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

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    • 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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    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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    • 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:
    GISGroup@elpasotexas.gov
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