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Tucson GIS Co-op
December Meeting Agenda - 12/20/2005
3:00 P.M. - 4:30 P.M.
COT IT - Pueblo Room
481 W Paseo Redondo
Attendees: Manny Rosas - PAG, Ron Platt - TDOT, Peter Johnson - TDOT, Dee Korich - TW, Bill Marum - COT DSD, Autumn Figueroa - TPD, Rob MacArthur - U of A, Mike Schrade - Town of Sahuarita, Laura Pinnas - TEP, Walt Coleman - IDT, Dave Koss - TDOT, and other unnamed attendees
Agenda
1. Presentation: "Model Builder that exports scripts to VB, Python, or JS" - Ron Platt - TDOT
2. Presentation: "ePlans Portal" Bill Marum - COT DSD and Walt Coleman of IDT
3. ER Mapper license agreement (Remote Sensing/Imagery software) – Ron Platt - TDOT
4. ArcGIS (INFO) Open License (Is now a go!) - Dave Koss
5. Ortho 2005 Imagery and U of A data set - Manny Rosas
6. Open Floor
1. Presentation: "Model Builder that exports scripts to VB, Python, or JS" - Ron Platt - TDOT
- Python training is recommended
- Python on ArcGIS CDs is outdated
- Hobu.edu - active state Python
- Python.org
- Python - 2.4.2.msi > download and install
- Win32all (also should be 2.4) > download and install
- May need:
- Regedit
- Software
- Build registry
- Model builder presentation to clip parcels to the limits of Tucson or run code at night - export model to script à Java, Pytohn, VBScript
Many thanks to Ron for his presentation on Model Builder scripting! Contact Ron Platt or Peter Johnson for any technical questions concerning this presentation.
2. Presentation: "ePlans Portal" Bill Marum - COT DSD and Walt Coleman of IDT
- Not a plan review
- Developers bringing new plans to jurisdictions and utilities (and engineering CDs)
- Website: gis.contractorsplanroom.com (contains tutorials on the home page)
- Also a collaboration tool
Thanks to Bill Marum and Walt Coleman for their update on the ePlans Portal!
3. ER Mapper license agreement (Remote Sensing/Imagery software) – Ron Platt - TDOT
- ER Mapper application and server compresses images and provides mosaicking abilities
- Image analysis applications
- Joint effort between PAG, Pima County, COT, and the GIS Coop
- Allows unlimited access to the image analysis tools
- Three year proposed cotract: $20K per year for three years
- PAG would be the administrator
- Website: ERMapper.com
- Integrates with ArcIMS an MapGuide
- A single license usually costs about $65K
- If Coop buys in, each supporter of the buy-in (listed above) would pay $4K for each of the three years
Thanks to Ron and Manny for their efforts concerning this agreement!
4. ArcGIS (INFO) Open License (Is now a go!) - Dave Koss
- Now available - (city personnel only - for now…)
- The install disk is currently with Autumn Figueroa at TPD
- Listed as "GIS_Coop_ArcGIS_1" in the city Groupwise. One can schedule it just like a regular appointment.
- All questions should be directed to Dave Koss at dave.koss@tucsonaz.gov
Thanks to Dave Koss and Steve Whitney for their efforts on this licensing scheme
5. Ortho 2005 Imagery and U of A data set - Manny Rosas
- Data is coming in great - Sells data is first
- There is some reflection on bodies of water
- Five weeks behind on deliverables
- File sizes are huge - ArcView 3.x blows up
- One image = 1.5 GB
Thanks to Manny for his update on the 2005 Ortho imagery set!
6. Open Floor
- Many thanks to Dee Korich for providing the minutes of this meeting while I was unable to attend and to Manny Rosas for running the meeting!
If any omissions and/or errors have been produced during the recording of the minutes, please notify Larry at: Lawrence.Cassen@tucsonaz.gov, and they will be addressed as soon as possible.