b'38 ATL INFO TECHNOLOGY Atlanta Intl Leverages GIS Mapping for Indoor Terminal Areas BY KRISTIN V. SHAWWhile its not the biggest airporttime, to gain a better understanding ofin the worldnot even Top 10, inassets and facilities, and how they operateFACTS&FIGURESfactHartsfield-Jackson Atlantain real time.International (ATL) has consistently beenATL engaged Arora Engineers to leverage Project: Geospatial Mappingthe busiest in passenger traffic for about Location: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Intl Airport two decades. In 2019 alone, it served morethe power of Esris ArcGIS, a mapping and spatial analytics software widely used by the Timeline: Airport selected technology providersthan 100 million travelers. And all thosecity of Atlanta. Because ATL is owned by the in 2019; proof of concept phase in 2021; fullpassengers, plus 60,000 or so employees, arecity and part of its system, the airport reaped implementation pending tucked neatly into a 6.8 million-square-footthe benefits of cost sharing associated with Cost: Airport is part of bundled enterprise licenseterminal complex.the citys enterprise license agreement. agreement led by city of AtlantaAfter long-time use of geographicBuying from a company already in the citys Lead Consultant: Arora Engineers Inc. information system (GIS) technology forprocurement system also helped prevent Mapping & Spatial Analytics Software: ArcGIS,its airside assets, ATL has recently begundelays or stumbling blocks during the from Esri focusing attention on leveraging GIS tosourcing process. Consulting Support: Axim Geospatialimprove operational efficiencies within theDavid Wright, the airports GIS manager, Key Benefits: Improved internal wayfinding forinterior spaces of its two terminals and sevenexplains that digital mapping software helps vendors & service providers; easier for staff to find/deployconcourses. The strategy is to bring togetherconsultants, vendors and service providers movable assets; faster access to emergency servicea wide range of data, both static and real- work more efficiently at ATL. We have stations; improved operational efficiency May | June 2022AirportImprovement.com'