Session Abstract

Addressing the Engineering/GIS Data Integration Challenge for Infrastructure Management

Municipalities, utilities, government agencies and other GIS-dependent organizations require integrated access to a variety of complex geospatial information.

Without integrated geospatial data, organizations are forced to manually bridge gaps between technologies. As a result, workflow suffers at virtually every point at which location-based information is used compromising efficiency, affecting decision making, and impacting data accuracy and currency.

To overcome these challenges, organizations must replace their disconnected workflows with a solution that integrates their geospatial data in a manner that respects both engineering and GIS requirements - a solution that:

• Eliminates the need to enter the same data multiple times in order to create, maintain and analyze geospatial data in multiple systems.
• Integrates paper based and other types of raster information with vector data with ease and precision.
• Leverages open standards-based technology such as open source web-mapping for improved sharing of geospatial information.

This presentation reviews the challenges encountered when attempting to integrate engineering and GIS data and discusses the importance of addressing these challenges throughout the infrastructure lifecycle. Live demonstrations using Autodesk Map 3D, Autodesk Raster Design and MapGuide Open Source highlight an open, non-proprietary approach for improving workflow, data, geospatial information sharing and decision making.

Speaker Biography

Michael Schlosser

Michael Schlosser is Geospatial Technical Specialist for Autodesk. With more than 15 years experience, he is an expert in the design, development, and implementation of GIS systems. He has worked with a wide variety of clients on their engineering and geospatial implementations in desktop, server and web-based environments, including telecommunications firms, utilities, transportation, and government departments. He is skilled in project management, creating GIS-based simulations and demonstrations, and developing innovative solutions to business problems.