The document discusses a mobile GIS trial conducted by Transport for London to test using tablets and mobile technology for field data collection and spatial analysis. The trial aimed to provide users with maps and data on-site to record observations and photos flexibly. It tested a collector app and situational awareness web app using low-cost tablets. Feedback was positive, noting ease of use, time savings, and increased flexibility compared to traditional field data collection methods.
GIS can be used throughout the entire building lifecycle from planning and design through to operation. During the planning stage, GIS is useful for understanding geographic context and constraints. In design, GIS allows presentation of concepts to stakeholders and procedural modelling of design options. GIS supports analysis of design options and engagement. It also enables positional quality assurance. During construction, GIS supports site operations management. In operation, GIS facilitates facilities management and operational efficiency through integration with other systems like SAP and SharePoint. The customer's data requirements should be specified to ensure the right digital information assets are delivered.
ArcGIS Pro is Esri's new desktop GIS software that integrates 2D and 3D mapping, analysis, and editing capabilities. It combines the functionality of ArcMap, ArcCatalog, ArcGlobe, and ArcScene into a single application with a modern 64-bit architecture. ArcGIS Pro allows users to work with multiple maps and layouts simultaneously. It also features tasks that guide users through workflows. The software is tightly integrated with ArcGIS Online and portal environments. Esri is continuously improving ArcGIS Pro based on customer feedback, with new releases adding capabilities like vector tiles, publishing by reference, 3D scenes, and concurrent licensing.
Smart Mapping - How to Create Stunning Maps - Esri UK Annual Conference 2016Esri UK
Smart Mapping is a new Esri technology that creates maps automatically by using intelligent defaults, visible scale ranges, and scale-aware styling to simplify the map making process. It analyzes data and applies the right symbology and visualization at the appropriate map scale, allowing users to generate stunning maps quickly without compromising cartographic design. The presentation demonstrated how Smart Mapping works across Esri platforms and concluded with information on upcoming Smart Mapping features and resources for learning more.
Ordnance Survey - Esri UK Annual Conference 2016Esri UK
This document discusses Ordnance Survey's open data products and their impact. It provides an overview of OS OpenData, the latest products including OS Street View, OS Open Map Local and OS Open Names. It highlights the uptake of the new products and how OS OpenData is used across multiple sectors and attracts a broad customer base. Examples are given of how OS OpenData is used in applications like Urban Observatory and how it can be leveraged to enable analysis, sharing and working together. The document promotes the potential opportunities that OS OpenData can unlock.
HERE Reality Lens gives enterprise customers access to HERE's Reality Capture data to gather high accuracy geospatial data on a global scale. The Reality Capture data comes from hundreds of HERE True vehicles and is used to generate automotive-grade maps. Reality Lens provides intuitive access to this 3D data through tools like an ArcGIS Desktop add-in and Reality Lens widget for ArcGIS WebApp Builder. This can help industries like transportation, utilities, telecommunications, and public sectors with applications such as asset management, construction, emergency response, and more.
Energy Saving Trust - Esri UK Annual Conference 2016Esri UK
This document summarizes a project using ArcGIS software to analyze and map home energy performance data across Devon, UK. The project involved collecting Energy Performance Certificate data, modeling it spatially to determine key property variables for each home, building an address-level housing database, and creating an online mapping platform to visualize the data. Challenges included developing a replicable spatial model and creating a high-performance web app with low ongoing costs. These were overcome by automating tasks in ArcMap and hosting map services on ArcGIS Online. The final solution allowed users to conduct queries and explore data layers to inform energy efficiency strategies. Lessons learned included effective use of Esri tools and cloud hosting for web mapping large datasets.
Network Mapping - Esri UK Annual Conference 2016Esri UK
This document discusses how NM Group uses geospatial technology and mapping to provide solutions for infrastructure projects. It outlines their process of taking infrastructure data from proprietary formats and converting it into mapbooks, GIS layers, reports and web services using ArcGIS tools. This streamlines their workflow compared to other software, allowing them to produce maps, reports and deliverables for infrastructure corridors more quickly and with less manual effort and errors. The mapping solutions provide spatial context and relationships that spreadsheets alone cannot, and make the data more accessible and usable for clients.
This document discusses how Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are being used to maximize economic recovery in the UK oil and gas industry. It provides an overview of the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), their role in coordinating industry data and maps, and how they have improved data sharing and access through their GIS systems. Key points include transitioning data to standardized formats, building authoritative databases, implementing ArcGIS Server and Portal for internal and external use, and developing interactive maps and applications that have increased access and engagement with industry stakeholders. The goals are to continue improving data quality and availability to better inform decision making.
GIS can be used throughout the entire building lifecycle from planning and design through to operation. During the planning stage, GIS is useful for understanding geographic context and constraints. In design, GIS allows presentation of concepts to stakeholders and procedural modelling of design options. GIS supports analysis of design options and engagement. It also enables positional quality assurance. During construction, GIS supports site operations management. In operation, GIS facilitates facilities management and operational efficiency through integration with other systems like SAP and SharePoint. The customer's data requirements should be specified to ensure the right digital information assets are delivered.
