Office of Operational Technology

The Office of Operational Technology (OT) provides strategic planning, leadership, and support for operational technology/data within the Florida Department of Transportation. The rapid development of information technologies and the growing need for accelerated project delivery with improved quality require all transportation stakeholders to develop and utilize more effective ways of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, operating, and managing transportation facilities through their life cycle. The framework for implementing OT is based on the spatial elements of all data related to the highway system. The management of various systems, technology, and data all need to align with consideration to the various business and financial outcomes desired and, therefore, need to be developed and managed from an organizational perspective through standards, governance, and strategic goals.

OT supports the department's organizational management of operational technology and spatial data through the following divisions: Geographic Information Systems, Surveying and Mapping, Transportation Data and Analytics, and Data Systems Support

The Office of Operational Technology (OT) is committed to achieving the goals set forth by the agency, including improving safety, enhancing mobility, and inspiring innovation. Here are some efforts related to this initiative:

• The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) System of Engagement (SoE), built on a web-GIS framework and fueled by the ROADS initiative, provides FDOT with a single enterprise view where FDOT workers and partners can consume, analyze, and contribute to enterprise data. Suites of interconnected apps, organized by business function and as easy to use as smartphone apps, will improve decision-making and save time in the search for data and insight.
• Together with various cooperative agencies, the FPRN network consists of nearly 100 Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) located throughout Florida. FDOT works closely with the National Geodetic Survey's National CORS network. Each CORS site provides Global Positioning System (GPS) carrier phase and code range measurements in support of 3-dimensional positioning activities throughout Florida and surrounding states.