SURVEYING FOR A BETTER TOMORROW

GIS practitioners are often faced with the need to integrate CAD data into their GISs. Increasingly, CAD users are exploring using their data in a GIS or data developed for a GIS in their CAD software. Speaker presentations will focus on interoperability issues due to differences between the software and differences caused by the different methods of organizing data in the two software environments. Issues that can arise when mixing data from different sources developed for different purposes will also be presented. We hope that these sessions will serve to foster increased dialog between GIS and survey professionals in an age when use and availability of map information is rapidly increasing.

 

Katie Jacques, GIS Specialist, Microdesk, Inc. (both sessions)

Are you constantly getting CAD drawings from engineers or contractors and don't know quite what to do with them? Or are you a beginner to the CAD world and want to know more about leveraging CAD data within ArcGIS Desktop? Come to this informational session on CAD/GIS integration to learn about the tools within ArcGIS Desktop to take full advantage of that valuable CAD data.

Mike Doyle, GISP, GIS Project Manager, Fuss & O’Neill (both sessions)

This presentation will focus on the integration of CAD data collected in the field using Survey or GPS methods directly into a geodatabase using ModelBuilder and ArcGIS Server. The presentation highlights the processes required to create a collection list for the data collection tools, and how that moves into CAD formats and finally is processed through the internet and into a working GIS database. Mike will also discuss various tools used by his company, including ArcGIS' Survey Analyst, as well as different scripting choices they have made, and the usability of this type of process to end users (non-GIS proficient users). Finally, Mike will discuss the hurdles that they have encountered, including those involving ArcGIS Server limitations, internet requirements, CAD annotation, and adoption of this type of application by surveyors and non-GIS users.

 

Rich Vannozzi, PLS, UConn PHD Candidate (March 21st session)

ArcGIS Survey Analyst now includes a new workflow called the Cadastral Editor and feature class called the cadastral fabric. See how georeferenced CAD data can be brought into this cadastral fabric and how the Cadastral Editor can be utilized to improve the spatial accuracy of a cadastral layer while at the same time maintaining the spatial integrity of the original CAD data. Tricks and tips for georeferencing those old assumed datum CAD files utilizing orthophotography will also be presented.