ArcGIS Pro is Esri's new desktop GIS software that integrates 2D and 3D mapping, analysis, and editing capabilities. It combines the functionality of ArcMap, ArcCatalog, ArcGlobe, and ArcScene into a single application with a modern 64-bit architecture. ArcGIS Pro allows users to work with multiple maps and layouts simultaneously. It also features tasks that guide users through workflows. The software is tightly integrated with ArcGIS Online and portal environments. Esri is continuously improving ArcGIS Pro based on customer feedback, with new releases adding capabilities like vector tiles, publishing by reference, 3D scenes, and concurrent licensing.
Smart Mapping - How to Create Stunning Maps - Esri UK Annual Conference 2016Esri UK
Smart Mapping is a new Esri technology that creates maps automatically by using intelligent defaults, visible scale ranges, and scale-aware styling to simplify the map making process. It analyzes data and applies the right symbology and visualization at the appropriate map scale, allowing users to generate stunning maps quickly without compromising cartographic design. The presentation demonstrated how Smart Mapping works across Esri platforms and concluded with information on upcoming Smart Mapping features and resources for learning more.
Ordnance Survey - Esri UK Annual Conference 2016Esri UK
This document discusses Ordnance Survey's open data products and their impact. It provides an overview of OS OpenData, the latest products including OS Street View, OS Open Map Local and OS Open Names. It highlights the uptake of the new products and how OS OpenData is used across multiple sectors and attracts a broad customer base. Examples are given of how OS OpenData is used in applications like Urban Observatory and how it can be leveraged to enable analysis, sharing and working together. The document promotes the potential opportunities that OS OpenData can unlock.
HERE Reality Lens gives enterprise customers access to HERE's Reality Capture data to gather high accuracy geospatial data on a global scale. The Reality Capture data comes from hundreds of HERE True vehicles and is used to generate automotive-grade maps. Reality Lens provides intuitive access to this 3D data through tools like an ArcGIS Desktop add-in and Reality Lens widget for ArcGIS WebApp Builder. This can help industries like transportation, utilities, telecommunications, and public sectors with applications such as asset management, construction, emergency response, and more.
Energy Saving Trust - Esri UK Annual Conference 2016Esri UK
This document summarizes a project using ArcGIS software to analyze and map home energy performance data across Devon, UK. The project involved collecting Energy Performance Certificate data, modeling it spatially to determine key property variables for each home, building an address-level housing database, and creating an online mapping platform to visualize the data. Challenges included developing a replicable spatial model and creating a high-performance web app with low ongoing costs. These were overcome by automating tasks in ArcMap and hosting map services on ArcGIS Online. The final solution allowed users to conduct queries and explore data layers to inform energy efficiency strategies. Lessons learned included effective use of Esri tools and cloud hosting for web mapping large datasets.
Network Mapping - Esri UK Annual Conference 2016Esri UK
This document discusses how NM Group uses geospatial technology and mapping to provide solutions for infrastructure projects. It outlines their process of taking infrastructure data from proprietary formats and converting it into mapbooks, GIS layers, reports and web services using ArcGIS tools. This streamlines their workflow compared to other software, allowing them to produce maps, reports and deliverables for infrastructure corridors more quickly and with less manual effort and errors. The mapping solutions provide spatial context and relationships that spreadsheets alone cannot, and make the data more accessible and usable for clients.
This document discusses how Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are being used to maximize economic recovery in the UK oil and gas industry. It provides an overview of the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), their role in coordinating industry data and maps, and how they have improved data sharing and access through their GIS systems. Key points include transitioning data to standardized formats, building authoritative databases, implementing ArcGIS Server and Portal for internal and external use, and developing interactive maps and applications that have increased access and engagement with industry stakeholders. The goals are to continue improving data quality and availability to better inform decision making.
This document summarizes the use of geographic information systems (GIS) on the Crossrail construction project in London. It discusses (1) an overview of Crossrail, the challenges of the complex project, and how GIS fits in, (2) how GIS data is shared across stakeholders through web portals, mobile apps, and open data, and (3) implementations including customizing GIS tools and a timeline of rolling out new capabilities from 2015-2016. Future plans are to integrate additional tools like 3D modeling, linear referencing, and hand over the GIS system for ongoing rail operations.
This document discusses using ESRI's Collector app to capture flood event data (FEDCAP). SEPA needs flood event data for flood mapping, risk assessments, warnings, and planning. Currently, data is collected inconsistently using paper forms. FEDCAP allows capturing georeferenced photos, videos, and location data using Collector. A winter trial saw over 300 point and 70 line features captured with photos during major flooding. Users found it faster and more accurate than paper forms. The trial demonstrated improved data quality and time savings. Future enhancements could include customizing forms and automating processing. FEDCAP provides a simple, flexible way to consistently capture useful flood event data.
Telling Stories with Maps - Esri UK Annual Conference 2016acEsri UK
Story Maps are web apps created with ArcGIS Online that combine maps, text, photos, and multimedia to tell geography-based stories. There are different types of Story Map apps that allow for sequential narratives, journal-style narratives, displaying single maps, or comparing two maps. Story Maps are used to tell stories, raise awareness, create reports, highlight locations, share analysis, and compare maps. They are hosted through ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS and can be easily created and shared.
Esri Scotland Conf 2016 Forestry CommissionEsri UK
This document outlines the challenges faced by the Forestry Commission in facilitating collaboration among staff. It describes the evolution of their platforms from individual PCs in district offices in the 1990s to a modern "Forester" platform that allows all staff access to content from any device. The vision is for Forester to be a centralized hub containing all spatial data, enabling easy search, sharing and updating of content to support collaboration. It provides configurable collaboration tools to streamline the process and aims to make data accessible everywhere by everyone on the Forestry Commission team.
