Monday, July 4, 2011

Embedding GIS


The Web and GIS teams have been working together to bring GIS to the web portal. Many of you have probably been using iMAPS, but now GIS is reaching deeper into the web.
The community center pages for Parks and Recreation now have the facility map embedded so that users can get an overall vicinity map of the area. The maps also contain zoom in and out buttons so that you can zoom out to see a more regional view or zoom in to see more park details such as buildings, fields and trails. More embedded maps will be coming to other content soon.
Did you know the portal has its own light weight version of iMAPS? It doesn't contain all the in-depth tax data as iMAPS, but it does show users the City attractions around an address (museums, parks, government offices, fire stations, police districts, etc) and lists the City services for an address (waste collection, recycling, CAC, council district, etc). Look for a non-mapping version of the City service information coming to the Neighbors and City Services landing pages soon.