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Improving Data Compliancy Using FME

David van RielGIS Technologist, City of Kitchener

City of Kitchener Information

1 hour west of Toronto. 200,000+ people. Centralized GIS in ESRI SDE environment. Maintain ~400 GIS layers, many linked and/or

contribute to other systems. User of FME for last ~8 years. Initially for data

exporting and transforming, but increasingly more for data loading and manipulation.

Need for Complete and Correct Data

Asset management: Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) 3150 for

reporting of tangible capital assets. SAP for city financial and accounting needs.

For work order management, inspection programs, and reporting being done through, or housed in, Cityworks.

As usual any and all other mapping, analysis, reporting, and exporting done on city’s GIS asset information.

Infrastructure Features: Former Data Capture Process

Majority of: Sanitary sewer Storm water sewer Water

Geographic capture = retrace features

Infrastructure Features: Former Data Capture Process

Is information present?

Infrastructure Features: Former Data Capture Process

Whereis theinformation?

Infrastructure Features: Former Data Capture Process

Slow.

Prone to errors.

Data entered multiple times.

Unhappy customers.

Digital Submission Capability/Ability

CAD characteristics (CAD Standards Checker) Complete attribute data (Attribute Checker) Correct attribute data (Attribute Checker) Correct geographic placement (Topology Checker) * *

* Relative, not absolute

Digital Submission Compliancy Checkers

CAD Standards, Attribute, and Topology Checkers developed by Consortech.

FME reads consultant submitted AutoCAD Map 3D files (with object data) and Excel files containing basic checker settings.

Requirements for all checkers:1. GIS or AutoCAD, and text or Excel outputs.2. Easily customizable settings for changing needs.

CAD Standards Checker

Attribute Checker

Topology Checker

12 rules: node edge snap node end snap floating node duplicate node line end snap line edge snap crossed line line end node duplicate line floating service one line two nodes both line ends snap

Loading Data into CoK Database

After drawing has passed all checkers the data is ready to be exported from AutoCAD and loaded into the GIS database.

Use AutoCAD epf (export profile) files to export to shapefiles, then using ArcGIS Model Builder to load data into database.

Manual Checks and Procedures

Check connectivity of new features to existing features.

Register .pdf files in EDRA (in house Electronic Document Registration Application) and create linked boundaries in GIS.

Fill in fields not provided by consultants (SOURCE, SOURCE_DATE, ROADSEGMENTID, QUARTER_GRID_ID, UP_MANHOLEID,

etc…).

Digital Submission / Data Compliancy Benefits

Time saving (solves slow method).

Accuracy/completeness of data (solves prone to error issue).

Defined deliverables with respect all parties (solves multiple data entry issue).

Everyone is happy!

What’s Next?

Synchronize AutoCAD template to GIS database (constantly changing).

More/improved database loading automation and automate manual GIS fields where possible (using FME for complete process?).

Incorporate Region of Waterloo projects. Apply checkers to other processes (gas utility –

AutoCAD training late fall 2013 and first digital submissions spring 2014).

FME Server.

Thank You!

Questions?

For more information: David.vanRiel@Kitchener.ca

City of Kitchener AutoCAD template at http://

www.kitchener.ca/en/businessinkitchener/Development_manual.asp (or search for “development manual”)

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