WGS84 Conversion

I have been working on converting all web map services to WGS84 and it is becoming a long and laborious project so I want to know if people even want to convert to WGS84. If no one wants it I'll just leave everything as is and move on to something else.

Pros:

• It's a standard projection, so it makes mashups A LOT easier
  
• GPS points would work (they have to be converted to UTM now)
  
• Our services would be compatible with just about everyone else
  
• You can still use the services in your map documents
  

Cons:

• It's a pain to have to re-project the data every time
  
• The cached services in WGS84 will not re-project on the fly
  
• You will get a warning about different projections in map documents
  

There will be a poll on our blog, please select your preference there.

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Glen

 

GeoStor Update

So many things going on! Brief summary:

• There were some issues with raster downloads, these should be fixed now
  
  • You also shouldn't be able to download a raster data set in incompatible formats now
    
• BIG NEWS!!!!
  
  • Most of our storage hardware will be out of warranty in a few months and you know what happens when stuff goes out of warranty…
    
  • We petitioned for funds to replace that old hardware and it was approved!
    
    • So, hopefully, during the holiday season we will be upgrading our storage hardware.
      
    • This will cause some outages unfortunately so be prepared for it over the holidays.
      
• Image Server
  
  • The migration is on-going, we have it installed and are building the service definitions
    
  • We will be migrating during the holiday season hopefully
    
    • This will affect anyone using our raster caches unfortunately, there will be more on this later
      
• WGS84 Migration
  
  • We are migrating all our web services to WGS84 to be compatible with everyone else, bring on the mashups!
    
  • This will also allow the use of standard GPS coordinates to be used on the map viewers
    
• SQL Server 2008 Migration
  
  • Information about the new SQL Server installation
    
    • Everything will be 64bit
      
      • Windows 2008 x64
        
      • SQL Server 2008 x64
        
      • ArcSDE x64 (Yes they have a 64 bit version of SDE. I know, right?)
        
    • It will be clustered using MSCS
      
    • All new hardware
      
      • 3Ghz Dual Quad Core Processors
        
      • 8GB RAM
        
      • REALLY fast storage - 2TB RAID 10
        
    • Spatial Changes
      
      • We will be using the new SDE data type ST_GEOMETRY which is almost twice as fast as the one we're currently using in Oracle
        
      • We will have SQL Server 2008 Spatial
        
  • Status:
    
    • The cluster has been built
      
    • SQL Server has been installed
      
    • I am working with ESRI to get SDE working because there are some strange issues going on
      

Glen

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