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GIS Software for Civil Engineering Verticals: An Overview
Satya Priya, Puneet Sharma and Premal Mehta
RMSI, A-7, Sector –16, Noida, UP 201 301, INDIA
Tel: 91-120-451-2101, 1102, Fax: 91-120-451-0963
E-mail: SatyaP@riskinc.com
Abstract
Geographic Information Systems have become a prevalent method of analysis in civil engineering. Flexible GIS models that manipulate compile and process spatial data above or below the earth’s surface have provided a powerful tool in civil engineering applications. To realize this RMSI provides a wide range of Geographic Information Systems services and solutions such as geological applications, Bore hole study, ground engineering, geotechnical engineering, environmental engineering, rural, urban and regional planning. For projects where spatial representation and analysis are not separable from the science and substance, RMSI provide the experience, intellect and self-guidance needed to produce top-quality GIS applications.
RMSI works at all project levels, from project management, to production, to technical services. Depending on a client's needs, we perform routine task, or take charge of an entire project, from team building to creation of maps and models. RMSI GIS technical services cover the full range, from map production, to spatial analysis, to remote sensing, to application development, to on-site GIS project executions.
For MapAsia 2002, we would like to present few top class software applications developed for our Japanese Client - Oyo Corporation to demonstrate RMSI GIS engineering capabilities to meet complexity of the problem maintaining world-class quality. Applications to be presented at MapAsia 2002 will be:
- OYOGIS Software: A geotechnical GIS application.
- NETGIS: A fast and scalable enterprise solution for Intranet, and Internet using web technologies.
- BH Manager: Aim is to create a user-friendly environment for loading Borehole data, associating Borehole Images with the selected borehole in ArcView and then Printed on the Plotter.
To address the title of the paper the authors preferred to present the content comprising three applications in brief in the form of case studies as follows.
Case I – About OYOGIS
OYOGIS is an integrated multi-lingual desktop GIS application designed to perform geological data analysis and extract geological information from spatial and non-spatial data. OYOGIS is intended for geo-technical professionals and consultants involved in water resource management and infrastructure related projects.
Geo-technical engineers using this application can relate alignments and cross-sections find the geological composition of a specific point along the alignment, associate documents related to a specific location on the map, and create thematic maps based on attributes of a map. Engineers can also zoom to specific parts of an alignment and see the associated cross-section area, perform spatial and non-spatial queries, and print required reports and maps.
There are administrative and client components to the system. This gives managers the control needed when dealing with large projects and data sets. The administrator can create, delete, and update users and user rights, create projects, and also audit any data changes made by users.
The system is open enough to support different types of data and can be customized to fit specific user needs. The software configuration used for OYOGS includes Visual Basic 6.0, Crystal reports for report creation and generation, VC++ for custom DLL’s, and ESRI MapObjects for the display and analysis of maps.
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