Trends in Surveying Notes
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1. Several speakers at a GIS Day meeting discussed trends in surveying training, including the challenges of training diverse groups and lessons learned around offering introductory and specialized follow-up courses. 2. Standards organizations like PODS were discussed for their role in improving pipeline industry interoperability through shared guidelines and knowledge. 3. Effective geomatics training was addressed, emphasizing the need to focus on clear explanations, industry awareness, and avoiding complex terminology.
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Trends in Surveying Notes
- 1. Trends in Surveying Notes for GIS Day, Kuwait City With permission from APSG Fall Meeting, Houston, 2011
- 2. Notes from meeting talks • Steve Thomas, Suncor • Janet Sinclair, PODS • John Kelly, Hydro Projects • Brian Schostak, OGP • Barry Barrs, Michael Barnes ExxonMobil, Cain&Barnes • The bottom line
- 3. Steve Thomas, Suncor • Tales from the belly of the beast • Or how to try and educate, train and develop staff regarding Geomatics in a large multi-national corporation
- 4. Why offer internal training • Raise awareness of the Spatial error budget • Provide fundamentals and theory • Forum of discussion • Reduce risk of costly mistakes • To: • Geoscientists, engineers etc. • IT, support etc.
- 5. Challenge / response • Courses run regularly • Disparate needs • Drillers / IT / Engineers / Geosciences • On/offshore, domestic/international • Lessons learned • Intro / specialised follow up • Standards and metadata • Work with contractors
- 7. Janet Sinclair, PODS • Leveraging standards in the pipeline industry • Who are PODS • Association guidelines • Improve interoperability • Member knowledge sharing • Growth
- 8. Benefits of using a standard model • Clear concise definitions agreed by industry • Software vendor and application agnostic • No need to develop internal models • Incorporates industry best practices • Use as users need • Relational / geodatabase • Centralised / distributed • Various submodels and subgroups
- 9. John Kelly, Hydro Projects • Geomatics training – education or confusion? • Complex terminology & principles • Don’t confuse the student • Use clear diagrams • Focus on industry awareness and need
- 10. Examples
- 11. Brian Schostak, OGP • Joint Industry Project 24 • Improve software for geoscientists • Develop test data • Formulate recommendations • Certification process • GIGS manual released
- 12. Example
- 13. Barry Barrs, Michael Barnes ExxonMobil, Cain&Barnes • Developing an effective geodetics training program for your office • Timing and distribution • Demography and results • APSG / OGP materials to assist in training • PPT templates • publications
- 14. Examples
- 15. The bottom line • Your users are your friends • Inform them as bests suits their needs • Meet corporate and industry guidelines • All infrastructure is location-based • GIS is the best way to achieve that… • Make sure projections are understood • More on Dropbox and on the web: • Long and complete presentation (APSG also) • Short and entertaining presentation (GIS Day)