 |
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Airport Configuration Management Using a Technical Information Mapping System Author: David Tamir One Airport Boulevard Phone: (407) 825-4034 The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority plans, develops, markets, leases, operates, and maintains products. These products are airports, which are multifaceted and complex. They include passenger terminals, aircraft aprons, taxiways, runways, signage, parking lots, garages, roadways, automated people movers, base infrastructure, environmental features, properties, and various facilities with their respective systems. These products have to be managed effectively to maximize passenger service and minimize tenant costs. Configuration management (CM) principles have been developed and successfully applied for many years in the aerospace industry to optimize product management. CM principles involve continuous and proactive planning, identification, tracking, and control of a product's configuration from its inception throughout its life. These CM principles are applicable to management of airports. Using today's personal computer (PC) desktop information technology (IT) tools, CM can be made practical and cost-effective for use by competitive commercial airports. This paper presents an approach to achieving airport CM using a technical information mapping system (TIMS). The TIMS integrates commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) IT tools such as Intranet/Extranet browsers, computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), GIS, facility information mapping system (FIMS), electronic drawing management system (EDMS), and an integrated spatial object relational database management system (DBMS). |