REGIS Overview & FAQs
The REGIS project was a four-year design in the implementation of a regional GIS. The pilot, completed in the first phase of the project, set the stage for the design and deployment of a full scale GIS, which itself was implemented in 2001. Several components were included in the deployment of REGIS and include the following areas:
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Director Update
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On November 2, 2006, Dr. Dharmesh Jain, the Director of REGIS, gave a presentation on the progress of the REGIS Agency to-date, and its goals for the future.
A listing of some of the Frequently Asked Questions about REGIS in general can be found within the "FAQ" page:
The REGIS Agency is tasked to provide a wide variety of GIS and IT-related services to its consitituent communities and agencies as a part of their regular membership dues. Below are links to documents outling many of these services provided at no additional cost:
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Before the REGIS consortium members were able to appreciate and enjoy the benefits of their new GIS applications, they first had to have access to accurate, up-to-date digital data. Simply stated, the data in the REGIS database determines the usefulness and overall success of the system.
The system architecture meets the needs of the REGIS participants through the deployment of a centralized system. The primary servers are located at the City of Grand Rapids and accessed by a several types of Wide Area Network Connections and client terminal applications. With the deployment of the applications and data largely complete, the system is available to all REGIS participants.
The hardware backbone of the centralized system includes several high-powered raid servers. Each server has a unique function, supporting one of the functional areas of ArcEditor Maintenance, ArcView, ArcIMS, SDE/Oracle Database, user files, Images, with the remaining servers reserved for the implementation of future applications.
The systems include Windows 2003 Server technology, with a variety of software installations to make up the System Architecture. ESRI software, including ArcGIS9.2, ArcMap, ArcIMS and ArcSDE account for the majority of functionality of the systems.
The key benefits derived from REGIS are through the many applications deployed as a means to streamline the day-to-day operations of many functional areas and operations. As applications are rolled out, they will be posted in this section of the REGIS website.
Maintenance is an extremely complex process due to volume of data layers and is compounded by the number of participants involved in the process. Each participant has several Subject Matter Experts or Data Stewards who will be responsible for the data being pulled together and updated in a timely manner. Emphasis is placed on keeping a seamless and current GIS dataset. REGIS functions in a variety of areas to ensure the process for maintenance is being completed accurately within and between features of the GIS.
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The ArcEditor component of the ArcGIS9 suite of tools is the data maintenance tool for all editing in the GIS. It was chosen as the primary tool because of the centralized data structure of Oracle and SDE.
The Address Plan has been completed. One significant part of the multiparticipant GIS was to have one standard for addresses in the REGIS area. This standard included an in-depth analysis of how current addresses are assigned and stored. The plan identifies current address assignment workflow and how to incorporate a standard into each participants current structure.
A final Address plan has been distributed to each participant. Now the implementation of this plan is the next step to a successful Address standard.
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