Al-Sulaiti Online Museum Brandon Nilsson MS GIS Program University of Redlands

Outline Project Background Project Goal Project Objective Data Provided Solution and Requirements Application Development

Background Mohammed Al-Sulaiti Has been collecting artifacts throughout his life Building a Museum

Museums Large collections with only certain items on display. Websites only give a broad overview of what is on display. Collection can only be seen at the museum grounds.

Past Works Nation Museum of the American Indian Virtual Smithsonian Uses Prompts to guide the user 3D rooms which contain artifacts Low resolution but accessible on most internet connections Virtual Smithsonian User guided tour of museum wings Uses audio, video, and pictures to educate Requires high speed internet connection

The Goal Help Mohammed Al-Sulaiti reach a broader audience.

Artifact Information Adobe PDF and Microsoft Word Documents. Contents: Artifact name Nation of origin Description Year bought/found Picture

Web Museum

Project Design ArcMap 10.1 ArcServer 10.1 with SDE ArcGIS Flex API & Flash Builder

Conceptual Model

Logical Model

ArcServer SDE Geodatabase

Web Services Feature Service Map Service

Implementation Data preparation Map and feature service creation Developing the applications Functions of the applications

Data Preparation Artifact Nation Description Year Artifact Info Files TM-Worlds Nation Latitude Longitude Exported data as a CSV file Image source: http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcsde

Feature Classes

Feature Service

Map Service

Web Development Tools Adobe Flex, Action Script, and ArcGIS API for Flex with Flash Builder.

Web Museum Navigation Buttons: Geocoder: Continent Searching: Login & Logout: Basemap Toggle:

Map Symbology Public Point clustering and coloring Private Point clustering and coloring

Login Service Uses Extensible Markup Language (XML) files Very Customizable Able to be stepped through with code

Login Service

Feature Editor Add public or private points Mouse location before and after clicking

Mouse Location Changed from following the cursor Creates a transparent map point to record latitude and longitude

Results Public View Editor Application Public and private map services Info windows Queried layers displayed in a datagrid Login and logout changes view Editor Application Points added to separate feature classes through services

Summary Created a geodatabase. Created feature classes. Published services. Learned Adobe Flex Developed a web application.

Thanks brandon_nilsson@spatial.redlands.edu brandonc@roadrunner.com