A Geospatial Core of Building Blocks - MapCore

CLIENT: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Bureau of Planning and Research (BPR)
LOCATION: Pennsylvania

Widgets and code available through MapCore’s menu can be added easily to an application.

The Spatial Query tool allows you to display a query of a layer related to the geometry of the joining layer.

The Theming Tool provides a quick way to display your data in groupings and break down master layers into sub layers for more flexibility.

The Identify widget provides the ability to view pinpoint data of a feature and its related features for easy analysis and review of things such as areas planned for development, bridges, traffic patterns, condition surveys, and much more.

The Map widget can seamlessly add a map into an application with minimal modification through simple JavaScript.

Maintenance-IQ was used to develop a cycle-sectional maintenance crack sealing program, based on a 4-year cycle. By working within geographic zones, we optimize the efficiency of the operation by reducing mobilization costs via travel time.

CHALLENGE

PennDOT wanted to place the ability to use geospatial data into the hands of their end user community quickly and economically. Knowing GIS would be useful technology to have in most future applications, it was imperative to not reinvent repeatable functions every time they wanted to add geospatial functionality to existing or legacy platforms or build a new GIS application.

SOLUTION

MapCore provides a single base of code that embeds easily into PennDOT’s existing and future decision support applications. GeoDecisions, an Esri® Release Ready Platinum Partner designed, developed, and implemented MapCore, providing PennDOT with a reusable, generic mapping toolkit and API. MapCore has already become the geospatial core for more than 17 applications.

Compatible with their products, features from the MapCore toolkit can be used in place of or in conjunction with Esri’s Web AppBuilder or Experience Builder for ArcGIS®. MapCore is like a set of building blocks. Instead of spending days developing a feature from scratch, MapCore allows a developer to simply drop one of these building blocks onto their page and that portion of the new web application will be ready to use. MapCore’s web component architecture enables developers to quickly override or expand an existing component’s functionality and develop their own look and feel. MapCore includes: drag and drop LRS-based spreadsheet, spatial query tool, and advanced Identify windows.

Given the success and expanded use of MapCore over its first five years, GeoDecisions continues to update the popular geospatial toolset for even easier implementation and expandability.

KEY RESULTS

• Built PennDOT One Map in two months because of the time saved for core widgets and shared GIS layer catalog using MapCore.

• Saved PennDOT time and money on 17 applications using MapCore, adding key widgets and features to the toolkit with minimal modifications for use by everyone.

• Increased the rate of adoption of new functionality for Maintenance-IQ, making it easier and more economical to expand the capabilities of this award-winning application.

KEY TECHNOLOGY

• Esri ArcGIS Enterprise (Server and Portal)

• Esri JavaScript API

• Esri Web AppBuilder

• Angular and TypeScript.