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Layerfiles (.lyr) have been created for the following featureclasses:

• 5m Contour lines for Whitehorse (1:10,000 scale)
• Roads and Trails for Whitehorse (1:10,000 scale)
• Watercourses for Whitehorse (1:10,000 scale)

The layerfiles noted above are available on the internal Yukon Government network here: \\csw10prod\Layerfiles\.

Please email Geomatics.Help@gov.yk.ca if you have any questions.

The Corporate Spatial Warehouse (CSW) has been migrated to a new SDE server, CSWPROD, effective Monday May 14, 2012. You MUST make changes to your CSW database connections immediately in order to have access to the most recent data.

The old CSW database, i.e. SDECSW, will continue to be available for a short time to aid in the transition; however, data will no longer be updated in this environment.

Geomatics Yukon has created a detailed document summarizing all the required changes in the CSW migration project, including adding and removing CSW layers and the new connection information. Please use this document to make your changes accordingly.

CSW Migration Documentation for Users

If you have already migrated your database connections to use CSWPROD you will now be accessing information from our new servers; however, any old MXDs you have created will need to be migrated in order to see the current database information.

We have all worked hard to make this transition happen and we greatly appreciate your patience and attention!

Thank you,

Niki (and Lauren)

 

The Placer Atlas application is currently being updated and as a result the performance of this application between May 14-17 may be intermittent.  We apologize for any inconvenience.  The update is planned to be available for the Dawson Gold Show on May 18-20, 2012.

For more information, contact Niki.

There are two methods for changing the data sources in your MXDs: updating a single map manually, or using automated tool to update one, or multiple maps. Both methods are outlined in this document.

Procedures for manually updating a single map (MXD) are outined under Updating a Single Map (MXD).

The automated method, described under Automated Methods for Updating One or More Maps (MXD), uses a custom tool that will allow you to change all the CSW and OPR SDE connections contained in your map with one step.  This is the simplest method for complicated MXDs; however, it requires an ArcInfo license level to run.  If you choose this method, you MUST return your license to ArcView immediately following completion of the tool’s process.

Please follow the instructions in the readme file (linked above) to install the ChangeSDEConnectionPath tool with your copy of ArcGIS.

Note: Both ArcInfo and ArcView licenses are in short supply these days, so please close ArcGIS if you are leaving the office, or are not actively using the software.

A reminder the CSW migration day is scheduled for this Monday May 14 and therefore your old MXDs will no longer be accessing the most current data until you change them.

If you have problems with this tool please contact:

For EMR users:

EMRGIS.Help@gov.yk.ca

 For other departments:

Geomatics.Help@gov.yk.ca

GeoEye imagery for the Teslin Lake area is now available internally to Yukon Government users. This imagery was captured on July 12, Sept. 12, and Sept. 26 of 2011. These images are true colour, and each has a pixel resolution of 0.5m.

The entire Yukon Government GeoEye imagery suite is available as image service on the internal Yukon Government network. Users can connect to these services with their ArcGIS Desktop client using the the layerfiles found here: \\csw10prod\layerfiles\Imagery\ (GeoEye.lyr).

If you have any questions please email Geomatics Yukon.

We have confirmed a target date for our CSW SDE architecture migration project release.  The new SDE server release day is planned for Monday May 14th.  This will be the day that the new SDE servers are officially available and the old SDE servers will no longer be updated. 
In preparation for this change we have been working with departmental IT and GIS people to get the new software requirements and configurations completed for each SDE user.  These requirements are outlined below.

New software requirements:

• ArcGIS Desktop Version 10 Service Pack 4
• Oracle Run-time Client 11g
• Both ArcGIS Desktop and the oracle client will need to be configured for our servers.

All Sky data have been migrated over to CSW. New CSW layers have been loaded.  This data was released as it was available. We will be sending a summary of all the data changes related to this migration prior to May 14th.

Feel free to contact Geomatics Yukon if you have any questions.

GeoEye scenes for the Arctic Coast is now available internally to Yukon Government users. This imagery was captured between July 18 and September 13 of 2011. Each scene is true colour, and has a pixel resolution of 0.5m.

The entire Yukon Government GeoEye imagery suite is available as image service on the internal Yukon Government network. Users can connect to these services with their ArcGIS Desktop client using the the layerfiles found here: \\csw10prod\layerfiles\Imagery\ (GeoEye.lyr).

If you have any questions please email Geomatics Yukon.

WorldView2 imagery for Babbage River and Clarence Lagoon on the Yukon's Arctic Coast are now available internally to Yukon Government users. The Babbage River and Clarence Lagoon scenes were captured on August 31, and September 13 of 2011. Both scenes are true colour, and have a pixel resolution of 0.5m.

