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Improving Community Services by Helping Citizens Find Their Lost Pets

Improving Community Services by Helping Citizens Find Their Lost Pets

City of El Paso

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  1. “Delivering Outstanding Services”
    Pet Finder App
    Improving Community Services by
    Helping Citizens Find Their Lost Pets
    Through Interactive Web Map
    1

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  2. “Delivering Outstanding Services” 2
    El Paso, Texas
    • Population of
    approximately
    700,000
    • Primarily urban
    • Area of
    approximately 256
    square miles

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  3. “Delivering Outstanding Services”
    Using GIS for Public Engagement
    3

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  4. “Delivering Outstanding Services”
    Problem Definition
    4
    • Our average daily
    kennel population
    is 557 dogs and
    274 cats
    • Searching for lost
    pets meant you
    had to browse
    through hundreds
    of records
    • With no ability to
    search by address

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  5. “Delivering Outstanding Services”
    Applications
    5
    • Animal records are stored and
    managed in Pet Point
    • These records are then made
    publically available through Petango
    (Web Service)
    • The GIS Team was approached with a
    request to create an online map of
    lost pets

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  6. “Delivering Outstanding Services”
    Identify Solution
    6
    • Traditional Web Map or ESRI’s Story Map
    • Display locations
    • Search by address
    • Browse through photographs
    • Filter by category (note: dogs, cats, include lost pets)

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  7. “Delivering Outstanding Services”
    Story Maps
    • ESRI product which
    creates web apps that
    combine maps with
    narrative text and
    multimedia
    • Shortlist story map was
    selected as the best
    option
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  8. “Delivering Outstanding Services”
    Approach
    1. Create and Update Feature Class which
    has been published as a REST service
    2. Create Web Map
    3. Configure Story Map
    8

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  9. “Delivering Outstanding Services” 9
    Python Overview
    • Python script hits 2 Petango web services (1 for found pets, 1 for lost pets)
    • Filters data by selecting dogs and cats only

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  10. “Delivering Outstanding Services” 10
    • Local feature class set-up
    • SDE FC update. Delete and Geocode
    Python Overview (Cont.)

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  11. “Delivering Outstanding Services” 11
    • Adding HTML to SHORT_DESC, DESC1 & DESC2 fields.
    Python Overview (Cont.)

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  12. “Delivering Outstanding Services” 12
    Optimization

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  13. “Delivering Outstanding Services” 13
    Automation
    • Script runs on Windows
    scheduled task module.

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  14. “Delivering Outstanding Services” 14
    Web Map
    • Published
    feature
    service
    added to a
    Web Map in
    ArcGIS
    Online

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  15. “Delivering Outstanding Services” 15
    The Web Map was shared with everyone through
    ArcGIS Online
    • The Story Map template was selected
    Story Map

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  16. “Delivering Outstanding Services” 16
    Configuration
    Initial configuration with out of the box capabilities.

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  17. “Delivering Outstanding Services” 17
    Customization

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  18. “Delivering Outstanding Services” 18
    • Customized
    banner
    • App allows
    for address
    search
    • Photographs
    remain a
    prominent
    feature of
    the app
    Pet Finder App

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  19. “Delivering Outstanding Services” 19
    Pet Finder App

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  20. “Delivering Outstanding Services” 20
    Questions?

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  21. “Delivering Outstanding Services”
    Contact Information
    Webpage: http://www.elpasotexas.gov/information-
    technology/public-map-applications
    Pet Finder App:
    https://gis.elpasotexas.gov/petfinder
    Email:
    [email protected]
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