A recent project at the City of Barrie involved building a Geodatabase for Land Parcel Base and Planning datasets. This Geodatabase is a foundation that is part of an overall plan to build an Enterprise GIS Server that is linked to multiple business systems and web applications. The presentation will provide an overview of the project approach, and discuss some of the challenges and solutions getting 12 large CAD drawings into the target data model using FME.

1. Using FME to Build an 2010:
An FME
Enterprise Geodatabase Odyssey
Steve Grisé
Geo Solution Architect and Founder, Vertex3 Inc.

2. Project Purpose
 Build an Enterprise Database
 Parcels integrated with Finance
 Addresses integrated with Permitting
 Planning vertical aligned with Parcels
 Move from 12 large CAD drawings, multiple
shapefiles, and multiple copies of data/maps
 Set a foundation for other projects such as
asset/work management

3. Source Data

4. Target Data Model

5. Target Data Model

6. Target Data Model

7. Challenges and Solutions

8. Address Points
 Rotated text in CAD (Magenta)
 STNUMBER layer
 No identifiers

9. Solution

10. Boundary Line Types

11. Boundary Line Types
Source
CAD
Layer
Feature
Class
Boundary
Type
Carto
Line
Type
SourceType
PCL_ASSUMED
ePARCEL_BOUNDARY
Parcel
Assumed
Right
of
Way
Unknown
PCL-­‐UNASSUMED
ePARCEL_BOUNDARY
Parcel
Unassumed
Right
of
Way
Unknown
PCL-­‐URA
ePARCEL_BOUNDARY
Parcel
Unopened
Road
Allowance
Unknown
PCL-­‐PL
ePARCEL_BOUNDARY
Parcel
Plan
Registered
Plan
PCL
ePARCEL_BOUNDARY
Parcel
Parcel
Other
PCL-­‐RAIL
ePARCEL_BOUNDARY
Parcel
Rail
Other
PCL-­‐CON
ePARCEL_BOUNDARY
Parcel
Concession
Other
CON-­‐LT
ePARCEL_BOUNDARY
Parcel
Concession
-­‐
Lot
Other
ROW
ePARCEL_BOUNDARY
Parcel
Private
ROW
Other
PCL-­‐RDCL
ePARCEL_BOUNDARY
Parcel
Closed
Road
Other
PCL-­‐PRIVATE
ePARCEL_BOUNDARY
Parcel
Private
ROW
Other
PCL-­‐LAKE
ePARCEL_BOUNDARY
Parcel
Water
Unknown
EASEMENT
ePARCEL_BOUNDARY
Easement
Easement
Other
RESERVE
ePARCEL_BOUNDARY
Reserve
Reserve
Other
PCL-­‐LAKE
eWATER_LINE
N/A
N/A
N/A
PL-­‐LT
eHISTORICAL_LOT
N/A
N/A
N/A
ROAD
EXTENSIONS
eROAD_EXTENSION
N/A
N/A
N/A
LAKE
eWATER_LINE
N/A
N/A
N/A
CITY_BOUNDARY
eMUNICIPAL_BOUNDARY_LINE
N/A
N/A
N/A
CITY_BOUNDARY
eMUNICIPAL_BOUNDARY
N/A
N/A
N/A

12. Solution

13. Parcels/Roll Numbers
 Parcel lines
 Roll Number text (multi-value)
 Parcel Polygons/Topology in target
 Also Lot/Block text/pointss

14. Solution

15. Annotation
 Annotation relatively clean and consistent in
source data
 Layers
 Attributes
 ArcGIS Desktop reads CAD Annotation well
 Import option to do the same in FME
 Performance on load…

16. Solution

17. Automation
 Multiple loads to refine load process and data
model
 Mapping files a deliverable of the project
 Final load to occur after project completion

18. Solution
 .bat files to run individual models for all CAD
drawings:
REM loop through Land Parcel Base dwg files and load boundary features using FME mapping file in this folder
for %%f in ("Land Parcel Base/*.dwg") do "c:program filesfmefme.exe" "1. Boundaries.fmw" --
SourceDataset_ACAD "Land Parcel Base/%%f" --DestDataset_GEODATABASE_FILE "Barrie.gdb" --
LOG_FILE "%%f_load.log"
 Spreadsheet to document steps for loading

19. Thank You!
 Questions?
 For more information:
 Steve Grisé
 Steve@vertex3.com
 http://www.vertex3.com