trends in surveying
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Compilation from 2011 Fall APSG meeting in Houston, with permission to show in KuwaitTRANSCRIPT
Trends in Surveying Notes for GIS Day, Kuwait CityWith permission from APSGFall Meeting, Houston, 2011
Notes from meeting talks• Steve Thomas, Suncor• Janet Sinclair, PODS• John Kelly, Hydro Projects• Brian Schostak, OGP• Barry Barrs, Michael Barnes
ExxonMobil, Cain&Barnes• The bottom line
Steve Thomas, Suncor• Tales from the belly of the beast• Or how to try and educate, train and develop staff regarding
Geomatics in a large multi-national corporation
Why offer internal training• Raise awareness of the Spatial error budget• Provide fundamentals and theory• Forum of discussion• Reduce risk of costly mistakes
• To:• Geoscientists, engineers etc.• IT, support etc.
Challenge / response• Courses run regularly• Disparate needs• Drillers / IT / Engineers / Geosciences• On/offshore, domestic/international
• Lessons learned• Intro / specialised follow up• Standards and metadata• Work with contractors
Example slides
Janet Sinclair, PODS• Leveraging standards in the pipeline industry• Who are PODS• Association guidelines• Improve interoperability• Member knowledge sharing • Growth
Benefits of using a standard model• Clear concise definitions agreed by industry• Software vendor and application agnostic• No need to develop internal models• Incorporates industry best practices• Use as users need• Relational / geodatabase• Centralised / distributed• Various submodels and subgroups
John Kelly, Hydro Projects• Geomatics training – education or confusion?• Complex terminology & principles• Don’t confuse the student• Use clear diagrams• Focus on industry awareness and need
Examples
Brian Schostak, OGP• Joint Industry Project 24• Improve software for geoscientists• Develop test data• Formulate recommendations• Certification process• GIGS manual released
Example
Barry Barrs, Michael BarnesExxonMobil, Cain&Barnes• Developing an effective geodetics training program for your
office• Timing and distribution• Demography and results
• APSG / OGP materials to assist in training• PPT templates• publications
Examples
The bottom line• Your users are your friends• Inform them as bests suits their needs• Meet corporate and industry guidelines
• All infrastructure is location-based• GIS is the best way to achieve that…• Make sure projections are understood
• More on Dropbox and on the web:• Long and complete presentation (APSG also)• Short and entertaining presentation (GIS Day)