Smart Facilities
Welcome
to Smart Facilities, Esri's quarterly newsletter providing information
for those interested in GIS for facilities management. Visit us online for
more information on GIS
for FM.
In This Issue
User Resources
PLTS
for ArcGIS Assists with Defense Facilities Management [PDF]
Esri's Production Line Tool Set (PLTS) for ArcGIS is a collection of turnkey
software applications for high-volume database production, maintenance,
quality control and cartographic product generation, and workflow management.
Esri power users, such as the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), rely on PLTS
to help manage vast facilities. The PLTS team at Esri has put together this
document to help you understand how the work the DoD has done can assist
other military and civilian users manage their interior space.
Join
the Building Interior Space Data Model Group
The Building Interior Space Data Model (BISDM) Group is an independent
committee with members from both the private and public sectors who share
information, ideas, and experiences about enhancing facilities management
with GIS. As a member, you'll be involved in the collaboration on the BISDMa
model you can use for representing and modeling facility interiors using
ArcGIS.
The
BISDM Group, together with Esri, built the Building
Interior Space Data Model, which includes a logical and physical UML
diagram that you can directly import into ArcGIS.
View
ArcGIS 9.3 Seminar Materials
Esri's popular seminar series highlights new functionality in the latest
release of ArcGIS. Now available online, the seminar materials will help you
understand how ArcGIS 9.3 can enable you to manage your data better and
disseminate the results of your analysis to others throughout the
organization and in the field.
ArcGIS
API for Flex 1.1
The new version of the ArcGIS API for Flex 1.1 is now available for download
from the ArcGIS Resource Center. This version includes bug fixes and graphics
performance improvements. Several new help topics and samples have also been
added.
Get
Started with Web Mapping - 60-Minute Training Video
Esri's live training seminar Building Rich Internet Applications with ArcGIS
API for Flex, first broadcast in January 2009, is available for you to view.
The seminar provides an overview of the tools and concepts needed to create
Web mapping applications using the ArcGIS API for Flex.
Submit
Your Presentation for NCFMTC 2009 in Oklahoma City
Campus
Facilities Management Technology Association (CFTA) invites you to submit
your presentations for the 2009 National Campus FM Technology Conference
(NCFMTC), which will be held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, August 1114.
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Facilities
Management Track Presentations at the 2009 FedUC
Esri's 2009 Federal User Conference (FedUC) was a great success and included
many informative presentations from Esri users. For the second year, Esri
hosted a facilities management (FM) track that focused on how users in the
federal and defense industries are applying GIS to FM. See the user
presentations listed under GIS Applications for Installation and Facilities
Management, Facilities Management in Federal Government I, and Facilities
Management in Federal Government II.
Space
Optimization - It's Rocket Science
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) staff members discuss
how GIS has helped them decrease building operational costs and improve
placement of personnel in this eight-minute video.
FM
for GIS Power Users [PDF]
The Smithsonian Institution created a new Web interface for Esri power users
at its Panamanian facilities, allowing them to incorporate 2D and 3D capabilities.
This paper, given at the 2009 Esri FedUC, outlines how the organization uses
GIS for building information management.
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Partner Solutions
Robots
in Every Building?
Recently, Penobscot Bay Media visited the Esri facilities to scan the
interior of the buildings for our own facilities management purposes. Read
this article to gain an understanding of this intensive data collection
exercise for building a comprehensive building information model.
ARCHIBUS
Geospatial Extensions Delivers ARCHIBUS Data and Graphics into the ArcGIS
Family of Products
ARCHIBUS, Inc., has released an extension product that allows users to use FM
data with GIS tools for a comprehensive view and analysis of properties in a
real-world context. Useful for private- and public-sector users, the solution
improves organizational productivity by automating the delivery of facilities
information into an organization's operations. Learn how ARCHIBUS
works with Esri.
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