GEOHome Final Assessment

Project Number:	360-1
Title:	Design, Develop and Test GEOHome system v1.0
Activity:	Data Applications
Sub Activity:	Spatial Data Applications Development
Application:	GIS Customization / Web Mapping
Client:	GIS Term Project, Algonquin College
Report Produced By:	Tom Kralidis
Division:	Data Acquisition / User Systems Development
Issued on:	18 April 2000
Reporting Period from to:	25 January - 18 April 2000
Distribution:	Algonquin: David Broscoe GEOHome: GEOHome Project Team Members

1. Introduction and Status< /P>

This report describes the final status and assessment undertaken by the GEOHome project team

Under project 360-1, "Design, Develop, Test and Delivery of GEOHome system v1.0", during

the entire project timeline period indicated above.

2. Progress
2.1 Progress this Period

The following progress has been made over this time period:

Avenue Development

Developed query tools, bitmap selection methods
Upgraded scripts to Dialog Designer modules
Tested, debugged and installed final programs
Developed web interface for ArcView / Web integration
Researched feasibility, portability for MapObjects development
Completed all project documentation, flowcharts, presentation materials

2.2 Final Assessment< /A>

The following have been developed during this time period:

Development of a GIS user-interface of houses in the real estate market generated from Ottawa house property and street network data, for client use.

Development of metadata standards for easy access and selection of homes based on user-defined / entered criteria, using XML and the FDGC Content Standard 2.0.

Development of GIS and programming tools when applied to housing information / data.

Investigation of further potential uses of GeoHome in operational environments, ease of use, portability, and data access / integration.

2.3 Schedule / History

Revised. See attached GANTT chart

2.4 Issues

As a result of research conducted, a baseline MapObjects application was not developed. The GEOHome mandate supports multi-platform portability. MapObjects technology is dependent on ActiveX-enabled Integrated Development Environm ents (IDEs). These environments are currently only available on Windows platforms. At present, GEOHome uses ArcView, and is platform independent when using ArcView configured to GEOHome.

2.5 Milestone Sta tus Report

The following represents progress against the milestones specified in the GEOHome Project Outline and Schedule (360-1, Revision 0, 25 January 2000).

3. Status of Actions

Completed tasks represented by check mark symbols. See attached GANTT chart.

4. Project Delivery

DATE DELIVERED: 18 April 2000, GeoHome v1.0 release

CONTENTS:

Presentation / Discussion

Project poster

Source code and sample data

DataFlow diagram

Metadata documentation

Technical documentation