“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
“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
“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)
“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 7
“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
“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
“Delivering Outstanding Services” 18 • Customized banner • App allows for address search • Photographs remain a prominent feature of the app Pet Finder App