The Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) is a public water utility for the
county of Santa Clara, California. SCVWD staff have developed a web site which is
used to convey information to the general public, other municipal and county
agencies and staff related to the SCVWD's core responsibilities. Prior to the
anticipated extreme wet winter season of 1997-98, SCVWD staff implemented a
geographic information system (GIS) web server application for public access to
relevant information through graphical interface via the Internet. This
application allows the viewer to zoom in, pan around a map and perform data
inquiries. Objects on the map can then be hot linked to jump to other defined web
pages. The first application used to provide this data delivery method was
MapGuide by Autodesk. SCVWD staff have also implemented two other web server
packages developed by ESRI (MapObjects and ArcView Internet Map servers) that
provide similar functionality. The SCVWD also uses a free GIS viewer application
developed by ESRI called ArcExplorer. This paper compares the strengths,
weaknesses, and use of each application, as experienced by SCVWD staff. Includes figures.
| Edition : | Vol. - No. |
| Number of Pages : | 9 |
| Published : | 01/01/1999 |
