Style Guide

Quantina Pittman – GIS Planning Engineer

Norfolk Southern Industrial Development Department Detroit

Mid-Atlantic

Central

Harrisburg

Indianapolis Columbus St Louis

Roanoke Norfolk

Knoxville Raleigh Birmingham

Columbia Atlanta

Southern

ID Regions & Territories

GIS has saved us in the long run • • • •

Site Opportunities Utility Opportunities Liability & Taxes Maintenance Costs

Its our job to bring new business to the community… • Site Database • Parcel information • Gaps and holes for industry

Utilities • HART Data – Identify possible trans-load opportunities

• Jump start to finding solutions to existing problems – Fly ash

Liability • Agreements project w/ B&W – Clean up our records • Identify which industries need agreements, which agreements need to be updated

– Limits liability on NS for industries operating without an agreement

Demo • ID Application

Maintenance Costs • There is a switch maintenance fee for switches that are not actively moving traffic • Identify

• Remove switches instead of upgrading them to PTC

Conclusion • Return on investment = Over 1 million dollars after taking into account man hours, revenue earned, decreased liability, taxes, and maintenance costs,