Part of Integrating Data Ecosystems with FME

1. FROM OUTDOOR TO INDOOR:
3D AND VENUE MAPPING

2. WHY INDOOR MAPPING?
Indoor space management / planning
Indoor navigation

3. HEATHROW INDOOR NAVIGATION

4. INDOOR MAPPING CHALLENGES
Strict requirements make data conversion complex.
Indoor mapping requires both spatial & tabular data.
Venues are constantly changing.

5. AVF is complex

6. FME hides the details so you
focus on building your
indoor mapping data quickly
and effectively.

7. IBM TRIRIGA
Apple Venue Format
(AVF)
ArcGIS Indoors,
and many more…
OGC IndoorGML

8. With FME, you can …
● Build indoor mapping data to support new applications.
● Move data from one indoor mapping platform to another.
● Extract information for visualization and analytics.
● Validate, update, and automate indoor mapping data.

9. CREATING INDOOR DATA
● Pull from multiple sources, like:
○ GeoJSON, IFC, Autodesk, FBX,
Esri, Oracle, IBM TRIRIGA,
MicroStation, CityGML, OSM,
Databases, Excel …
● Build a multi-step workflow using
AVF as input and output, and enrich
at each step.

10. first
Read source data
Integrate internal data
models, BIM, CAD …
Prepare for output
Convert the data to
AVF standards.
Validate data
Send it through the
AVFValidator.
third
Write to output
Write to AVF and
send the output to
Apple.
last
EXAMPLE: BUILDING AVF DATA

11. Prepare for output
Convert the data to AVF
standards.
EXAMPLE: BUILDING AVF DATA
❏ Georeferencing
❏ Semantic enrichment
❏ Classification
❏ Schema mapping
❏ Cleaning

12. EXAMPLE:
JSON to AVF
Converting Vancouver
Int’l Airport (YVR)
internal model to AVF.

13. YVR Workflow
❏ Read source YVR GeoJSON from internal portal
❏ Georeference to LL-WGS84
❏ Prepare geometry and generalize
❏ Map schema attributes and values
❏ Validate against AVF rules
❏ Write AVF & generate validation report

14. Converting YVR internal model to AVF

15. YVR to AVF: Geometry Transformations

16. YVR to AVF: Schema Mapping
Attribute Mapping
Value Mapping
Conditional Mapping

17. Visualizing AVF in 3D: PDF, KML

18. Example: IBM TRIRIGA to AVF
IBM TRIRIGA Facility Management System
➔CAD is well defined thanks to CAD Integrator
➔Associated TRIRIGA Database with facility usage info

19. Converting IBM TRIRIGA to AVF

20. Example: IFC (Revit) to AVF
Building Information IFC to AVF
➔BIM data has fixed schema and geometry standards
➔Some data cleaning may still be required

21. • AVFValidator transformer on FME Hub.
• Web service — upload your AVF data and get a link to your
validation report. safe.com/avf
Validating AVF data

22. Underneath: AVF business rules

23. AVF VALIDATION WEB SERVICE
Published to FME Server Data Streaming service.
Could be integrated with
Apple Maps ingest process.

25. Example: Converting HERE Venue Format
to SAP HANA & GeoJSON

26. OTHER PROJECTS
• NL Railways
• SFO
• Safe Office

27. VENUES ARE CONSTANTLY
CHANGING.
● Build your FME workflow once, then
run again and again.
● Use FME Server to run on demand, on
a schedule, or in response to a trigger.

28. EXAMPLE:
AMSTERDAM AIRPORT SCHIPHOL

29. GOAL: PREFERRED AIRPORT IN EUROPE
Best passenger experience
Digital share and open data
Indoor wayfinding / navigation

30. CHALLENGES
● Data quality
● IT architecture

31. first
Source data
Asset and building
information.
Preparation
Enhance data and
validate it.
Build wayfinding data
Routing and navigation,
floor plans, points of
interest, shopping
information.
third
Distribute
To Schiphol API,
Apple Maps, Google
Maps, and more.
last
SCHIPHOL WORKFLOW

32. SCHIPHOL AIRPORT:
RESULTS

33. LOOKING AHEAD …
Create a “digital twin” using a feedback loop with:
● Real-time sensors.
● Crowdsourced observations.
● Spatial and tabular data.

34. “FME is the ‘ETL glue’
between geo platforms to
keep data up to date and in
sync.”
Webinar: watch Schiphol present at
fme.ly/ams

35. INDOOR MAPPING LESSONS LEARNED SO FAR
● Converting data for indoor mapping can be a challenge.
● CAD standards help, but more info is needed.
● Big win going between standards, e.g. TRIRIGA to AVF
● Leverage existing tools, e.g. GeoJSON import for SAP HANA.
● Build a multi-step workflow using AVF as input and output, and enrich
AVF at each step.
● Extend internal data model based on indoor requirements.

36. SUMMARY
● Connect to various indoor mapping formats with FME 2018.
● Ensure data meets requirements.
○ e.g. use the AVFValidator to ensure you meet Apple standards.
○ Check FME Hub for more transformers and templates.
● Use FME Server or FME Cloud to run the workflow repeatedly.

37. Q&A