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Using GIS to Monitor Snow Removal and Track Costs

Using GIS to Monitor Snow Removal and Track Costs. Indy SnowFighter. Indiana GIS Conference March 1, 2011. Who Are We?. Joe LaCombe, Woolpert, Inc. Cheryl Spencer, City of Indianapolis. Overview. SnowFighter History Challenges Needs Technical implementation. Indy SnowFighter History .

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Using GIS to Monitor Snow Removal and Track Costs

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  1. Using GIS to Monitor Snow Removal and Track Costs Indy SnowFighter Indiana GIS Conference March 1, 2011

  2. Who Are We? • Joe LaCombe, Woolpert, Inc. • Cheryl Spencer, City of Indianapolis

  3. Overview • SnowFighter History • Challenges • Needs • Technical implementation

  4. Indy SnowFighter History • SnowFighter is a custom application that was initially developed for the purpose of giving DPW Operations the ability to see where snow fighting activities were happening within the City. • First SnowFighter application was developed by ESRI in 1995 as an ArcView/Avenue application. • Standalone application from the Hansen Work Management system • Various application updates over the years. • Later iterations of the application tied into Hansen and added functionality.

  5. Challenges • Aging technology • Difficult to make application changes, updates or enhancements as requested by DPW. • Desktop installation • Request needed for each person who needed the installation on their PC • Local shapefiles required annual updates • Time spent troubleshooting machine specific problems

  6. Application Update Needs • Update the underlying technology to a supported platform • Web based solution to eliminate the need to install on specific user machines • Change the business workflow into the Hansen system to help speed up application performance • Make cost tracking information easier to access

  7. Needs continued… • Add roles to the application to filter necessary information to the job role. • Create a “viewer” application for high level administrators to see what is happening real-time without having a login to the SnowFighter application. • Less coupling to the work management system in case of updates or changes in the system.

  8. Technical Implementation

  9. Technology • ArcGIS Server 10 • Flex API 2.2 • .Net 4 • Windows Communication Foundation Data Services

  10. Process

  11. Architecture Admin SnowFight Tracking Database Supervisor Hansen Operations Assistant Contractor ArcGIS Server 10

  12. Interface Operations Console Map Console Assignment Details Console Routes View Slider

  13. Application Architecture SnowFight Tracking Database Data Web Service Reporting Service Hansen Web Service Hansen

  14. Data Model

  15. Resource Tracking

  16. Operations Console

  17. Operations Console

  18. Map Console

  19. View Routes in Progress

  20. View Route Aging

  21. Continue to work the Snow Fight • Complete Assignments • Dispatch new assignments • Log comments

  22. Close Shift

  23. Reports

  24. Reporting Information • Snow Routes Plowed By Area • Driver on-route times • Vehicle usage and breakdowns • Contractor Assignments • Labor Costs • Equipment Costs • Material Costs • Material Usage

  25. Benefits • More accurate tracking of labor, equipment, and material resources during snow event • Seamless, automated integration with Hansen • Use map and GIS as an aid • Review numbers during a snow event • Access information from previous snow events for analysis • More accurate projections for the future

  26. Questions

  27. Thank You! • Joe LaCombe, Woolpert, Inc. – joe.lacombe@woolpert.com • Cheryl Spencer, City of Indianapolis – CSPENCER@indy.gov

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