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
2. “Delivering Outstanding Services” 2 El Paso, Texas • Population of approximately 700,000 • Primarily urban • Area of approximately 256 square miles
3. “Delivering Outstanding Services” Using GIS for Public Engagement 3
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
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
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)
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 7
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
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
10. “Delivering Outstanding Services” 10 • Local feature class set-up • SDE FC update. Delete and Geocode Python Overview (Cont.)
11. “Delivering Outstanding Services” 11 • Adding HTML to SHORT_DESC, DESC1 & DESC2 fields. Python Overview (Cont.)
12. “Delivering Outstanding Services” 12 Optimization
13. “Delivering Outstanding Services” 13 Automation • Script runs on Windows scheduled task module.
14. “Delivering Outstanding Services” 14 Web Map • Published feature service added to a Web Map in ArcGIS Online
15. “Delivering Outstanding Services” 15 The Web Map was shared with everyone through ArcGIS Online • The Story Map template was selected Story Map
16. “Delivering Outstanding Services” 16 Configuration Initial configuration with out of the box capabilities.
17. “Delivering Outstanding Services” 17 Customization
18. “Delivering Outstanding Services” 18 • Customized banner • App allows for address search • Photographs remain a prominent feature of the app Pet Finder App
19. “Delivering Outstanding Services” 19 Pet Finder App
20. “Delivering Outstanding Services” 20 Questions?
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 21