Rinaldo Wurglitsch
Software Development Manager, Solution Architect and Project Manager for Geo Business Applications
IQSOFT
Austria

Biography
Dr. Rinaldo Wurglitsch (r.wurglitsch@iqsoft.at) is Software Development Manager, Solution Architect and Project Manager for Geo Business Applications at IQSOFT. He published different papers on geo-data and spatial topics and wrote the book "Temporal Data in Relational and Object Relational Databases". His main focus are on research projects in the area of Geo-Business-Applications together with industrial partners such as Austrian Railways and research partners such as Universities in Dresden and Vienna. Currently he is working on a project for improvement of LIDAR data storage and performance with Oracle Spatial database.

Abstract
Integrative End-To-End Geodata Collection: From Sensor to GIS

The presentation demonstrates an approach for integration of policies, practices, and processes on a technological level. The solution is in action at Austrian Federal Railways with currently more than 10TB of data. Sensor technologies used by Internet of Things or Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) produces vast amounts of data, which must be efficiently stored, processed and retrieved – accompanied by the data lifecycle management including metadata. Handling this challenge can increase efficiency and transparency of geodata delivery, storage, analysis, visualization and object recognition. The main focus of this presentation is on ease of management, performance, provisioning, quality assurance and data security associated with spatial data. The core of the solution is technically based on the “Oracle Spatial” database product, which is used to store and retrieve spatial data. The geodata and their descriptive ISO compliant metadata are accumulated in a XML capable database and published by Catalogue Service (CSW) for disposal to processing. Our approach facilitates a random access to geodata like point clouds and aerial images to serve applications like object recognition processes or 3D-visualizations with streaming directly from the Oracle database. The infrastructure unit at Austrian Federal Railways is responsible for ensuring that all requirements for safety, environmental compliance, sustainability, and mobility are met on a state-of-the-art railway network. This unit plans and executes rail infrastructure projects, inspects and maintains railway facilities, and provides professional railway-specific construction services. Laser scanning of point cloud (LiDAR) information is used to capture comprehensive, accurate, up to date information about railway tracks and their environment.