GISC9305 Deliverable 1 CAD and GIS Mapping Standard

Shannon Graup

2/6/2014
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Shannon Graup
Thursday February 6th, 2014 GISC 9305-D1 Mike Wallace CET, OLS OLIP Professor Niagara College 135 Taylor Road Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1J0

Dear Mr. Wallace, Re: GISC9305-D1 CAD and GIS Mapping Standard Please accept this letter as my formal submission of deliverable 1, CAD and GIS Mapping Standard for GISC9305 CAD and GIS. During this deliverable a CAD and mapping standards document was created to outline the requirements of software, file naming convention, spatial references / co-ordinate system, object classes structure and definitions, text styles, symbology, metadata, topology rules, and quality assurance and quality control procedures for Shannon Graup Unlimited. If there are any technical issues regarding the attached data or if you have any questions regarding the assignment submission please feel free to contact me by phone (647-921-4930) or e-mail at your convenience. I look forward to receiving your feedback and suggestions. Sincerely,

Shannon Graup BAH GIS GM Candidate S.G/s.g Enclosures 1) CAD and GIS Mapping Standard document

Abstract
The following documentation outlines CAD data standards for any drawings and maps produced and used by Shannon Graup Unlimited. There are specific requirements listed for software, file naming convention, spatial references / co-ordinate system, object classes structure and definitions, text styles, symbology, metadata, topology rules, and quality assurance and quality control procedures.

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Table of Contents
Abstract .................................................................................................................................... i 1.0 Introduction....................................................................................................................... 1 2.0 CAD Data Standards ........................................................................................................ 1 2.1 Software ........................................................................................................................... 1 2.2 File Naming Convention ................................................................................................... 1 2.3 Spatial References / Co-ordinate System ......................................................................... 1 2.4 Object Classes Structure and Definitions .......................................................................... 1 2.4.1 Contours .................................................................................................................... 1 2.4.2 Road Construction ..................................................................................................... 2 2.4.3 Access Road and Road Centre Line .......................................................................... 2 2.5 Text Styles........................................................................................................................ 4 2.6 Symbology........................................................................................................................ 4 2.7 Metadata .......................................................................................................................... 5 2.8 Topology Rules................................................................................................................. 6 2.9 Quality Assurance and Quality Control Procedures .......................................................... 6 3.0 Conclusion........................................................................................................................ 6

List of Appendices
Appendix 1: CAD and GIS Mapping Standards Layout .............................................................. 7

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1.0 Introduction
The purpose of this document is to outline the requirements for any CAD drawings and maps prepared for Shannon Graup Unlimited. Software, file naming convention, spatial references / co-ordinate system, object classes structure and definitions, text styles, symbology, metadata, topology rules, and quality assurance and control procedures are identified in the following document. All CAD drawings and maps prepared for Shannon Graup Unlimited are to be completed to the standards laid out below.

2.0 CAD Data Standards

2.1 Software
The AutoCAD software used to prepare any drawings, maps or definition files for Shannon Graup Unlimited is AutoCAD Map 3D 2013.

2.2 File Naming Convention

Naming convention for all data layers and object classes used by Shannon Graup Unlimited is to use Pascal Casing for feature names, separated by an underscore (example: Pascal_Casing). All data layers that are used to produce drawings and maps in AutoCAD for Shannon Graup Unlimited must follow the outlined naming convention to ensure similarity between drawings and maps throughout the company. The naming convention for any AutoCAD drawing or definition file is the 8 digit division code XXXX0000, two digit project ID X0, and the Last name and First initial of the drawing or map creator in Pascal casing. An example of the name for the drawing and definition file created for this Project is GISC9305D1GraupS.dwg and GISC9305D1GraupS.xml.

2.3 Spatial References / Co-ordinate System

The co-ordinate system was not defined in the drawing that was provided for this project. The road layers were assigned the Road Network File Structure from ON1Call Map Standards V1.5 as attributes, and this file structure is regarding roads in Ontario. From this information a coordinate system of NAD83 Zone 17, Meter; Ontario west of 94.5 deg West was assigned to the drawing in AutoCAD.

2.4 Object Classes Structure and Definitions

A definition file was create and an object class was created for four data layers; Contours, Road_Construction, Access_Road and Road_Centre_Line.

2.4.1 Contours
The contours object class is used to define and standardize the colour, layer and linetype properties. Table 1 lists the property attributes (type, range and default) for the contours object class.

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Table 1: Contours Object Class

Properties Color Layer Linetype

Type True Color Layer Linetype

Range 256 Contour ByLayer

Default ByLayer Contour ByLayer

2.4.2 Road Construction

The road construction object class is used to define and standardize the colour, layer and linetype properties. Table 2 lists the property attributes (type, range and default) for the road construction object class.
Table 2: Road Construction Object Class

Properties Color Layer Linetype

Type True Color Layer Linetype

Range 1 Road_Construction ByLayer

Default Red Road_Construction ByLayer

2.4.3 Access Road and Road Centre Line

Before creating an object class for Access_Road and Road_Centre_Line an object data table was created and attached to the data. The object data created and attached to the access roads and road centre lines in the drawing can be seen in Table 3. This table was taken from ON1Call Map Standards V1.5.
Table 3: Road Network File Structure Object Data

Field Name Street FromLeft ToLeft FromRight ToRight PreDir PreType StreetName SuffType SufDir UniqueID DateCreated

