Maximizing Your Data’s Potential:
DOTs & DPWs Edition

Meet the Presenters
Christian Berger
Tech Support Specialist II
Bo Guo
President, Gistic Research Inc

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Poll
What level of government
are you a part of?

Agenda
● Introduction to FME
● Managing transportation data
● Patterns and real world
examples
● Resources
● Summary & discussion

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geospatial data, big data, and real-time data
● Combine, restructure, and transform your data with
over 500+ transformers
● Automate your data workflows including batch,
event-based, and stream processing.
● Improve data accessibility and sharing with
self-serve apps
● Scale to your organizationʼs needs with flexible,
secure, and platform-agnostic deployment
Power your business decisions with
enterprise integration and no-code
automation.

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Time & Money
● Automate tasks with
no coding
● Integrate data and
applications
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productivity
Help You Make
Better Decisions
● Improve your data quality
● Make data shareable and
easily accessible
● Deliver timely insights to
decisions makers
How Our Solution Benefits Your Organization
Make the
Impossible Possible
● Meet all your data needs
● Best support for spatial data
● Drive business innovation
● Gain more value from your
existing tools
Improve Services &
Reduce Risk
● Improve customer, citizen,
and employee experience
● Meet regulatory compliance
● Enhance public safety

Poll
How do you use FME in
your role?

Data management in government agencies
can quickly become overwhelming.
You may have software and systems in place, but getting them to accomplish all
your data integration needs seamlessly may leave you feeling much to be desired.

Data Integration Defined
Departments of Transportation (DOTs) and Departments of Public Works (DPWs) have
lots of different kinds of data and multiple data management systems.
Data integration combines various data types and formats into a single location –
commonly referred to as a data warehouse.

DOT / PWD
Geospatial
Data -
Diversity
+
LRS

Sources
Pattern I - ETL
GIS / LRS
Data
Sources

Sources Output Content
Pattern I - ETL
GIS / LRS
QA
Report
Analysis
Report
Data
Layers
Update
Data
Sources

Sources Output Content
Pattern I - ETL
GIS / LRS
DW
AGOL,
Sheet,
S3, …
QA
Report
Analysis
Report
Data
Layers
Disk Files
Update
Destination
Data
Sources

Sources Output Content
Pattern I - ETL
FME Workbench + OS or FME Server for Scheduling
GIS / LRS
DW
AGOL,
Sheet,
S3, …
eMail Attachments
Download
QA
Report
Analysis
Report
Data
Layers
Apps
Disk Files
Dashboards
Update
Destination Consumption
Data
Sources

Pattern II - Interactive
FME Server
FME
ETL

Pattern II - Interactive
FME Server
FME
ETL
FME Server App
or
Custom Web App
FME Server + FME Server App or Custom Web App

Pattern II - Interactive
FME Server
FME
ETL
FME Server App
or
Custom Web App
Act
(upload)
Receive
(download)
Users
FME Server + FME Server App or Custom Web App

Pattern III - Webhook Trigger
Application
or
Database
Survey 123
Esri Feature Service
Cityworks
Salesforce
Most RDBMS

The Invisible Hero!
Pattern III - Webhook Trigger
Application
or
Database
FME ETL
Webhook
trigger
Survey 123
Esri Feature Service
Cityworks
Salesforce
Most RDBMS

The Invisible Hero!
Pattern III - Webhook Trigger
Application
or
Database
Survey 123
Esri Feature Service
Cityworks
Salesforce
Most RDBMS
3rd-Party App + FME Server + FME Webhook Trigger

Use Cases
and
Pattern
Summary I
Category Use Case ETL Interactive
Data
Transformation
Data Warehousing and Visualization
AzDOT, CtDOT, etc. x
R&H LRS QC Reporting and Dashboarding
AzDOT, OhDOT x
LRS Analytics and Operations (HPMS)
AzDOT, OhDOT x
Data Format / Structure Conversion
Many DOTs x
Roads and Highways Administration x x
Self-Service
Application
Get your own QC report x x
Clip-and-ship
Old AZGeo x x

