Special Achievement in GIS
 

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City and County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply

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HONU, an acronym for Honolulu ONline Utilities is a customized ArcIMS application that serves as a single interface to access information from the GIS and other business systems.


Business Problem

HONU was developed to centralize and improve access to information that is needed by Honolulu Board of Water Supply (HBWS) staff to perform their daily activities. HONU provides a single interface to information stored in three critical systems: GIS, CIS and EDMS. In addition to searching and identifying GIS features, the users can: search the linked customer database; view document images such as scanned construction drawings, field sketches, water service documents and tax assessment documents; perform color-coding on-the-fly based on a user selected layer and attribute; convert GIS data to DXF format; and create and print customer maps and customized reports.

User-friendliness was a fundamental design factor. There are many pre-defined methods to conduct quick feature and customer data searches. The user can zoom to standard bookmarks and save personal or group map extents. Collapsible categories organize the layer information and a linked page provides complete details on layer information. Also, numerous explanations, examples, and instructions are provided as the user clicks on different tools.

Technology Implemented

ArcIMS v. 4.0 is supplemented by Microsoft SQL Server 2000 for CIS data and saved map extents, FileNET for image documents, and Arcv2CAD for DXF conversion. The program code is ArcXML, JavaScript, and ASP. A Dynamic Link Library, FileNet image viewer, a custom font, custom graphics, and cascading style sheet were also used. The host server has dual Intel Pentium III, 1 GHz processors with 1 GB RAM, Microsoft IIS 5.0 web server and Servlet Exec 4.1.1 installed. Users have Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher.

Development Team Biography

The client team from the Honolulu Board of Water Supply:
Ellen Hirayama, P.E. – HBWS Special Projects Team Leader
Lyann Okada, P.E. – HBWS ArcIMS Project Manager
Leo Ikehara, GIS Analyst – HBWS System and Database Administrator
Holly Takara, P.E. – HBWS EDMS Project Manager

The consultant team from Woolpert, LLP:
Scott Cattran – Woolpert, Project Manager
Aralola Akinmade – Woolpert, Programmer
Dominik Medved – Woolpert, Programmer