National Park Service Carlsbad Caverns National Park Resource Information Management Conference – 4/22/2010 Multiuser Geodatabases & Replication: Join the Party Peter Lindstrom GIS Specialist Carlsbad Caverns National Park

National Park Service Carlsbad Caverns National Park Yet Another Geodatabase Variety

National Park Service Carlsbad Caverns National Park

National Park Service Carlsbad Caverns National Park

National Park Service Carlsbad Caverns National Park Yet Another Geodatabase Variety …And Yet, Just Another Geodatabase

National Park Service Carlsbad Caverns National Park Requirements Hardware: any server, workstation possible too if it can be left on DBMS: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Express (free) or Standard ($614) GIS: ArcGIS & Enterprise ArcSDE 9.2+ IT Security: SQL admin rights, service account in Active Directory

National Park Service Carlsbad Caverns National Park Benefits Multi-user viewing & editing Fast & bandwidth efficient Replication a form of backup Mirrors in remote offices Grassroots standards development Easier and/or automatic data sharing Access to services provided by others

National Park Service Carlsbad Caverns National Park Potential Services Base data development Off-site backups and/or archiving Posting for internal/public download Internal/public web maps Internal/public map services Data conversion between standards

National Park Service Carlsbad Caverns National Park Potential Obstacles & Pitfalls IT staff Schema changes Can’t add feature classes to existing replicas – must re-create SDE service reliability/ direct connection compatibility Backups

National Park Service Carlsbad Caverns National Park Who’s Doing This? Carlsbad Caverns NP Chihuahuan Desert Network Intermountain Region GIS Redwoods NP Resource Information Services Division National Historic Trails (Santa Fe, NM)

National Park Service Carlsbad Caverns National Park Who’s Doing This? Zion NP

National Park Service Carlsbad Caverns National Park Resources ArcGIS Desktop Online Help Enterprise GIS Subcommittee RIM Sharepoint – PGIS – Document Archive – CAVE 2.4 SOPs

National Park Service Carlsbad Caverns National Park

National Park Service Carlsbad Caverns National Park Roles & Responsibilities Data Steward: local data accuracy Schema Steward: store “master” data, coordinate schema changes Backup Manager: set up, perform, & test backups, watch logs Replication Manager: set up & perform replication, watch logs

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