3. Our Imaging Philosophy
1. A variety of imaging will meet the greatest
scope and number of needs.
2. With our current growth rate, we need
some type of imagery capture every year.
3. Dollars for image capture should be part
of our operational budget. We should not
have to supply a business case for each
and every project.
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4. Our Current Imaging Toolkit
• Digital orthophotos
• Oblique aerial photography
• Airborne LiDAR
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5. Digital Orthophotos
• Every two years
• ERJOI (Edmonton Region Joint Orthophoto Initiative)
• Cost-shared Capital Region partnership
• We own our own data
• We get access to regional data
• 10cm colour + near infra-red
• 25cm colour + near infra-red
• Next flight: 2015
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6. Oblique Photography (Pictometry)
• Every two years
• Timing alternates with
ERJOI years
• 7.5 cm resolution
• Side deliverable is a digital
orthophoto
• St. Albert LiDAR DEM used
to process the image
library
• NOTE: We do not get the
extra processing for
positional accuracy.
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7. Airborne LiDAR
• Every five years
• Original flight
• September 2010
• Next flight 2015
• Entire City limits
• 2 points per square metre
• High resolution digital elevation model
• High resolution digital surface model
• Image intensity surface
• LAS point clouds
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11. Floating in the Clouds
• Pictometry Connect Online
• 500 named user / 100 concurrent user account
• Renewed annually
• Administered by Corporate GIS
• Low cost
• Turn key – plug and play
• Requires no internal server/staff resources
• To be replaced with Pictometry Explorer
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12. Or Mobile As We Go
• IOS iPad app
• Smartphone app
• Pictometry Explorer on Windows tablets
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13. Down the Old School Road
• Locally installed image libraries
• Pictometry extension for ArcGIS Desktop
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15. For Everyone
• All departments
• For all staff who may benefit from access
• Full-time, part-time and contract staff
• New employees are particularly targeted
when they are on-boarded
• Employees in new roles are also targeted
• We have had an aggressive rollout
• Few staff are waived from training
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16. By Corporate GIS
• Run by Corporate GIS Analysts
• No formal syllabus
• Examples tailored to the work of the attendees
• Scheduled group sessions
• Hands-on computer lab
• Most efficient method
• Used to build personal relationships
• Used to further customize available GIS data
• Used to reduce tech support load
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17. TIPS:
• Don’t call it GIS. GIS is scary.
• Invite them by showing them oblique
image examples that are relevant to their
work.
• Know your audience
• Target your most likely enthusiasts first
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19. Current Statistics
• Number of Named Accounts: 165
• Number of User Departments: 18
• Last 30 days:
• 66 active users
• 376 logins (including 29 mobile logins)
• 4733 Image views
• Heaviest user departments:
• Assessment (81, 1036)
• Engineering (64, 901)
• Planning & Development (60, 978)
• Heaviest user:
• Assessor (54, 810)
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24. User Feedback: Assessment
• “Pictometry has revolutionized the way
an Assessor does business.”
• “More than mapping, Pictometry has
become an essential information tool for
business.”
• “The efficiencies created by Pictometry
have saved our department in both time
and money.”
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25. User Feedback: Economic Devt
• “Pictometry allows you a bird’s-eye view,
without having to eat field mice.”
• “I use Pictometry for showing clients
details of lots they may be interested in.”
• You can use (Pictometry) to quickly
estimate values about properties
• Useful for showing progress on new
buildings and subdivisions
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26. User Feedback: Recreation
• “Pictometry saves me hours of work
driving around the city and hand drawing
maps – I never have to leave my desk
again”
• “Pictometry has changed my life. I now
have access to aerial images of the city
with functionality to add layers &
markups!”
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27. User Feedback: Protective Services
• “The images are amazing.”
• “The guys love this stuff.”
• “It has helped the guys catch up on their
fire pre-plans.”
• “This is exactly what we need for our
school emergency response plans.”
• “We really need to sit down with you and
see what more you have.”
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28. Case Study: Bus Stop Investigation
• Site evaluation of each bus stop
• Enabled from the desktop using POL
• Evaluated
• Infrastructure – bench, shelter, garbage can
• Slope
• Sidewalk
• Concrete slab availability
• Condition
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29. Case Study: Fire Pre-Planning
• Fire Prevention
• Desktop pre-evaluation of high hazard
sites
• Identifies
• Building entrances/exits
• Windows
• Rooftop access and vents
• General layout of a building and its property
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30. Case Study: School Emergency Response Plans
• RCMP required to have
ERP for each school
• Images extracted and
loaded into RCMP system
to local and mobile access
• Images can be augmented
in the system with ERP
setup icons and markers
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31. Case Study: Calls to Development
• “It makes ones life much
easier”
• Complaint calls from the
public
• Used to see what the current
state of a property is
• Used to give context to what
a caller may be speaking
about
• Used to gather information
prior to any field visit
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33. Return on Investment
• Improves overall picture of your town
• Potential for assessment discovery ($$)
• Enhances the utility of other photography
• Reduced field requirements due to
enhanced viewing from the desktop.
• Better preparation before leaving the office
• The ability to take it mobile, especially at
night or in the winter
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34. R.O.I. for Safety
Increased safety
• The reduced need for site visits.
• A good idea of what is on a property or in
a back yard before a visit is made.
• Can spot signs of pets (dogs) before a
visit.
• Can spot potentially hidden structures.
• Can spot the existence of swimming pools.
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35. The more users you have…
• The stronger the case to get money to do
it again.
• The more likely that use of Pictometry
becomes part of staff daily work.
• The more likely that Pictometry information
becomes part of the expected information
package available to deliver services.
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