Shiju Mathew & Lucie Kendell's presentation at Geomatics Atlantic 2012 (www.geomaticsatlantic.com) in Halifax, June 2012. More session details at http://lanyrd.com/2012/geomaticsatlantic2012/stbgz/ .

1. THE GEOMATICS
KALEIDOSCOPE
Presented by:
Shiju Mathew – GIS Analyst
Lucie Kendell – Engineering Information Technician

2. Halifax Water
The Geomatics Kaleidoscope
• Looking Back
– Who is Halifax Water?
– A history of Geomatics at Halifax Water
• The Present
– What is Halifax Water doing today?
• The Future
– Moving Forward…

3. Corporate History
PSC purchases
Halifax water utility Dartmouth/
assumes from the City - County/Halifax
private water Utility to be run Amalgamation –
system like a business (HRWC)
1861 1945 1952 1987 1996 2007
Public PSC becomes Halifax Water
Service Halifax Water acquires HRM’s
Commission Commission Wastewater
(PSC) is and Stormwater
formed services

4. Geographic Scope

5. Looking Back…
• The Origins of Halifax Water Geomatics
– East/Central Regions
• CAD Schematic
– West Region
ArcView 3x
HALGIS Applications ArcSDE
(40 Users)
ArcInfo
Librarian
Caris (13 users)
(2 users)

6. Looking Back…
• ArcInfo Librarian
– Watereditor, a customized
updating/editing application
– GIS Staff only, not accessible to users
• ArcView 3x Desktop Project
– Cost-effective solution
– Increased access to users
• Oracle Forms
– Tabular access
– Initiative to involve users across
departments
– Accessibility and editing

7. Looking Back…
• The Origins of Halifax Water Geomatics
– East/Central Regions
• CAD Schematic
– West Region
ArcView 3x
HALGIS Applications ArcSDE
(40 Users)
ArcInfo
Librarian
Caris (13 users)
(2 users)

8. The Present
• Migration Project
– 2007 – 2011
– Migrate existing GIS data and applications
to a new and more up to date system
architecture and data model
– Multi-user, Multi-version
– Customized Editing
– Two main web applications to the project
• View and Query Tool – HW Dashboard
(Adobe Flex)
• Forms – From Oracle Forms to ASP.Net
– “GIS at your fingertips”

9. GIS Architecture

10. The Present
• Forms

11. “I desire no future that will break the ties
with the past”
George Eliot
“The future, according to some scientists, will
be exactly like the past, only far more
expensive.”
John Sladek

12. The Future?
Corporate Data Mobile
Plan Applications
Increased
Dashboard/Form
Corporate
Enhancements
Integration
Continued
Quality Control
and Data
Improvements

13. Corporate Data Plan
• Full Update of the GIS Database
– All Regions
– All Water, Wastewater, Stormwater
• 5 Year Plan
• 33 Major Projects
• Vision – Inspiring confidence in a complete database

14. Mobile Applications
• Multi-departmental Demand
• On-the-fly editing capabilities
• Real-time connection to the office

15. Halifax Water Dashboard
• Potential 400+ users, corporate wide access (inside HW only)
• Trained 200+ in a presentation type setting
• Just released a second version incorporating several
enhancements asked for by users
Routing Tool Drawing Index
Corporate Symbology Increased Scale Levels
• Future enhancements already being considered
User editing tool
Addressing regional constraints

17. Questions
or
Comments?