Abstract

Mapping Capital Improvement Program Projects at the City of Austin
Track: State and Local Government
Authors: Angeline Van Zant

The CIP feature class is a cross-departmental solution for mapping projects at the City of Austin. An FME workbench is used to append several departmental feature classes together as one polygon feature class; create a one-project to one-feature relationship; and connect to the project management database for information used to coordinate CIP projects. This feature class is the first successful City-wide effort to map CIP projects, and does so while allowing departments to track information independently, applying mapping standards, and obtaining source information from project managers.

The CIP feature class is available to GIS and non-GIS users alike, and is a main source for the City's new web mapping application, IMMPACT (Infrastructure Management, Mapping, Planning And Coordination Tool). IMMPACT allows users to identify and resolve conflicts between CIP projects, permitted activities, and planned special events. Additionally, users can set up individual queries for projects, or navigate by using a map.