In modern geographic information system (GIS) for facilities management, there is an increasing trend for utilizing building information models (BIM). Each year GIS industry pushes towards 3D data visualization and complex enterprise system integration, adopting these trends into mainstream workflows. Yet, as most stable workflows leverage 2D, BIM data often needs to go through a set of complicated conversion procedures to be usable. The back-end discussion will include the basic steps needed to include BIM in an enterprise GIS including data conversion, enterprise deployment, development, integration and automation procedures. For the front end, Old Dominion University’s space information system (SIS), a web based GIS for disseminating and visualizing space information was developed. The primary function of the SIS is to display room space and floor plans of ODU buildings. SIS provides a variety of attributes and information regarding rooms, as well as, spatial and non-spatial tools which provide additional system functionality.
