Hi Sam
It should be possible to set up a user account on the
application server that can only access HBSMR and nothing else. However it
sounds like perhaps there is a policy objection to anonymous users. We are
finding that the way the Government Connect guidelines are being interpreted
and implemented is hugely variable between authorities!
The Heritage Gateway may provide a better alternative when it
gets its interactive mapping.
A standalone system may be viable for you, but you’d need
our “SQL to MDB” extraction tool, as you are unlikely to be able to
run SQL Server on a standalone PC. Also you’d have potential problems
with base maps – these would all need to copied onto the machine.
Happy to discuss options further off-list!
Yours
Crispin
From: Issues related to Historic Environment
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Sent: 15 June 2010 14:30
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Subject: Government Connect
We
are still sorting things out from our unitary reorganisation, and one of the
latest things we have been told is that when we move to our new location and
log onto the new network under Government Connect we will not be able to log
visitors to the HER onto HBSMR.
At
present we have a read-only version which we let consultants and some
members of the public use, with some simple guidance, to speed up their
search. Although there is potential for them to roam around our network
and files, they are also grown-ups and are in for a specific purpose - it has
never been an issue. Additionally, we do not have access to files
unrelated to our work area, and between Stephen and myself we have no
confidential files.
What
I was wondering was how other HERs approach this problem, either with HBSMR or
any other system they are using. We have considered the Heritage Gateway
as an alternative and returning to paper maps (which fortunately we still
have), but this is not an ideal solution. We are also considering a
standalone copy on a locked down PC which would then entail regular data
uploads. All ideas welcome.
Sam
Sam Mellonie
Technical Officer
Heritage & Design Team
Borough Hall
Cauldwell Street
Bedford
MK42 9AP
0300 300 6038
Central Bedfordshire Council
Priory House, Monks Walk, Chicksands,
Shefford, Bedfordshire SG17 5TQ
Customer Services 0300 3008000
www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
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