Milestone Events - AppGeo/GPV GitHub Wiki

2003: The GPV is first conceptualized

  • 8/11/03: Conceptual plans for a database-driven web GIS application are discussed between the City of Cambridge and Applied Geographics, Inc.

2004: Cambridge hired AppGeo to develop GPV 1.0

  • 3/17/04: GPV 1.0 is deployed in Cambridge's intranet

2005: Cambridge upgrades to 2.0. Amherst and Waltham purchase 2.0

  • 4/25/05: Conceptual plans for GPV 2.0 are discussed
  • GPV 2.0 is jointly funded & designed and now contains:
    • Scriptable .NET WebControls
    • Redesigned code using AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript)
    • Cascading style sheets
    • Addition of MarkUp, email, PDF printing, measurement tools, and ability to link to documents

2006: GPV 2.0 and then GPV 2.1 are deployed. GPV 2.2 and 2.3 are developed

  • 6/28/06: Weymouth purchases the GPV.
  • 7/2/06: GPV 2.1.2 completed. Functionality highlights include:
    • Place X,Y coordinates on the map
    • Change MarkUp colors
    • Add a glow to MarkUp text
    • Set the map scale
    • Find the nearest features
  • 7/6/06: GPV 2.2 development begins
  • 9/11/06: Washington D.C. purchases the GPV.
  • 10/27/06: GPV v2.3 Beta 1 is completed.
  • 12/1/06: Merrimack Valley Planning Commission purchases GPV 2.3.

2007: GPV 2.4 begins development

  • 2/21/07: Mansfield purchases the GPV.
  • 2/22/07: Brookline purchases the GPV.
  • 3/9/07: Capitol Region Council of Governments (CRCOG)purchases the GPV.

2008: GPV 2.5 completed in July, GPV 3.0 completed at the end of the year

  • 1/7/2008: Worcester, MA purchases the GPV.
  • 1/23/08: New Haven, CT purchases the GPV.
  • 10/14/08: Massachusetts Water Resources Authority purchases the GPV.
  • 12/5/08: MIT purchases the GPV.

2009: GPV 3.1 completed

  • 2/4/09: Amadour County, CA purchases the GPV.
  • 4/2/09: UMass Amherst purchases the GPV.
  • 5/7/09: Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) purchases the GPV.
  • 6/17/09: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission purchases the GPV.

2010

  • 2/22/10: City of Gloucester, MA purchases the GPV.
  • 7/1/10: MassGIS purchases GPV on behalf of Department of Conservation Resources via Bourne Consulting contract vehicle *7/23/10: Albemarle County, VA purchases the GPV.

2011: GPV 3.2 Production Released

  • 3/25/11: North Attleborough, MA Electric Department purchases the GPV
  • 11/9/11: Amherst, Cambridge, North Attleboro Electric, and Merrimack Valley Planning Commission contribute funds for the development of a mobile interface for the GPV.

2012: GPV goes mobile

  • 10/16/12: GPV 4.0 Production Released
  • Mobile interface
    • Compatible browser list expanded
    • Full browser, resizable map window and data panels
    • Underlying code rearchitecture
    • GPV license fee eliminated
  • 11/14/12: Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) begins GPV implementation

2013

  • 2/1/13: City of Lowell, MA begins GPV implementation
  • 2/7/13: Colorado Historical Society begins GPV implementation
  • 3/6/13: GPV Configurator first released to user group
  • 9/10/13: Falmouth, MA becomes GPV subscriber

2014 GPV Open Sourced

  • 5/6/14: State of Vermont AOT (VTrans) Right-of-way viewer goes into production
  • 5/10/14: Emerald Necklace Conservancy Boston Park System map viewer goes into production
  • 5/28/14: Town of Weymouth complete GPV rebuild of internal & external sites goes into production
  • 6/18/14: GPV goes open source
  • 6/18/14: Discussion forum launched (At the 2014 user group meeting it was decided to close the forum).

**2015 GPV UI Makeover

  • 9/18/15: Version 4.2 released with Leaflet map control and Material Design UI