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DriveTexas: A case study in pushing “back room” data into a public facing,
Google-powered Traveler Information site
Rich Grady, PresidentMichael Terner, Executive Vice President
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• Dedicated to geospatial work for 24 years
• Delivering innovative solutions to state and local governments in 35 states
• Broad and deep technical expertise
• Specializing in cross platform integration (Esri, OSS, Google)
AppGeo Highlights
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AppGeo in Transportation
CustomersUS DOT
• RITA
• FHWA
State DOTS:
• Colorado
• Minnesota
• Nevada
• New Jersey
• New York
• Rhode Island
• Texas
Private Sector:
• NAVTEQ (now Here)
ServicesSTUDIES
• Strategic Planning• Enterprise Architecture• Return on Investment (ROI)• Implementation Planning
APPLICATION SOLUTIONS
• Street Centerlines
• CADD/GIS Interoperability
• Rights of Way (ROW)
• Safety
• Waterways
• Cartography
• Road Conditions
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Macro technology shifts in 2014
Cloud
Mobile
Increasing Internet bandwidth and
availability makes these things work
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Mobile matters
• The devices are here
• The networks are improving
• People want it
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What our telephones can doiPhone introduced in 2007
• Phone calls
• Rolodex
• Camera
• Video camera
• Watch TV
• Vehicle navigation
• 10’s of GBs of music
• Surf the web
• Time myself
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The mobile device imperative:
People are voting with their fingers
• Pew Research Center
Pew Internet: Mobile ~ January 31, 2013
– 87% of American adults own a cell phone
– 45% of American adults own a smartphone
– “31% of current cell internet users say that they mostly go online using their cell phone…”
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Cloud infrastructure
• Provides large and small organizations access to scalable infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
• Enables software as a service (SaaS)
– ArcGIS Online, CartoDB, et al
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Economic benefits of the cloudAppGeo’s email is hosted by Google
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Best of breed outlookWhich led to DriveTexas architecture
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Other relevant analogies
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We live best of breed in our regular lives, why not in geospatial?
• The tools we like best
• That are best suited for the job
• Our calculus on cost/value
These are my cars
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We are comfortable with best of breed
This is my kitchenThis is my personal
computing environment
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Capitalize on new market possibilities
vs.
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Change does not have to be drastic or sudden
Explore, experiment, nurture a bud as there can be cost and/or capability advantages
New Suppliers
Check them & their
offerings out
Grow the ones you
like
Legacy Systems and
Software
Explore their new offerings
Grow the ones you like
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Options to build hybrid systems
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What?DriveTexas.org
• Public traveler information system
• Chose Google for scalability requirements
– Stress tested to 100k queries per second
• Road conditions data maintained in Esri
– Pushed to Google Maps Engine every 10 minutes
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Why?Component runs every 10 min to synch Esri with Google
Try it at: www.DriveTexas.org (on any device)
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Responsive design
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Scalability for bad weather and emergency events
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How?Architecture
On-premise Esri DB of road
conditions
1. Custom Esri apps for maintaining road conditions
LinuxNode.js
4. Public use at Google scale
www.clker.com
3. Component accesses Esri service to ID conditions changes
and pushes to GME
2. Esri web services publishing current
road conditions
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