Massachusetts
Information Technology Division E-Government
initiative started in March 2001. The web
mapping services were envisioned as one of
four common, statewide “shared services”.
(web mapping, customer relations
management, credit card payments, security)
MassGIS takes care of these details so
government entities don’t have to:
-Purchase of servers, bandwidth
-Purchase, installation and configuration of
software (database, web mapping, web serving)
-Loading GIS data and keeping it up-to-date.
VoIP Viewer
Purpose: Collects and maps type of Internet access
Agency: Massachusetts Broadband Institute
Languages: Google maps + WMS, php
http://www.massbroadband.org/mapping/survey.html
Real Property
Viewer (JSP)
The National Map, USGS
ArcMap
OpenSpace
Editing
OLIVER
Purpose: Offers CZM + MassGIS data catalogs, geocoding, data extract
Agency: Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management
Languages: Java
http://www.mass.gov/czm/mapping/index.htm
Purpose: Show forestry information by town
Agency: Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
Languages: OpenLayers
http://maps.massgis.state.ma.us/dcr/forestry/forestry23.html
DOE Schools Near Me Viewer
VoIP Editing Viewer
Examples of
some
applications
that use the
services
Census 2000
Viewer (JSP)
DEP WIRE
Viewer
(OpenLayers)
Coastline
Change
Viewer (JSP)
Legislative
Viewer (JSP)
Apache Web Server or IIS
JBoss Application Server or Tomcat
MassGIS
buys, installs,
maintains
data and
software stack
DCR Forestry Viewer
MA Ocean Resource Information System (MORIS)
Agencies don’t need to spend time, money
or staff on these functions. Their
programmers can focus on developing an
application (in any programming language
with XML support) and include maps.
The services currently receive an average
of 75,000 requests per day.
2. Software that supports the services:
Developers are free
to use each symbolized
layer (theme)
independently in
applications (GeoServer)
maps (ArcGIS Server)
4. Some of the applications that use the services:
ESRI
ArcIMS
GeoServer
ESRI
ArcGIS
Server
serves HTML, images
runs applications
creates map images from data
answers queries
address matches
ESRI Spatial Database Engine (SDE) spatial connection to Oracle
Oracle
stores data in seamless layers
Purpose: National portal for data
Agency: US Geological Survey
Languages: Javascript
http://nmviewogc.cr.usgs.gov/
Real Property Sales (LA3) Viewer
Purpose: Finds nearest schools
Agency: Massachusetts Department of Education
Languages: .NET
http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/search/get_closest_orgs.aspx
Purpose: Allow users to add sites, change status of VoIP sites
Agency: ITD
Languages: .NET ADF
MA Historic Commission Viewer
OpenSpace Editing Toolbar
Datalayers,
Images
3. Hardware that supports the services:
MassGIS
buys, installs,
maintains servers,
networking, and
bandwidth
WMS maps
WFS info
Internet
connection
apps
maps
geocodes
HAProxy
Linux
GeoServer 2.0.3
1 core
4 GB RAM
cluster 2
Linux
ArcIMS 10
2 cores
2 GB RAM
Windows 2008
ArcIMS
9.2 10
ArcGIS
Server
2 CPUs
1.13 GHz
6 cores
4 GB
18
GBRAM
RAM
Windows
Windows 2000
2008
SDE 10
Oracle 11.2
48 GB RAM
8 cores
1000+ Datalayers
7.4 terabyte
Linux
Purpose: Distributes building sales data in map format
Agency: Massachusetts Department of Revenue
Languages: JSP, Java Beans
http://maps.massgis.state.ma.us/LA3/pages/main.jsp
Purpose: Display historic properties and districts
Agency: MA Historic Commission
Languages: OpenLayers
(not yet released)
Purpose: Allows ArcMap users to download, edit, upload openspace
Agency: Environmental Affairs, working with towns, land trusts
Languages: .NET, uses GeoServer
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http://www.mass.gov/mgis https://wiki.state.ma.us/confluence/display/massgis