UKHO - Simon Hampshire - Situational Awareness - Any Time, Any Place, AnywhereEsri UK
The document discusses the Future Maritime Geospatial Capability (FMGC) project. [1] The FMGC aims to demonstrate how geospatial technologies can provide situational awareness for maritime activities. [2] It presents an architecture built on Esri software like ArcGIS Server and custom web applications to ingest and analyze maritime data sources. [3] Use cases like monitoring vessel traffic in real-time and chokepoint analysis are demonstrated.
Esri Scotland Conf 2016 Glasgow City CouncilEsri UK
This document summarizes Glasgow City Council's process for creating simple web mapping applications in ArcGIS Online for non-GIS users. Key steps included: publishing services from ArcMap to ArcGIS for Server; adding services to AGOL and organizing in folders; using Web AppBuilder templates to create consistent applications; and configuring pop-ups, basemaps, and address lookup. This approach allowed over 20 internal applications and public-facing maps to be developed quickly without requiring developer skills.
This document discusses integrating web GIS applications with monitoring tools for analysis and reporting. It provides an overview of GIS applications and web GIS, demonstrates a web GIS map application, and discusses monitoring the availability, performance, and usage of GIS services. The architecture of monitoring tools is explained, including data collection from GIS servers, windows performance counters, and log files. Examples of dashboard reports on summary data, uptime, usage, and performance from the monitoring tools are also shown.
Severn Trent Water - Esri UK Annual Conference 2016Esri UK
This document discusses Severn Trent Water's use of hydrant caps to control access to their water network assets and reduce discolored water incidents. It describes how unauthorized access using improper equipment can send discolored water to customers. Severn Trent installed plastic caps that can only be opened with a special key on hydrants and assets at risk of affecting water quality. This gives them more control over asset use and helps lower sediment levels and keep water clear. Maps showing capped locations were created and shared digitally to aid the installation process.
Network Rail - Esri UK Annual Conference 2016Esri UK
This document discusses Network Rail's use of GIS systems to evaluate and manage their earthworks assets without needing physical inspections. It details how they used aerial imagery, LiDAR data, and automated extraction of slope and geometry information from over 800,000 cross-sections to analyze 150,000 sites that had never been inspected before. This reduced the number of never-inspected sites from 36,000 to under 6,000 and saved an estimated £1.2 million by avoiding manual inspections. The methodology developed is now being applied nationally to verify all of Network Rail's earthworks assets and gain a complete picture of their geometry for the first time.
The document summarizes a project conducted by Edinburgh Council to survey dropped kerbs using ESRI's Collector application. The survey gathered data on dropped kerbs, raised tables, guardrails, and residential crossovers across the city. While the Collector worked well for gathering the data, some issues arose around labeling, syncing large amounts of data, and downloading data with geometry errors. The collected data will now be added to the Roads Services asset management system and used to prioritize accessibility improvements through smaller streetworks projects and larger capital renewal schemes.
This document provides an overview of designing and publishing cached map services to ArcGIS Server. It discusses:
- What cached maps are and their primary purpose of pre-rendering map images for fast display and reducing server load.
- The key steps for publishing an image service to ArcGIS Server, including designing data, creating a file geodatabase and mosaic dataset, publishing the image service, and creating a cache at various scales and formats.
- Designing mosaic datasets to manage and serve large image collections while reducing processing time and storage needs.
- Using ArcGIS Desktop and Server software to author image services from desktop data and publish them to ArcGIS Server with caches for improved performance.
SuperMap GIS 10i is a cloud native, cross-platform GIS technology system that includes products for SDK, servers, clients, and desktop use. The document introduces the SuperMap GIS 10i technology system and product family, and provides details about the SuperMap iDesktop Java and .NET desktop GIS platforms, describing their abilities to produce and manage spatial data, represent spatial information, perform spatial analysis and data mining, and enable 2D/3D GIS and custom application development.
SuperMap iServer is a GIS server software that provides various 2D/3D GIS services through a service-oriented architecture. It offers GIS, map, spatial analysis, network analysis, and other services. SuperMap iServer can be deployed on Windows, Linux, and other platforms. It includes management capabilities and supports development of customized GIS services and diverse client applications including web, mobile, and desktop.
This document discusses web-based GIS and virtual globes. It begins by defining web-based GIS as using the web to disseminate and process geographic information and present results. Virtual globes are 3D software models of the earth that allow users to freely navigate. The history of web-based GIS is then outlined, along with examples like Google Earth. The document notes that web-based GIS and virtual globes can advance science by allowing overlay of data and custom applications. Examples of how these tools may impact daily life are finding hotels and viewing real-time weather. The document concludes by speculating on further potential benefits in areas like home shopping, data exploration, and comparing human behavior patterns.
Office for National Statistics - Smart Data - Esri UK Annual Conference 2017Esri UK
The document discusses Open Geography, which aims to design and deliver geospatial data around the needs of statistical users. Open Geography provides customers with feedback opportunities, query responses, and dissemination of geography codes, names, boundaries, and postcode directories. It aims to cater to different user experiences through its Open Geography portal and Linked Data portal. The portal was created by Matt Jinman, a novice web designer, using the Open Data V2 site editor and custom code to meet user requirements. Several use cases are presented that utilize Open Geography data. The future involves improved data discovery through Open Geography and linked data.
