Navigating the sprawling Austin Community College (ACC) District, with its 11 campuses, 76 buildings, and nearly 4.5 million square feet of interior space, has always been a challenge. Every semester, volunteers are stationed to assist students in finding their way, yet many still struggle to locate the right room, especially on larger campuses. Until now, there was no way for students to look up locations ahead of time, leading to frustration, stress, and often arriving late to their first classes.
I’m Holly Wiese, the GIS Coordinator for ACC Facilities Information Systems (FIS) in Austin, Texas. In this post, I’ll take you through our journey with Indoor GIS and highlight how our FIS team developed and deployed ACC’s first district-wide Digital Wayfinding Map using ESRI’s ArcGIS Indoors Viewer.
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