® ® © 2011, Open Geospatial Consortium 20 January 2011 Integrated Design and Engineering Forum Geospatial World Forum 2011 Hyderabad Mark E. Reichardt President & CEO OGC Research, Education and Industry Influencing Goals For Integrating the Geospatial / Design and Engineering Environments

OGC ® Integration of 3D Built / Geo Worlds Interoperation across the AEC / CAD / Geospatial domains is a major area of focus for the OGC –3D City Models –3D Visualization Services –Location Services –Indoor Location / Navigation © 2011, Open Geospatial Consortium Adapted from BuildingSmart Alliance presentation

OGC ® In Support of Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Owners and Operators © 2011 Open Geospatial Consortium3 UK Crossrail Project Source: Bentley Systems Sutter Medical Center – Castro Valley – DPR Construction

OGC ® Courtesy of Autodesk

OGC ® Industry Foundation Class (IFC) Standard Fewer interfaces to maintain Interoperability potential with related sectors not familiar with facility community –Smart Grid – Energy Future –First Responders –Insurance industry –Multifaceted Analysis Archiving –Longevity of ISO data elements –PDF documented geometry (ISO) –Cloud based data sustainment StructuralEngineer HVACEngineer City Constr.Manager FacilitiesManager BuildingOwner CivilEngineer Architect StructuralEngineer HVACEngineer Govt. Constr.Manager FacilitiesManager BuildingOwner CivilEngineer Architect Industry Exchange Standard StructuralEngineer HVACEngineer Govt. Constr.Manager FacilitiesManager BuildingOwner CivilEngineer Architect

OGC ® Space Natural Asset Linear Structure Structure Building Facility / Built Theatre / World Sub-Systems System Level Site Real Property Asset Country State / Province County Installation / Region Node Segment Room Space System Level Sub-Systems Room Water / Sea Land / Parcel Underground Air / Space Overlay Components City OGC ® Supporting Integration Supporting Integration

OGC ® 2010/09/23 Semantic 3D City Model of Berlin (CityGML) 480,000 buildings automatically reconstructed using 2D building footprints from cadastre and airborne LIDAR data.480,000 buildings automatically reconstructed using 2D building footprints from cadastre and airborne LIDAR data. Textures automatically extracted from oblique aerial images.Textures automatically extracted from oblique aerial images. Semantic information is also transferred from cadastre.Semantic information is also transferred from cadastre.

OGC ® 3D City Models © 2011 Open Geospatial Consortium Source; Thomas Kolbe, Berlin TU

OGC ® 2010/09/23 Solar Energy Production Potential Analysis Source : LGV Hamburg, Fa. simuPLAN Assessment of the suitability of roofs for the production of solar energy and the estimation of potential CO2 savings based on the 3D city model of Hamburg

OGC ® Advances in Laser Scanning 10 Source: Kevin Nelson, William H. Gordon Associates

OGC ® Education Needs – Many Roles, Many Professions © 2011 Open Geospatial Consortium11

OGC ® © 2011 Open Geospatial Consortium12 Education Needs - Expanding List of Skills / Knowledge / Players

OGC ® So What’s the Assessment on the Adequacy of Education in Support of Integrated Design? Initiated an informal survey of university and research members More time will be needed to obtain and assess a wider set of responses, but initial feedback is that while there are some bright spots, the situation is troubling… © 2011 Open Geospatial Consortium13

OGC ® Overall Problem: University Programs Having Trouble Serving Market Needs Most university departments/disciplines are predicated on traditional information constructs and institutionally resistant to change i.e. careers take precedence over scientific innovation. Complex information modeling is a “disruptive technology”, challenging academic policy (disciplines), careers and traditional research funding models. Standards are under-emphasized - Measurement and data standards are an integral part of the modern scientific method, essential for complex information modeling and development of “open science”. © 2011 Open Geospatial Consortium

OGC ® Overall Problem: University Programs Having Trouble Serving Market Needs Few universities programs have been restructured to accommodate the discipline of convergence implicit in innovative information modeling and the recognition of “information interoperability” as a science. Progress in the geosciences and continued CAD/GIS integration depends on institutional support for information interoperability and the creation of “chainable” models for "geodesign" and building information models (BIM) in many domains. © 2011 Open Geospatial Consortium15

OGC ® Some Initial Feedback - Current University Curriculum Academic departments are insular, seldom collaborate on cross-disciplinary projects. “Tribalism” within departments discourages cross- disciplinary studies. National organizations may understand, but incentives and awareness are inadequate at the local level. Students learn a particular GIS, and that particular vendor's paradigm is all they know. Geography attracts students interested in society and culture, not math, statistics and computer science. Staffing and curricula reflect students' interests. © 2011 Open Geospatial Consortium

OGC ® Some Initial Feedback – Current University Curriculum (cont’d) Academics see standards as "consolidation of mature technologies." Researchers like “new things.” Standards research is thus not held in high academic esteem. "GIS people" have difficulties understanding "CAD/BIM-people" when it gets to details. Schools cater to industries that they serve and thus churn out mediocre thinking. University administrators and professors lack “big picture” IT awareness. In geosciences, old institutional constraints (artifacts of old IT) limit the sharing of knowledge / data. New IT can eliminate those constraints; requires restructuring institutions, practices and incentives. © 2011 Open Geospatial Consortium17

OGC ® Some Thoughts on A Way Forward Recession is good! Evolution happens when old habits die off. Non-traditional curricula and programs are needed – degree, certificate training, and practical experience. Link graduate courses with continuous professional development. Demand more from schools! Harness the Facebook generation and force change by mashing up GIS and BIM, sociology and economics, etc. Bring geographic scientists and designers together in hands-on activities to promote fusion of GIS and design. Both groups look at IT through different paradigms. –(OGC programs are bringing researchers together with industry, encouraging new ideas and viewpoints. More in this…) © 2011 Open Geospatial Consortium

® ® Partnerships / Cooperatives BIMStorm Joint Testbeds, Pilots (Rapid Prototyping) © 2011 Open Geospatial Consortium 19

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® Education Through Rapid Prototyping and Mash Ups Collaborative prototyping of standards – OGC Web Services Phase 4 72 participating organizations – industry, government, academia, research, AEC standards orgs © 2011 Open Geospatial Consortium

OGC ® Don’t Forget Education on Open Standards For BIM, “Open Standards” is the “New Brand” we need to stick to. Information stored in proprietary formats will become irrelevant in this information centric age. Organizations that understand this will flourish like the internet and those that do not will fade like a Betamax Kimon Onuma “Interoperability among diverse products provides customers with increased value and versatility, and it provides vendors with more strategic options.” Directions Magazine, 8 Feb 2008 “The Strategic Power of OGC Standards” © 2011, Open Geospatial Consortium23 (And no, this is not self serving)

OGC ® Recommendation Let’s organize a broad and structured discussion between educators, researchers industry, and users to: –Identify the mix of skills in demand by the market –Recommend educational program approaches and delivery mechanisms –Foster continuous dialog, assessment and adaptation –Consider options for resourcing –Involve stakeholder organizations from industry, government, academia and research working in this space With 100+ universities in our membership, OGC is motivated to support such an effort. Who would like to like to join us? © 2011 Open Geospatial Consortium24

OGC ® Albert Einstein on education: "The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think." "A society's competitive advantage will come not from how well its schools teach the multiplication and periodic table, but from how well they stimulate imagination and creativity."

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