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gINT – Where we are and where we are going

gINT – Where we are and where we are going. Salvatore Caronna Solution Executive, Environmental 19 October 2011. Agenda. General Overview gINT V8 i Overview What’s Coming Possible Collaborative Projects. General Overview. Subsurface data is inefficiently utilized.

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gINT – Where we are and where we are going

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  1. gINT – Where we are and where we are going Salvatore Caronna Solution Executive, Environmental 19 October 2011

  2. Agenda • General Overview • gINT V8i Overview • What’s Coming • Possible Collaborative Projects

  3. General Overview • Subsurface data is inefficiently utilized. • Inconsistent and inefficient processes. • Data are not completely under central control. • Subsurface data is under utilized. • Should be accessible to all interested groups: Civil design, structural, architectural, landscaping, etc. • Difficult to share data without redundancy. • Subsurface data needs to be an integral part of CWIM. • We have the beginnings of this integration and more is being done.

  4. gINT V8i Overview – What’s New

  5. gINT V8i Overview – Main New Features • DGN Export • ProjectWise Support • Greatly expanded support of multiple project SQL Server databases • Coordinate System Support • Properties by Layer (Level) • Fence Drapes • Deviated Boreholes

  6. gINT V8i Overview – DGN Export

  7. gINT V8i Overview – ProjectWise Support • Supports open file dialogs • Support save as file dialogs • Can reference documents and raster images in gINT fields from PW • Interface works like all other Bentley products • Can turn off support via File:System Properties dialog, “General” tab.

  8. gINT V8i Overview – SQL Server • Full data editing with dataset locking • Full import support • Database schema can be modified in gINT • Much faster operations

  9. gINT V8i Overview – Coordinates • Uses MicroStation coordinate conversion libraries. • Allows users to specify a project coordinate system. Entering North and East coordinates generates corresponding WGS84 Latitude and Longitude and visa versa.

  10. gINT V8i Overview – Coordinates • With output using an SQL Server database with multiple projects that have different coordinate systems, the program automatically resolves their coordinates to a common system. • The most common uses of this feature by our users: • For many organizations borehole locations are many times surveyed using GPS devices which give only latitude and longitude. gINT needs projected coordinates to accurately plot features in plan (site maps) and profile (fence diagrams). A utility feature provides a list of projected systems that cover any specified latitude and longitude. Selecting one of these project systems for the project coordinate system, the latitude and longitudes can be entered and the north and east automatically calculated by the program. • Organizations may have two or more adjacent projects with different coordinate systems and they would like to run reports on the combined projects. The new feature allows such reporting to occur with accurate relative locations of the boreholes.

  11. gINT V8i Overview – Properties by Layer

  12. gINT V8i Overview – Fence Drapes

  13. gINT V8i Overview – Fence Drapes • Graphic that depict features in elevation along a line (straight, zigzagged, or curved) can be superimposed or “draped” over fence diagrams.

  14. gINT V8i Overview – Fence Drapes • Fence drapes can be used to display: • Interpreted layered geometry • Seismic tests results (for example, shear wave velocities) • Existing features along an alignment (rivers, bridges, buildings, roads, etc.)

  15. gINT V8i Overview – Fence Drapes

  16. gINT V8i Overview – Fence Drapes

  17. gINT V8i Overview – Deviated Boreholes • Holes where bearing and plunge change with depth.

  18. gINT V8i Overview – Deviated Boreholes

  19. What’s Coming? – CWIM Integration (Adapted from presentation by Brian Huston 2010)

  20. What’s Coming? – Near Term • Data Views • User-defined criteria on which data to display in Input. • Also restricts selectable data range in Output. • Very important when working with multiple project SQL Server databases but will also work with single project ACCESS files. • Examples: • Only show projects and related data where the hole type is “CPT”. • Only show data within a rectangular coordinate zone. • Only show data where the boreholes have a particular layer type.

  21. What’s Coming? – Near Term • I-Model export from gINT

  22. What’s Coming? – Near Term

  23. What’s Coming? – Medium Term • Native modeling capabilities • Referencing Design objects in gINT: • Alignments • Surfaces • Referencing gINT reports and objects in Design applications (MS, InRoads, etc.) • Borehole logs • Sections • Surfaces

  24. What’s Coming? – Medium Term • gINT Data Linked to Excel • Automates the linking process • Allows building spreadsheets on “live” data • Support for ProjectWise Geospatial

  25. What’s Coming? – Long Term • Support for Bentley Map and GeoWeb Publisher • Integration with other Bentley products • gINT will be the only repository of geotechnical and geoenvironmental data. • All Bentley products requiring subsurface data would request the information from gINT. • No data duplication. • Data can be refreshed to reflect updates. • Conversion to a Power Platform product • Oracle Support

  26. Standardizing gINT in the Corps • A lot of work has been done by the New Orleans district with assistance from consultants in creating a standard set of gINT files. • About 21 Corps districts have bought into this standardize. Much work still needs to be done

  27. Standardizing gINT in the Corps • Much work still needs to be done • Each district has their own needs and needs change with time within every district. These requirements are mainly for additional reporting and import/export filters. • Ongoing customization system are necessary. This must be done in a way that maintains consistency of look and feel and database structure. • The database structure is large and complex since the needs of so many districts are involved. The size and complexity will grow with time. • There are many tools in gINT that can help minimize the size and complexity so that just the parts of the database that are needed by a specific district and/or project are shown.

  28. Possible Collaborative Projects • Standardization of gINT • Much work still needs to be done • There is no documentation. • There is no training. • Bentley can help make this valuable asset work better for the Corps. • Dam Inspection • Guidelines for Landscape Planting And Vegetation Management at Levees, Floodwalls, Embankment Dams, and Appurtenant Structures

  29. Summary • Let’s work together to get the most efficient and wide spread utilization of subsurface data.

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