SuperMap Software Co., Ltd. introduces their JavaScript client library called SuperMap iClient for JavaScript. The library provides client-side GIS application development capabilities and acts as a unified JavaScript client for consuming SuperMap's cloud services and online maps. The document compares several popular open-source JavaScript mapping libraries such as Leaflet, OpenLayers, and MapboxGL that can be used with SuperMap iClient for visualization and mapping. Examples are provided showing how different mapping and visualization libraries can be combined.
Visual Analysis With Insights and Operations Dashboard - Analytical Insights ...Esri UK
This presentation covers two of our new web-based analytics products: Insights is a data driven workbench for explorative analysis techniques, while Operations Dashboard offers a configurable console for monitoring and visualising real-time activities and performance indicators. Visit us to learn how to discover the spatial and tabular patterns in your datasets, and present your findings in a series of interactive and engaging dashboards.
SuperMap iPortal is a GIS resource portal platform that is responsible for publishing GIS services from SuperMap iServer. It allows users to integrate, discover, share, and manage various GIS resources. Key features include resource integration from heterogeneous GIS servers, discovery of resources through fuzzy search and filtering, sharing of resources at different access levels, and multi-level management of resources based on organizational structure and permissions. The portal also supports customization and creation of web applications and data apps.
Sweet is an app built on the ArcGIS platform by Esri UK to streamline workflows and improve productivity by removing manual quality assurance steps. It allows users to design workflows that capture site data, analyze constraints, and calculate development potential or insurance exposure. Sweet saves time over traditional GIS processes, provides higher quality outputs for analysis and decision making, and aims to make GIS easier to use.
This curriculum vitae outlines the education and work experience of Mohamed Saber Mohamed Said Ismail. He has a Licentiate in Arts in Geographical Information Systems from Ain Shams University in Egypt and is currently working towards a master's degree. His work experience includes projects for the Holy Makkah Municipality and the Egyptian Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics. He has skills in GIS software such as ArcGIS and expertise in areas including data modeling, analysis, and quality control.
This curriculum vitae outlines the education and work experience of Mohamed Saber Mohamed Said Ismail. He has a Licentiate in Arts in Geographical Information Systems from Ain Shams University in Egypt and is currently working towards a master's degree. His work experience includes projects with Khatib & Alami and the Egyptian Central Agency For Public Mobilization And Statistics. His most recent project involved creating a geodatabase for Cairo's metro network up to 2030, including models to analyze service areas and locate new stations.
This document summarizes the use of geographic information systems (GIS) on the Crossrail construction project in London. It discusses (1) an overview of Crossrail, the challenges of the complex project, and how GIS fits in, (2) how GIS data is shared across stakeholders through web portals, mobile apps, and open data, and (3) implementations including customizing GIS tools and a timeline of rolling out new capabilities from 2015-2016. Future plans are to integrate additional tools like 3D modeling, linear referencing, and hand over the GIS system for ongoing rail operations.
This document discusses using ESRI's Collector app to capture flood event data (FEDCAP). SEPA needs flood event data for flood mapping, risk assessments, warnings, and planning. Currently, data is collected inconsistently using paper forms. FEDCAP allows capturing georeferenced photos, videos, and location data using Collector. A winter trial saw over 300 point and 70 line features captured with photos during major flooding. Users found it faster and more accurate than paper forms. The trial demonstrated improved data quality and time savings. Future enhancements could include customizing forms and automating processing. FEDCAP provides a simple, flexible way to consistently capture useful flood event data.
Telling Stories with Maps - Esri UK Annual Conference 2016acEsri UK
Story Maps are web apps created with ArcGIS Online that combine maps, text, photos, and multimedia to tell geography-based stories. There are different types of Story Map apps that allow for sequential narratives, journal-style narratives, displaying single maps, or comparing two maps. Story Maps are used to tell stories, raise awareness, create reports, highlight locations, share analysis, and compare maps. They are hosted through ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS and can be easily created and shared.
Esri Scotland Conf 2016 Forestry CommissionEsri UK
This document outlines the challenges faced by the Forestry Commission in facilitating collaboration among staff. It describes the evolution of their platforms from individual PCs in district offices in the 1990s to a modern "Forester" platform that allows all staff access to content from any device. The vision is for Forester to be a centralized hub containing all spatial data, enabling easy search, sharing and updating of content to support collaboration. It provides configurable collaboration tools to streamline the process and aims to make data accessible everywhere by everyone on the Forestry Commission team.
UKHO - Simon Hampshire - Situational Awareness - Any Time, Any Place, AnywhereEsri UK
The document discusses the Future Maritime Geospatial Capability (FMGC) project. [1] The FMGC aims to demonstrate how geospatial technologies can provide situational awareness for maritime activities. [2] It presents an architecture built on Esri software like ArcGIS Server and custom web applications to ingest and analyze maritime data sources. [3] Use cases like monitoring vessel traffic in real-time and chokepoint analysis are demonstrated.
Esri Scotland Conf 2016 Glasgow City CouncilEsri UK
This document summarizes Glasgow City Council's process for creating simple web mapping applications in ArcGIS Online for non-GIS users. Key steps included: publishing services from ArcMap to ArcGIS for Server; adding services to AGOL and organizing in folders; using Web AppBuilder templates to create consistent applications; and configuring pop-ups, basemaps, and address lookup. This approach allowed over 20 internal applications and public-facing maps to be developed quickly without requiring developer skills.
