Leveraging Enterprise GIS at Metrolinx

Terri Cowan, Senior GIS Analyst

Nemir Alazzawi, GIS DevOps Manager

OUTLINE

• Introduction

• GIS Enterprise Asset and Record Locator (EARL) Portal

- Custom Built RailView Functionality

• Leveraging GeoEvent for Bus Fleet Management

• Mobile Applications (Survey123 and Collector) at Metrolinx

• Other GIS Applications

Why is GIS important at Metrolinx?

• Transportation is inherently a geospatial

business involving the movement of

passengers from one place to another

• Location is a key attribute in defining

Metrolinx assets and in defining and

assessing Metrolinx goals (e.g.

identifying ridership patterns, market

sheds around stations, etc.)

Enterprise GIS at Metrolinx

• Enterprise GIS team is a centre of

excellence for GIS and provides support

to business units throughout the

organisation

Enable, support, and maintain the

functional components of eGIS

system

Strategy enabler providing spatial

data and management

services

Elevate collaboration

amongst departments

Ensure long-term sustainability of EGIS System

Drive continuous improvement policies and processes

Sustain single source of truth for Metrolinx spatial

data

Monitor GIS compliance and

alignment across the business

GIS Integration with Other Enterprise Solutions across Metrolinx

EAM – Enterprise Asset Management

GIS – Geographic Information Systems

EDRMS – Electronic Document and Records Management System

EARL – Enterprise Asset &Record Locator

eGIS – Enterprise Geographic Information Systems

GIS Enterprise Asset and

Record Locator (EARL) Portal

What is EARL?

• The Enterprise Asset and Record Locator (EARL) is a web map solution with integration to Infor

Enterprise Asset Management and OpenText Document Management System.

• EARL was created to develop a single source of truth for Metrolinx to display asset spatial

information, asset condition ratings along with its associated documents (ie as built drawings).

Proponent EARL (PEARL)

• Bidders of the Metrolinx contracts require accurate, reliable, verifiable, timely, and relevant project

data in order to reduce uncertainty and risk, achieve clarity, and contribute to generating accurate,

evidence based, and competitive bids.

• This grew to include environmental data, utility data and reference concept designs for ongoing

GO Expansion projects

• Custom widget for panoramic imagery of the corridor (RailView) is in development and will be

released in EARL

Demo: Proponent Enterprise and Asset Record

Locator

Leveraging GeoEvent for Bus

Fleet Managment

GeoEvent

• Geofences were created for the boundary of each Maintenance

Facilities and for the areas where Maintenance vs. Operational

buses are usually located in the garage.

• Multiple GeoEvent processors were configured to determine

when buses entered or exited a geofence.

Demo: Bus Fleet Mapping

Mobile Applications (Survey123

and Collector) at Metrolinx

ESRI Mobile & Dashboard applications

Survey123 used to replace paper based surveys and for

better tracking of KPI’s with dashboards

- Safety Compliance for Contractors

- Fare Inspection

- Track incidents of Trespassing

- Record of Contact for Property Acquisition Negotiators

Collector for Management of Change updates to the

Asset Registry

Add Collector

App map

screenshot

Other GIS Applications

Project Mapping

• GIS used to visualize when and where Capital, Maintenance and Third Party projects will

take place

• Time Slider widget was used for Interface Management

• Partnership with City of Toronto Capital Project Coordination to coordinate construction

projects and update project location and construction schedules in T.O. Inview application

Other Applications

• Track Geometry Inspection

• CN/CP Delay Event Mapping

• PETRA (Property Electronic Tracking and

Reporting Application) – Property Acquisition

• Metrolinx Property Ownership Dashboard

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