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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>GIS Users,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>As you might be aware, OTIS/GIS has lost significant
resources in the recent months. In order to help us recover, we are
trimming our redundant services. We have developed a schedule for deprecating
DataMiner. Please note that in past correspondence we have let the user
community know that DataMiner is an end of life product. We believe that
it is no longer in the best interest of the agency to support DataMiner, as the
cost of maintaining the product outweighs what we can afford to provide. We
were planning on creating a different metadata browsing product that would incorporate
the best features of both DataMiner and DataCatalog, at this time we do not
have the resources to dedicate to the development of such a product. We
offer three alternatives to users of DataMiner:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>1)
DataCatalog<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>2)
CA/MapDirect http://ca.dep.state.fl.us/imf/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>3) ArcCatalog<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>CA/MapDirect is the best option for data browsing and has
many of the basic features of desktop GIS. It also has the added bonus of
not requiring an ArcMap installation, and users will not have to maintain map
documents as layers change. DataCatalog has a lower maintenance footprint
for OTIS/GIS, and serves as the agency’s GIS library. Finally,
users are welcome to use ArcCatalog to browse the GIS data library and may find
that this is the middle ground between DataCatalog and DataMiner.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The schedule is as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Today: We stop creating work-arounds to fix issues with
displaying metadata. Any new data that is not in ArcSDE, such as the new
imagery that we are serving through ESRI Imager Server, will not display
metadata in DataMiner. The official repository of Metadata can be found
in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">DataCatalog</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">CA</st1:State></st1:place>/MapDirect, and ArcCatalog. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>3 months: We will stop updating DataMiner with new data as
it is inserted in ArcSDE. DataMiner is unsupported by OTIS/GIS. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>January 1, 2008: We will remove access to the tables in
Oracle that drive DataMiner and it will no longer function. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Chris Judd, SCJP<br>
System Project Administrator/GIS<br>
FDEP/OTIS/GIS<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">2600</st1:City> Blair Stone Rd, <st1:State
w:st="on">MS</st1:State></st1:place> 6520<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Tallahassee</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">FL</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">32399-2400</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
Voice: 850-245-8297, SC 205-8297<br>
Fax: 850-245-8263, SC 205-8263<br>
Email: chris.judd@dep.state.fl.us</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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