Configuring GIS Services in Civic Platform

For a Civic Platform integration, GIS services need to be configured in Civic Platform administration.

Topics

Adding a GIS Service

To add a GIS service

  1. From Civic Platform, navigate to Classic Administration (or "AA Admin").

  2. Select Admin Tools > GIS > GIS Service.

    Civic Platform displays the GIS Service - Search page.

  3. Click the Add button.

    Civic Platform displays the GIS Service-Add page.

  4. Enter information as described in GIS Service configuration fields in Civic Platform below.

  5. Click Save.

    Civic Platform returns you to the GIS Service-Search page.

  6. If you want to check out the newly-added GIS service (e.g., Control_Lines) in Civic Platform, do all of the following:

    1. Log in to Civic Platform.

    2. Click the GIS main link.

    3. Select the GIS service you just added and click the GIS button.

      Civic Platform refreshes the GIS portlet to display the selected map.

Editing or Disabling a GIS Service

You can edit the properties of a map service at any time. Items that you can edit include the service URL, the portlet URL, and the status of the map service. You should not edit the service URL unless you learn that the original URL changed. Otherwise, you may lose access to a particular map.

You can only disable a GIS service by changing its status, instead of deleting it. The status of the map decides if the map is available to users.

To edit or disable a GIS service

  1. From Civic Platform, navigate to Classic Administration (or "AA Admin").

  2. Select Admin Tools > GIS > GIS Service.

    Civic Platform displays the GIS Service - Search page.

  3. Enter the name of the map service you want to edit in the Service ID field and click Submit.

    If you do not know the name of the map service, click the Submit button to view all available map services.

  4. On the Edit GIS Service page, modify the fields as appropriate. For field descriptions, see GIS Service configuration fields in Civic Platform below.

GIS Service configuration fields in Civic Platform Classic Administration

Service ID The map service identifier. Enter the same value exactly as you entered in the AA GIS Service ID field when defining a map integration environment for Civic Platform. See Integrating Your Environment for more information.
Service URL The URL that connects to the Accela GIS server (Silverlight version) that hosts the desired GIS service. Specify the web site URL entered during the Accela GIS server installation. For example: 
http://myagency.host.com/agissl
Note:

Your URL should begin with “http://” so you can successfully retrieve GIS attributes from the map service. If you publish the map service to Esri ArcGIS Server and the URL begins with “https://”, you must import the Accela GIS server certificate into the Civic Platform biz server before using the map service in Civic Platform. See Importing the Accela GIS Server Certificate for more information.
Portlet URL Leave this field blank.
JavaScript API URL The URL that connects to the Accela GIS (JavaScript version) server. Specify web site URL entered during the Civic Platform Maps installation, and append /api to the URL. For example: 
https://myagency.host.com/agisjs/api
Note:

The URL for the Accela GIS (JavaScript version) server must use “https://”. To support https connections, you must install the SSL certificate into the Maps server. SeeRequiring the Use of HTTPS and Importing the Accela GIS Server Certificate for more information.
Default Map Service Select Yes if you want this map service to be the default map service in Accela GIS. The default map service displays at the top of the GIS service drop-down list for GIS users.