Polling Locator Johnson County Election Office Poll locator for mobile or web based access Solution Polls Locator Webservice Address Web Service based Process Prepopulate poll id for every address point Process Use address webservice to get apid Kept everything web service based since multiple interfaces needs access (phone, web) Process Use poll locator webservice w/ address apid to get poll information Process Data Data published from Election Office Voting Precincts (polygons) Elections (temporal event) Polling Location (points) elcElection ELID (PK) Status Description Start Finish VotingPrecinct_PL Precinct (PK) PrecinctName KSSenateDistrict KSRepresentativeDistrict KSBOEDistrict BOCCDistrict elcElectionPollingPlacePrecinct ELID (PK) PPID (PK) Precinct (PK) Status elcPollingPlace PPID (PK) Status Description APID (FK) Address, City, State, Zip spX, spY, Longitude, Latitude PollingPlace_PT From the shapefiles and comma-delimited text files that the Election Office provides, AIMS creates the following tables (aimsAppProd) and feature classes (jocoPub). 1 record per election > Aug 5 08 Primary > Nov 4 08 General 1 record per polling place Hope Alive Christian Center Blue Valley HS 1 record per precinct N616 (OP Ward 6, Precinct 16) I406 (Lenexa Ward 4, Precinct 6) Intersection table (polling place for a voting precinct in a given election In the Aug 5 08 Primary, the polling place for precinct I406 is VFW Post #7397 In the Aug 5 08 Primary, the polling place for precinct H406 is Church of the Resurrection elcElection ELID (PK) Status Description Start Finish VotingPrecinct_PL Precinct (PK) PrecinctName KSSenateDistrict KSRepresentativeDistrict KSBOEDistrict BOCCDistrict elcElectionPollingPlacePrecinct ELID (PK) PPID (PK) Precinct (PK) Status elcPollingPlace PPID (PK) Status Description APID (FK) Address, City, State, Zip spX, spY, Longitude, Latitude PollingPlace_PT From these (and other) tables/FCs, AIMS derives various SQL Server views and SDE Views: vwAddptPollingPlace Addpt-AddptIntersect-elcPollingPlacePrecinct APID Precinct PPID PollingPlace_PT_vw1 PollingPlace_PT-elcElectionPollingPlacePrecinct- VotingPrecinct_PL PPID Precinct VotingPrecinct_PL_vw5 Precinct PPID VotingPrecinct_PL-elcElectionPollingPlacePrecinct- elcPollingPlace Provides precinct and polling place for every address Provides precinct(s) for every polling place (coincident points) Provides polling place for every precinct Data Data and Webservices are available to AIMS data licensees Process Create web page for presentation layer Display poll information and map Browser Access and the mobile piece? Text Messaging To: Text: voteks Bond Voters in Johnson County, Kansas are able to use their cell phones to easily locate the polling place that corresponds to their address. Text the keyword VOTEKS along with their address to short code This information is sent through the TextCaster servers and a secure inquiry is made into AIMS information Database. TextCasterAIMS Address information is processed by the AIMS Address Webservice and the location of the Voter Polling Place is returned to the cell phone of person making the inquiry. TextCasterAIMS Its also possible to collaborate with an online mapping service to return a link within the text message that, when clicked, will launch a cell phones web browser and show the actual location of the polling place. We can even show the address entered by the voter and provide detailed directions to the voters polling place! Highlights Embedded iframe development between 2 locations Use of AJAX on main page AWS to optimally match addresses Dont return multi address at single location Do return multi address at multi location Webservice performance resolve addr & poll location Maps for point to point driving directions Hurdles Routing Points Lat/lon doesnt always get you to a street AIMS addresses more accurate than google/virtual earth