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Indoor Mapping and Navigation Pilot Program

Solicitation ID NB671000-18-00998-Rev-1
Posted Date 16 Mar 2018 at 2 PM
Archive Date 14 Apr 2018 at 5 AM
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Contracting Office Department Of Commerce Nist
Agency Department Of Commerce
Location United states
The Public Safety Communications and Research Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking any interested businesses in meeting the below requirements.  

Interested businesses capable of meeting the requirements below are requested to send capabilities documentation to Aron Krischel at [email protected] no later than March 30, 2018.  This is considered market research only and no contract will be issued based on this sources sought. 

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

TITLE: PSCR Indoor Mapping and Navigation Pilot

Requisition Number: NB671000-18-00998

LAB REQUESTING SERVICE: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL), Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR)

I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The PSCR program conducts research, development, testing, and evaluation to foster nationwide interoperability and advanced communications and operations technology for the nation’s public safety community. PSCR currently has an active research program studying various aspects of location-based services, including indoor mapping, localization, and navigation. PSCR has sponsored both internal and external research in these areas.

II. SCOPE OF WORK

PSCR seeks a coordinated research and development activity, henceforth referred to as the ‘pilot’, to create and advance solutions to complex geospatial challenges related to indoor mapping and navigation for first responders. The pilot will call upon a diverse array of leading organizations in the field and leverage standardized, open GIS frameworks, data models, and data exchange formats (e.g. CityGML, IndoorGML, Web Processing Service, Web Feature Service, etc.) to stimulate the rapid generation of prototypes and demonstrations that address the key activities described below. In addition, best practices and lessons learned from the pilot shall be captured in engineering reports or other means and, where appropriate, forwarded to the appropriate standards committees under the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and International Standards Organization (ISO) for consideration.

First responders typically survey high-risk facilities in their jurisdiction at least once per year as part of a preplanning process. Outputs from preplanning are often in report form, and first responders may annotate available floor plans (e.g. from CAD models) or generate their own hand-drawn maps during the process. Preplanning is time-consuming, inefficient, and inherently complex considering the information and level of detail that should or could be captured, the lack of automation, and difficulty identifying notable changes to facilities and infrastructure during successive preplanning surveys.

PSCR has identified mobile 3D light detection and ranging (LiDAR) as a potentially transformational technology for first responders. Using LiDAR and 360 degree cameras imagery, coupled with advanced software processing, first responders could very efficiently capture 3D point clouds and a wealth of other information, both observed and derived, while walking through buildings as part of their routine preplanning operations. The use of 3D LiDAR and imagery has many potential upsides beyond just creating point clouds for visualization and mapping, e.g., use in localization, object classification, integration with virtual/augmented reality solutions, change detection, etc. Though not widely used currently for surveying, especially outside the architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) community, it is expected that investments by the automotive and unmanned aerial systems industries will drive the costs of 3D LiDAR down dramatically over the next five years so that it will become a cost-effective tool for public safety, building owners/managers, and various service industries.

To accelerate research and development for this public safety driven use-case, the contractors shall develop and demonstrate the following prototyping and demonstration activities:

A.      Create and convert 3D indoor LiDAR point cloud models and associated imagery to functional building and navigation models.

B.      Store and serve point cloud, building, and navigation models for visualization and navigation.

C.      Derive dynamic turn-by-turn indoor navigation instructions based on the navigation model.

D.      View and annotate point cloud data, imagery, and building models, along with navigation routes and instructions into, though, and out of buildings.

 

III. SPECIFICATIONS

 

A.      The contractor shall develop, organize, and execute a pilot based on the deliverables below that solicits and integrates work from a diverse array of leading geospatial companies.

 

B.      The contractor shall develop, organize, and execute an event at the conclusion of the pilot to demonstrate the progress and lessons learned.

 

C.      The contractor shall forward any issues, gaps, or necessary modifications related to standards identified in the pilot to the appropriate standards committees under the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and International Standards Organization (ISO) for consideration.

 

D.      The contractor shall ensure all software and systems developed and or enhanced within the pilot remain available and operational to the sponsor for a period of six (6) months following the completion of the testbed.

 

IV. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

 

The period of performance for this procurement will be one year from date of award.

 

V. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

 

Work shall be executed at the contractor and performer facilities.

 

VI. DELIVERABLES

The following list identifies deliverables to support the requirements above.

