Abstract

Got a Campus Facilities Basemap – Now What?
Track: Facilities
Authors: J. Scott Sires

Ever wonder how to economically complete a 1:500 3D facilities map, and even capture building heights, roof pitches, and trees with a highly accurate GPS and a laser range finder - utilize students. Once finished administrators, as never before realized, can envision the solutions for which they have been searching. At Brookhaven College students applied the Esri Campus Basemap Template and created a beautiful map that is now used as a base for many other applications. This presentation will cover several of these uses such as: Exterior Signage, Point to Point Routing, integrated QR codes, ADA Compliant Routing, Observatory Site Selection, and fulfilling re-accreditation requirements for building interior space allocation. Looking forward, GIS is branching off into new and unexpected directions at the college with more uses such as: GIS based security apparatus control, administrator access to edit room utilization attributes via web mapping applications, and emergency response and preplanning.