The entire Yukon Government WorldView imagery suite is available as image service on the internal Yukon Government network. Users can connect to these services with their ArcGIS client using the the layerfiles found here: \\csw10prod\layerfiles\Imagery\ (WorldView.lyr).

If you have any questions please email Geomatics Yukon.

The City of Whitehorse orthophotos for 2001, 2006 and 2011 have been published as image service, and are now available on the internal Yukon Government network. Users can connect to these services with their ArcGIS client using the the layerfiles found here: \\csw10prod\layerfiles\Imagery\ (Orthophotos_Whitehorse.lyr).

This imagery is free for public use, and distribution.

If you have any questions please email Geomatics Yukon.

During the Christmas holidays, we will have reduced staffing. As most of you know, Ryan Gould is on paternity leave until March 13, 2012.

Throughout the Christmas break you can continue to contact Geomatics.Help@gov.yk.ca for technical assistance and someone will be available to deal with your support issue, with the exception of Dec 28-30. 

The following is the detailed schedule for the Christmas holidays:

Dec 19-20 - contact Lauren Crooks (7084) Lauren.Crooks@gov.yk.ca

Dec 21-23 - contact Nicole Parry (5844) Nicole.Parry@gov.yk.ca

Dec 28-30 - contact Diedre Davidson Diedre.Davidson@gov.yk.ca

If there is an urgent technical problem and you are not able to reach the geomatics contact, please call the help desk at 667-5000.

The Teslin GeoEye image is now available as an image service and through file access in True Color, and False-color Infrared. This scene was captured on April 3, 2009 at a pixel resolution of 50 cm. This imagery can be used by Yukon Government, Yukon Muncipalities, Yukon First Nations, and Federal Government. 

 

For more information contact Ryan.

I have updated the public Imagery map service used for ArcGIS Server mapping applications. All our GeoEye (Southern Lakes, Kondike, North Yukon Planning Region, and Herschel Island), orthophotos and Ikonos (White Gold) are now available in this imagery service. At this point, the primary one this affects right now is the Placer Atlas (http://mapservices.gov.yk.ca/PlacerAtlas).

For more information contact: Niki Parry

We are excited to release our new Imagery Strategy for the Corporate Spatial Data Infrastructure. The strategy outlines our approach to serving imagery within the Yukon Government, as well as how to access the new imagery repository. The new image repository and image services are now available. All the best available satellite imagery in the Yukon Government will be accessible here.

The new image repository is accessible to all Yukon Government employees; however, access to the new imagery repository is now based on request. If you don't have access to this repository and would like to, please contact Geomatics.Help@gov.yk.ca. Please note you must be using ArcGIS Version 10 to use these new ArcGIS image services.

Click to view the Geomatics Yukon's Imagery Strategy.

For more information contact: Niki Parry.

 

A project to migrate the Mining Lands Viewer to the new ArcGIS Server infrastructure has been initiated.  This is being done by EMR Informatics in coordination with the Mining and Lands branches.  The goal for completion of a new ArcGIS Server application to replace the Mining Lands Viewer is March 31, 2012. 

For more information contact: Diedre Davidson.

Currently Geomatics Yukon is undertaking a project to migrate all the remaining data from the Sky SDE instance into CSW.  This project is being done in association with EMR Informatics and all the applicable data custodians.  The data will be remodeled and loaded into CSW with metadata and layerfiles.

The following groups of layers are being migrated: 

• Base Information - Water 2M, Toponymy 10k, Gazatteer, Regional Overview
• Community Land Planning - Block Land Transfer and OIC boundaries
• Forest Inventory
• Claims and Indian Government - Interim Protected and other special interest layers
• First Nations Settlement Lands - Interim Protected and Unsurveyed
• Oil & Gas data
• Yukon Landsat Mosaic 90m

This Sky migration project needs to take place prior to our migration to ArcGIS SDE 10 and to new CSW and Operational SDE servers in order to simplify and streamline our infrastructure.

After the migration is completed users will have to redirect all their projects to use these new layers in CSW.

Geomatics Yukon and ESRI have recently completed an architecture review of the Yukon Government Corporate Spatial Data Infrastructure.  A migration plan for implementing the recommendations from the review is now in progress.

For further information contact: Lauren Crooks, 867-393-7084

 

For internal government users:

Good morning, in my email on Friday I mentioned that the WorldView and GeoEye image services will only work with ArcGIS 10. I want to clarify that this is true for the Image Service only, the source rasters can potentially be used in other software.

You can access the source imagery here:

 For internal government users:

Hello, I've just posted the WorldView and GeoEye (Klondike, Whitehorse (high accuracy), Southern Lakes, North Yukon Planning Region and Herschel Island) as an image service. You can load this by adding the GeoEye.lyr or WorldView.lyr file found at this location \\sdecsw\csw\layerfiles\imagery\ to your ArcMap project.