Oversee Snowplows in Real Time
Inform officials and citizens about your city's snowplow activities as they happen. 1 hour 15 minutes
During blizzards, drivers can become downright impatient before roads are cleared of snow; after all, they must get their children to school and themselves to work. In this lesson, as a GIS coordinator in Utah, you're going to create two apps providing real-time locations of a city's snow removal fleet. One app is for residents, who need current information about road clearing. The other app is for city officials, who need additional information to manage ongoing operations. Both apps contain real-time data tailored to the needs of their intended users.
Lesson plan
| Create a real-time web map | Add real time data to a web map and symbolize it appropriately. | 15 minutes |
| Create a dashboard | Combine your map with elements to build a real-time operations dashboard. | 30 minutes |
| Create a web app | Use Web AppBuilder to create a custom web app tailored to your map's real-time data. | 30 minutes |
Builds skills in
Mapping & Visualization | Real-time GIS | Sharing & Collaboration
Focus industry
- Transportation
Requirements
- Publisher or Administrator role in an ArcGIS organization (get a free trial)
- Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS
Acknowledgements
- Banner image courtesy of the Defense Visual Information Distribution System (DVIDS). The appearance of United States Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitue DoD endorsement.
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