Presented by Tim Albert, Focus

1. CONNECT. TRANSFORM. AUTOMATE.
Problem Solving and Product
Delivery in a Survey /
Engineering Company
Tim Albert
GIS Services, Focus

2. INTRO
 Who is Focus – Video 2min
 Problem Solving
 Project tracking KMLs
 Moving TIN Models between software
 LiDAR data Reprojection between Grid and Ground
 VAA GIS/CAD/Mapguide (iVAULT) syncing
 Product Delivery
 Video to KML
 3D Models – LandXML, Imagery, PDF, Sketchup data
 Google Earth KML Mashups – Super Overlays, 3D PDFs

3. Who is Focus
 Geomatics& Engineering Company
 Land Survey
 Municipal Engineering
 Pipeline Engineering
 Planning and Land Development
 Many different data formats and software tools

4. Historical Project Tracking
 Project Location
 Data Collected
 KML File

5. Project Tracking Excel

17. Large Project Management
 Multiple Survey Crews
 Remote locations
 Nightly Data Uploads from Crews
 KML File

30. TIN Data
 Autdesk Civil 3D
 ESRI ArcScene
 Sketchup
 3D PDF

40. LiDAR Data Reprojection
 GRAPHIC – Show Moving between systems

41. GIS to CAD
 Moved CAD datasets into ESRI File Geodatabase
 Still need CAD Versions for Consultants
 Needed in SHAPE files and SQL Database
 MapGuideWebGIS
 Mobile GIS – iGIS
 Quality Control / Data Validation
 (GRAPHIC – Data Flow)
 (GRAPHIC – GIS / CAD / WebGIS / iGIS)

42. Product Delivery

43. Video to KML
 Record Video and GPS at same time
 Extract Video Frames (Adobe Premiere)
 FME Creates KML showing Points along path and
link to Video

44. WORK FLOW

49. 3D Models
 Conceptual Site Design
 Civil Engineering Design

55. Civil Engineering Design

56. Google Earth KML Mashups
 Google Earth KML Mashups – Super Overlays, 3D
PDFs
 Generate HTML Web pages

58. Thank You!
 Questions?
 For more information:
 Tim Albert
 Focus
 tim.albert@focus.ca