Integration of our Nation’s Infrastructure

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Senior Product Manager

14 November 2013

• First map of Kent in 1801.

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Introductions

25 March 2013 …

The bigger picture …

www.fwi.co.uk

“… out-going Government Chief Scientist

warns of floods, droughts and storms ...”

Actually much more than this:

• Growth in population – 1Billion in the next 12 years

• Development of cities

• … and the impacts of climate change

Professor Sir John Beddington

: Iron Hide

: Iron Hide

Smart services to transform

the efficiency and

sustainability of communities,

leading to reduction in service

costs and carbon emissions,

improving the quality of life for

all.

“Everything that happens in

the world has to happen

somewhere.” Hugh Abbott, The

Thick of It

BIM meets geospatial

• BIM meets geospatial

o Are these things really incompatible? ….

o … we used to talk of CAD and GIS in the same way.

• … but for the meantime I want to explore the geospatial

connection in three different ways – how does geospatial serve

to integrate our nation’s infrastructure?

o Visualising the appearance of new places

o Mapping a sense of place

o Modelling a sense of function

The basic data requirements

• Data must be consistent

• Data must model the real world – not simply map it or allow

visualisation. The demand is for data that supports modelling of

processes

• Data should be authoritative – to a readily available specification

• Features in the real world must be identifiable

• Data must be maintainable and maintained

Just about visualisation …

Image courtesy of Autodesk Uk

Just about visualisation …

3D - Two centuries of learned behaviour…

We carefully survey

urban landscapes and

model them in 2D…

…for users to apply this

2D data to help make

decisions which are

inherently 3-dimensional.

Slide 14

3D drivers in the UK

Data analytics

Smart cities

Climate change adaption

Consultative planning

Right to light

Protected views

BIM Situational awareness

Pervasive 3D media

Risk

Carbon reduction

Some challenging parameters for 3D developments

Survey standards

Maintained

Nationally consistent

Underpinning,

interoperable, analytical

Economical

‘More’ than this ‘Less’ than this

What do we mean by ‘analytical 3D’?

Application level Description Example

1: Pure visual Getting a sense of place or

navigating to a destination

A fly-through or personal routing

display (e.g. web search giants)

2: Visual-

analytical

Making judgements or decisions,

informed by visual information

provided by 3D.

Viewing a planned development from

different perspectives to see how it

would impact on views of a city

3: Propagation

analysis

Using 3D-based algorithms to

analyse phenomena such as

visibility, shade, noise or airborne

pollution

Running a viewshed or noise

mapping analysis

4: Topological

analysis

Querying the model in terms of

spatial relationships

Querying all roads less than 30m

from buildings with a volume greater

than 5000 cu m

5: Database

analysis

Using identifiers to relate the 3D

model to associated datasets

Querying the ownership status of

buildings with roof suitable for solar

power generation

"What we are trying to do is take all of the information that we as a

city collect on a day-to-day basis... and synthesise it to do

something useful."

Mike Flowers: Office of Policy and Strategic Planning, New

York City

BIM / COBIE Compliant Asset Register (Facility)

BIM / COBIE Compliant Asset Register (Product)

Functional Site

TOID

Address

Access Points( )

Classification X-

Ref

COBie class

Uniclass

UPRN

Connecting BIM and GIS

• BIM/GIS info connected through

• National Identifiers (e.g. TOID, UPRN) and

• COBie classification

GIS BIM

OS SiteTOID

COBie class

COBie

Facility/SiteCOBie class

TOID

Asset

Register 1COBie Products

Asset in BIM

modelCOBie Products

TOID, UPRN reference

(as URL for linked data or as key for GIS)

Added to Asset register

Extending use of Asset Register

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Functional Site

TOID (x)

- Address - Access Points

- Classification References - COBie Class:Facility

- Uniclass - NLPG

TOIDs (Site and all surfaces)

X

Y

Z

Topography (Flagpole)

TOID

- Classification References - COBie Class:Product

- Uniclass - NLPG

Benefits / Use Cases

Reporting

CAD / BIM model of building or facility

GIS BIM

# Elevators

Maintenance List

- Elevator - where is it

(point to geography) Use hyperlink

Interfaces

Facility Class TOID

OS Magician to collate links/mappings

Elevator belongs to

COBie Class:Product

Asset List - Elevators

Referencing BIM to

Geospatial

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Show totals (installations, sites, etc.) against geographic

backdrop

Query assets/products/maintenance in

GIS

Aggregating information and exploiting proximity

• Query in a GIS environment aggregating COBie product information for

geographic areas (how many elevators need to be serviced in the South-East within the next quarter?)

• Query in a BIM environment finding similar/related products nearby

(list all items by the same manufacturer within a 20 mile radius)

GIS BIM

National initiatives - data sharing and interoperability

We have good experiences to build on:

• “DNF is an industry standard for the sharing and integration of business and geographic information from multiple sources.”

• “The Atlantis Initiative seeks to provide

better integrated geographical and environmental information to support decisions on flooding.”

Connecting data in 2D: intelligent geospatial referencing

Creation of a definitive National Addressing Gazetteer

Key projects cutting across government and engaging the citizen

Smart services to transform the

efficiency and sustainability of

communities ……. improving the

quality of life for all

Requires a change from simply

mapping place to creating a

model that supports the

modelling of environmental

and social processes.

Real-world view

Structuring of the real world in an underpinning framework

• Identification and management of common function

Functional Sites Extents: Capturing the Access Points

OS MasterMap Sites Layer: Referencing ITN

More sophisticated networks

• Detailed River Network

Scottish Detailed River Network (Clyde area)

Pre Alpha, February 2012

More sophisticated networks

• Detailed Rail Network

From mapping place to enabling the underpinning DNA of a city

created by BIM to be exposed and connected to the geographic

features that control process and function in the landscape …

… we’re well beyond geospatial being relevant to BIM …

… we must not miss the opportunity to ensure that data created to

underpin new infrastructure in the next decade is immediately wired

into to the ecosystems of tomorrow’s smart(er) communities

… a significant proportion of our effort should be focussing on

making sure that our nation’s infrastructure is a truly integrated asset

In summary