When using the Analyze Runway Obstacles tool to perform an obstruction analysis, the resulting table only references the OIS surface for each row in the OISDataset field with the format:
ObstructionIdSurface_MP OID:145
For airports with multiple runways, multiple status (existing vs future), etc., this makes it difficult to review and interpret the results, since obstruction points often have multiple returns - one for each intersecting surface. Currently, we need to strip out the text up to and including the colon, and join to the OIS_MP feature class based on the remaining OID to obtain the relevant surface information and allow for review and possible filtering.
To make it more useful, please consider either:
(a) Separating the OISDataset field into two fields, one for the dataset name (OISDataset) and one for the OIS ID (OID) to simplify the joining process; or
(b) Carrying additional fields from the OIS Dataset over to the results table for each surface record, including:
- OBJECTID (OID)
- Status
- Runway Designator
- OIS Surface Type, Description, and/or Name
Of these two, (b) would be preferable, since it would eliminate the extra join step.
