Case Studies on Open Standards Solutions
Contra Costa Economic Development website integrates spatially-aware database and MS Virtual Earth
Challenge
To promote economic development, Contra Costa County Community Development Department wanted a website to help real estate professionals and business owners search for properties available for development or new business locations.
Solution
Farallon developed an easy-to-use prototype "GIS Site Locator" website using Microsoft's Virtual Earth that dynamically queries geodata and broker information stored in Oracle Express. Users enter parameters such as price range and square footage to quickly find and display properties on a map along with photos and driving directions. An RSS feed automatically keeps users updated of relevant new properties. Read more details...
Categories: Web Applications, Enterprise Mashups, Property Review, GIS/IT Integration, Business Intelligence Systems, Geodatabase Design, Open Standards Solutions
City of San Mateo Google Earth integration with OGC compliant data
Challenge
The City of San Mateo uses a suite of GIS applications for staff to access geospatial data. The City wanted to provide more intuitive access to its GIS data and make it accessible to the public using the Google Earth interface. However, the back end GIS was not able to deliver geospatial data directly to Google Earth.
Solution
Farallon built a web service interface using .NET to translate data from the City's Intergraph GeoMedia WebMap server to a format usable by Google Earth. This allows a Google Earth user to view selected City GIS data such as high quality aerial imagery and point, linear, & polygonal features - all in real-time. Read more details...
Categories: Web Applications, Enterprise Mashups, Property Review, Geodatabase Design, Open Standards Solutions