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Presentation by Hiroki Gota, Spatial Vision at IMIA Asia Pacific's Melbourne Conference, Aug 2014
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Creative sustainable solutionsSpatial Vision
Seeking Common Ground in the Cloud
Today’s Topic
• Business Background– Requirements, Team and Data
• Application Overview – HTML5, CartoDB, Tiles, CMS
• CartoDB Visualisation Platform– PostGIS,CartoCSS, CartoDB API, Leaflet
Intro to Common Ground Website
What is Common Ground?
Intro to Common Ground Website
• Map based HTML5 app using CartoDB • Show Coal/Mineral/Petroleum/Gas Mining Activities• Support Multiple Platforms, desktop/tablet/mobile• Utilise Cloud based technologies
Intro to Common Ground Website
Disclaimer
Common Ground is in Beta version
Not Available to public yet
Intro to Common Ground Website
Who created Common Ground?
Who created Common Ground?
New South Wales Trade & Investment
• Geo-science Agency• Deliver the geology, mineral resources &
exploration information• Advice to government, mining industries &
community
Common Ground Business Requirements
Why Common Ground was created?
Common Ground Business Requirements
Strong Public interest in exploration & mining activity
Common Ground Business Requirements
Existing sites aimed at industry professionals
Common Ground Business Requirements
Highly accessible, usability, devices (mobile), language
Common Ground Business Requirements
Provides comprehensive, authoritative, up to date data
Common Ground Requirement gathering
How we gathered the requirements?
Common Ground Requirement gathering
Consult with Focus Group
A number of "personas" to represent users eg:
"Carmel" a 51 year old farmer and community leader
"Gary" a 26 year old blogger who doesn't trust the government and big business
Common Ground Requirement gathering
User stories developed for each persona to define the site's design
Common Ground Requirement gathering
Tested design by different groups at a number of design stages.
Common Ground Development Approach
How we built the website?
Common Ground Cross Functional Agile Team
Multiple dev teams (content, design & integration)
Product Owner
Content Producer
Graphic Designer
Application Developer
Common Ground Data
Where are the data sources?
Common Ground Data
Multiple Contextual Data
Common Ground Data
Multiple Government Agencies
Common Ground Data
How to update data in the cloud?
Common Ground Data
Business data: Daily
Contextual data: 6 monthly
Automate process from data sources to the cloud
Common Ground Data
Scheduled Tasks from ArcSDE to CartoDB
Common Ground Application Overview
Application Overview
HTML5
Responsive Design
Services used by Common Ground
Common Ground Application Overview
What is HTML5 App?
Common Ground Application Overview
A various capabilities of modern devices
Page is created in browser
Common Ground Application Overview
Access multiple services to build features
Common Ground Application Overview
What is Responsive Design?
Common Ground Application Overview
The page layout is changed according to the screen size
Provide seamless user experiences in mobile/tablet/desktop
Common Ground Application Components
What services used in Common Ground?
Common Ground Application Components
CartoDB, Tiles, CMS, Google, Zendesk, Facebook, Twitter etc.
CartoDB
CartoDB Geo Spatial Platform
Overview
Database
CartoCSS
User Interactions
Case Study
CartoDB
What is CartoDB?
CartoDB
Cloud base Geo Spatial Visualisation Platform
CartoDB Components
GeoSpatial Database
CartoDB Components
Visualisation Tools
CartoDB Components
Publish Visualisation
CartoDB Components
Publish your Visualisation
CartoDB Data
What options available for data upload?
CartoDB Data
Data on Local or Cloud
Synch with data sourceUpload from data source
CartoDB Map Style
How to style your map?
CartoDB Map Style
Support Traditional Tile Layers (& Canvas) using Leaflet.js
What is CartoDB?
Style up using CartoCSS
CartoDB Interactions
How to provide user interactions?
CartoDB Interactions
CartoDB.js and Leaflet.js
CartoDB Interactions
SQL.js
CartoDB Lessons Learned
• Limited documentation• Excellent support via Email• Performance is not promised• New APIs released almost every week• Location aware Apps are now everywhere
Case Study
Common Ground Case Study
Title Process
Title Map
Title Overview
Lessons Learned
Common Ground Map
Title Map and Overview
Common Ground Map
Common Ground Map
Common Ground Title Overview
Common Ground Conclusion
• Challenge in Mashup of Services• Great Feedback from the Department• Strong Focus on Simple Language• Simple Mapping to Tell a Story• Showcasing Open Data Policy
Questions?
