PLANNING AND DEVELOPING SYSTEMS INTEGRATION THROUGH GIS. A BUSINESS-DRIVEN APPROACH TO GIS
Danny P. Wallace · 1994
Ministry of Transportation Ontario's (MTO) ability to effectively manage its highway network is being impacted by many of the similar challenges and pressures facing other jurisdictions. To meet these transportation management challenges, the Integrated Highway Information Systems (IHIS) project addresses these areas: integrated highway referencing; inventory of the highway components, their condition and deficiency corrections, to enable consolidated management of the highway infrastructure; current and multiple-year capital project planning and administration; and needs analysis to support long range planning of the highway network. A key success factor for IHIS has been it business driven approach that uses an information engineering methodology developed by the Project Team. This paper examines how this approach and the resulting data model has positioned GIS as a strategic architecture for MTO and how IHIS will be the foundation for a planned integrated transportation management system.