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04-09-22 Telecon


September 22, 2004

IMS/SDE Web Mapping Workgroup Teleconference

This teleconference was broken into thee 1Hr sub-group meetings:


Interface

  • Did Not Meeting
  • Next telecon Not scheduled

Applications

In attendance: IMRO Paul Voris, GRLA Ulf Gafvert, VAFO Jim VanOstenbridge, NR Lisa Nelson, NCSU Bill Slocumb, WASO David Duran

  • Not much input to needs form
  • Ulf - How do we get better input?
    • GRLA's needs are in-house and consistent data
  • Bill - Echo consistent data (DOQ, DRG)
    - House data and serve from National level
  • David - We need to use a consistentdeveopment interface. That way we can share resources and migrate all developmental efforts to share by all
  • IMS has 2 modes and three different programming environments
    • 2 Modes
      • Image service - server generates an image and send to client
      • Streaming feature serviec - send data constrained by extrent to client which renders image
    • 3 main programming environments
      • Java - Fat need to download code to client each time
      • HTML (JS) - thinner but again download to client
      • JSP/ASP/CF - thinnest, server side processing
      • there is a 4th Webservices - mostly for data serving
  • Also need to take into consideration OGC (Open GIS Consortium) efforts
  • todo's
    • Ulf to take crack at new form questions
    • David - Send out ESRI Webservices info
    • Time table Send by Oct 1 new questions, return and summerize Oct 11, discuss at next telecon
    • Next telecon Ocrtober 19, same time (2PM Eastern, Noon Mtn, 11AM Pacific)


    Data

    In attendance: IMRO Paul Voris, NR Lisa Nelson, Dean Tucker, REDW Dave Best, WASO David Duran

    • Discusson with Dean as to the status and availability of NHD to 12 digit HUC level
    • Cont discussion with NPS Hydro and ArcHydro efforts
    • Talked about what the goals of the first phase is (start work on a NPS deveolped GeoDB and use an existing GeoDB to start working with Versioning, checkin/out and the like)
    • Next telecon October 19, same time (3PM Eastern, 1PM Mtn, Noon Pacific)