Below is a list of just a few examples of the web-based GIS applications development that RedCastle Resources is leading the way in for our clients. Click on the images below for an expanded look or use the "video demo?" links to view a narrated demo (flash-based) of each of the applications. Or if you are currently within the USFS intranet, click here for access to the actual sites.

Interfaces for online map viewers are continually advancing and this webmap viewer to the right shows the latest in RIA (rich internet applications) technologies. A flash-based application, this viewer is built using Adobe's Flex language and allows for a much snappier, fluid user experience. The example to the right was developed as a prototype for a geospatial data clearinghouse application. It included a variety of layers and tools, including clip&zip data extraction capabilities.

 

Customizing the basic out-of-the-box ESRI template viewer allows users to have more advanced functionality in a web-based map viewer. The look and feel can be suited to the rest of client's website. Advancements such as hotlinking, complex GIS queries, geospatial bookmarks, light data editing, and even allowing the user to dynamically add other data services on the fly are just a few examples of advanced customizations available. The example to the right is an operational map viewer built for clients using realtime data layers to develop daily wildfire forecasts at a national level.

 

The example to the right is a viewer built for displaying an existing vegetation map for the Bridger-Teton National Forest. It also has several thousand georeferenced field & aerial photos that have been hotlinked into the viewer using custom code.

 

 

 

The example to the right is a demo viewer built for clients assessing wildland environmental threats. This custom viewer allows for quick attribute identification, custom GIS queries, and fast access to metadata links.

 

 

 

The example to the right is a viewer built for displaying Concentrated Use Analyses (CUA) of dispersed campsites in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Several hundred GPSed ground points that contain pictures and/or videos for each site have been hotlinked into the viewer using custom code.

 

 

A C# .NET based web application which allows for rapid development and deployment using out-of-the-box ESRI templates. This viewer allows users basic map interaction including navigation, printing, and simple querying. Data layers from multiple sources can all be included in this viewer. The example to the right is a viewer built for displaying an existing vegetation map for the Tonto National Forest.

 

 

The example to the right is a viewer built for displaying an existing vegetation map for the Prescott National Forest.

 

 

 

 

Using javascript to integrate ArcGIS Server API with Google Maps and Google Earth API allows us to develop very lightweight "thin-client" map viewers that use Google Maps/Earth imagery as a base with our client's ArcGIS Server data services displayed over top. Less functionality is available than in the C# .NET based viewers, but these javascript-based viewers perform much faster and even allow for 3-D viewing of data. The example to the right is a lightweight viewer built for a client to quickly display a realtime 7-day fire potential forcast map on Google imagery/maps in both 2-D and 3-D.

 

Publishing data layers through ArcGIS Server allows for users toconnect remotely to the data "service" in a fast, convenient way. Multiple software clients such as ESRI's ArcMap, ArcExplorer, or even Google Earth can easily consume these data services when published properly. Additional publishing formats that allow for access to the actual data values (WFS and WCS) are availabe for analysis and modeling purposes as well. The example to the right is a client Forest's Existing Vegetation Map displayed in 3-D using ArcExplorer.

 

Through the use of ESRI's new Image Server software, it's now possible to publish and serve up large amounts of raster imagery for clients to access remotely. Very large raster "services" can be added to clients like ArcMap and usually display faster than they would if added from a local source due to compression efficiency. The example to the right is ArcMap displaying two of our client's image services published using Image Server. To date ~125 terabytes of imagery has been published for use by this client.

 

To see other technologies that we've used in the past for web GIS applications click here....