Local Government Model - How to begin

Question

I have downloaded the schema for the Local Government model but am confused on how to proceed. I work for a small municipality and they are just starting with GIS. We are using a desktop SDE. I'm not clear on how to begin to add our shape files into the Local Government Model. I wanted to focus only on the Storm Drains at this point. Can someone provide me with a starting point?

bsanders69 · Answer

Did you ever get hold of a graphical representation of the data model?

CharlesShore · Answer

I have begun to work with the Election Polling Place app, which includes the ParcelPublicAccess.mxd.  The mxd includes a FacilitySitesPoint layer, which has over 200 coded values representing various facility types.  Several of these facility types are shown in the World Topographic Map service.  Is there any way to capture these facilities from the Topographic Map, for use in the Polling Place app, without going back to the raw data?

Thanks in advance.

SteveNelson · Answer

I'm sorry to thread-jack this post, but a follow up question to the Local Gov reply....

For me it makes sense to tackle the parcel portion of the data model and try to start loading our existing parcels, legal property lines, addressing etc..  However - that's where the documentation I find is really limited for Local Gov.

Unless I'm missing something - Is there module documentation for loading all the required parcel data?  Meaning, is there some documentation somewhere that says in order to properly populate ALL the parcel related feature classes etc, follow this, or make sure you populate the following feature classes....
I can see in ArcCatalog all the feature classes that contain the word Parcels, but how do I know what else to look for to populate?  Other than frustrating trial and error with the maps/apps you supply?

I know the model is huge, but is there one of those big graphical model diagrams available?  I find those really useful.  I know I want to move to the model - but I'm scared to death to try and waste lots of time because with all due respect, I know there's always tons of little requirements that must be taken care of, or ESRI maps and apps don't work the way they're shown to work in the videos and gallery.

So, is there additional documentation for loading data to the Local Gov data model that you can post links to?
Thanks,
Steve