This document discusses integrating web GIS applications with monitoring tools for analysis and reporting. It provides an overview of GIS applications and web GIS, demonstrates a web GIS map application, and discusses monitoring the availability, performance, and usage of GIS services. The architecture of monitoring tools is explained, including data collection from GIS servers, windows performance counters, and log files. Examples of dashboard reports on summary data, uptime, usage, and performance from the monitoring tools are also shown.
Severn Trent Water - Esri UK Annual Conference 2016Esri UK
This document discusses Severn Trent Water's use of hydrant caps to control access to their water network assets and reduce discolored water incidents. It describes how unauthorized access using improper equipment can send discolored water to customers. Severn Trent installed plastic caps that can only be opened with a special key on hydrants and assets at risk of affecting water quality. This gives them more control over asset use and helps lower sediment levels and keep water clear. Maps showing capped locations were created and shared digitally to aid the installation process.
Network Rail - Esri UK Annual Conference 2016Esri UK
This document discusses Network Rail's use of GIS systems to evaluate and manage their earthworks assets without needing physical inspections. It details how they used aerial imagery, LiDAR data, and automated extraction of slope and geometry information from over 800,000 cross-sections to analyze 150,000 sites that had never been inspected before. This reduced the number of never-inspected sites from 36,000 to under 6,000 and saved an estimated £1.2 million by avoiding manual inspections. The methodology developed is now being applied nationally to verify all of Network Rail's earthworks assets and gain a complete picture of their geometry for the first time.
The document summarizes a project conducted by Edinburgh Council to survey dropped kerbs using ESRI's Collector application. The survey gathered data on dropped kerbs, raised tables, guardrails, and residential crossovers across the city. While the Collector worked well for gathering the data, some issues arose around labeling, syncing large amounts of data, and downloading data with geometry errors. The collected data will now be added to the Roads Services asset management system and used to prioritize accessibility improvements through smaller streetworks projects and larger capital renewal schemes.
This document provides an overview of designing and publishing cached map services to ArcGIS Server. It discusses:
- What cached maps are and their primary purpose of pre-rendering map images for fast display and reducing server load.
- The key steps for publishing an image service to ArcGIS Server, including designing data, creating a file geodatabase and mosaic dataset, publishing the image service, and creating a cache at various scales and formats.
- Designing mosaic datasets to manage and serve large image collections while reducing processing time and storage needs.
- Using ArcGIS Desktop and Server software to author image services from desktop data and publish them to ArcGIS Server with caches for improved performance.
SuperMap GIS 10i is a cloud native, cross-platform GIS technology system that includes products for SDK, servers, clients, and desktop use. The document introduces the SuperMap GIS 10i technology system and product family, and provides details about the SuperMap iDesktop Java and .NET desktop GIS platforms, describing their abilities to produce and manage spatial data, represent spatial information, perform spatial analysis and data mining, and enable 2D/3D GIS and custom application development.
SuperMap iServer is a GIS server software that provides various 2D/3D GIS services through a service-oriented architecture. It offers GIS, map, spatial analysis, network analysis, and other services. SuperMap iServer can be deployed on Windows, Linux, and other platforms. It includes management capabilities and supports development of customized GIS services and diverse client applications including web, mobile, and desktop.
This document discusses web-based GIS and virtual globes. It begins by defining web-based GIS as using the web to disseminate and process geographic information and present results. Virtual globes are 3D software models of the earth that allow users to freely navigate. The history of web-based GIS is then outlined, along with examples like Google Earth. The document notes that web-based GIS and virtual globes can advance science by allowing overlay of data and custom applications. Examples of how these tools may impact daily life are finding hotels and viewing real-time weather. The document concludes by speculating on further potential benefits in areas like home shopping, data exploration, and comparing human behavior patterns.
Office for National Statistics - Smart Data - Esri UK Annual Conference 2017Esri UK
The document discusses Open Geography, which aims to design and deliver geospatial data around the needs of statistical users. Open Geography provides customers with feedback opportunities, query responses, and dissemination of geography codes, names, boundaries, and postcode directories. It aims to cater to different user experiences through its Open Geography portal and Linked Data portal. The portal was created by Matt Jinman, a novice web designer, using the Open Data V2 site editor and custom code to meet user requirements. Several use cases are presented that utilize Open Geography data. The future involves improved data discovery through Open Geography and linked data.
SuperMap Software Co., Ltd. introduces their JavaScript client library called SuperMap iClient for JavaScript. The library provides client-side GIS application development capabilities and acts as a unified JavaScript client for consuming SuperMap's cloud services and online maps. The document compares several popular open-source JavaScript mapping libraries such as Leaflet, OpenLayers, and MapboxGL that can be used with SuperMap iClient for visualization and mapping. Examples are provided showing how different mapping and visualization libraries can be combined.
Visual Analysis With Insights and Operations Dashboard - Analytical Insights ...Esri UK
This presentation covers two of our new web-based analytics products: Insights is a data driven workbench for explorative analysis techniques, while Operations Dashboard offers a configurable console for monitoring and visualising real-time activities and performance indicators. Visit us to learn how to discover the spatial and tabular patterns in your datasets, and present your findings in a series of interactive and engaging dashboards.
