1. ENTERPRISE WEB-BASED GIS FOR THE LOUISVILLE WATER COMPANY Christina Gnadinger GIS Applications Developer Louisville Water Company

2. AGENDA LWC Overview Current GIS Resources & Strategies From Old to New What’s Next? Wrap Up

3. LOUISVILLE WATER COMPANY

4. 620 SQUARE MILE SERVICE AREA 620 SQUARE MILE SERVICE AREA > 302,000 SERVICE CONNECTIONS > 23,500 FIRE HYDRANTS > 51,000 VALVES > 4,100 MILES OF PIPE

5. GIS RESOURCES LWC GIS infrastructure

6. GIS RESOURCES Base Map Information

7. CURRENT GIS STRATEGY Varying levels of internal GIS users Power Users / Editors General Users Mobile GIS Users General Users

8. EXISTING WEB APPLICATION

9. Complex Dynamic Services ArcIMS 9.3.1 Launched in 2004

10. How do we improve the new application? Design Performance Functionality

11. DESIGN CHALLENGES Aesthetics Efficiency Realistic Expectations

12. PERFORMANCE CHALLENGES Virtual Server Configuration # of Cores per SOC / SOM # of SOCs Number of Instances Time to Complete 42801:38:30 42801:40:05 22404:04:08 24802:07:28 241001:56:43 241201:41:26 241401:29:43 241601:25:54 241701:27:21 241801:30:18 How many servers? How powerful should they be?

13. PERFORMANCE CHALLENGES System Cache Strategies Compact vs. Exploded? Local Server Storage vs. Network? 256 vs. 512 pixel tiles? PNG8, 24 or 32? Which is faster?

14. Wouldn’t it be nice to give your General Users functional GIS abilities within the web application? FUNCTIONALITY Valve Tracing Research Reporting Digital Drawings System Linkages Map Making

15. GIS Research Tools, Basic Reporting, & Map Making FUNCTIONALITY

16. Digital Drawing Access FUNCTIONALITY AsBuilts Construction Drawings System Infrastructure Maps

17. Links Between Systems FUNCTIONALITY Project Tracking Plant Drawing Management System

18. Valve Tracing FUNCTIONALITY

19. Other Tools FUNCTIONALITY Display GPS Locations Draw and Sketch Tools Google Street View

20. Modernized Interface FUNCTIONALITY

21. FUNCTIONALITY

23. WHAT’S NEXT? Web Application Upgrade to ArcGIS for Server 10.1 / Flex Version 3.0 + 'SPIN' off web applications

24. WHAT’S NEXT? Other GIS Development Strategies driven by work process needs Mobile Development

25. WRAP UP LWC Overview Current GIS Resources & Strategies From Old to New What’s Next? Wrap Up

26. Questions? Christina Gnadinger CGnadinger@lwcky.com