Introduction

As many of our clients know Idisis' Online Spatial Information System (OSIS) is a certified ARCHIBUS Developer Network (ADN) application and has worked with ARCHIBUS and the ARCHIBUS data model since its release in 2000.

OSIS now takes another step forward by providing direct integrated access to OSIS from Web Central, providing an Autodesk approach to spatial data management and GIS. This direct integrated approach gives our clients the choice of a fully integrated spatial solution (including GIS and site mapping) via Web Central.

The power of spatial data management and GIS via OSIS utilizes the Autodesk product base (AutoCAD Map and Autodesk MapServer) as well as leverages datasets made available from ESRI tools and Google Maps.

Leverage versus Duplicate

What do we mean by "Leverage versus Duplicate"? GIS data is often managed in toolsets that are not common to facility and infrastructure departments, who are more comfortable with managing building and site based drawings in AutoCAD and receiving as-built drawings in AutoCAD format.

Rather than recreating data provided in other GIS tools, these departments can simply leverage the data created by these tools and eliminate duplication.

By working with an Autodesk based solution for the management of facility drawings and integration of GIS information, organizations can use existing resources, reduce redundancy and errors, and increase operational efficiency.

Increase The Value of Your GIS Data

GIS groups and departments spend significant time and money establishing standards and producing datasets that are beneficial to the organization. OSIS with Web Central provides the solution to bring all of this information together. The GIS data is integrated with facility management information providing a geographic context for facility managers.

The beauty is, facility managers do not have to create the GIS data. Facility managers simply use existing data to improve facility operations, reporting and analysis. This in turn provides a win to the GIS group as their data has now become more valuable to the organization.

Conversely, facility management departments can then publish their information to the GIS departments such as building locations and operational metrics. As a result, the facility group's information has become valuable to the organization establishing a true value cycle.