Transcript What is Westtoer? - Accessing the Countryside

Database and Signposting
Interreg IVA 2 Seas
‘Accessing the Countryside’
Introduction
1. What is Westtoer?
2. Our Mission
3. Facts and Figures
What is Westtoer?
Westtoer is an autonomous company
for tourism and recreation in the
province West-Flanders
Our Mission
Westtoer has an assignment to prepare
and execute the touristic policy in WestFlanders. This is done in cooperation with
the provincial government :
- We support tourism in West-Flanders as
an economical sector
- We develop recreational products
- Westtoer is a midfield organisation,
situated between the flemish and the
local government
Facts and Figures
•Staff
•82 employees
•79,02 fulltime equivalents
•Divided over 5 departments
•Situated in Bruges
General
Management
MARKETING
Personnel,
Administration and
Finance
Strategic Planning
and Data
Management
Product
Development
Regional activities
Westtoer in
Accessing the Countryside
In the ATC project Westtoer realised 2
activities :
1. The development of a database for
the maintenance of the recreational
network
2. The signposting of the green and
blue network
Activity 1 : Database
Westtoer develops a list of products for recreational
pupose :
• Cycling
– 36 cycling loops
– LF-itineraries, including Coast Cycling route
– 1 Cycle network
• Hiking
– 52 loop-shaped scenery hike trails
– 15 loop-shaped inheritance hike trails
• Horseback riding
– 15 loop shaped trails
• Motoring/car driving
– 10 loop shaped trails
Activity 1 : Database
- Overview of the recreational products
to maintain:
- Recreational loops
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Hiking trails : 424 km
Cycling trails : 1629 km
Horseback riding : 307 km
Motor/car driving : 678 km
Moutainbike : 364 km
- Networks
- Hiking network : 673 km
- Cycle network : 2664 km
Activity 1 : Database
- Pro-active system for the reporting of complaints about the
recreational network
- How?
- 630 volunteers (godfather and godmother of a part of the
recreational network)
- Task?
- Checking the recreational loops and networks
- Reporting of problems with signposting
- Period?
- April till october
- Frequency?
- 5 times
- 3 volunteers / loop or network
Activity 1 : Database
• Type of recreational product :
Number of volunteers
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Hiking loops : 160 volunteers
Cycle loops : 146 volunteers
Horse Back riding : 14 volunteers
Car and Motor routes : 7 volunteers
Mountainbike : 21 volunteers
Cycle Network : 274 volunteers
Coast cycle network : 13 volunteers
Hiking network : 203 volunteers
Activity 1 : Database
Each year Westtoer organises 3
meetings for the volunteers :
- 2 meetings in february and march to start the
season
- 1 meeting in september for a dedicated part of
the volunteers (f.e. bikers, walkers …) for which a
half day program is offered by Westtoer.
Activity 1 : Database
- Internal organisation Westtoer
- 1 FTE Administration volunteers
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Task :
Organisation of the check-ups
Organisation of meetings with volunteers
First point of contact with the volunteers
Handling complaints (reception ans feedback)
- 1/2 FTE Coordination Maintenance
- Task :
- Reception of the complaints (research in the TRIS database,
contact with municipalities …)
- Coordination of the maintenance teams
- 3,8 FTE Maintenance
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Task :
Solving complaints
Feedback on complaints
Realisation of new recreational products
Activity 1 : Database
- When you have to manage all the
recreational products you need,
besides a group of very dedicated
volunteers and staff at Westtoer,
a system to manage it all.
- The answer to this is the TRIS
database.
Activity 1 : Database
- TRIS = Touristic and recreational
Information System
- Technical
- Based on JAVA technologie and LAMP
stack
- Manages alfanumerical data and
geographical data in one environemt.
- Open Source technology – source
available for everyone on GITHUB
account
Activity 1 : Database
- Goals in the ATC project :
- A GPS steered task list : this system enables a daily list
to be sent to every team with tasks or issues to resolve.
