pictometry 2014 - integrating pictometry into your municipal operations
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Integrating Pictometry Into Your Municipal Operations
October 1, 2014
Tammy KobliukGIS CoordinatorCorporate GIS, I.T. Services
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St. Albert’s Imaging Strategy
What and why
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Our Imaging Philosophy1. A variety of imaging will meet the greatest
scope and number of needs.2. With our current growth rate, we need
some type of imagery capture every year.3. Dollars for image capture should be part
of our operational budget. We should not have to supply a business case for each and every project.
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Our Current Imaging Toolkit• Digital orthophotos• Oblique aerial photography• Airborne LiDAR
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Digital Orthophotos• Every two years• ERJOI (Edmonton Region Joint Orthophoto Initiative)
• Cost-shared Capital Region partnership• We own our own data• We get access to regional data• 10cm colour + near infra-red• 25cm colour + near infra-red• Next flight: 2015
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Oblique Photography (Pictometry)• Every two years• Timing alternates with ERJOI
years• 7.5 cm resolution• Side deliverable is a digital
orthophoto• St. Albert LiDAR DEM used to
process the image library• NOTE: We do not get the extra
processing for positional accuracy.
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Airborne LiDAR• Every five years• Original flight
• September 2010
• Next flight 2015• Entire City limits• 2 points per square metre• High resolution digital elevation model• High resolution digital surface model• Image intensity surface• LAS point clouds
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St. Albert’s History with Pictometry
Short, but great!
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Flight History• 2012 – initial capture, urban only,
neighbourhood level only• 2013 – infill capture, rural and growth
areas, neighbourhood/community levels, hybrid 2012/2013 digital ortho
• 2014 – full flight, entire city limits, all levels• Next flight - 2016
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Pictometry Deployment Model
How we have chosen to roll it out
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Floating in the Clouds• Pictometry Connect Online
• 500 named user / 100 concurrent user account• Renewed annually• Administered by Corporate GIS• Low cost• Turn key – plug and play• Requires no internal server/staff resources
• To be replaced with Pictometry Explorer
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Or Mobile As We Go• IOS iPad app• Smartphone app• Pictometry Explorer on Windows tablets
Down the Old School Road• Locally installed image libraries• Pictometry extension for ArcGIS Desktop
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Training: Building Our User Base
Who Gets It, Who Does It?
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For Everyone• All departments• For all staff who may benefit from access• Full-time, part-time and contract staff• New employees are particularly targeted
when they are on-boarded• Employees in new roles are also targeted• We have had an aggressive rollout• Few staff are waived from training
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By Corporate GIS• Run by Corporate GIS Analysts• No formal syllabus
• Examples tailored to the work of the attendees
• Scheduled group sessions• Hands-on computer lab• Most efficient method
• Used to build personal relationships• Used to further customize available GIS data• Used to reduce tech support load
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TIPS:• Don’t call it GIS. GIS is scary.• Invite them by showing them oblique
image examples that are relevant to their work.
• Know your audience• Target your most likely enthusiasts first
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Organizational Usage
What is the uptake by our staff?
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Current Statistics• Number of Named Accounts: 165• Number of User Departments: 18• Last 30 days:
• 66 active users• 376 logins (including 29 mobile logins)• 4733 Image views• Heaviest user departments:
• Assessment (81, 1036)• Engineering (64, 901)• Planning & Development (60, 978)
• Heaviest user: • Assessor (54, 810)
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Growth in Usage: Number of Logins
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Growth in Usage: Number of Views
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User Feedback: Assessment• “Pictometry has revolutionized the way an
Assessor does business.”• “More than mapping, Pictometry has
become an essential information tool for business.”
• “The efficiencies created by Pictometry have saved our department in both time and money.”
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User Feedback: Economic Devt• “Pictometry allows you a bird’s-eye view,
without having to eat field mice.”• “I use Pictometry for showing clients
details of lots they may be interested in.”• You can use (Pictometry) to quickly
estimate values about properties • Useful for showing progress on new
buildings and subdivisions
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User Feedback: Recreation• “Pictometry saves me hours of work
driving around the city and hand drawing maps – I never have to leave my desk again”
• “Pictometry has changed my life. I now have access to aerial images of the city with functionality to add layers & markups!”
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User Feedback: Protective Services• “The images are amazing.”• “The guys love this stuff.”• “It has helped the guys catch up on their
fire pre-plans.”• “This is exactly what we need for our
school emergency response plans.”• “We really need to sit down with you and
see what more you have.”
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Case Study: Bus Stop Investigation• Site evaluation of each bus stop• Enabled from the desktop using POL• Evaluated
• Infrastructure – bench, shelter, garbage can• Slope• Sidewalk• Concrete slab availability• Condition
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Case Study: Fire Pre-Planning• Fire Prevention• Desktop pre-evaluation of high hazard
sites• Identifies
• Building entrances/exits• Windows• Rooftop access and vents• General layout of a building and its property
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Case Study: School Emergency Response Plans
• RCMP required to have ERP for each school
• Images extracted and loaded into RCMP system to local and mobile access
• Images can be augmented in the system with ERP setup icons and markers
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Case Study: Calls to Development• “It makes ones life much easier”• Complaint calls from the public• Used to see what the current
state of a property is• Used to give context to what a
caller may be speaking about• Used to gather information prior
to any field visit
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Return on Investment
Or, building your business case…
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Return on Investment• Improves overall picture of your town• Potential for assessment discovery ($$)• Enhances the utility of other photography• Reduced field requirements due to
enhanced viewing from the desktop.• Better preparation before leaving the office• The ability to take it mobile, especially at
night or in the winter
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R.O.I. for SafetyIncreased safety• The reduced need for site visits.• A good idea of what is on a property or in
a back yard before a visit is made.• Can spot signs of pets (dogs) before a
visit.• Can spot potentially hidden structures.• Can spot the existence of swimming pools.
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The more users you have…• The stronger the case to get money to do
it again.• The more likely that use of Pictometry
becomes part of staff daily work.• The more likely that Pictometry information
becomes part of the expected information package available to deliver services.
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What Does the Future Hold?
What would we like to do next?
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Future Plans and Desires• Continued bi-annual collection.• Building footprint capture• 3D buildings – textured/untextured
