Presented by Dave van Riel, City of Kitchener See more FME World Tour 2014 presentations at www.safe.com/recap2014

1. CONNECT. TRANSFORM. AUTOMATE.
Improving Data Compliancy
Using FME
David van Riel
GIS Technologist, City of Kitchener

2. City of Kitchener Information
 1 hour west of Toronto.
 200,000+ people.
 Centralized GIS in ESRISDE environment.
 Maintain ~400 GIS layers, many linked and/or
contribute to other systems.
 User of FME for last ~8 years. Initially for data
exporting and transforming, but increasingly
more for data loading and manipulation.

3. Need for Complete and Correct Data
 Asset management:
 Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) 3150 for
reporting of tangible capital assets.
 SAP for city financial and accounting needs.
 For work order management, inspection
programs, and reporting being done through, or
housed in, Cityworks.
 As usual any and all other
mapping, analysis, reporting, and exporting done
on city’s GIS asset information.

4. Infrastructure Features:
Former Data Capture Process
Majority of:
 Sanitary sewer
 Storm water sewer
 Water
 Geographic capture
= retrace features

5. Infrastructure Features:
Former Data Capture Process
Is information present?

6. Infrastructure Features:
Former Data Capture Process
Where
is the
information?

7. Infrastructure Features:
Former Data Capture Process
 Slow.
 Prone to errors.
 Data entered multiple times.
 Unhappy customers.

8. Digital Submission Capability/Ability
 CAD characteristics (CAD Standards Checker)
 Complete attribute data (Attribute Checker)
 Correct attribute data (Attribute Checker)
 Correct geographic placement (Topology Checker)
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* Relative, not absolute

9. Digital Submission Compliancy Checkers
 CAD Standards, Attribute, and Topology Checkers
developed by Consortech.
 FME reads consultant submitted AutoCAD Map 3D
files (with object data) and Excel files containing
basic checker settings.
 Requirements for all checkers:
1. GIS or AutoCAD, and text or Excel outputs.
2. Easily customizable settings for changing needs.

10. CAD Standards Checker

11. Attribute Checker

12. Topology Checker
12 rules:
 node edge snap
 node end snap
 floating node
 duplicate node
 line end snap
 line edge snap
 crossed line
 line end node
 duplicate line
 floating service
 one line two nodes
 both line ends snap

13. Loading Data into CoK Database
 After drawing has passed all checkers the data is
ready to be exported from AutoCAD and loaded
into the GIS database.
 Use AutoCAD epf (export profile) files to export
to shapefiles, then using ArcGIS Model Builder to
load data into database.

14. Manual Checks and Procedures
 Check connectivity of new features to existing
features.
 Register .pdf files in EDRA (in house Electronic
Document Registration Application) and create
linked boundaries in GIS.
 Fill in fields not provided by consultants
(SOURCE, SOURCE_DATE, ROADSEGMENTID, QUARTER_GRID_ID, UP_MA
NHOLEID, etc…).

15. Digital Submission / Data
Compliancy Benefits
 Time saving (solves slow method).
 Accuracy/completeness of data (solves prone to
error issue).
 Defined deliverables with respect all parties
(solves multiple data entry issue).
 Everyone is happy!

16. What’s Next?
 Synchronize AutoCAD template to GIS database
(constantly changing).
 More/improved database loading automation and
automate manual GIS fields where possible
(using FME for complete process?).
 Incorporate Region of Waterloo projects.
 Apply checkers to other processes (gas utility –
AutoCAD training late fall 2013 and first digital
submissions spring 2014).
 FME Server.

17. Thank You!
 Questions?
 For more information: David.vanRiel@Kitchener.ca
City of Kitchener
 AutoCAD template at
http://www.kitchener.ca/en/businessinkitchener/Development_manual.a
sp (or search for “development manual”)
 http://www.kitchener.ca/en/
 https://www.facebook.com/cityofkitchener
 https://twitter.com/kitchenernews
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/cityofkitchener
 http://www.youtube.com/user/cityofkitchener