Ariel Anthieni
CEO of Kan Territory & IT, SDI specialist, computer-based with a track record between Open Source and the integration of systems for decision-making in the territory, with more than 20 years of experience in public administration and Spatial Data Infrastructure . Among the main positions he was as Manager of Data Engineering of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires.
Entrepreneur and active communicator of the potential of geospatial technologies as facilitators for sustainable development, especially in emerging economies. Active member of international open data and open source technology communities, currently President of Geolibres Argentina.
Current advisor to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) for the development of new technologies for the integration of geographic and statistical data within the framework of the ISO and SDMX Standards, for the publication of indicators at the regional level.
Sessions
To make the Platform possible and meet the objectives set, it was necessary to work with different areas of the government involved in urban planning and systems, promoting the opening of data to generate a sustainable process over time for the automatic and dynamic system of interpretation of the Urban Code that governs the constructive and urban behavior of the city of Buenos Aires, which is the basis of this technological solution.
The platform is based on the “Digital Twin” concept, that is, a virtual and digital replica of a city's urban plan. The objective is to test any initiative on this virtual model before its real implementation, in order to reduce costs and risks.
The tool was developed entirely with open source resources and technologies so that other organizations can study, modify and improve its design through the availability of its source code.
Regarding its architecture, the platform works from the information extracted from the datasets of the areas referred to the urban fabric and parcels. Then, from a set of processing algorithms that works with systematized rules generated from the text of the urban code regulations, this information is processed, allowing the generation of 3D graphics of each of the city parcels. The volumetry of each parcel allows to know the buildability, the maximum allowed height and the allowed construction alternatives for each parcel, which integrate the platform's viewer.
Migration of the current tools that maintain the Cadastre of Mexico City to Open Source and free licensing technologies.
The objective of the project was the development of a plugin in QGIS that optimizes the functionalities of the licensed software and allows the maintenance and management of cadastral data.
Stages of the development process:
a. Requirements analysis: Based on the information provided by the client, the feasibility of integrating the database engine, the API of workflow services with the transactional systems of the municipality is evaluated.
b. Definition and implementation of PostGIS and QGIS: together with the client, for the integration of the tools and subsequent development.
c. Design of Python and QT tools: carry out the design and development of plugin components in QGIS.
d. Design of Postgres security interfaces: coordination with the permissions, automation routines with the plugin components.
e. Development of functional tools from Bentley to QGIS: development of the previously detailed functionalities in the analysis and design stages of the project in order to replace the existing functionalities, accompanied by redesign.
f. Test and implementation in Quality Assurance (QA) environment
g. Training and technology transfer.
h. Documentation of all strage of the process of the project, in order to carry out the complete transfer to our client.