PntTrax @ King County GIS User Group - Feb 2013

Focused on imparting the benefits of simple open source web apps in small businesses. Specifically, creating a tool which empowers a project manager to locate GPS datasets quickly and efficiently, without requiring intervention from a GIS staffer to locate and convert these data into a format consumable by the client.

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1. PntTrax Matt Kenny, RIDOLFI Inc. @mattmakesmaps (matt makes maps) Thursday, April 4, 13
2. Purpose •Serve as the authoritative repository for field collected data. Thursday, April 4, 13
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5. Common Scenario Thursday, April 4, 13
6. The Problem Thursday, April 4, 13
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10. The Problem •Where is it on our file system? •Active Projects? •Inactive Projects? Thursday, April 4, 13
11. The Problem •Lack of institutional knowledge. • Data often pre-date my tenure at RIDOLFI. • I may have been in college or high school when some of these data were collected. Thursday, April 4, 13
12. The Problem •Poor storage / record keeping results in a loss of efficiency. •Longer turn around time to client. •Higher level of effort expended ($$$). Thursday, April 4, 13
13. The Goal • Empower data users (PMs --> Clients) to have access the data they need. • Remove myself from the fulfillment of the data request. • Focus on cleaning and maintaining the datasets themselves. Thursday, April 4, 13
14. Demo Time Thursday, April 4, 13
15. A Simple Database Thursday, April 4, 13
16. Mobile Use Case Thursday, April 4, 13
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20. In Conclusion • See a simple and often repeated task? Automate it. • Open Source Tools == Great. They’re free. • Batteries Included == Great. Focus on the hard stuff. Thursday, April 4, 13
21. Thanks! • Have ideas? Contribute! • https://github.com/mattmakesmaps/PntTrax • E-mail: matt@ridolfi.com • Twitter: @mattmakesmaps Thursday, April 4, 13