{"id":2961405,"date":"2026-06-10T01:15:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T08:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2961405"},"modified":"2026-06-10T12:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:56:08","slug":"indoor-routing-network-qa-with-arcgis-data-reviewer","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-indoors\/data-management\/indoor-routing-network-qa-with-arcgis-data-reviewer","title":{"rendered":"Improving Indoor Routing with ArcGIS Data Reviewer"},"author":349902,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23851],"tags":[769012,36451,385632],"industry":[],"product":[37001,350942],"class_list":["post-2961405","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-management","tag-arcgis-data-reviewer","tag-arcgis-indoors","tag-indoor-gis","product-data-reviewer","product-arcgis-indoors"],"acf":{"short_description":"Improve indoor routing accuracy with ArcGIS Data Reviewer checks that catch hidden network errors before they affect navigation. ","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

An indoor GIS can help organizations bring their facilities to life through rich, floor-aware maps that transform complex indoor environments into clear, navigable digital twins. By modeling buildings, assets, and routable pathways with precision, ArcGIS Indoors provides a comprehensive framework for visualization, situational awareness, and spatial decision making inside facilities.<\/p>\n

Building on this foundation, indoor routing enables seamless wayfinding and turn-by-turn directions across and between floors and buildings, supporting everything from navigation to operational workflows and emergency response.<\/p>\n

Ensuring accurate indoor routing, however, starts long before we support one of the key patterns of use \u2014 it begins with data validation. At the core of that quality assurance effort is one critical principle: routing is only as accurate as the geometry behind it. For ArcGIS Indoors, high-quality network geometry is essential; even small vertical inaccuracies can lead to incorrect or confusing directions.<\/p>\n

Many of the common errors that may disrupt your indoor routing network can be difficult to find or catch with just visual review. This is where ArcGIS Data Reviewer comes into play. Data Reviewer provides a library of automated data checks that support consistent detection, management, and reporting of errors in your data. Data Reviewer\u2019s automated checks to detect vertical inconsistencies, disconnected pathways, dangles, and unsupported geometry, helping teams validate both Z-values and network connectivity. These automated checks support multiple workflows, allowing you to run ad hoc validation with the Run Data Checks, while also enabling you to persist these configured checks as attribute rules for ongoing, automated quality control.<\/p>\n

When creating indoor routing networks, the Generate Indoor Network Features<\/a> tool does a great job building the horizontal and vertical floor transitions, however, there is often some manual clean up that is still required. There are several common errors that I often run into and in this blog, I\u2019ll share a few of my techniques used for ensuring my data meets the requirements for indoor networks. These Data Reviewer checks will help you to conduct effective quality assurance on indoor networks to ensure routing is accurate, reliable, and ready for real world use.<\/p>\n

Before diving in, a bit of background: I have been with Esri for 7 years and am a Technical Consultant specializing in ArcGIS Indoors implementations. Across a wide range of customer projects, I\u2019ve encountered unique and challenging wayfinding use cases\u2014from navigating constantly changing spaces in convention centers to helping new GIS users find specific equipment across large campuses. These experiences have made streamlining the wayfinding QA\/QC workflow a particular area of focus for me.<\/div>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","content":"

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Verifying Network Verticality<\/a><\/h3>\n