National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Services Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer Enterprise GIS Current Status and Lessons Learned Allen Sparks Enterprise GIS Program Resource Information Services Division (RISD) National Information Services Center (NISC) Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Services Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer What is an Enterprise? USS Arizona a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky readiness to engage in daring or difficult action : initiative a unit of economic organization or activity; a business organization A purposeful activity

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Services Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer EGIS – Two Definitions Petrified Forest 1.“integrated geospatial technology infrastructure delivering spatial information products, services, and standard data sets to all functional elements and business processes of the organization.” 2.“the complete organizational approach to sharing, using and managing geospatial information”.

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Services Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer EGIS - Major Objectives Buffalo River Ensure the NPS is moving in a unified direction with a common purpose, and in alignment with DOI and Federal initiatives; Provide infrastructure for sharing core data across the service; Reduce the number of "islands”of applications and data; Enable interoperability and scalability; Minimize duplication of effort; and Promote sharing of knowledge and expertise

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Services Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer EGIS - Major Objectives -Reprioritized Buffalo River Provide infrastructure for sharing core data across the service; Enable interoperability and scalability; Promote sharing of knowledge and expertise Reduce the number of "islands”of applications and data; Minimize duplication of effort; and Ensure the NPS is moving in a unified direction with a common purpose, and in alignment with DOI and Federal initiatives;

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Services Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer EGIS Guiding Principles Data subject-matter experts generally reside in park-based field offices; Parks and Regions are the primary editors for most EGIS themes; Park GIS Specialists require tools and documentation in order to adopt common data standards, and guidance on their use and implementation; Data stewardship will be interdisciplinary in nature, requiring contributions of many program areas; GIS processing performance is best when users access locally-stored data;

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Services Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer An effective NPS EGIS strategy must consider the distributed nature of parks, staff, and projects within the NPS. NPS heterogeneity is incompatible with simplistic "one size fits all" solutions, such as centralizing applications, resources, or park data storage. To be successful, EGIS must focus on eliminating disparity (i.e. standardizing) in data schema and implementing an effective data distribution system that synchronizes and integrates park-based datasets into service-wide versions. These integrated standardized datasets will be located on EGIS servers, and will provide the primary means to deliver data to external systems such as FMSS, web-based mapping applications, and the NPS Data Store. EGIS Guiding Principles (continued)

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Services Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer EGIS Program Components EGIS Subcommittee –Chartered by the GISC to research, collaborate, and advise on the development of an NPS-wide GIS. –Representation from Regions, Parks and Programs –A forum for learning, testing, communicating and providing guidance to the GIS community about the technology EGIS Support EGIS – server-based technologies and tools and related knowledge and experience needed to deploy GIS services for use by the user community Jefferson National Expansion

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Services Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer EGIS – Current Status Basic Goals Manage enterprise data layers Provide high performing services Develop partner applications Assumptions GIS and partner programs develop & steward data layers OCIO & partners provide infrastructure Partners sponsor app. development Systems and services align with EA premises and IT policy George Washington Carver

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Services Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer EGIS Architecture Components Infrastructure –Servers, software Data –Standards-based –NPS-wide (Enterprise) layers Services –Support Services –Cloud services –Mapping Applications –NPMap web mapping

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Services Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer Infrastructure Objectives Develop internal & public infrastructures Partner with Programs, Regions, Parks Operate/Maintain OCIO EGIS & support partners Activities/Accomplishments Servers: 30+ Denver, 1 DC (CRGIS), Infrastructure integration Tech. support and documentation Operate / Maintain Public-facing infrastructure in progress Booker T. Washington

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Services Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer Technical Architecture Clients Storage ArcGIS Desktop Mobile Clients Web Browsers ArcGIS Explorer Google Earth OGC Client s OGC Client s Application Sharepoint NPMap NPMAP Tile Cache Tile Cache Data SQL Server ArcSDE Services ArcGIS Server License Server Web Services AML CW150 … … File Geodatabases

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Services Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer Data Objectives Sustain existing data activities Leverage GIS standards process Align enterprise schema with standards Adapt existing projects and layers Improve guidance and QA/QC Activities Buildings data collection Develop and host data for sponsored projects Update legacy data New layers - Trails National Register