A.      NIST001: Building Data – Using a mobile 3D LiDAR survey instrument and 360 degree camera of sufficiently high quality, the contractor shall create a 3D point cloud model of the indoor and outdoor of a test building or buildings. The test building(s) shall be sufficiently large and complex to adequately test the dependent deliverables (e.g. airport, large apartment complex, manufacturing facility, etc.). The model shall have a global accuracy of 5 cm and be delivered in LAS file format[1].

B.      NIST002: Public Safety Features CityGML ADE – The contractor shall define a Public Safety Features CityGML application domain extension (ADE) based on the reference preplan symbology created by the National Alliance for Public Safety GIS (NAPSG)[2]. The ADE shall be documented as a CityGML Schema and described in an Engineering Report (ER). The schema and ER shall be proposed as a change request to the CityGML SWG.

C.      NIST003: Building Modeler – The contractor shall create a building modeler application that can convert point cloud models and associated images (such as those generated by NIST001) into semantic 3D building models compliant with the most recent or stable version of CityGML. Models generated by this component shall be notated with Public Safety Features from the CityGML ADE (NIST002). The building modeler may be developed as a web processing service (WPS) compliant with the OpenGIS WPS Interface Standard, though this is not a strict requirement.

D.      NIST004: Navigation Modeler – The contractor shall create a navigation modeler application that can convert output from the building modeler (NIST003) to IndoorGML usable for indoor navigation. The building modeler may be developed as a web processing service (WPS) compliant with the OpenGIS WPS Interface Standard, though this is not a strict requirement.

E.       NIST005: Building Model Repository – The contractor shall create a building model repository that shall store and serve point cloud, image, building, and navigation models (NIST001/3/4). The repository shall expose a model catalog and provide authenticated access. The repository shall be interoperable with application clients leveraging the OGC Web Feature Service (WFS) Interface Standard and OGC 3D Portrayal Service (3DPS) Standard.

F.       NIST006: Indoor Navigation Service – The contractor shall create an indoor navigation service that can derive ‘turn-by-turn’ instructions between any two points in a building, including exits, based on models created by the navigation modeler (NIST004). The service shall be able to integrate a variety of navigation algorithms, not necessarily developed in this testbed, optimized for specific criteria (e.g. routes optimized based on time, distance, or risk) requested by the preplanning tool (NIST007). While not a requirement for this testbed, the solution shall be developed keeping in mind the dynamic, real-time requirements that navigating during a real public safety response shall impose upon the service. The service shall use the OGC WFS Interface Standard. WFS shall also be leveraged to request scenes from the model repository that can be provided via 3DPS format.

G.      NIST007: Preplanning Tool – The contractor shall create a visualization client application for users to request and view building data (NIST001) and building models (NIST003) from the model repository (NIST005), as well navigation instructions and routes from the indoor navigation service (NIST006). The client shall have a graphical user interface that enables public safety personnel to view and annotate models captured during preplanning. The client shall seamlessly transition between 2D and 3D views and shall allow users to visualize hypothetical routes into, through, and out of buildings along with the appropriate metrics (e.g. estimated time, distance, risk, etc.) based on additional input parameters considered by the navigation service. The client shall use the OGC WFS Interface Standard and OGC 3DPS to request and receive models, scenes, and services.

H.      NIST008: PSCR Presentation – The contractor shall be required to participate in the PSCR Public Safety Broadband Stakeholder Meetings (PSBSM) during the performance of the pilot to present progress to date or final results. The PSBSM are held each June in the continental United States and are typically four days in length. The exact dates and location of future PSBSM have not been determined yet.

I.         NIST009: Engineering Report (ER) – This ER shall describe the architecture, software, interfaces, and data formats developed in the pliot that meet the PSCR requirements.

J.        NIST010: Demonstration Videos – The contractor shall create videos that capture demonstrations of the individual deliverables and the end-to-end workflow developed for first responder building preplanning operations.

VII. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT SUMMARY

 

The contractor shall meet the following milestones:

A.      Issue a call for participation within two months after award.

B.      Execute a pilot kickoff event within six months after award.

C.      After kickoff, deliver monthly reports during nine month prototyping phase.

D.      At conclusion of the prototyping phase, execute a demonstration event within one month.

E.       Deliver engineering reports and any recommendations to standards bodies within two months after the demonstration.

 

VIII. PERSONNEL

 

Technical Point of Contact (TPOC):

Name: Jeb Benson

Phone: 303-497-5191

Email: [email protected]


 
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