Field Type Character Real Real Real Real Character Character Character Character Character Real Character

Description Street Name From left address To left address From right address To right address Street direction before street name Street type before street name Street name Street type after street name Street direction after street type Street segment unique identification number Date the record was created

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The access road object class is used to define and standardize the colour, layer and linetype properties. Table 4 lists the property attributes (type, range and default) for the access road object class, and the object data that was attached to the access roads.
Table 4: Access Road Object Class

Properties Color Layer Linetype OD: Street OD: FromLeft OD: ToLeft OD: FromRight OD: ToRight OD: PreDir OD: PreType OD: StreetName OD: SuffType OD: SufDir OD: UniqueID OD: DateCreated

Type True Color Layer Linetype Text String Real Real Real Real Text String Text String Text String Text String Text String Real Text String

Range 256 Access_Road ByLayer -

Default ByLayer Access_Road ByLayer 0 0 0 0 0 -

The road centre line object class is used to define and standardize the colour, layer and linetype linetype properties.

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Table 5 lists the property attributes (type, range and default) for the road centre line object class, and the object data that was attached to the road centre lines.

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Table 5: Road Centre Line Object Class

Properties Color Layer Linetype OD: Street OD: FromLeft OD: ToLeft OD: FromRight OD: ToRight OD: PreDir OD: PreType OD: StreetName OD: SuffType OD: SufDir OD: UniqueID OD: DateCreated

Type True Color Layer Linetype Text String Real Real Real Real Text String Text String Text String Text String Text String Real Text String

Range 256 Road_Centre_Line ByLayer -

Default ByLayer Road_Centre_Line ByLayer 0 0 0 0 0 -

2.5 Text Styles

To help standardize any drawings and maps, a common font will be used in all drawings and maps that are created by, or presented to Shannon Graup Unlimited. All fonts in drawings and maps will be Arial, black. Sizes for any labels and annotation should be font size 8, but can vary depending on the visibility of the drawing or map.

2.6 Symbology
Symbology used in any drawing or map for Shannon Graup Unlimited should be standardized. Table 6 lists the symbology used in this project drawing. This symbology should be followed for any further drawings created for Shannon Graup Unlimited.
Table 6: Drawing Symbology

Name Access_Road AOI Contour_Elevations Contours Lake River Road_Centre_Line Road_Construction Vegetation Wetlands

Color 249,183,27 80 162,99,20 157,132,75 46,61,142 109,144,234 215,111,48 249,6,10 231,255,207 24,26,127

Lineweight 0.35 mm 0.40 mm Default 0.35 mm 0.35 mm 0.35 mm 0.35 mm 0.35 mm 0.35 mm 0.35 mm

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2.7 Metadata
Metadata is often referred to as data about data. Metadata is descriptive information about data. Metadata should be added and continually updated for any drawings used by Shannon Graup Unlimited. There are five sections of metadata, each with specific requirements. The five sections are identification information, spatial data organization information, spatial reference information, entity and attribute information and metadata reference information. In AutoCAD many metadata fields are updated automatically by the software. Table 7, Table 8, Table 9, and Table 10 list the fields that should be included and updated on any drawings or maps used by Shannon Graup Unlimited.
Table 7: Identification Information Metadata

Identification Information Title Title of the drawing Geospatial Data Presentation Form Type of data (automatically updated) Bounding Coordinates West, east, north and south coordinates (automatically updated) Native Data Set Environment Data set environment (automatically updated)

Table 8: Spatial Data Organization Information

Spatial Data Organization Information Direct spatial reference method Data type (automatically updated) Point and vector object information Point and vector object count Object count for each object class in drawing (automatically updated)
Table 9: Spatial reference Information

Spatial Reference Information Name & specific information about map projection (automatically updated) Planar Coordinate Information (automatically updated) Geodetic model Horizontal datum name, ellipsoid mame (automatically updated) Map projection
Table 10: Entity and Attribute Information

Entity type label Attribute Label

Entity and Attribute Information Name of object class (automatically updated) Names of property attributes for object class (automatically updated)

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2.8 Topology Rules

A number of topology rules should be followed to help standardize any drawings for Shannon Graup Unlimited. Break crossing objects will break lines or polylines in the same layer that intersect. This can help to clean up the topology of Road Network lines. A road should be broken into a different segment every time it intersects with another line in the same layer, or another road layer line. Extend undershoots and erase dangling objects are two topology drawing clean-up actions to use on any road network, it is essential that any road segments in a drawing are properly snapped together. Another topology rule that should be followed is to join segments of polylines together that are separate. For example in the contours layer segments of contour polylines together that are the same elevation should be joined together to created one segment. The same is to be said for the roads layer; road segments that do not intersect another road segment should be joined.

2.9 Quality Assurance and Quality Control Procedures

Quality assurance should be completed in two stages or more when creating and editing layers, depending on the size of the project. When digitizing layers standardization of the above listed elements should be check halfway through completion and upon completion. These elements should again be checked when any editing on a drawing is completed.

3.0 Conclusion
The above documentation outlines CAD data standardization procedures that should be used when creating and presenting any drawings or maps to Shannon Graup Unlimited. If these outlines are followed when creating drawings and maps, data can be more easily integrated into Shannon Graup Unlimited company datasets.

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Appendix 1: CAD and GIS Mapping Standards Layout

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