Volunteer Access to Municipal Spatial Data

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Volunteer Access to Municipal Spatial Data
2009 MISA Prairies- Spring Conference April 30-
May 31 Airdrie, AB

• Presented by
• Johanna Kortenschyl-Allan
• GIS Data Analyst/ Cartographer
• Municipal District of Foothills No. 31

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Purpose

• To present a combined approach used by the MD of
  Foothills No. 31 to fulfill the municipal spatial
  data access needs by various volunteers to
  complete tasks.
• To discuss ArcReader as the current software
  solution to meet remote site needs.

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Project Background

• 2001 RoadNet project with City of Calgary
• Jan 2008 map book released to all Emergency
  Services
• Feb 2008 new Rural Addresses were released to
  residents
• Feb 2008 to Feb 2009 address adjustments
• Mar 2009 digital product released to Rural and
  Urban Fire Departments

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Fire Department Needs

• Incident site location using new Rural Addresses
• Access to orthoimagery
• Access to data to complete Provincial Fire
  Reports
• Access to information to initiate billing process
  for emergency response

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Access Constraints and Solutions

• FOIP- access agreements, training, and attribute
  limitation
• Remote Access- Lack of coverage supported the use
  of a standalone system
• Security of Remote Site- Data structure
• Cost- software choice ArcReader

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The Product

• Review product
• Version 2
• Pandoras box

Questions or comments? Johanna Kortenschyl-Allan j
ohanna.kortenschyl-allan_at_mdfoothills.com 403-603-6
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