Sidwell’s latest website solution is Portico, which uses Microsoft Silverlight™ and Esri’s ArcGIS Server™ technologies to deliver one of the industry’s most comprehensive, powerful, efficient and simple website designs for the deployment of GIS on the Internet. Portico gives users a visually rich GIS experience on all major web browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, etc.) with the speed that allows users to complete their searches for GIS tasks at the office, home or on the road.
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Portico uses simple map functions for navigating (zoom/pan) that will be familiar to users of Google Maps or Virtual Earth along with stunning user interface designs, smooth animation effects, mouse wheel scrolling, dynamic refreshes, track zooming and more.
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Portico gives users basic search capabilities such as searching by address, parcel number, subdivision, school district, city boundaries, etc. Portico also gives users geospatial search capabilities such as buffer around a parcel, street centerline or a line drawn by the user.
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Portico allows users to easily browse information in multiple parcels search results, which can be emailed or exported to multiple programs including Microsoft Word and Excel for mailings, project logging or further analysis.
Websites
Visit these local government websites designed and hosted by Sidwell
Contact Us
If you or your organization is interested in Portico, please fill out our contact form, and an account manager will be in touch with you.




