Create indoor data

Available with the ArcGIS Indoors Pro or ArcGIS Indoors Maps extension.

Indoor data creation involves a process that can be mostly automated using geoprocessing tools available with ArcGIS Indoors. Data creation for Indoors involves creating an Indoors workspace, georeferencing source data, importing or digitizing floor plan features, and reviewing the data quality. Each of these steps is described further in the sections below.

Create the Indoors workspace

You can create the Indoors model elements by doing either of the following:

Georeference source data

Floor plan data must be georeferenced before it is loaded into an Indoors workspace. You can georeference CAD drawings and BIM models in ArcGIS Pro. For other data such as point clouds, refer to your vendor's documentation for guidance on georeferencing the data.

Import floor plan features

You can load floor plans using the following geoprocessing tools in the Indoors toolbox:

Note:

If you don't have .dwg, .dgn, .rvt, .ifc, or .las files, you can georeference floor plan images and digitize the floor plan manually.

You can also use point cloud data produced from scanning indoor spaces to generate vector floor plans in an Indoors workspace for spaces where CAD or BIM data is either unavailable or outdated.

Review data quality

Once you load floor plans to the Indoors workspace, you can perform data quality review to ensure that the data was imported correctly, conforms to the Indoors model, and meets your organizational needs. Indoors includes a collection of validation attribute rules to check data for common and critical errors. You can add new rules or modify these rules based on your needs.

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