Don Hong
Building data is key to developing a GIS capable of supporting design assessment; construction planning; and real property, asset, and facilities management. Many organizations have invested a large amount of resources in collecting building data in a variety of formats. This session will discuss and demonstrate best practices for importing building data from common data formats-CAD, lidar, and building information modeling-into GIS as well as discuss the importance of utilizing a GIS data schema that corresponds to industry standards for facilities classification and taxonomy. No longer is it enough just to visualize one's facility data within GIS; that data must also correspond to a meaningful and useful structure, able to support the decision-making requirements of facility managers at all levels.