The use of GPS will make the process of identifying and
solving problems along the newtork more efficient and
effective
- A GIS solution to be used on rugged hand held palm
tops : To enable the efficient on-site management of
paths networks by volunteers and field staff. Tasks
include the marking of diversions on the network,
preparing the positioning of signposting and
interpretation boards along the network and recording
any problems to enable them to be effectively resolved.
Activity 1 : Database
- Goals in the ATC project :
- Portable hand-held device linked to IT database system
for use in the field : A portable extension for the
volunteers to print the materials needed to monitor and
assess their section of the network
Activity 1 : Database
- TRIS database :
- To reach the goals as defined in the ATC project, it was
necessary to build a database in which all data about the
recreational network was storaged and which allowed us
to manage all available data.
- We choose for the JAVA technology because it is very
easely scalable and because it is open source. This
means that all of our development code is available on a
GIT HUB Account
- The TRIS datbase contains :
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GIS data : Trajects, junctions, Signposting
Alfalnumerical data : Adresses of the volunteers
Schemes to check the recreational network
A tool to manage complaints
A tool to manage the GIS part (editing the recreational network)
Activity 1 : Database
- TRIS database :
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- TRIS database :
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- TRIS database :
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- A GPS steered task list :
- Westtoer has 4 men working for the maintenance of the
recreational network
- Each day they get their tasks by the coordinator
- On their iPad they see a list of complaints dedicated to
their team
- In the field they resolve the complaints by changing
their status from open to closed
- By using topographic maps and the build-in GPS on the
device, they are able to see the position on the map
- Based on the built-in GPS they see the complaints in an
order based on the ‘nearby’ principle of GPS tracking
Activity 1 : Database
- Daily list of complaints
Activity 1 : Database
Assign the complaints to a team
Activity 1 : Database
The GPS steered task list on iPad
Activity 1 : Database
Changing the status of a complaint
Activity 1 : Database
- A GIS solution to be used on rugged hand held
palm tops
- The people who maintain the recreational network have
now iPads on which a GIS solution is embedded.
- They can add new signposting to the database, prepare
the positioning of signposting, remove signposting, add
temporary signposting in case of deviations …
- This work is done online in direct connection with the
TRIS database
Activity 1 : Database
- A GIS solution : New signposting
Activity 1 : Database
- A GIS solution : New signposting
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- A GIS solution : Managing signposting
Activity 1 : Database
- Portable hand-held device linked to IT database
system for use in the field :
- Every volunteer gets anb unique ID which is linked to
their part of the network they have to supervise and to
the date on which they have to do this
- This unique ID is used to login to the TRIS database
- In their part of the database they can :
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Report the complaints on their part of the network
Look up the updates of the status of their complaints
See the complaints of other volunteers
Print the working map with trajects and signposting on their part
of the network.
- All of these functionalities are usable on an iOS or on an
android tablet
Activity 1 : Database
- Portable hand-held device linked to IT database
system for use in the field :
- Every volunteer gets anb unique ID which is linked to
their part of the network they have to supervise and to
the date on which they have to do this
- This unique ID is used to login to the TRIS database
- In their part of the database they can :
-
Report the complaints on their part of the network
Look up the updates of the status of their complaints
See the complaints of other volunteers
Print the working map with trajects and signposting on their part
of the network.
- All of these functionalities are usable on an iOS or on an
android tablet
Activity 1 : Database
- Portable hand-held device linked to IT database
system for use in the field
Activity 1 : Database
- Portable hand-held device linked to IT database
system for use in the field
Activity 1 : Database
- Portable hand-held device linked to IT database
system for use in the field
Activity 2 : Signposting
- The goal of this part of the project is the
realisation of signposting on the green and blue
network
- What is the green and blue network?
- A part of the recreational network in West-Flanders uses
paths along waterways and old railway tracks.
- These green and blue connections are very important for
the cyclists.
- These green and blue connections are a network of
almost 400 km.
Activity 2 : Signposting
Activity 2 : Signposting
Signposting :
- The signposting consists out of a high pole with on top the
signposting pannels
- On the signposting pannels you can see the name of the
next village or town and the number of kilometers
- The green and blue network is signposted in two
directions.
- Total amount of signposts : 152
- Total amount of singposting pannels : 577
Thank you
for your attention!