Using Geospatial Technology on the Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE) Program

Jeff Siegel, AICP, GISP Technology Services Director Michael Bieberitz, GISP Technology Project Manager

2010:An FME

Odyssey

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Agenda

  CREATE Program   Definition, background and objectives

  Geospatial technology endeavors   Definition, background and objectives   Data management techniques   Applied Deliverables

  CREATE Spatial Portal   Business case   Primarily functionality   Data extraction capabilities

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CREATE Program

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CREATE Program

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN

RAILROADS

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CREATE Program

Chicago Area Rail Infrastructure

•  78 yards, including 21 intermodal (rail-truck)

•  2,800 route-miles of track

•  12 commuter rail routes

•  1,100 viaducts and bridges

Daily Activity

–  1,200 trains

–  37,500 rail cars processed

–  20,000 truck moves through intermodal gates

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CREATE Program

CREATE Program

•  Focuses operation on 5 corridors

•  Combined length of corridors 122 miles

•  Builds 25 road/rail separations

•  Builds 6 passenger/freight rail fly-overs

•  Improves train control system

•  50 miles of new track on existing right-of-way

•  364 new switches

•  Automation of 14 interlockings

Rail over Rail Grade

Separations

Englewood

74th Street

75th Street Chicago Ridge

CP Canal

Brighton Park

New or Improved

Connection Locations

Grade Separatio

n Projects

Grade Separations

Projects

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Geospatial Technology on CREATE

CREATE Mapping Program

•  OBJECTIVES •  Consistent, accurate product for multiple uses –

useful for planning, design and operations

•  Speed in acquisition with minimal operational impact

•  METHODOLOGY: Primary technology FLI-MAP •  Cost – 25% of cost of traditional surveying methods

•  Speed – All Projects and Corridors “Flown” and initial projects complete within a year

•  “Cutting Edge” – LIDAR Accuracy and Density

•  Lots of value-add:

•  Integration of GIS and Engineering Systems

•  Aerial Photos and Videos

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Geospatial Technology on CREATE

General Mapping Process

Right of Entry

Flight Planning

Aerial Data

Acquisition Video

Orthophoto Lidar Data

Survey Control

Data Reduction

ROW Verification

GIS/CAD: DTM, Contour

Map Planimetrics

ROW Track Geometry

Ground Control

Cross Section Survey

Set Lidar Test Points

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LIDAR Technology

John C. Chance Survey

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Data Extraction

.PRO ASCII

.GP

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.DGN

.SHP

Flip7

• Process Rail • Process Non-Rail (A3) • Process Breaklines (A3) • Ground Filter & Surface Clean (A3) • QA Check

SQL DB

• Unique ID • Statistical QA • QA/QC

ASCII

ArcGIS • Convert to Shape Files • Export to Terramodel • QA Check

CivilPak/ GeoPak

HNTB Deliverables

IDOT Compliant DGN Geopak TIN

INROADS DTM Shapefiles

FME Workspaces COGO (.GPK)

Terramodel • Create DTM Model from Ground and Breaklines. • QA Check • Export DGN

Planimetric Feature

Deliverable FME

Ground Model Project Deliverable

GeoPak TIN

CREATE Data Process Workflow

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ArcGIS ROW boundary development

META

DATA

Field Survey

• Lidar Test Points • Ground Control • Test Cross-sections

GeoPak 1 ft contours

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HP

.SHP .SHP

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.XML

.HTML

Milepost

• Extract Physical MP location from ROW and LiDAR

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CREATE Geodata-base Model

Adapted from: American National Standard for Information Technology— Geographic Information Framework – Data Content Standards for Transportation Networks: Rail

FME WORKSPACE

GDB to Microstation (IDOT compliant)

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Data Conversion

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Deliverables

  LIDAR DATA   VIDEO   DIGITAL PHOTOS   ORTHOPHOTO MOSAICS   GIS Feature Classes   CAD FILES (ENGINEERING)

  Design files   DTMs

  TRACK GEOMETRY   GROUND CONTROL   DOCUMENTATION

  METADATA (HTML, XML)

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CREATE Spatial Portal

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GIS / Mapping and Data Support

www.createspatialportal.com

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GIS / Mapping and Data Support

www.createspatialportal.com

CREATE Spatial Portal

User can export data in current extent using SpatialDirect utility.

CREATE Spatial Portal

User selects desired output format and coordinate system.

CREATE Spatial Portal

User selects desired map layers to output.

CREATE Spatial Portal

Transformed data is packaged and available for user to download as a zip file.

CREATE Spatial Portal

Transformed data can they be used by other software programs such as ArcMap.

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GIS / Mapping and Data Support

FME Server

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GIS / Mapping and Data Support

Safe Software

Thank You!

Jeff Siegel, AICP, GISP jsiegel@hntb.com HNTB Corporation

www.hntb.com