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Mapping

the Swiss Way

Mark Wigley

Esri Switzerland

British Cartographic Society Annual Symposium,

Leicestershire

04. September 2013

m.wigley@esri.ch

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Introductions

Whose at the front? Mark Wigley, a member of the Project Services team of Esri

Switzerland, based in Zurich. I have been involved either directly

or indirectly with cartography for the last 31 years.

The Agreement The “Bundesamt für Landestopografie”, or swisstopo, have

kindly agreed to me presenting this information and it was the

project leader, Dominik Käuferle, who supplied a lot of the

information you will see here today.

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The Agenda

• A “short” Project history

• The new Product Base (DCM)

• The new cartographic design

• The source data (TLM)

• The Production Workflow (DCM)

– Genius-DB

– Demo

– Extras

• Project Standpoint: 2013

• Questions & Answers

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A “short” Project history

26.03.2001

Pilot Study: Vector data

and Optimising the

Updating of the Swiss

National 1:25 000

mapping series

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„... Diese Erfahrungen sollen mittelfristig in den Entwurf einer zentralen Datenbank

zur Verwaltung der kartografischen Daten (samt geometrischen und grafischen

Attributen, redaktionellen Anweisungen und Links zu anderen Datensätzen)

fliessen...“

These experiences should in the medium-term flow into the design of a

centralized database for managing cartographic data (including geometric and

graphic attributes, editorial guidance and links to other datasets)

„... Hier sind allerdings bedeutende technische Probleme in Zusammenarbeit mit

dem Bereich Topografie und Privatfirmen (Lieferfirmen) zu lösen.“

There are however significant technical problems concerning the cooperation

between the internal topographic department, and the private companies

(suppliers) which will need to be solved.

The main conclusion was that the way forward would require both:

• Vector data; for flexibility

• Database support; for containing the multitude of complex

features

A “short” Project history

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The Agenda

• A “short” Project history

• The new Product Base (DCM)

• The new cartographic design

• The source data (TLM)

• The Production Workflow (DCM)

– Genius-DB

– Demo

– Extras

• Project Standpoint: 2013

• Questions & Answers

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The new Product Base (DCM)

DCM = Digital Cartographic Model

– Geometries + Multiple Attributes = GIS data

– Designed to cater for mapping needs

– Driven by a seamless database

– One DCM per scale (DCM25, DCM50... DCM1M)

GIS powered cartography

– Cartography using GIS data with GIS software and

database driven

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The new Product Base (DCM)

The Past

Graphic files:

Database feature properties:

• Data layers

• Simple geometries

• Symbols

• Multiple feature classes

(e.g. building, streets….)

• Complex geometries

• Topography

• Networks

• Complex symbol

• Multiple attributes

• Complex Relationships

classes

• Field Overrides

• Representations

The Present

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The new Product Base (DCM)

Relational data management: The Information is stored

over various tables with links between the scales:

UUID Objecttype Angle Name

50.1355 Tree

50.8655 Cave 60° Höllloch

UUID Coordinates

50.1355 x,y

50.8655 x,y

50.2466 x1, y1; x2, y2

50.4468 x1, y1; x2, y2

UUID UUID

50.44684 100.46325

50.24657 100.67891

1:50‘000 Geometry Point object attributes

Relationships

1:50‘000 - 1:100‘000:

UUID Objecttype Name Level

50.24657 Footpath 0

50.44684 Motorway A1 1

Polyline attributes

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The new Product Base (DCM)

Object relationships between scales to keep track of the features origins.

PräsentationModell

Modell

Massstab 1:50 000

Massstab 1:100 000

1

21

22 23

2425

26

2 3

4

5

67

89

10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

07

8

08

9

09

10

01

Massstab 1:50 000

Massstab 1:25 000

Massstab 1:100 000

Objektverknüpfung

21 22 23 24 25 26

Präsentation

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The new Product Base (DCM)

Data organisation within the databases

DCM200

DCM1M

DCM50

TLM

VEC200

DCM100

DCM500

DCM25

DCM300

Generalized +

visualized

Capture

Integration

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The new Product Base (DCM)

The Products:

Print products

Web services

Mobile services

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The new Product Base (DCM)

The Style:

The Topographic map

DCM

database

Base maps

Customized maps

The new finalized National

Map Series design as

standard representation

e.g. grayscale

e.g. light colours

New Possibilities

New Possibilities

• New selection

• New symbols

• New fonts

• New colours

• New contents

• New extent

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The Agenda

• A “short” Project history

• The new Product Base (DCM)

• The new cartographic design

• The source data (TLM)

• The Production Workflow (DCM)

