Farallon GIS and Location Technology Case Studies
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Farallon Helps Caltrans Improve Accuracy of States County Route Postmile System
Challenge
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) wanted to improve the accuracy of the county route postmile system by accurately determining locations where highways cross county lines.
Solution
Farallon helped Caltrans to determine locations of the intersection of highway centerline and county boundary crossings for selected sites, within 5 meters of true, using three different technical approaches to determining highway centerlines. Read more details...
Categories: Geodatabase Design, Transportation & Linear Networks, GPS Field Data Collection
City of San Mateo Master Address Database
Challenge
Addresses are a key dataset used by the City of San Mateo to provide essential services. No single complete, accurate, and current address list existed within the City that could be used as the authoritative list of business and residential locations. This limited the ability for City departments to coordinate efforts and integrate information across business systems.
Solution
Farallon designed and deployed a Master Address Database (MAD) as a central authoritative service for all City departments. The MAD offers increased data availability, reduced errors and maintenance, elimination of duplicate data, and enhanced City services. Read more details...
Categories: Web Applications, Enterprise Mashups, GIS/IT Integration, Pavement Management, Asset Management Systems
Caltrans PEAR-STEVE Systems Evaluation
Challenge
The California Department of Transportation, Division of Environmental Analysis required a comprehensive system requirements evaluation for two projects: the Preliminary Environmental Analysis Report (PEAR) tool and the Standard Tracking and Exchange Vehicle for Environmental System (STEVE) project.
Solution
Farallon performed a comprehensive system requirements evaluation of the PEAR-Tool and STEVE projects and prepared a detailed System Requirements Specification report that documents the programs' functional and non-functional system requirements, use studies, interview data, and the perceived limitations of the program. Read more details...
Categories: Planning & Training, GIS Needs Asssessment
Farallon assists with litigation support
Challenge
A California legal firm was handling a dispute over a large parcel of real estate located in rural California. They needed a way for a San Francisco jury to visualize the size of the property.
Solution
Farallon used publicly available parcel data for the relevant areas and overlaid these outlines on a Google Earth orthophotograph of the City of San Francisco to show the property size in relationship to the size of San Francisco. Read more details...
Categories: Web Applications, Property Review
City of Chula Vista uses dynamic segmentation to render StreetSaver information to the GIS
Challenge
The City of Chula Vista wanted the information in their ArcSDE GIS to be shared with a StreetSaver database.
Solution
Tools in ESRI's ArcGIS were used to develop dynamic segmentation procedures to render StreetSaver information to the GIS. The segmentation of the streets into paving sections is done dynamically using the StreetSaver database post mile data at the time the user requests the information so the two datasets remain in sync. Read more details...
Categories: GIS/IT Integration, Pavement Management
GIS PavePlan Application Helps San Mateo County Manage Pavement Conditions
Challenge
San Mateo County manages over $100 million of infrastructure assets such as roads and sewer infrastructure. Pulling together information from separate GIS, pavement management software and budgeting spreadsheets was time consuming. It could take up to three months for a decision, such as asphalt resurfacing, to be agreed upon by all departments.
Solution
Farallon Geographics developed the GIS PavePlan application which automates data interchange between their cost modeling application, GIS database, and pavement scenario manager. Read more details...
Categories: GIS/IT Integration, Pavement Management, Asset Management Systems
San Mateo County ArcSDE/Oracle Spatial Implementation
Challenge
San Mateo County wanted to wanted to deploy the map production and geocoding tools available in ArcGIS on top of their existing Oracle Spatial and Intergraph Geomedia Enterprise GIS.
Solution
Farallon configured and performance-tuned Oracle to integrate with ArcSDE and geodata access via ESRI software. Farallon also provided County staff with training and useful tools such as scripts, tips, and common troubleshooting techniques. Read more details...
Categories: GIS/IT Integration, Planning & Training, Training & Technology Transfer
City of Boston Redevelopment Authority: Web Based GIS Redevelopment Project Tracking Portal
Challenge
The Boston Redevelopment Authority manages the review process of City development projects. Over time, redevelopment related data had become spread across several independent databases making it difficult to integrate the data necessary to complete a formal redevelopment project review.
Solution
Farallon created a web application to integrate the City's permitting system with an enterprise databases using GIS . Fast and simple access to 2D & 3D maps, City GIS data, and project specific redevelopment information, was developed using web services to dynamically overlay GIS results onto Virtual Earth. Read more details...
Categories: Web Applications, Enterprise Mashups, GIS/IT Integration, Asset Management Systems
Contra Costa Economic Development website integrates spatially-aware database and MS Virtual Earth
Challenge
To promote economic development, Contra Costa County Community Development Department wanted a website to help real estate professionals and business owners search for properties available for development or new business locations.
Solution
Farallon developed an easy-to-use prototype "GIS Site Locator" website using Microsoft's Virtual Earth that dynamically queries geodata and broker information stored in Oracle Express. Users enter parameters such as price range and square footage to quickly find and display properties on a map along with photos and driving directions. An RSS feed automatically keeps users updated of relevant new properties. Read more details...
Categories: Web Applications, Enterprise Mashups, Property Review, GIS/IT Integration, Business Intelligence Systems, Geodatabase Design, Open Standards Solutions
Integrating MDOT’s business data with its geographic data using Oracle Spatial
Challenge
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is responsible for planning, designing, building and operating the state's transportation network. MDOT's existing LRS implementation was not geographically referenced . This limited their ability to automate data validation or perform real-time spatial analyses of their network.
Solution
Farallon developed a data model to support MDOT's transportation system workflows and integrated the data with Oracle Spatial. Farallon also developed dynamic segmentation procedures to link tabular data (e.g. traffic reports) to on-the-fly to visualization of road segments. MDOT can now access mapping and business data dynamically. Read more details...
Categories: Geodatabase Design, Transportation & Linear Networks, Planning & Training, GIS Needs Asssessment