Indoor GIS for schools and campuses can help bring facility information together to support safety, emergency planning, space management, wayfinding, and day-to-day operations. Facilities teams across K-12 districts and university campuses are managing increasingly complex buildings, often with limited staff and facility information spread across paper plans, CAD files, PDFs, and other systems.
Drawing from LandTech’s work with Anne Arundel County Public Schools, University of Denver, and Frederick County Public Schools, Katie Iles, GIS Manager, and Regena Ottaviano, GIS Analyst II, will join the IFMA Academic Facilities Council on September 23 to share practical ways indoor GIS and digital twin technology can support safety, space management, facility operations, and long-term planning.
More Than a Digital Floor Plan
Accurate digital floor plans are an important starting point, particularly for emergency preparedness and first responder access. Their value grows when that information becomes part of a broader indoor GIS.
A connected indoor GIS can bring building information together in one place and support needs such as safety, wayfinding, space utilization, asset management, work orders, accessibility, and long-term planning.
Instead of maintaining separate information for different departments, schools and universities can create a shared, location-based resource for facilities, operations, safety, and planning teams.
Start Small, Then Scale
An indoor GIS program does not have to begin with every building, room, and asset.
LandTech’s Pilot, Standardize, Scale, and Sustain approach helps organizations begin with a focused priority, establish a consistent framework, and expand over time as needs and budgets evolve.
For districts and campuses, that can mean starting with a public-safety requirement, a group of priority buildings, or a specific operational challenge, then building from there.
Putting Indoor GIS Into Practice
During the webinar, Katie and Regena will share practical examples from LandTech’s education work and discuss how institutions are using indoor GIS to move beyond static building drawings.
The session will explore applications including public safety, wayfinding, 360-degree reality capture, space management, asset information, accessibility, custodial planning, and facility operations, along with practical ways schools and universities can get started and scale over time.