Use Cases
and
Pattern
Summary
II
Category Use Case ETL Interactive Webhook
Real-time
Application
Snowplow Operation & 511
IaDOT x
IOT data analysis
NmDOT x x
Fleet Management w/ AVL & Telemetry x
3rd-party App /
System
Enrichment
eTicketing
UtDOT x x
In-field report generation and submission
CtDOT x x
Emerging
Applications
Augmented Reality and 811 x
Machine Learning Operations
Gistic presentation at 2022 FME UC x x

Examples

Customer Story
Arizona DOT Data Visualization
Project
Make road network data more usable for the agency, internal and external
customers.
Solution
Integrate their linear referencing system with spatial and non-spatial
datasets, orchestrate workflows, and enable data visualization and
discovery.
Results
● Improved data processes while respecting silos.
● Made authoritative data accessible via dashboards for improved
decision-making and planning.
● Increased confidence in data with automated quality control.

20
22
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/c73df006de8040e19bc5c6950490ce27/page/Page-1/?views=Detail-Log

Project
Provide road conditions and plow information to the public.
Solution
Use FME to integrate plow locations, plow cams, and road conditions.
Results
● Data is retrieved 1x/min from AWS to populate Oracle database.
● FME automatically delivers a KML file to Windows Azure for AGOL.
● API delivers the data to local TV stations for their on-air software.
IOWA DOT
CUSTOMER STORY
“FME is the cherry on top the ice cream sundae that helps bring data
together and customize it for your needs.”
- David Runneals, Iowa DOT

Customer Story
Project
Implement e-Ticketing for asphalt materials data to streamline inspection, enhance
safety, and improve project administration.
Solution
Create a system to enable materials suppliers to send information in real time,
automatically integrate ticket data into an enterprise geodatabase, and allow
inspectors to access ticket information on mobile devices.
Results
● Implemented a statewide e-Ticketing system.
● Digitized workflows standardized the collection and sharing of materials data
for efficient project coordination, documentation, and billing.
● Reduced ticket processing time by almost 80% with substantial cost savings.
● Looking to implement e-Ticketing for more construction materials and assets.
Utah Department of Transportation

ODOT ROAD INVENTORY
DATA VALIDATIONS

CTDOT
Power Letter Web App
FME Workflow for Survey123 Auxiliary
Functions Automation

Poll
Which 1-3 use cases you are
most keen to implement in
the next year?

Additional Use Cases
Smart Transportation:
● Automated Vehicle Locator (AVL)
● On Board Diagnostics (telemetry)
○ Predictive Maintenance
● Inventory Management
● Fleet Management
● Asset Utilization
Search Stream on our Webinars page for more
great examples!

Where to Start

Phased Approach with Small Wins
Identify
Pick a process you
know very well that
would benefit from
being automated.

Phased Approach with Small Wins
Identify
Pick a process you
know very well that
would benefit from
being automated.
Implement
Recreate the
process with FME!
Start small, donʼt
be afraid to fail.

Phased Approach with Small Wins
Identify
Pick a process you
know very well that
would benefit from
being automated.
Implement
Recreate the
process with FME!
Start small, donʼt
be afraid to fail.
Iterate
As you continue to
learn more about
FME, improve on
your existing
workflow.

Phased Approach with Small Wins
Identify
Pick a process you
know very well that
would benefit from
being automated.
Implement
Recreate the
process with FME!
Start small, donʼt
be afraid to fail.
Iterate
As you continue to
learn more about
FME, improve on
your existing
workflow.
Repeat
FME is not a one
trick pony. Engage
with the FME
community, pick a
new process, and
maximize the value
of your data!

Don’t waste the value of your road
& highway data by keeping it stuck.

You can achieve
data integration.
Data Warehousing & Dashboards,
Self-Serve Data Requests, Real-time
Data Processing, and so much more!
You can be more productive and focus
on the work that matters when your
data is validated, clean, and where it
needs to be.

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