DHS Information Technology Evaluation Program (ITEP)

Project

Pennsylvania Project: Enterprise Geospatial Technology

Data Architecture (EGTDA)

Jim Knudson (jknudson@state.pa.us)Stacey White (stwhite@state.pa.us)

EGTDA Project Background• Grant amount: $603,220• PA project started with a concept and a blank

slate – no existing project to augment, built everything from a bare bones architecture

• Contractors started 6/1/05 (later than most participants), project completed on 3/31/06 (10 months)

• NOT a pilot project for Pennsylvania…– Amazing production capabilities built in 10 months!– We accomplished the impossible…

Project Participants• Governor’s Office• Pennsylvania Emergency Mgmt Agency• DHS Geospatial Mgmt Office/OCIO• ITEP Program Office• GeoDecisions• ESRI• GTO• PA State Police• Office for Information Technology• Regional Counter-Terrorism Task Forces

DHS ITEP Grant Project• PA project defined as Enterprise GT Data

Architecture (EGTDA)– Evaluation of DHS Geospatial Enterprise Architecture

(GEA), start of PA GEA– Enterprise Geospatial Data Repository (designed,

built, populated)– Interoperable GT Data Sharing utilizing Open

Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Mapping Services (14 function-based services, e.g. transportation, utilities)

– Geospatial Mission Applications – situational awareness

– Reusable GT Web Service Components – routing, geocoding

Initial ITEP Architecture Concept

Oracle/Enterprise SAN

OGC-compliant Web Services layer:WMS, WFS, LBS, etc.

GeospatialServer

BasemapFeatures

GeospatialServer

GeocodingServer

GeospatialServer

ImageryServer

GeospatialServer

WeatherServer

GeospatialServer

MetadataServer

GeospatialServer

Secure HSCI Server

Firewall

Non-Secure Data Secure Data

Application Users

GISDesktop

User

HealthNEDDSServer

DEPPAIRSServer

PSPIIMS

Server

PEMAPEIRSServer

OtherAgency

Application

FirstResponder

Internet

GeospatialDatabase

ArcGISServerSOC

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Oracle SANArcSDE

Repository/Oracle Cluster

Por

t 530

0

Port 5353 & 5052

Port 1521

State ArcGISDesktop and

Co-Location Users

ArcGIS CitrixMetaframe

Por

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1

ArcSDE DirectConnections

Geospatial Enterprise Server Architecture

Port 80

ArcIMS Image andFeature Services

Port 5151 & 5152

Data LoadingOnly

IBMx346s

IBMx445DPs

IBMx346s

IBMx445DPs

Port 1521

MAN Access

Internal Services

ArcGISServerSOM

Port 135/D

CO

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Port 135/DC

OM

Port 135/DCOM

Port 135/DCOM

Citrix SecureGateway

(OAREMOTE)

Internet MAN

Port 8

0

Por

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ort 80

Port 80 Port 80

Port

80

Port 8

0

Hardware Load BalancedHTTP Servers/ArcIMS Connectors

and ArcGIS Server ADF

Hardware Load BalancedHTTP Servers/ArcIMS

Connectors

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Por

t 445

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IBMx445DPs

Port 5353 & 5052

Por

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Por

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Por

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Por

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Por

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Port 5353 & 5052

Port 5353 & 5052

Port 5353 & 5052

Port 1521

Port 1521 Por

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Port 1

521

ArcIMS Application &Spatial Server

ArcIMS Application &Spatial Server

ArcIMS Application &Spatial Server

ArcIMS Application &Spatial Server

ArcIMS Application &Spatial Server

Port 1521

ArcIMS Application &Spatial Server

ArcSDEActive/Passive Cluster

Port 1521

Por

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Port

445

Por

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Por

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Port

445

Por

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Port 5353 & 5052

Updated: January 20, 2006

Geospatial Enterprise Server Architecture (GESA)

• Fault tolerant, high availability, 24x7 operational capabilities built for mission critical public safety applications that supports– Consolidated Enterprise Geospatial Database– Shared Services GT Application hosting environment –

for BGT and other agencies– OGC Mapping Services for information sharing– XML Web Services Reusable Components– Geospatial Portal Deployments

• ITEP project added additional storage and GIS software, with permission from DHS, we flipped our budget from equipment focused to services focused

Geospatial Portal Development• Competitive procurement produced best technical,

lowest cost vendor solution • Leverages the IRRIS Geospatial Framework for

Pennsylvania– $15M Investment in IRRIS by the Military Surface

Deployment and Distribution Command Traffic Engineering Agency (SDDCTEA), implemented by GeoDecisions

– Pennsylvania recognizes Mr. Paul Allred and Mr. Marc Barthello from SDDCTEA for their vision in sharing geospatial framework source code resources from the IRRIS project to further military, homeland security, and public safety initiatives for states and other organizations to utilize and add new components to the framework

– Not Shareware or Open Source, but Shared Source

PA Data Sharing Before ITEP…

AgencyX

AgencyY

AgencyZ

Agency?

SneakerNet?

