2. Today’s Agenda
I. Introduction
II. Background Information
III. Initial Process
IV. The Challenge
V. How Ideate Helped
VI. Final Results
VII. Moving Forward…
VIII. Contact Us

3. Background Information
• Located approximately 22 miles
northeast of Sacramento
• Population of approximately
106,000 and growing
• Ranked 2nd out of 16 cities
(Sacramento Business Journal)
• 1,500 miles of Environmental Utility
Pipeline infrastructure
COREUD Administration Building
• Staff of four full-time employees,
two part-time

4. Initial Process
• AutoCAD MAP used to capture and
create environmental utility data
• ArcInfo used for analysis and
maintenance of the GIS data
• HANSEN used to manage utility
asset attribute data
• AML routines written in ArcInfo to
link new GIS data to HANSEN

5. Initial Process
HANSEN
AML
DXF
ArcInfo AutoCAD MAP

6. The Challenge
• CAD and GIS software tools not
integrated well with each other
• Import and exporting data led to
redundancy and overlapping work
• CAD/GIS workflow process was not
very repeatable by staff
• Streamlining process would require
additional software and training

7. How Ideate Helped
• Replicated all asset information
tables from HANSEN into CAD
• Created object data tables within
AutoCAD MAP to capture attributes
• Automatically populated pipe and
manhole attributes (ID, TO, FROM,
Layer, etc.) to object data tables
• Already linked to HANSEN from the
ID’s created on the CAD side
• Exported to SHP files, and
uploaded into ArcSDE

8. How Ideate Helped
HANSEN
Object Data
SHP SHP
ArcInfo AutoCAD MAP
ArcSDE

9. The Results
• EUD staff trained to clean data,
less time spent by management
• Accuracy of data was improved by
performing QAQC within one
location using error checking
• Less time spent on the GIS side
maintaining the CAD utility data
• No peripheral 3rd party software or
training investments needed

10. Moving Forward…
• Upgraded to ArcSDE 9.2 as their
central GIS database
• Connecting directly to ArcSDE from
AutoCAD MAP 3D to access, edit,
and maintain utility information
• Utility and infrastructure data
accessed online with ArcIMS
• Distributing the data to field
personnel using the DWF Viewer

11. Moving Forward…
HANSEN
ArcIMS DWF Viewer
Clerical Field Crew
Object Data
SHP SHP
ArcInfo AutoCAD MAP
ArcSDE

12. Contact Us
Thank you!
Please contact us for more information:
Roy Van Ness
Roseville Environmental Utilities - Mapping Supervisor
rvanness@roseville.ca.us
Jason Hill
Ideate Inc. - Geospatial Solutions Manager
Jason.hill@ideateinc.com