SuperMap iPortal is a GIS resource portal platform that is responsible for publishing GIS services from SuperMap iServer. It allows users to integrate, discover, share, and manage various GIS resources. Key features include resource integration from heterogeneous GIS servers, discovery of resources through fuzzy search and filtering, sharing of resources at different access levels, and multi-level management of resources based on organizational structure and permissions. The portal also supports customization and creation of web applications and data apps.
Sweet is an app built on the ArcGIS platform by Esri UK to streamline workflows and improve productivity by removing manual quality assurance steps. It allows users to design workflows that capture site data, analyze constraints, and calculate development potential or insurance exposure. Sweet saves time over traditional GIS processes, provides higher quality outputs for analysis and decision making, and aims to make GIS easier to use.
This curriculum vitae outlines the education and work experience of Mohamed Saber Mohamed Said Ismail. He has a Licentiate in Arts in Geographical Information Systems from Ain Shams University in Egypt and is currently working towards a master's degree. His work experience includes projects for the Holy Makkah Municipality and the Egyptian Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics. He has skills in GIS software such as ArcGIS and expertise in areas including data modeling, analysis, and quality control.
This curriculum vitae outlines the education and work experience of Mohamed Saber Mohamed Said Ismail. He has a Licentiate in Arts in Geographical Information Systems from Ain Shams University in Egypt and is currently working towards a master's degree. His work experience includes projects with Khatib & Alami and the Egyptian Central Agency For Public Mobilization And Statistics. His most recent project involved creating a geodatabase for Cairo's metro network up to 2030, including models to analyze service areas and locate new stations.
This document describes a bus tracking system that uses GPS and GSM modules to track the location of buses in real-time and provide that information to users. The system hardware installed on buses uses a GPS module to detect location and a GSM module to send the location data to the cloud. An Android mobile app then allows users to view buses' current locations on a map. The system aims to address issues with public transportation systems like not knowing arrival times or available seats. It provides real-time bus tracking to improve the user experience.
This document introduces GNSS raw measurements that are available on Android smartphones through the android.location API. It discusses two main GNSS APIs - android.gms.location which simplifies positioning for applications but focuses on battery life, and android.location which gives access to more detailed GNSS observations at the cost of increased battery usage. Applications that could make use of raw GNSS measurements on smartphones include crowdsourcing, low-cost reference networks, and improving positioning in urban areas. Sample code is provided showing how to access raw observations and calculate a position from them.
Roadroid is a system that uses smartphones to continuously monitor road conditions by collecting road roughness data through the built-in vibration sensors in smartphones. This allows road organizations to more frequently and cost-effectively collect road condition data, which enables early warnings of changes or damage and more accurate operational road maintenance management. The collected measurement data is wirelessly transferred to an online mapping server where it can be aggregated, exported, and used by other road management systems. Roadroid provides an efficient, scalable, and cost-effective way for road organizations to monitor and report on road conditions.
This document discusses a mobile app called "Road Factor" that uses GPS to provide information on road conditions. It allows users to view details of the road they are currently on, like when it was last resurfaced. Government agencies can use the data to monitor roads and make planning/budget decisions to improve road maintenance. The app aims to help build better transportation infrastructure and facilitate governance through electronic monitoring of roadwork. It connects to a centralized database containing road condition details for cities across India.
Distributed traffic management system SYNASCbringiton
The document describes a distributed traffic management system that uses intelligent agents and dynamic logic to optimize traffic flow. It proposes adapting existing traffic management approaches and including concepts like adaptability and monitoring. The system architecture uses Java, Qt for the GUI, and PostgreSQL for data storage. OpenStreetMap and SUMO formats are used to represent road networks. Key modules allow editing routes, traffic light logic, and vehicle properties. Statistical data on traffic is visualized on maps and charts to evaluate congestion areas. Future work may include pedestrian traffic and mobile recommendations.
This document discusses the Intelligent Transit Management System project in Indore, India. The project was implemented under guidance from the Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) to improve public transit in Indore according to principles of avoiding travel needs, shifting to sustainable transport, and improving transport efficiency. Key components of the project included a bus rapid transit system, traffic signaling, CCTV surveillance, an intelligent transportation management system, and a control room. The project led to increased ridership, reduced incidents, mode shift from private to public transit, improved passenger satisfaction, and higher earnings per kilometer. Lessons from the project included the need for a scientific approach and capacity building.
Transport for London - London's Operations Digital TwinNeo4j
1) London Transport is developing an Operations Digital Twin to provide a real-time simulation of traffic conditions on London's roads.
2) The Digital Twin integrates multiple real-time and historical data sources into a common framework and graph database aligned by road links and time.
3) This allows the Digital Twin to identify traffic incidents and disruptions, help manage traffic, and support planning and analysis across Transport for London.
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Case Studies in Managing Traffic in a Developing Country with Privacy-Preserv...Biplav Srivastava
Simulation is known to be an effective technique to understand
and manage traffic in cities of developed countries. However, in developing countries, traffic management is lacking due to a wide diversity of vehicles on the road, their chaotic movement, little instrumentation to sense traffic state and limited funds to create IT and physical infrastructure to ameliorate the situation. Under these conditions, in this paper, we present our approach of using the Megaffic traffic simulator as a service to gain actionable insights for two use-cases and cities in India, a first. Our approach is general to be readily used in other use cases and cities; and our results give new insights: (a) using demographics data, traffic demand can be reduced if timings of government offices are altered in Delhi, (b) using a mobile company’s Call
Data Record (CDR) data to mine trajectories anonymously,
one can take effective traffic actions while organizing events
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1. An Overview of the Mobile GIS Trial
Keeping London’sTraffic Flowing
17TH MAY 2016
Tom Wooldridge
GIS Specialist
Road Space Management
Transport for London
6. MobileTechnologyTrial
Aims
• Give users maps and spatial data out on the street.
