Facility and Infrastructure Use Management Computer-Aided Drafting/Geographic Information.

Author: Forrest C. Lamb
Organization: 926th Fighter Wing/Base Civil Engineer

PO Box 50
Bldg 202
NAS JRB New Orleans, LA 70143-0050
USA

Phone: (504) 678-3735
Fax: (504) 678-3561
flamb@nbg.afres.af.mil

Integration of relational and spatial data has been a fundamental goal of those responsible for managing facilities and infrastructure for many years--the power to visualize, query, and analyze data geographically. Once we've made the maps we want, it's easy to add tabular data from various database servers onto our map so that we can organize our data geographically. The purpose of the facility geographic information system is to provide a tool for more efficient use of existing facilities and to improve long-range planning of those facilities. The space utilization drawings prepared for each building show floor plan, size, and use of each room. Utilization database files, linked to the drawings, provide information on rooms and buildings by category code, function, and using organization. Reports and queries can be created to determine utilization, space adequacy, and condition.