Mapping Philadelphia HistoryA Geographic Model for Accessing Archival Collections

ESRI Education User Conference 2007July 19, 2007 www.PhillyHistory.org

Joan Decker, Philadelphia Department of Records

Megan Heckert, Avencia Incorporated

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Philadelphia City Archives

Challenges

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• Preservation

• Organization

• Access

• Funding

Philadelphia City Archives

Challenges addressed

• Preservation - Digitization

• Organization – Searchable by location, date, keyword

• Access – Web-based deployment

• Funding – E-commerce

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Philadelphia City Archives

The User Experience

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Philadelphia City Archives

Archive Management

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Add New Asset

Manage Assets

Manage Featured Photos

Generate Reports

Philadelphia City Archives

Additional Management Features• Approval on Input Assets

• Error Reports

• Scan Requests

• Purchase Orders

• User Accounts

• Manage Different Collections

• Activity Summary

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Philadelphia City Archives

Impact

• Users

Historians

Genealogists

Students

Graphic designers

Property managers

What a great page. Your pictures have taken me back to my days as a young kid growing up in Fox Chase during the 40-s & 50's Amazing – Thanks.

I’d just like to thank you for such an informative website.  I accidentally came across it, and I grew up in West Philly and moved there February, 1942.  It's much different than when I was a kid.  I grew up in the 100 block north 55th Street.  I will be ordering photos. 

I’d like to start off by saying the site is an absolute winner… I spend hours at a time just viewing neighborhoods and love the additions and upgrades.

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Philadelphia City Archives

System Resources

• Hardware

•2 servers

•3 scanners

•3 workstations

• Software

•Sajara

•ArcIMS & ArcSDE 9.1

•SQL Server 2005

• Data

•Street name aliases

•GIS data layers

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Questions? Visit us online!www.PhillyHistory.org

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