How Manatee County Serves Digital Aerial Imagery Genie

Overview • Manatee County Overview • Problem: Imagery Distribution & Management • • Amount

Hardware & Workflow Dilemmas • Amount of Imagery • 1. 3 to 5 TB’s

Hardware & Workflow Dilemmas • Cost of Storage/Distribution • Server space for imagery alone

Hardware & Workflow Dilemmas • Time Spent on Installation/Management • Took 3 weeks for

Solution • Store compressed imagery as Mr. SID/Jpeg 2000 files. • Visually lossless with

Solution Benefits • • • Gained 1: 20 reduction of cost to Server space.

Manatee County Web Image Service WMS: http: //www. mymanatee. org/lizardtech/iserv/ows? Property Appraiser Site: http:

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How Manatee County Serves Digital Aerial Imagery Genie Hays Regional Manager Terry Ryan Federal Manager

Overview • Manatee County Overview • Problem: Imagery Distribution & Management • • Amount of Imagery Cost of storage/distribution Time spent on installation/management Lower Budgets • Solution: • Q&A

Manatee County, Florida

Hardware & Workflow Dilemmas • Amount of Imagery • 1. 3 to 5 TB’s of Raw Data. • No server space for the imagery (pyramids, caching, etc. ). More than 80% unavailable. • wanted to deliver full investment of data for 2003, 2007 -2012, with 5 more years projected in the pipeline.

Hardware & Workflow Dilemmas • Cost of Storage/Distribution • Server space for imagery alone an estimated $30, 000+ and were still unable to deliver their full repository of data. • $250, 000 - $300, 00 increase in Server investment and licenses to deliver full repository. • Not able to deliver data to 3 rd party applications: Auto. CAD, Microstation, ERDAS, Flash, etc.

Hardware & Workflow Dilemmas • Time Spent on Installation/Management • Took 3 weeks for each County year to load (2003, 2007 -12). • Took months to load all data, with no guarantee when loaded it would work. 147 Days to load imagery into other storage solutions. • With current setup, they could only deliver ONE year data online. • Lower Budgets • 10% decrease in the Property Appraisers budget for 2012.

Solution • Store compressed imagery as Mr. SID/Jpeg 2000 files. • Visually lossless with a 20: 1 compression ratio. • Kept imagery in a FLAT FILE system. • Delivery service to ESRI products and other 3 rd party applications via open source OGC WMS (Web Mapping Service). • Used Lizard. Tech’s Express Server to accomplish cost savings and delivery needs.

Solution Benefits • • • Gained 1: 20 reduction of cost to Server space. Estimated savings to licenses & storage cost, $30, 000 -$50, 000. Can delivery 5 X’s the amount of imagery. Allows growth at a much smaller cost All 3 rd Party applications can read streaming of Imagery, Plug & Play • Installation and setup was cut down to ONE DAY, saving weeks of staff time. • Saved $$$$

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