Dropped kerbs caught with the Collector

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Mike Steven Edinburgh Council

4/10/16

Overview

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• Earlier Collector for ArcGIS projects• Dropped kerbs project

Earlier Collector Projects

• Grounds maintenance potential changes: – £200,000 targeted to be saved

• Shop survey town centre updates:– Update 2010 shop survey data

• Presentation seats

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Presentation seats

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Presentation seats

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Presentation seats

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Transport Accessibility Survey

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• a.k.a. The Dropped Kerb Survey• City-wide survey of:

Dropped kerbs (present)

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Dropped kerbs (absent)

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Raised tables

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Guardrails

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Residential crossovers

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Dropped kerb survey

• Funding from Scottish Government ‘Smarter Choices Smarter Places’ project

• Chance conversation led to using the Collector• Tender plans revised to only require surveyors

with tablets• Survey undertaken by IIC Technologies• Survey broken down into different phase areas

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Dropped kerb survey

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Dropped kerb survey

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Dropped Kerb Survey

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File geodatabaseArcGIS Online

AGOL map createdConsumed on tablets

Dropped kerb survey - issues

• No labelling in Collector• Problems syncing large amounts of data:

– Had to change the camera settings to produce smaller photos

• Problems downloading data to work offline when the features had geometry errors:– Fixed geometry errors on reference dataset (survey

phase dataset)

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Dropped kerbs – what next?

• Data to be added and maintained in Roads Services asset management system

• Analysis of survey to prioritise improvements• Once identified, improvements will tie in with:

– Smaller streetworks– Bigger capital renewal schemes

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Summary

• Collector quick and easy to configure• Collector has proved very useful so far:

– Presentation seats system working well– Identified savings for grounds maintenance project

• Dropped kerb survey successful so far:– Collector worked well gathering the data– Enabled cheaper project costs– Will provide better accessibility in the future

• More internal promotion required

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