Vending GIS Services

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Vending GIS Services Petroleum Data with ArcIMS
2001 ESRI PUG Meeting

• John D. Grace, Ph.D.

Earth Science Associates www.earthsci.com
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Project Goals

• Technical Goals
• Deliver Data on Single GOM Leases
• Provide Maps, Charts, Tables Download
• Commercial Goals
• Disaggregate GOM3 GIS product
• Sell Data GIS Services on Web

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Java vs HTML Viewer
HTML
Java
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Data Served

• Attribute Data on Records
• Reservoirs 7,500
• Leases 7,000
• Wells 39,000
• Completions 47,000
• Platforms 6,000
• Pipelines 12,000
• Production Data 5 million

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Functionality

• Limit Access to a Single Lease/Session
• Map Edit Theme Legends
• Identify, Select, Measure
• Chart Production Development Data
• Create Tables
• Download Tabular Data

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System Design
Browser
Open Separate
HTML Window
Web Server
ArcIMS 3.0 (Java Viewer)
Table, Chart Download
Requests
Download Requests
ODBC
DBFs
Shapefiles
System Server
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Examples from Lease GOM Beta
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Lessons - So Far

• Minimize Response Time
• Keep Shapefiles as Thin as Possible
• Just-in-Time Data Service
• Segregate Non-Mapping Functions
• Java Must be Justified
• Commercial Reason (e.g., Limit Access)
• Serving Advanced Functionality

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Tiered GIS Strategy

• Casual User
• ArcIMS - HTML Viewer
• Overview Data Simple Tools
• Intermediate User
• ArcIMS - Java Viewer Linked Functions
• Overview Local Data Strong Tools
• Power User
• ArcView Linked Functions

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Wanted Beta Testers
www.earthsci.com