– Genius-DB

– Demo

– Extras

• Project Standpoint: 2013

• Questions & Answers

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The new cartographic design

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The new cartographic design

New: Fonts

• The Frutiger® Neue LT Pro font family

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The new cartographic design

New: Roads

• A new Road classification according to the width and surface type

• Colour fills for major roads at all scales

• Cul-de-sac’s representation

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The new cartographic design

New: Railways

• A colour change from Black to Red to help reduce the masking and

avoid confusion with other black line features

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The Agenda

• A “short” Project history

• The new Product Base (DCM)

• The new cartographic design

• The source data (TLM)

• The Production Workflow (DCM)

– Genius-DB

– Demo

– Extras

• Project Standpoint: 2013

• Questions & Answers

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The source data (TLM)

Maps Terrain models Orthophotos

Aerial imagery

2D and 3D GIS Datasets Digital Base maps

The Topographic Landscape Model Production line

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The source data (TLM) swissTLM3D • 3D: all objects have x, y and z

coordinates.

• An accuracy of ±1m (approximately

scale 5,000-10,000).

• Each type of feature with its own

accuracy.

• TLM the “primary geometry”

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The source data (TLM) 3D Client for 3D and DTM editing

20 Zoll PLANAR Stereo

screen with Stereo

Analyst for ArcGIS +

TOPGIS tools

22 Zoll Screen

with ArcGIS +

TOPGIS tools

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The source data (TLM) Still under construction…

Roads

Hiking tracks

Public

transport

Names

… finished ~2017

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The Agenda

• A “short” Project history

• The new Product Base (DCM)

• The new cartographic design

• The source data (TLM)

• The Production Workflow (DCM)

– Genius-DB

– Demo

– Extras

• Project Standpoint: 2013

• Questions & Answers

The Production Workflow (DCM)

CRM

TLM

TOPGIS

generalization

CRM > DCM

SysDab

DCM

Genius-DB

trans-

formations

e.g. (ili2gdb)

raster

[TLM-UUID‘s]

[DCM-UUID‘s]

[TLM-UUID‘s]

DataHub

Data-

Hub

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The Production Workflow (DCM) Topographic Landscape Model (TLM)

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The Production Workflow (DCM) Cartographic reference model (CRM). After data preparation

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The Production Workflow (DCM) DCM after automatic generalisation and symbolisation

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The Production Workflow (DCM) DCM after completion in Genius-DB

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The Production Workflow (DCM) Genius-DB

Includes:

• Workflow Management

A structured set of steps leading through the

complete data preparation phase using Workflow

Manager

• Carto-Tools

• Automatic Cartographic Processes

• Customized “One-Click” Tools

• Customized Tool Bars and selection menus

• QA (Quality Assurance)

• Predefined tests to check that the Quality of the

data is maintained

• Data Dictionary Editor (DDX)

• Increment Workflow

• PDF Production

• Preparation of a Print ready PDF with

overprinting and Spot Colours

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The Production Workflow (DCM) Genius-DB: Workflow Management

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The Production Workflow (DCM) Genius-DB: Carto-Tools

Escarpment Annotation Alignment

Masks

Over-, Underpass

Marker Pattern

Roundabout

Line Cap

Line Transition Control Point

Substitute

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The Production Workflow (DCM) Genius-DB: Carto-Tools

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The Production Workflow (DCM) Genius-DB: QA (Quality Assurance)

– Automated workflows

– Configurable and extendable tests

– Batch-enabled or interactive control

– Ergonomic correction tools

– Performance: Complete TLM in 20h tested

(15 Mio. Features, 200 Feature Classes running a multitude of tests)

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The Production Workflow (DCM) Genius-DB: Data Dictionary Editor (DDX)

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The Production Workflow (DCM) Genius-DB: Increment Workflow

MOD

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The Production Workflow (DCM) Genius-DB: PDF Production (With Production Mapping)

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The Production Workflow (DCM) DEMO:

• Carto-Tools

• QA (Quality Assurance)

• Data Dictionary Editor (DDX)

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The Production Workflow (DCM) Extras: The ScreePainter

• Automatically paints scree

• Input: Shaded relief or DTM + Scree polygons + slope

• lines

• Constructed by Bernhard Jenny, ETH Zürich

• Completed project

• Open Source Freeware

• www.screepainter.com

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The Production Workflow (DCM) Extras: The ScreePainter

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The Agenda

• A “short” Project history

• The new Product Base (DCM)

• The new cartographic design

• The source data (TLM)

• The Production Workflow (DCM)

– Genius-DB

– Demo

– Extras

• Project Standpoint: 2013

• Questions & Answers

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Project Standpoint: 2013

DCM200

DCM1M

DCM50

DCM100

DCM500

DCM25

DCM300

Produced 2011

Under construction

• Powerful systems built

• Production started March

2013

• Completed ~2019

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Questions & Answers

Thank you for listening!