highland garden village community gis data viewer (andrea santoro, laura atkinson)

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Presented by:

Andrea Santoro, Senior GIS Analyst

Laura Atkinson, GIS Analyst & Jr. Software Developer

HIGHLANDS GARDEN VILLAGE COMMUNITY GIS

DATA VIEWER

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Plan-It Geo was established in 2012

Geospatial Technology

• Utilize proprietary and open source technologies

• GIS and Remote Sensing

Software: Urban Forest Cloud

• Web applications

• Subscription and custom tools

Urban Forestry

• Tree Inventory | Risk Assessment

• Urban Canopy & Forest Analysis

• Ecosystem Services Analysis

COMPANY OVERVIEW

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27 acres in Denver, former site of Elitch Gardens amusement park

149 dwelling units

• Single family, townhomes, and co-housing units

Community assets

• Shared open space, playgrounds, gardens, and trees!

HIGHLANDS GARDEN VILLAGE

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PROJECT OBJECTIVES

Create a Community GIS Viewer

• Develop a database

• Accessible internally by HOA and externally by community residents

Functionality (With Login)

• Record and track community resources

• Edit and update data

• Include photos and notes

Software Requirements

• Web/mobile solution

• Initially requested ArcGIS Online

• Revised RFP to include Open Source, comparable low cost software

Affordable

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GIS VIEWER http://pg-cloud.com/hgv/

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TREES

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TREES

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TREES

Plan-It Geo inventoried 400 trees…

• Address• Common and Latin Name • DBH • Grow Space • Condition• Primary Maintenance• Observations• Notes• Photos• Location• Maintenance Ownership Type**

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COMMUNITY ASSETS

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DATA TABLE

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TopographyCommunity Overview

Fences Impervious Surfaces

OTHER THEMES

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TECHNOLOGIES

Our LAMP Stack XP

• Linux

• Apache

• PostGIS

• PHP

• Open Layers

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TECHNOLOGIES

PostGIS

Open Layers

• SQL Database• Geospatial Extension

• Store Geometry• Perform Geospatial Calculations• geoJSON

• Java script Library• Tile and Vector Layers• Analysis Tools

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IN CONCLUSION…

Community GIS Viewer

• Created a viewer to access spatial data

Functionality

• With a login users can update information

Software Requirements

• Useable by anyone with an internet connection

Affordable

• Our costs: Servers and people. No Licensing fees, minimal

maintenance costs

An Open Source Solution