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City of Philadelphia, Department of CommerceView Photo(s) of Award Presentation The Philadelphia International Airport GIS Services Unit has implemented field applications and a map information system used for decision support in meeting daily operational requirements and for major project coordination.
Business Problem Through the mid 1990’s, the primary legacy tool for airport mapping analysis was CAD. The single theme concept view of CAD prevented airport management and consultant teams from performing modeling and multi-theme analysis for airport master planning, design, construction, as well as being able to address short-term operational issues. The most accurate as-built plan of the campus was the FAA mandated Airport Layout Plan. The only method of field verification of the entities on this plan was through engineering surveys. Also, there was no simple way to view the airport’s master utility system as an overlay to various structures and the surrounding community. Technology Implemented ArcView was used to examine an extensive CAD directory. Aerial photos, shape files, along with an intranet SDE connection are used to create a true regional model of the airport. Shape files created to collect attribute data, were exported to a laptop computer. Using ArcPAD 6 and a Trimble DGPS system, multiple sets of point data were collected. The collected data is downloaded to the airport LAN and is used to create exhibits and track key airport assets, project work, and operational tasking such as snow removal. Real time vehicle tracking was tested for snow and fire fighting applications. Development Team Biography Sam Mason (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Aeronautics, 1991), Airport GIS Program Manager with eighteen years of aviation experience, is a pilot, an aircraft technician, and is also an officer with the PA Army National Guard, 103rd Engineer Battalion.
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