Using GHopperGIS on the Bogotá Metro

We recently received a query from the Environmental Consortium of Metro Bogotá L1 related to the management of the cultural heritage component in the areas of direct and indirect influence of the first metro line corridor. 

This heritage component includes both movable and immovable property declared of cultural interest at the national and district level, as well as Sectors of Cultural Interest, as well as Special Management and Protection Plans for sectors such as the Historic Center. The Consortium needed to develop a project that took into account the particularities of each case. 

Specifically, they sought to work with official databases to generate georeferenced geometries in accordance with the diagnosis and analysis developed, and to do so they requested a data management solution that will connect transparently the scope of study, the urban context, with the city's databases and the entire georeferenced data infrastructure of the District.

From echeverrimontes We proposed to work with our system of GIS Data Management, in connection with OpenData Bogotá. 

It is known that the management of data contained in the city's georeferenced databases can be a major problem when generating geometries and basic planimetry for project management. But, with this tool developed by us, you can both read the databases and generate the geometries in Rhino.

The response from the client was very positive, and although it is a project still underway, we are sure that it is going in the right direction. Working with the Environmental Consortium team has been very interesting so far!

About the Bogotá Metro

With 23.9 km, the Bogotá metro It will have one of the longest first lines on the continent, above those of cities such as Quito (22 km), Sao Paulo (20.4 km), Santiago (19.3 km), Mexico City (18.8 km) , and Buenos Aires (9.4 km).

Section one will go from Portal Américas to Caracas Avenue, along Villavicencio Avenue, Primero de Mayo Avenue, 8th Street South and 1st Street, where it will turn north along Caracas Avenue to 78th Street. The almost 24 kilometers of route include a technical branch, between the workshop yard and the first station, and a return maneuver section on Caracas Avenue between streets 74 and 78.

This line has been conceived under parameters of energy and environmental efficiency, it will operate with natural light and ventilation, which represents very important savings in the works and operation phases, at no cost to the user and at no cost to the planet. The trains will operate with clean energy, the system will be 100% electric and will generate thousands of jobs for the Colombian workforce.

The works began in 2021 and It is expected to be completed by the end of 2028.