GeoStor Updates

I know it has been quite some time since my last update on the blog/forum and I apologize for that. It means that I have been REALLY busy working on it, in fact if I don't document my changes I forget most of them. Also, my trip to the ESRI UC was great, I learned a lot, visited with friends, met new friends, and enjoyed some down time in the California sun. If you are an ESRI user and are able to go, I highly suggest it.

Change log:

• Updated the map cache for ACF and the aerials, I have included the 1 foot county aerials where possible in the cache
  
  • It has been rendered and will be added to the servers this weekend
    
• Many, many bug fixes on the website, thanks for all your help finding the bugs!
  
• Added features:
  
  • Add a bookmark for a search (Home page only)
    
  • Get a direct link for search results, you can click it and see it in the address or right click and Copy Shortcut (Home page only)
    
  • Many new help contexts and more visible help
    
  • We have added some new dynamic layers in the viewer
    
    • Sections, Townships, and Quads
      
    • NHD Hydrology
      
    • Legislative Districts
      
    • Census Tracts and Blocks
      
    • County Seats
      
  • The viewer automatically opens the Live Maps & Overview widgets
    
  • Added the AGIO logo to the banner (looks good up there doesn't it :))
    
  • The notifications will stay up longer so it will be easier to read them
    
  • All the beta addresses will be redirected to the production address automagically
    
    • CAVEAT:
      If you are direct connecting with ArcCatalog you will need to change the address yourself unfortunately, this includes any map documents that used the AGS services
      

Coming Soon™*

• Ability to see the metadata thumbnails in the search results
  
• Pagination in the search results
  
• Ability to add search results to the viewer on the fly (cool huh?)
  
• Suggestions?
  

Check our blog out: http://geostor.blogspot.com/

* Coming Soon™ means when I get time and we all know how much free time I have… (that's sarcasm by the way ;))

Glen

Address Change

Since we have been forced to go production with the new site we need all users to quit using the beta address as well as all the addresses below.

apps.geostor.arkansas.gov

beta.geostor.arkansas.gov

and http://maps.arkansas.gov now redirects you to http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/viewer/index.html

I have added redirects in my web application so people using the website with a browser should be ok, however anyone using ArcGIS Server connections will have to change to the new address:

http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/arcgis/services

Please see the tutorial on how to connect to AGS:

http://geostor.blogspot.com/2009/04/geostor-60-connecting-to-arcgis.html

 

Glen

GeoStor Bugs

GeoStor staff have worked diligently to resolve a number of bugs that were identified. We believe the following have been resolved:

• Raster projection issues- Big thanks to Safe Software for quickly resolving the FME Server bug
• Downloads via Firefox, Mozilla, ect
• Delivery of metadata

Please drop us a note if you identify additional bugs geostor@arkansas.gov

Posted from the GeoStor Blog

Raster Projection Issues

It has come to our attention rasters are not projecting properly. GeoStor staff have been in communication with Safe Software for two days and they have identified a bug in FME 2009 and FME 2010. Safe Software has elevated this to their top priority and will provide a fix as soon as possible.

All users should make note of this raster projection issue. We will post a notice as soon as the issue is resolved.

Apologies for cross-postings, you will receive a similar note if you have downloaded rasters from GeoStor this week.

posted from the GeoStor Blog http://geostor.blogspot.com/

GeoStor Issues

We are experiencing some serious issues with Apache Tomcat right now so the entire GeoStor 5.0 site is down. I have redirected all the traffic to the new site so please use that until we can determine what is causing Tomcat to crash within minutes of starting up.

http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov

Glen

http://geostor.blogspot.com

3 Bugs found during Beta Testing

Thank you to those who have been testing the GeoStor 6.0 currently in beta. Three bugs have been brought to our attention. We have 're-opened' access to GeoStor 5.0 "Find Data" for downloading until we can get the issues resolved at which time we will resume testing.

Summary of Bugs:
1. Raster downloads fail to submit the requested file and perform requested actions (format, projection)
2. Vector downloads fail to submit the requested file and perform requested actions (format, projection)
3. DRG are being delievered with null values related to black

We will be working to resolve these issues as quickly as possible.

http://geostor.blogspot.com/

New Data on Beta Site

We are pleased to announce the availability of Public Water Systems & Electric Service Territories via http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov.

Public Water Systems was developed by the Arkansas Department of Health. Work is still underway but a significant amount of progress has been made.
http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=Public+Water+Systems

Electric Service Territories was developed by a number of electric service providers. AGIO staff compiled their work into a single file. This file is also still under development, but a significant amount of the state has been covered.
http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=Electric+Service+Territories

Look for more updates in the coming months.

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