Introduction

Accela GIS provides a geographic view of all land-use, zoning, and infrastructure information associated with agency records, such as parcels, permits, inspections, plans, assets, work orders, and service requests. Agency users can manage records within Accela GIS and efficiently complete research tasks — from identifying records within their agency’s jurisdiction to determining the staff assigned to specific jobs. Accela GIS leverages geospatial data to streamline agency processes and is compatible with Windows and Web-based applications.

For example, an inspector can use Accela GIS to search for assigned inspections within a community or neighborhood. The inspector can also use Accela GIS to create an inspection route sheet and obtain driving directions. Accela GIS helps simplify these and other daily tasks.

Accela GIS is Civic Platform's latest map viewer using JavaScript. Accela Silverlight GIS is the Microsoft Silverlight version of the map viewer in the legacy (pre-8.x) user interface of Civic Platform.

Accela GIS administration consists of the following tasks:

  • Set up map service connections - A map service connection defines the parameters for connecting to your agency's GIS service provider.
  • Create map profiles - A map profile is a set of map services that can be easily shared across integrations or user groups.
  • Configure map integration environments - A map integration environment integrates your agency’s GIS system, Accela GIS, and Civic Platform applications.
  • Define user groups and permissions - User groups and permission settings ensure that end-users are given or restricted access to GIS features and information.
  • Deploy custom widgets - If your agency has built custom map widgets, they must be deployed and enabled for user groups.
  • Setup custom GIS data integrations - External address, parcel, and object (XAPO) data source and custom GIS queries as dynamic themes can be configured and integrated with the map viewer.
  • System administration tasks such as managing users, agency administrator, email notification setup, and viewing diagnostic logs

This guide describes the prerequisites, configuration, and administration tasks to enable Accela GIS.