overview of massgis web mapping services

NEARC 2009 - Nashua, NH NEARC 2009 - Nashua, NH

Using a Mix of Technologies to Collect and Present Geographic

Information on the Web (or desktop)

Aleda Freeman

MassGIS

(Office of Geographic and Environmental Information)

Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA)

http://maps.massgis.state.ma.us/temp/NEARC_webservices_09.ppt


• Short history of online mapping at MassGIS

• Examples of requests to web map services + responses

• Gallery of the wide variety of applications (and technologies) using the services

3 Parts


• Created in 1988 as the GIS office for the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (EOEA) and its constituent agencies

• 1999 Legislation (MGL chap 21 sec 4B) established the “Office of Geographic and Environmental Information” in EOEA. Its mission is very broad:

“Collect, consolidate store and provide geographic and environmental information in order to improve stewardship of natural resources and the environment, promote economic development and guide land-use planning, risk assessment, emergency response and pollution control.”

What Is MassGIS?


MassGIS Users

PUBLIC SECTOR• State agencies • Regional planning agencies • Cities and towns• Colleges and Universities• Federal agencies

PRIVATE SECTOR• Private non-profit organizations• GIS consulting firms• Engineering and surveying firms• Colleges and Universities• Utilities


History of Web Mapping Services at MassGIS

• Late 1990s: Use of ESRI ArcView Internet Map Server (discontinued)

• From late 1990s to today: Use of ESRI ArcIMS

• 1999: Mass.gov E-gov initiative spurs development of OGC WMS/WFS mapping service

• 2002: MassGIS offers OGC standard based WMS/WFS with custom software (MapAccess) (requests translated to ArcIMS XML) (discontinued)

• 2004: Installation of GeoServer (open source, reference implementation of OGC standards)

Oracle with ESRI SDE is the common data storage for all these map servers


Current Online Mapping

ESRI ArcIMS

GeoServer

mapservers

datastorage

types of applications

OpenLayers

MapBuilder

ESRIArcMap

iPhone

Flash

uDig

Gaia

Google maps

GoogleEarth

desktop browser

SDE with

Oracle


2 Main Types of OGC Requests

WMS – Web Map Service (GetMap)- Image of a map returned (PNG, TIFF, etc)- Can get a legend graphic

WFS – Web Feature Service (GetFeature)- Feature info returned (attributes and/or coordinates)

For WMS or WFS:- Can filter on attributes or geometry- Can get data back in > 3,000 projections

Requests can be URL or XMLMany output formats: JPG, PNG, GML, KML, SHP, PDF,

XLS, CSV


WMS URL Example

http://giswebservices.massgis.state.ma.us/geoserver/wms?VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetMap&SERVICE=WMS&LAYERS=massgis:GISDATA.TOWNS_POLYM,massgis:GISDATA.SCHOOLS_PT&STYLES=Black_Lines,&BBOX=232325.38526025353,898705.3447384972,238934.49648710093,903749.1401484597&SRS=EPSG:26986&WIDTH=570&HEIGHT=435&FORMAT=image/png


WMS Result


WFS URL Example

http://giswebservices.massgis.state.ma.us/geoserver/wfs?request=GetFeature&version=1.0.0&service=WFS&propertyname=TOWN,POP2000&typename=massgis:GISDATA.TOWNS_POLYM&CQL_FILTER=POP2000>100000


WFS Result (partial)


Clients to MassGIS OGC WMS/WFS

Clients using OGC WMS/WFS can connect to MassGIS’ GeoServer for maps and data

Clients include:• Simple URLs (in an image tag on a web page for example)• Viewers built w/ OpenLayers (JavaScript library) • Viewers built w/ MapBuilder (JavaScript library)• Viewers built w/ Java or JSP • ESRI ArcMap • Open Source GIS desktop clients (such as uDig, Gaia)• Google Earth• Google Maps• USGS The National Map • Clients I don’t know about


Agencies/Orgs with Apps Using MassGIS web map services

• Programmers doing their own work: DEP, DCR, DOE, DFG, MassHistoric, Town of Amherst, Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, USGS

• Orgs getting benefit of MassGIS-created applications

Community Preservation Coalition, State Police, CZM, Massachusetts Broadband Initiative


Client – ArcMap


Client – ArcCatalog/ArcMap


Client – DCR Forestry Viewer (OpenLayers)http://maps.massgis.state.ma.us/dcr/forestry/forestry23.html


Client – DCR Forestry Viewer (OpenLayers)


Client – State Aid Viewer (Google maps)http://drwren.com/true/stateaid.html


WMS URL Example

http://giswebservices.massgis.state.ma.us/geoserver/wms?&REQUEST=GetMap&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&SLD=http://drwren.com/true/data/0209percent.xml&FORMAT=image/png&BGCOLOR=0xFFFFFF&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&SRS=EPSG:3395&BBOX=-905423.213366068,5215286.832320966,-7827151.696402048,5293275.489246919&WIDTH=256&HEIGHT=256


Online SLD Snippt


Client – The National Map (ESRI HTML viewer)http://nmviewogc.cr.usgs.gov


Client – GOS Gadget (Windows Vista or 7)


Client – MBI Survey (Google Maps geocoding)Massachusetts Broadband Institute Survey

http://www.massbroadband.org/mapping/survey.html


Client – MBI Survey (Google Maps + WMS)Massachusetts Broadband Institute Survey

http://maps.massgis.state.ma.us/broadband/broadband_survey_results.htm


Client – Welldrillers (MapBuilder)


Client – CZM MORIS (Java Web Start)http://www.mass.gov/czm/mapping


ITD XML Gateway

Some agencies (DEP, EOHHS) not allowed to contact MassGIS web services server directly – requests must go through ITD XML Gateway and be validated by schemas

Available through the gateway:•WMS•WFS•Geocoding requests to ArcIMS (AXL, not OGC)


ArcIMS statistics

• 80 mapservices (composed maps)• 5,700 requests/day• 1,000 geocodes/day• 40 viewers use maps or geocoding


GeoServer statistics

• 851 layers• 1,266 SLD named styles• >22,000 requests/day• images served from cache 23% of

the time


Recent New Events

• Upgraded GeoServer (from 1.6.5 to 1.7.5)- 100+ new rasters- XLS, CSV outputs- curved labels

- faster - many other improvements/bug fixes


Planned Improvements

• Currently profiling GeoServer vs. SDE to see where improvements in data access can be made

• Plan upgrade to GeoServer version 2.0

• Continue to document ways of accessing the web mapping services on lyceum site.


MassGIS Webservices Infohttp://lyceum.massgis.state.ma.us

Working examples of requests and responses with MassGIS dataSubscribe via RSS for updates

http://www.mass.gov/mgis/mapping.htmLinks to many online mapping applications

http://groups.google.com/group/massgis_webservicesPublic Google group for users (56) of the services

http://spatialreference.orgLook up EPSG code values for projections

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overview of massgis web mapping services

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