Public access to Street and Highways Works Chris Gower GIS Director, Jacobs Babtie.

Public access toStreet and Highways Works

Chris Gower

GIS Director, Jacobs Babtie

Public access toStreet and Highways Works

Today Tomorrow The future The challenge

Today - Summary

Good and not so good Different Difficult to find No cross boundary access Incomplete - Street v Road Works, Events Inaccurate – no location co-ordinates

Tomorrow

Regional / National approach Seamless access Example – the EMPReSS specification

EMPReSS

East

Midlands

Partnership

Regional

electronic

Spatial

System

Background

ODPM Regional e-Government Project Inter-operable seamless services Pilot Service – Streetworks CSS Conference IM Award Winner 2004 Priority Outcome G14 solution

East Midlands Installation

Operational since April 2004 11 LHA plus HA streetworks data 5 types of streetworks system Example asset data – bus stops

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Key features

Seamless cross boundary access Street and Road works etc Distributed data access Future proof:-

– Uses OS MasterMap product– Open modular UML specification– SVG web map server– GIS independent

Tomorrow Today

National service being deployed

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The Future

National EMPReSS Specification Custodian Traffic Management Act support:-

– Co-ordination– Media access– Diversionary routes– Abnormal loads– Buried services

Other services – Single Property Account

The challenge

Completeness – works and events Locational accuracy – NSG, OSGRs

Today, tomorrow, sometime ……

Let’s do it in 2005

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