Integrating GIS in engineering practices.
Integrating GIS in engineering practices. Presenter Darren Shepherd (BECivil)
Shepherd Services - Asset and GIS Solutions
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Outline • Some Common Uses of GIS in Engineering Applications. • Working Examples. • Free Applications Readily Available- GIS Applications and Mobile Mapping.
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Let’s Do a Survey • What are people using now? – GPS Devices • GPS Camera • Iphone • PDA Units
– Mapping Applications • • • •
MapInfo Ezri Arc Map Google Earth (free) Quantum (free) 3
Common Uses of GIS in Engineering Applications • Flood Damage Claims. • Asset Valuations – Asset Register Pickups. • Works Programming by Defect pickup, Condition Reporting. • Mobile Mapping, Road Registers, Interval GPS Photos.
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Flood Damage
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Work Programming
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Road Condition Assessment
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Road Register
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Very useful tools – available for MapInfo- Live Demo • Create Chainage files for Mapping • Add Road details to a GPS point • GPS Plotting xls files into mapping using common engineering chainage format • See www.shepherdservices.com.au for these tools under the product area.
• Road Interval Photos
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Advanced Process – Interval GIS Photos • Road Intervals gps photo and points generation. For $2,200 do what other might charge you $100,000 to complete.
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Road Interval Photos Example
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How to Start for Free – Mapping Application/Mobile Mapping Quantum – excellent free mapping application • http://www.qgis.org/ • Full Mapping application can replace MapInfo and Ezri • Mobile Mapping is great • Web Mapping is available as well. 12
Web Mapping – Basically is Free. This could be this the way of the Future • http://sservices.map s.arcgis.com/apps/O nePane/basicviewer/ index.html • http://qgiscloud.com /Chris_SS/test
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Questions
Shepherd Services - Asset and GIS Service Delivery Specialists
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Shepherd Services - Asset and GIS Solutions
1
Outline • Some Common Uses of GIS in Engineering Applications. • Working Examples. • Free Applications Readily Available- GIS Applications and Mobile Mapping.
2
Let’s Do a Survey • What are people using now? – GPS Devices • GPS Camera • Iphone • PDA Units
– Mapping Applications • • • •
MapInfo Ezri Arc Map Google Earth (free) Quantum (free) 3
Common Uses of GIS in Engineering Applications • Flood Damage Claims. • Asset Valuations – Asset Register Pickups. • Works Programming by Defect pickup, Condition Reporting. • Mobile Mapping, Road Registers, Interval GPS Photos.
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Flood Damage
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Work Programming
6
Road Condition Assessment
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Road Register
8
Very useful tools – available for MapInfo- Live Demo • Create Chainage files for Mapping • Add Road details to a GPS point • GPS Plotting xls files into mapping using common engineering chainage format • See www.shepherdservices.com.au for these tools under the product area.
• Road Interval Photos
9
Advanced Process – Interval GIS Photos • Road Intervals gps photo and points generation. For $2,200 do what other might charge you $100,000 to complete.
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Road Interval Photos Example
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How to Start for Free – Mapping Application/Mobile Mapping Quantum – excellent free mapping application • http://www.qgis.org/ • Full Mapping application can replace MapInfo and Ezri • Mobile Mapping is great • Web Mapping is available as well. 12
Web Mapping – Basically is Free. This could be this the way of the Future • http://sservices.map s.arcgis.com/apps/O nePane/basicviewer/ index.html • http://qgiscloud.com /Chris_SS/test
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Questions
Shepherd Services - Asset and GIS Service Delivery Specialists
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