RE: ColdFusion and ArcIMS

2003-03-27 Thread Haggerty, Mike 
Recently I had to learn the ins and outs of CF and ArcIMS, it's been fun. I
inherited a number of ArcIMS projects from a developer who quit and had to
become competent in it very quickly.

In our shop, we have ArcIMS set up with ArcSDE to generate maps dynamically
based on layered data. Specificially, we are displaying regional maps
containing business locations, congressional districts, state lines, roads,
etc. Nothing too fancy.

The biggest challenge has been learning ArcSDE administration - ArcSDE
itself was fairly easy to set up, but the process of adding / taking data
out of various mapservices was difficult to work with primarily because it
uses command line tools for most of its data-loading functions. While we
found we could get by with just using shapefiles, we really needed a
spatially enabled database to handle the constantly changing data in our
output files (and we needed ArcView to make the shapefiles, which meant
updates to the mapping services were done by a human operator). Oh yeah, and
we were not going to use the java browser for our Web sites even if it meant
more work, nobody was really fond of it too much around here and XP users
were having to download the JDK.

But we were able to build out a fully automated system. It took about six
weeks. One tutorial I found helpful was from the NOAA, I think this was the
link: 

http://hypernews.ngdc.noaa.gov/HyperNews/get/geospatial.html?inline=-1&nogif
s

NOAA is big into ArcIMS but they like to automate it with Perl. Nonetheless,
the syntax for ArcIMS is the same.

M

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From: Joshua Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 1:19 PM
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Subject: RE: ColdFusion and ArcIMS


Well, what we're doing is showing maps of a specific area and then allowing
someone to enter gps points for a well or septic system or outbuilding, etc.
Then we need to be able to lay those points on top of the main property map
with an outline of the structure they've entered into the system.

Does this sound like something that Mapserver can handle?

How about plotting based on physical address? Or is there another database
somewhere that I could use to lookup lat/long points for a physical address?

Thanks,

Joshua Miller
Head Programmer / IT Manager
Garrison Enterprises Inc.
www.garrisonenterprises.net [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(704) 569-9044 ext. 254
 

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-Original Message-
From: Paul Hastings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 1:17 PM
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Subject: Re: ColdFusion and ArcIMS


> Basically all we need to do is generate a map based off of lat/long
> points. We'll eventually be laying maps overtop of the standard map, 
> but I would imagine the ability to do layering, etc. would require the

> paid product.

no, mapserver can handle that plenty fine. do you have an exact list of your
requirements? got data, etc?




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Re: ColdFusion and ArcIMS

2003-03-27 Thread Paul Hastings 
further to arcIMS 4.01: i just finished upgrading a couple of intranet boxes
w/arcIMS 4.01 & got them all cooking in one shot. ditto for a new install on
a development box. this is almost miraculous ;-)


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RE: ColdFusion and ArcIMS

2003-03-27 Thread Hugo Ahlenius 
The ESRI ArcIMS forums could be a place to check out:
http://forums.esri.com/forums.asp?c=64






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RE: ColdFusion and ArcIMS

2003-03-25 Thread Joshua Miller 
Well, what we're doing is showing maps of a specific area and then
allowing someone to enter gps points for a well or septic system or
outbuilding, etc. Then we need to be able to lay those points on top of
the main property map with an outline of the structure they've entered
into the system.

Does this sound like something that Mapserver can handle?

How about plotting based on physical address? Or is there another
database somewhere that I could use to lookup lat/long points for a
physical address?

Thanks,

Joshua Miller
Head Programmer / IT Manager
Garrison Enterprises Inc.
www.garrisonenterprises.net
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(704) 569-9044 ext. 254
 

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-Original Message-
From: Paul Hastings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 1:17 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: ColdFusion and ArcIMS


> Basically all we need to do is generate a map based off of lat/long 
> points. We'll eventually be laying maps overtop of the standard map, 
> but I would imagine the ability to do layering, etc. would require the

> paid product.

no, mapserver can handle that plenty fine. do you have an exact list of
your requirements? got data, etc?



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Re: ColdFusion and ArcIMS

2003-03-25 Thread Paul Hastings 
> Basically all we need to do is generate a map based off of lat/long
> points. We'll eventually be laying maps overtop of the standard map, but
> I would imagine the ability to do layering, etc. would require the paid
> product.

no, mapserver can handle that plenty fine. do you have an exact list of your
requirements? got data, etc?


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RE: ColdFusion and ArcIMS

2003-03-25 Thread Joshua Miller 
Thanks for the information! I certainly appreciate it.

Basically all we need to do is generate a map based off of lat/long
points. We'll eventually be laying maps overtop of the standard map, but
I would imagine the ability to do layering, etc. would require the paid
product.

Thanks again!

Joshua Miller
Head Programmer / IT Manager
Garrison Enterprises Inc.
www.garrisonenterprises.net
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(704) 569-9044 ext. 254
 

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-Original Message-
From: Paul Hastings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 11:51 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: ColdFusion and ArcIMS


> Anyone on the list have any experience using CF and ArcIMS? If so, I

- bear to install (bushmill helps ;-)
- fairly easy to develop with but if you want full power you'll need to
learn its xml flavor, AXL (arcXML).
- make sure you do arcIMS 4.01, i've had arcIMS 4.0 working with cfmx
but arcIMS4.01 is supposedly better with mx -somebody's found a
workaround for the tricky java servlet bits by using cfmx instead, see
this thread
http://forums.esri.com/Thread.asp?c=64&f=782&t=85634&mc=20#243822 very
cool--might actually make it much simpler to install.

> Before we sink $7500 into a product I'd like to get the opinions of 
> some

you don't have to spend a dime if you don't want to. depends entirely on
your GIS needs. i also use mapserver (free)
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ controlled via cfhttp CGI calls. works
plenty fine.



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Re: ColdFusion and ArcIMS

2003-03-25 Thread Paul Hastings 
> Anyone on the list have any experience using CF and ArcIMS? If so, I

- bear to install (bushmill helps ;-)
- fairly easy to develop with but if you want full power you'll need to
learn its xml flavor, AXL (arcXML).
- make sure you do arcIMS 4.01, i've had arcIMS 4.0 working with cfmx but
arcIMS4.01 is supposedly better with mx
-somebody's found a workaround for the tricky java servlet bits by using
cfmx instead, see this thread
http://forums.esri.com/Thread.asp?c=64&f=782&t=85634&mc=20#243822 very
cool--might actually make it much simpler to install.

> Before we sink $7500 into a product I'd like to get the opinions of some

you don't have to spend a dime if you don't want to. depends entirely on
your GIS needs. i also use mapserver (free)  http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/
controlled via cfhttp CGI calls. works plenty fine.


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ColdFusion and ArcIMS

2003-03-25 Thread Joshua Miller 
Greetings,
 
Anyone on the list have any experience using CF and ArcIMS? If so, I
would appreciate a few comments as to how well it integrates, how you
would rate ArcIMS, etc.
 
Before we sink $7500 into a product I'd like to get the opinions of some
of my peers using CF and ArcIMS together.
 
Thanks in advance,
 
Joshua Miller
Head Programmer / IT Manager
Garrison Enterprises Inc.
www.garrisonenterprises.net  
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(704) 569-9044 ext. 254
 

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