• Record observations and photos at site
• Allow for more flexible working.
• Trial low cost tablets, Software and data services.
• Solution must integrate intoTfL’s GISaaS Infrastructure
11. Feedback
• Tablets and Software
- Easy and intuitive to use
- Find information easily and
record observations.
- Good base mapping
• Business Benefits:
- Reduced write up time in office
- Accomplish tasks independently
- More flexible on site visits
“Good to go
anywhere, and
find what you
need and
where you
are”
“This could
save a great
deal of
time”
12. Summary
• Provided tablets with ESRI’sCollector App installed
for recording observations and photos at site
• Data and map services to test quality of data and
ability to integrate into our internal GISaaS
• Consolidate many site equipment into one tablet
• Efficiencies in data capture, querying data and
documentation.
Editor's Notes
Hello, my name is Tom Wooldridge and I am a GIS Specialist in Road Space Management Department at Transport for London
I’m going to give you an overview today of a mobile GIS trial we have been carrying out over the past 6 months.
The aim of the trial was to give our traffic engineers a mobile mapping solution, so they could have spatial data at their finger tips when out on site visits.
When most people think of Transport for London they think about the tube, buses or perhaps the cycle hire service. The road network is not something that immediately springs to mind.
But without an efficiently run and managed road network, London could grind to a halt.
We have a few statistics here on the slide about about the road network. So from Left to right,
18 million trips take place on the road every day
80% of all trips in London take place on the road network
Over 90% of freight in the capital is transported on the roads.
And London Buses carries 6 and a half million people a day on London’s roads.
At TfL we maintain and manage all of London 6000+ traffic lights and manage 580km of the core road network.
This is only about 4% of the overall network but it carries 30% or nearly 1/3rd of London’s road traffic.
It’s vital that we keep this flowing well.
So, what are some of the key issues we face when managing this network.
Apart from day to day road works, accidents, vehicle breakdowns of events taking place in London we have a large amount of schemes taking place across the network.
Some of these schemes are aimed at improving and enhancing the roads. The ambitious Road Modernisation Plan which is taking place over the next 15 years includes 100’s of different schemes across London.
One of these is the Cycle super highways. These dedicated cycle lanes aimed at making cycling more accessible and safer can have a large impact on the available road space for road traffic
In the example here we can see a section of road in Southwark which was previously 4 lanes (2 northbound and 2 southbound) has now been reduced to 1 lane in either direction and the same for cyclist as well.
It’s the job of our traffic engineers to make sure that they are getting the most effective movement of traffic out of these two lanes. To make sure traffic lights are correctly phased and that nothing in the available road space will cause and obstructions to the free flowing of traffic.
With the increasing demand for road space, we have to make sure that we are using the available space effectively and GIS is vital in helping our engineers access the data they need to do this.
Here’s another example of a scheme in the road modernisation plan. The redesign of Euston Circus in central London.
Euston circus is a major junction between Euston Road and Tottenham court road. It has both Warren street and Euston Square underground stations in the area and many bus route pass through here.
The aims of the redesign were:
To improve the environment for all users of the junction. This includes pedestrians and cyclists moving through the area.
It included wider pavements and more trees to create a nicer environment.
Signal modernisation to make the most of the most recent technology in traffic management and simplification of traffic movements to make it safer for cyclists and clearer for drivers/
During the planning of these schemes and the monitoring during building and assessment of the scheme afterwards regular site visits by our engineers are needed. Having the correct relevant information is essential and having maps and plans of the area would really benefit our engineers..
So what did we do for our engineers in the mobile GIS trial?
A typical site visit at the moment may involve them taking a small laptop, telephone, camera and printed map and plans of related site information.
The gentleman on the left in the slide would be a fairly typical site visit for an engineer looking at the timings of traffic lights at a junction.
We wanted to simplify this as much as possible. Cut down on the amount of gear and paperwork they would have to carry with them and make their life easier. So we wanted to provide them with a tablet to give them all the mapping they needed and the ability to take observations and photos.
The main aims of the trial were to:
Giving Engineers the power to view maps and spatial data out on the street. Rather than having to print off maps or prepare site information before a site visit
User having the ability to Record location and observations on site. This might be a photo or a note about the traffic flow at a particular junction or evidence of a road layout not working effectively.
Allow for more flexible working. Again this is having the ability to query any dataset they need, and not having to rely on pre-prepared information or a colleague back in the office.
Trial low cost tablets and off the shelf software and data services. So we wanted to see if tablets not designed for rugged outdoor use would be suitable for out engineers. We also wanted to see how ESRI’s collector app would be suitable without having to build any expensive custom made data collection tools.
We also wanted this solution to be able to integrate into our internal GIS infrastructure we call GISaaS. We have recently taken most of our spatial data and centralised the storage of it in an Oracle database. And we serve all our data out to internal applications through ArcGIS server and Portal. So we wanted whatever mobile solution we were going to implement to be able to easily fit into this architecture.
How did we carry out the trial?
