The BAS Data Integration Utility v1.0 has been completed and
ready for Beta testing! All primary development is currently completed, but a
collection of enhancement requests has been started, and any bug reports would
be extremely helpful. The ESRI Add-In format is version specific, so there are
multiple versions available depending on your ArcGIS version. If you do find a
bug, please specify which version you are using as their core procedures are
slightly different in order to avoid an ESRI bug in ArcGIS 10.1. There are no
known issues with service packs.
I am also happy to report that data is being collected via the
application already by our current Beta testers, so it would appear that if we
get a high usage rate among the counties, we will be able to automatically
collect a good portion of the state’s actual, unfiltered, municipal boundaries
according to their own counties. The process works by uploading the original
input data to LTSB’s FTP site while the application is creating the BAS Change
file.
As features are added, modified or fixed I will continue to
update you and give you links for the latest version, as well as instructions
on how to install previous versions.
To Uninstall a previous version:
1. BEFORE
deleting any .esriaddin files, open ArcMap and click Customize > Add-In
Manager, and use the dialog to uninstall the LTSB BAS Data Integrator add in.
2. Once
that is complete, you may delete any old .esriaddin files, and install
the new version. If you delete the .esriaddin file before uninstalling it from
ArcMap, it will not let you install a new version, or let you uninstall it
without having a copy of the file in the location from which it was installed.
This is the case with all ESRI Add-In files.
To Install the latest version you will need two files, the
ESRI Add-In File, and the data resources:
1.
ESRI Add-in File
a.
Download the ESRI
Add-In File (521kb) for the correct version of ArcGIS:
i.
10.0: LTSB_BAS_Data_Integrator_10.esriAddIn
ii.
10.1: LTSB_BAS_Data_Integrator.esriAddIn
b.
Save the file
anywhere. Double click the file in Windows Explorer. Click ‘Install Add-in’.
Shortly after there should be a prompt that the install was successful.
2.
Resources
a.
Download the
required resources (30mb): Data_Integration_Resources.ZIP
b.
Save the .ZIP
folder on the root of the C: drive (C:\Data_Integration_Resources.zip). Do NOT
unzip the folder.
c.
Note: After
the application has run the first time, it will prompt you when it is safe to
delete the file, and the folder ‘C:\Data_Integration_Resources ‘. There will
also be a new folder on the C: drive called “Data_Integrator”; Outputs,
documentation, and the extracted resources for the utility will be stored here.
Any questions? Feel free to send us a question at our email address: gis@legis.wisconsin.gov
