GSFC's Wallops Flight Facility develops GISMO

Recognizing the need to standardize mapping data at the facility and provide tools for distributing maps to its users, Wallops Flight Facility has developed the Geographic Information System for Managing Operations (GISMO). NASA has directed all its facilities to use ArcGIS as their standard GIS software package.

Applying industry database design standards and implementing a Web mapping interface available via the Wallops intranet, GISMO would provide managers with the ability to create maps, publish them as map services, and quickly make them available to authorized users through its secure Web application.

Maps can be exported from GISMO to PDF in a variety of page sizes using the layout properties in the original GIS document.

GISMO uses ArcGIS Server 9.2 Standard Workgroup to manage the storage and distribution of its GIS database and application. This allows both the data and application to be stored and maintained with one software license. NASA contracted with WorldView Solutions (an ESRI Business Partner headquartered in Richmond, Virginia) for needs assessment, database design, application development, and training services.
NASA chose to use the Spatial Data Standard for Facilities, Infrastructure, and Environment (SDSFIE), developed by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's CADD/GIS Technology Center, for its GIS database design. SDSFIE establishes standards for GIS implementation at U.S. military installations and other federal government organizations. SDSFIE provides Wallops with a complete data model for loading dozens of existing data layers into its GIS database.

The Web mapping tools in GISMO were developed for ArcGIS Server using Microsoft .NET's C# development environment, based on an open services architecture.

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