We purchased 5 android tablets with 4G data connections and padded cases with keyboard. We downloaded the Collector App which is free to use and created some maps to share with the app using out ArcGIS Online account. We used AGOL as it is close to our internal GISaaS system so we could integrate the two if the trial was successful.
We then gave the tablets to our engineers and told them to go and start using them to view maps and capture the information they needed.
I’m going to demonstrate the two apps we used now with a couple of short videos.
Here we have the collector app. Produced by ESRI and downloaded through the Play store on the android tablet. We created a map for display of all relevant traffic data.
The app allows the user to select any feature displayed on the screen and bring up all the relevant attribute data.
For the traffic light sites we also attached links to detailed site layout diagrams as pdf’s. These contain all the information on location of cabling and the timing phases of the lights so are an important source of data for the engineers.
In the past they may have printed out large copies of these for site visits.
We can also add in other data through the layers list. We can add in the bus routes for example. And query this layer to see what bus routes run up the road in that location.
Finally we wanted our engineers to be able to capture observations at site. So if we click on collect feature and zoom into the map. We can select new feature and add a site name and comment. Attach a photo if required. Then click on the map to place the pin.
Once you click update the site is saved and can be viewed later on the base map.
Here we created and app using the Web app builder wizard in ArcGIS online. This was a very simple to use wizard and allowed us to customise the map interface and add in tools for a specific purpose.
In this example we set up tool to allow the engineer to locate a point on the map. They could then set up a buffer of a certain distance around that point and query any feature that was within that buffer. Bringing back information on how far away it is and any relevant site information.
This was really useful if an engineer went out to a junction and wanted to know where the nearest other junction or traffic sensor was to that location. This may be needed in order to coordinate the timing of junctions.
Using the map they could easily find this information. And if they needed had the ability to download the results into a csv file that they could open in excel back in the office.
So how did the engineers use the devices. One use was for Bus reliability schemes in London:
Bus reliability Schemes - Engineers walked along sections of bus routes to check traffic flow and look for ways to improve running of buses along that section of road. Making sure there are no obstructions.
Engineers note observations about how they could redesign or make changes along the route to aid flow for buses
Traditionally, visits include printing maps of route and noting observation and taking photos for evidence then writing up a standard report when back at the office.
The report involved transcribing details from notes and map into spreadsheet and could be time consuming taking 1 or 2 hours of time back in the office.
The mobile device and collector app enabled the engineer to record observation directly in the format needed. Observations could be viewed on the map back in the office and exported into a spreadsheet to be added directly to the report.
This saved considerable time in the office writing up the reports.
Another example how they have been used is in the assessment of a junction after an improvement scheme has taken place. The Traffic engineers need to spend time at the junction to make sure that the new layout is working as expected.
They will check the timing of the lights to make sure that traffic isn’t queuing on a particular arm of the junction and generally make sure that the road markings and visibility of signs is correct.
Having the tablets enabled the engineer to capture all the relevant information easily. Adding notes and photos so that back in the office they could easily carry our there junction review and add any supporting documents that they needed.
Again with the previous example the write up time of reports was easier and the ability to view the Site layout diagrams at site helped the engineer on the visit.
I hope those two examples show how the tablets were used effectively to capture information at site.
A little bit about the results and feedback we received from the trial so far.
We gathered feedback in a couple of ways. We held sessions where we got all the engineers together and discussed use of the devices and mapping. It was good to have these discussions early on in the trial so we could change anything in the mapping if needed.
We also sent out a user survey to get the users to rate the apps and devices in terms of how easy they were to use and how useful they were in carrying out their work.
Some general feedback on the tablets and software was that:
Easy and intuitive to use. They found it easy to get up and running with the tablets when out on a site visit. It was simple to take the tablet out and open up the app. The screen was bright enough for use outside and the 4g data connection worked with no problems to give them data and mapping all the time.
It was easy to find the information they needed in both the collector app and the custom made app. The interface is simple and with minimum training they could find how to interrogate features and capture new information.
The base mapping was good and provided the correct level of detail needed.
We also identified some clear business benefits in the feedback and discussions.
Several engineers gave us evidence that it was saving them time back in the office in writing up reports and collating data.
The ability to accomplish tasks independently was also mentioned. Not having to call back to somebody in the office to get them to look something up in the map was a big benefit and saved time at site and in the office.
And being more flexible when on site visits. Not having to prepare so much data beforehand was a benefit. The tablet gave them the ability to query and information they might think of.
I’m going to conclude with a few points to sum up the trial and give a few tips for anyone in a similar position thinking of using this technology.
We provided a small group of our engineers tablets with ESRI collector app installed. These were fairly cheap tablets and the collector app was free so the outlay for us was low.
We published some maps using ArcGIS online to view any data relating to the road network and trialled out base mapping services for ordnance survey data.
We also made sure that the solution we were testing would integrate into our current GISaaS infrastructure and wouldn’t require any additional major costs or changes to the system architecture.
From the trial we have identified some clear business benefits. Consolidating the equipment needed for a site visit into one single tablet. The time efficiencies in documentation. And The ability to work independently. This is all great evidence for us to build a business case to deploy the technology on a more permanent basis to our engineers.
I’d also like to add how relatively easy it was to deploy all of this and set up. If you have an ArcGIS Online account and a tablet or smartphone you can install the collector app and start viewing or editing data. I would really recommend that you give it a go, it’s easier than you might think.
Thank you for your time.