AdjacentStates

PA Data Sharing After ITEP…

AgencyX

AgencyY

AgencyZ

AllAgencies

RCTTF

FED

EnterpriseGeospatialDatabase

AgencyW

LocalGovt

Data Producers

Data Consumers

EGTDA Concept of OperationsFuture

Data FusionCenter

PEIRSIncident

Database

PEIRSReportableIncidents

All Incidents(Future)

ThematicIncident

Maps

HSWGIncident

Symbology

QuickPlumeModel

AddressGeocoding

Routing

MapView

Metadata

SpatialSearches

ITEP GT Web Services

GeospatialEnterpriseDatabase

DHSAdvisories

AgencyInformation

County9-1-1

Incidents

OtherInformation

PEIRSGeospatialDatabase

DataReplication

TEP2005ProjectEnterpriseGeosp tia TechnologiesDataArchitecture

PEIR

DHS ITEP 2004PA Enterprise Geospatial Technologies Data

ArchitecturePEIRS Geospatial Enhancements

Conceptual Design

EGTDA Concept of Operations• Augment PEMA’s PA Emergency Incident

Response System (PEIRS) with robust geospatial capabilities

• Develop interoperable OGC mapping services that can be accessed over the web and used by agencies, counties, first responders

• Develop interoperable and reusable XML web service geospatial application components

GATIR Functionality• PEMA PEIRS Added Functionality

– Replaced incident location red and green ‘dots’ with meaningful incident symbology based on PEIRS category

– Role based user security mechanism for incidents – PEMA PEIRS controls who sees what incidents based on the user login

– Thematic Incident Detail Maps – type of incident determines symbology and displayed layers, 1-5 mile distance rings, key assets/critical infrastructure nearby highlighted

GATIR Functionality• PEMA PEIRS Added Functionality

– Federal Disaster Declaration Map Automation– EOC/Situational Awareness Wall Map– Mapping, analysis, geocoding, routing– PEMA maintains control for access and details, GATIR

assists in mapping and analysis– Difficult part was that PEIRS was being rewritten in .NET as

the same time as our GATIR project was being developed

Lessons Learned• HSWG Symbology was a good starting point,

but for electronic mapping and use in the EOC, we had to significantly modify the symbology to be useful and meaningful

• It was critical to have the development team onsite to work side by side on a project of such short duration. Implementation decisions were made daily.

• Needed to document decisions in writing instead of verbally so that intent was captured correctly

Lessons Learned• Every implementation is different, and nobody

has really figured out the best solution for load balanced, fault tolerant geospatial applications. We re-architected our design in the middle of the project to fix stability and performance problems

• Map colors were very important to convey information and be visible in the EOC on the projection screens – red colors are the most critical, orange and purple are important, green and blue are informational

EGTDA and GATIR

Wall map slide

Quick maps slide

GTO Integration Vision

WebSAAL Authorized Users

MappingWS

RoutingWS

AddressGeocoding

WS

AddressVerification

WS

SpatialSearch

WS

PlumeModeling

WS

MappingServices

EnterpriseGeospatialDatabase

Justice Network(JNET)

Public Safety Portal

Weather Apps

SHSP2004

PennSafe Database

SARATitle II

HAZMAT

Hazardous MaterialInventory

First Responders

SEE-Team

KC/SSI

UPMC

Pittsburgh -Region #13

XML

DeeplinkURLs

?

UPMCGeospatial

Portal?

Bureau of Geospatial TechnologiesPresent and Strategic Vision 2006-2008

Weather ProvidersMeteorlogix

AWS WeatherBug

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh -Region #13 19 April 2006OA/OIT

Jason SalvaggioMary Johnston PMPPublic Safety CoP

Jim KnudsonBGT

Version #9Work in Progress

DRAFT

Legend:

Planned Initiative - - - - - - -Completed Initiative _____

Severe Weather AlertingPlume Modeling

Real-TimeWeather

Data

XML

?

NIPP

CriticalInfrastructure

(CI)

CriticalInfrastructure

GATIRTransportation

Portal

2004, 2005,2006 FHWAEarmarks

IRRIS (Framework)

DeeplinkURLs

UserUpdate

WS

IncidentUpdate

WS

HospitalStatus

GATIRHealthPortal

2005SHSP

IRRIS (Framework)Deeplink

URLs

Real-TimeWeather

Data

GATIRGeospatial

Analysis of Threatsand Incident Reports

ITEP,SHSP2005

IRRIS (Framework)

TransportationData

HealthData

IncidentData

Mapping Services, Web Service Applications

Geospatial ServicesEnvironment

Visualization, Mapping,Reporting, Routing

RCTTFExternal

Applications

PEIRSPA Emergency

Incident ReportingSystem

Hazardous MaterialInventory

The End Result of PA ITEP/EGTDA• ITEP gave us a unique opportunity to build and

enhance Situational Awareness in PA for many agencies

• DHS and other cluster partners brought intellectual property and expertise to work with states on their projects

• GIS/GT better recognized for the value it provides for visualization and intelligence

• Positioned to become the core of the PA Data Fusion/Intelligence Center Technology Blueprint

The End Result of PA ITEP/EGTDA• Data sharing now occurs daily, so that when an

emergency occurs, it will be easier to share critical information

• Many lessons learned, numerous standards and best practices defined

• Start of Geospatial Enterprise Architecture for Pennsylvania

• IRRIS framework can be used to quickly set up geospatial portals for federal, state, and regional operations, all participants benefit from additional capabilities that are added

Without PA ITEP Opportunity…

AgencyX

AgencyY

AgencyZ

Agency?

SneakerNet?

THANKS!• ITEP Project Office

– Tom Bold– Greg Barnard– Matt Biancucci

• DHS GMO– Ryan Cast– Dan Betz– Tom McCarty– Dan Cotter– Dave Ridley

• Maryland ITEP Project– Matt Felton

• GeoDecisions– Sarah Burkett– Kelly Fisher

• ESRI– Ian Kramer– Mark Lecher

• GTO– Stacey White– Mary Fulton– Bill Brodie

PA GTO Website

http://www.gis.state.pa.us