180 to know what we’re dealing with. And dashboards give senior management a great level of visualization to know what’s going on as well. Everyone can engage and comment at one time rather than getting data later on, and we’re all working off the same sheet of music, so to speak.” Miami-Dade County has been a GIS leader for more than 30 years, pioneering enterprise GIS approaches such as the sophisticated asset management system for the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department, which maintains the largest water network in the southeastern US. Before the inspection apps, MIA used GIS for planning and land-use decisions but not for operations. Adriana Sanchez, the senior software developer and GIS analyst from MiamiDade County’s Information Technology Department who led the implementation, shared that she’s learned a lot about airports and the complex and rigorous workflows that are required. Staff at MIA had learned about the predefined airfield inspection tool that other airports are using and asked the county to investigate. “We want to leverage all of the innovation possible to get a good, strong, integrated model of the airport footprint to maximize the delivery of our services,” Jenkins said. Before the latest digital tools, a few prior attempts to replace paper didn’t work out. Although that led to frustration, it captured an inventory of the different areas of the airfield, which meant the GIS-based inspection tool could be implemented more quickly. A 3D cube analysis shows where the density of debris has a tendency to grow or decrease related to certain events. The MIA Operations Dashboards offer multiple views, including a summary of airfield inspection submissions.
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