We’re headed to the County Engineers Association of Ohio (CEAO) annual Ohio GIS Conference in September! This two-day conference will be filled with workshops, sessions and networking opportunities. Our presentations will focus on augmented reality and virtual reality as well as Survey123 workflows. Check them out below:

Become a Real-Life Superhero with Virtual and Augmented Reality Tools

Presented by: Maria Martin, Senior Associate & Business Development Director, JMT Technology Group

Monday, September 23, 3:00-3:30 pm

The use of virtual and augmented reality tools (AR, MR - mixed reality or XR - extended reality) in GIS and engineering is ever-expanding and evolving to make it easier to implement in AEC, building construction, 3D scanning and reality capture, and GIS data collection. Designs, as-builts, and models can be brought to the project site and visualized in the field in a 1:1 scale providing interactive analysis not capable from viewing these same datasets conventionally.

JMT has begun to explore these tools including iTwins.js, vGIS and GeoBIM and how they can better serve AEC projects.  For instance, vGIS is a leading AR/MR solution and 2023 ESRI Partner Conference Award recipient for innovation. It aggregates and transforms spatial data (BIM, GIS, and LIDAR) onto a view frame of your mobile device. Through integration with high resolution GPS, this data is accurately juxtaposed onto your screen simply by pointing your device at the project area.

Allow JMT to take you on an AR/VR tour as we explore the benefits and possibilities that these AR tools can offer to the GIS and AEC industry. We will discuss various use cases like utility conflict detection, as-built development/confirmation, clash detection and project documentation providing key learnings and best practice tips along the way.

Powering Up the West Point Survey123 Workflow with Power Automate

Presented by: Anna Pultro, GIS Analyst, JMT Technology Group

Tuesday, September 24, 1:30-2:00 pm

Creating a Survey123 form can easily streamline field data collection efforts. However, when preparing a high volume of data deliverables, it is often challenging to perform quality control on submitted records at the end of the project. When JMT was hired by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to perform a retention wall condition assessment at the West Point Military Academy, JMT engineers partnered with the JMT Technology Group to configure a solution using ESRI’s Survey123 app, with the added value of an automated data review communication system. To accomplish this goal, PowerAutomate was leveraged as a custom connector for Survey123 in ArcGIS Enterprise. JMT engineers were notified of new inspections, then visualized auto-generated final report deliverables stored in SharePoint, and finally sent reports back with comments to the inspectors using Survey123. At the end of the project, this integration between Survey123 and Power Automate for report approval solved communication challenges, produced consistent deliverables, and reduced the total time needed to perform and deliver the retention wall condition assessment by 50%.