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Services Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer Data Layers Available or in Work Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Sites & Features Buildings Civil War & Civil Rights Sites, Federal Lands to Parks (Sites) Land & Water Conservation Fund sites Facilities Trails; Maintained Landscapes NAIP Indices Nat. Heritage Areas & Scenic Byways National Scenic Trails NPS Regions and Units National Rivers Inventory Wild & Scenic Rivers; Shorelines … Manassas

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Services Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer Services Objectives –Use Services Oriented Architecture (web services) –Develop / deploy standard, reusable, high- performing services Activities/Accomplishments –Support Services Sharepoint site, Support Request Process Software Download, Data Upload License Services ( ArcGIS, PFO, ERDAS, GeoExpress) –GISLIC.NPS.GOV, GISLICDC.NPS.GOV, PFOLICENSE.NPS.GOV GeoExpress Encoding Services (3TB) –Basemap (Cloud) Services Virtual Earth aka Bing Maps for Enterprise ArcGIS Online basemaps –ArcGIS Mapping services Muir Woods

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Services Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer Services Available / in Work Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Sites Building points and polygons Civil Rights & Civil War Sites Facilities Trails; Maintained Landscapes Federal Lands to Parks (Sites) Hydrology, Watersheds (EPA) Land & Water Conservation Fund sites NAIP Availability by Quarter Quadrangle National Heritage Areas National Scenic Trails NPS Regions and Units National Rivers Inventory Scenic Byways USGS Quadrangles Wild & Scenic Rivers Manassas

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Services Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer Application Architecture Objectives –Support for common web browser clients Internet Explorer 8, Firefox, Chrome, Safari –Provide high performance web mapping –Develop standard, reusable application GUI elements –Support for multiple client-side technologies Flash/Flex, Silverlight & Javascript –Extensible to meet project requirements Activities/Accomplishments –NPMap –NPMap application framework modular reusable programming code Hawai’i Volcanoes

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Services Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer Current EGIS Projects / NPMap Applications Civil War Web Mapping ( 150 th anniversary website ) Abandoned Mine Lands Federal Lands to Parks Land and Water Conservation Fund Wild and Scenic Rivers National Trails System Wild and Scenic Rivers Remote Sensing (NAIP Indices) Facilities (Buildings, Maintained Landscapes) Fire (RAVAR) Ocean and Coastal Park Trails (DOI Trails Solution Architecture - TBD)

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Services Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer Lessons Learned NPS is a loosely-coupled collection of Enterprises A high-performing EGIS requires adequate and highly-available infrastructure. –Don’t underestimate the costs and staffing requirements Configuration and change management are essential Keep a separate test and development environment for data, services and application development Don’t try to build your own ArcGIS Server basemap unless you have very few users Use cloud services whenever possible Catoctin Mountain

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Services Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer Lessons Learned (continued) Use load balancing for fault tolerance, scalability and performance Use virtual machines for fault tolerance and scalability Don’t rely on ESRI’s ‘project on the fly’ for delivering mapping services Vietnam Veterans

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Services Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer Lessons Learned (continued) Keep it simple –If you have a relatively small group of users, ArcGIS Server may be overkill. ArcGIS Explorer and layer package files may meet your needs. –ArcSDE is appropriate for data development efforts that require Multiple Simultaneous Editors. Otherwise, File Geodatabases are easier to maintain. –ArcGIS services perform best with multiple servers and multiplexed databased on File Geodatabases with simplified (non-relational schema). Vietnam Veterans

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Services Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer ArcGIS services perform best with multiple servers and multiplexed databases on File Geodatabases with simplified (non-relational) schema.

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Services Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer Future Efforts Caching in the “Cloud” –Use newly awarded ‘Content Delivery Network’ –NPMap javascript modules, Silverlight, flash files –Pre-rendered map tiles Provide NPS Enterprise data to mapping vendors (Google, Microsoft, etc) –NPS boundaries are included in ESRI World Topo Deploy NPS services in the Cloud Vietnam Veterans

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