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Port of Rotterdam Manages Spatial Data Online
7 Jul, 2010 By: Amy ZellerOne of the world's biggest shipping centers implements ERDAS APOLLO to catalog and deliver masses of data via the web.
Situated on the North Sea in the Netherlands and stretching 40 kilometers in length, the Port of Rotterdam (PoR) is the largest seaport in Europe — and one of the busiest ports in the world. A global gateway and massive transshipment point, it operates around the clock to distribute goods to hundreds of millions of European consumers.
The port's massive industrial complex provides an intermediate destination for storage, cargo handling, processing, and also distribution via various other forms of transport including road, rail, ship, river barge, and pipeline. Goods arriving in the port in the morning may be in the hands of merchants in the heart of Europe and the UK by mid-afternoon.
This massive development site at the Port of Rotterdam, called tweede Maasvlakte, is an extension to a main part of the harbor that can accommodate the world's largest ships. It is being developed in stages, with final completion expected in 2013, and will expand the Harbor's territory by 20 percent.
The PoR Authority acts as the managing agency of the port. The Authority strives to develop and advance the port, and supports businesses in the port area. Focusing on space and infrastructure planning and logistics, the Authority is responsible for creating optimal conditions for onsite business locations and accompanying residential environments.
Spatial Information Management
In the past decade, the shipping industry entered the digital age, and information management has progressed immensely. The digitization of data and the ability to transfer information more freely has led to the unification of formerly independent systems. Systems integration and centralization has swept across port operations, and even encouraged cooperation beyond corporate borders.
PoR's Spatial Information Management department handles the internal processes at the port, including guidance of ship movements, commercial processes, infrastructure management, and strategic planning. More than a decade ago, PoR made the strategic decision to implement one organization-wide database, providing the entire operation with a comprehensive information package. This centralized approach seeks to make newly published data and information immediately available to all relevant departments.
Spatial Information Management also provides PoR with correct and appropriate geospatial information for its commercial processes. "As part of the port's centralized information solution, Spatial Information Management delivers spatial information systems for harbor traffic, leased harbor parcels, asset management and current projects in progress," said Spatial Information Manager Albert Mulder.
To date, Spatial Information manages more than two million spatial objects, totaling more than 100 GB of data. Much of the data is self-collected by the Port, including soundings of harbor floor, parcel boundaries for lease contracts, environmental data, and radar data. Other data is derived from outside sources, including a high-detail general Netherlands basemap, cadastral, aerial photography (at a resolution of 7 cm for the entire harbor area), and general topographic maps.
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