Coordinating Recycling Pickups

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Coordinating Recycling Pickups with Highway
Services Using an Online Map Book
Diane Rundell Montgomery County Department
of Public Works Transportation Division of
Solid Waste Services (SWS)
Dan Sadler Montgomery County Department
of Information Systems Telecommunications Geogra
phic Information Systems Team (DIST-GIS)
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Online Map Book ProjectThemes

• The online map book shows two major
  Recycling/Refuse map themes
• 1) Recycling/Refuse collection day of the week
• 2) Recycling/Refuse Areas
• (numbered and assigned to different contractors
  for picking up recycling/refuse)

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Online Map Book Project
If trash/recycling trucks have to change their
routes, there is potential for - missing
homes - not completing the routes in a
timely manner - accidents from trucks turning
around in tight quarters
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Online Map Book ProjectGoals
1) Provide quick reference for Highway Services
to plan road construction around an areas solid
waste collection day
2) Solid Waste Services supervisors can quickly
print a map of a specific area if there is a
problem out in the field.
3) Inspectors can print maps for a particular
area to which they are assigned on a given day
and note discrepancies, potential problems, or
other items of interest on the maps
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Online Map Book ProjectGoals
4) Contractors can print maps for substitute
truck drivers
5) Property owners can determine what the
collection day in their areas
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Online Map Book ProjectIntended Users

• Division of Solid Waste personnel
• Division of Solid Wastes contractors for
  recycling and solid waste
• Division of Highway Services personnel
• Property owners

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Online Map Book ProjectUser Requirments

• Enough detail must be viewable in a browser
  window to discern info for individual blocks
• Base map data including street centerlines, major
  water features, landmark points
• The maps must print legibly at 11 x 17
• User-friendly for people who are already using
  popular ADC Street Maps
• Displayed on Intranet Internet

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Online Map Book ProjectData

• SWS polygon data
• Recycling/Refuse collection day of the week
• Recycling/Refuse Areas

• DIST-GIS basemap data
• Street centerlines, with all streets labeled
• Landmarks, including schools, police fire
  stations, Metro stations, libraries, rec centers
• Major water features
• Rectangular map tiles (polygon)

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Demo of online map book http//gis.co.mo.md.us
(click on the Maps link)
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Online Map Book Project
This map book approach has two components

• PDF version of maps for individual tiles
• large amount of detail, users can zoom in
• quality printing, control over printed page

2) Clickable image map used as an index for the
tiles Divide large county into smaller maps
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Online Map Book ProjectSoftware Used

• ArcView GIS 3.2a
• To create the maps
• Adobe Acrobat 4
• To create the PDF files
• Adobe Photoshop 5.5 / ImageReady 2.0
• To create the clickable image map

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Online Map Book ProjectPDF Format

• Originally created as an attempt at the
  paperless office concept
• Acrobat allows PDFs to be created from any
  application
• Free Acrobat Reader allows PDF viewing and
  printing and comes with browser plug-in
• Many users are familiar with PDF format from
  downloading government forms (www.1040.com),
  online brochures, etc, and seeing links to free
  download site.
• Fonts can be embedded in the PDF document
• IMPORTANT FOR MAPS
• With PDF format, users are able to print many
  copies of the same document from any printer
  (paperless office?)

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Online Map Book ProjectCreating PDF Tiles

• Creating 42 map tiles does not mean creating 42
  different maps
• After first map tile is created, the remaining
  tiles can be produced by zooming to each tile and
  then printing to a PDF file
• Avenue scripting can actually be used to automate
  the process if no manual edits are necessary for
  the individual maps

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PDF Tiles Step 1 Create one tile using data that
covers the entire study area

• Add tile layer and all themes for the entire
  study area (county)
• Start with one of the busier tiles
• If you need to autolabel features, be sure to
  apply it to the entire study area, not just the
  view
• Set up a map layout for the first tile that can
  be easily adapted for other tiles

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PDF Tiles Step 2 Create the remaining tiles
basic ArcView commands

• One at a time (process may be automated)
• Change Layout elements to reflect the new tile
• (title locator map)
• In the View window, select the next tile from in
  the tile layer, Zoom to Selected, deselect the
  tile
• If necessary, make any manual edits
• Create a PDF file by printing to the Acrobat
  Distiller virtual printer

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Create Image Map

• ImageReady (packaged with Photoshop) will
  automatically generate the HTML with hotspots
  for you
• Hotspots dont have to be rectangular
• ImageReady will also automatically generate
  javascript if you would like to use rollovers

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Demo of online map book http//gis.co.mo.md.us
(click on the Maps link)