Driving Change at BC Assessment - Esri Canada

Driving Change at BC Assessment

Presented by: Roxanne Ahmed, MSc., and Tom O’Brien BSc.

BC Assessment

May, 23, 2019

Organization Overview

BC Assessment develops and maintains real property

assessments throughout British Columbia in addition to

providing real property information.

Crown Corporation (in compliance with Assessment Act)

771 Employees

Esri clients since 1994?!

Organization Overview

BCA has offices throughout the Province, with Head Office at

Uptown, Victoria.

Assessment Offices:

Victoria Abbotsford Prince George

Nanaimo Kelowna Dawson Creek

Courtenay Kamloops Williams Lake

Vancouver Cranbrook Terrace

Surrey Nelson

GIS Evolution at BCA

Assessment Search

• Assessment Search –

once known as evalueBC

• Custom application using

ArcGIS JavaScript API.

• Heavily customized over

time

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Assessment Search – Property Information

Assessment Search – Recent Sales

Small Scale

Assessment Search – Recent Sales

City Scale

Assessment Search – Recent Sales

Neighbourhood Scale

Assessment Search – Recent Sales

Street Scale

Server Architecture

• ArcGIS Server 10.5

• 4 Servers per environment

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Application # of servers

ArcGIS Server 2 (clustered)

Web Adaptor 1

Tile Cache 1

ArcGIS Online Architecture

• ArcGIS Online Hybrid

Model

• BCA hosts the web map

services

• Esri hosts the application

Hybrid

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Segue

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BCA Interactive Maps – Then…

Not so interactive!

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BCA Interactive Maps – Now!

BCA Interactive Maps

BCA Interactive Maps

BCA Interactive Maps

BCA Interactive Maps

BCA Interactive Maps

Where to next?

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Web AppBuilder

• Configurable

• Widgets

• Create an app that can

filter based on user-

specified criteria, and find

comparables

• Similar to real estate

search websites

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Web App Builder – start with the drivetrain

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Web App Builder – add an engine and a chassis

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parts/?ckattempt=1

Web App Builder – build your interior

Web App Builder – drive it away!

Benefits – ArcGIS Online & Web AppBuilder

• Easy to create proof of concept (80/20 rule applies).

• Configurable – so many tools in the toolbox.

• Analysis tools can be very powerful.

- Configuration by an GIS Analyst

- User just needs to click a button

- …everything else is “under the hood”

Future Plans

• BC Assessment is planning to

implement more web based maps,

host a map gallery, and develop more

tools for our internal and external

customers.

• We are looking now at a governance

model for our Enterprise GIS, as we

socialize the capability within the

organization.

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Thank you!

• Questions?

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