Michael

Fotiadis
Michael Fotiadis
MSc Geoinformatics
MEng Rural and Surveying Engineering


michaelfotiadis@gmail.com

Maidenhead, United Kingdom
2013




Professional Portfolio
Key Points
Worked with Professor Vasilis Gikas, PhD.
Synchronised the instruments by using GPS
time as reference.
Successfully measured / calculated track
horizontal and vertical position, gauge,
versine, twist and cross level (cant).
Paired the inclinometer data with the GPS
measurements using an automated process in
Visual Basic which exported the data in Excel.
Smoothed the bearing diagram using a moving
average window routine.
Used Excel to identify curve changes and
superelevation deviations.
Performed curve fitting by using the least
squares adjustment method with indirect
observations and used the a posteriori error
to measure the accuracy of the results.
Average achieved geometry deviation from
the as-built plans was of a scale of 1%.
Reverse Engineering of the
Geometric Characteristics of the
Athens Tram Railway Tracks
Horizontal Alignment by Using
the GPS System

February 2005 September 2005

Undergraduate Thesis for the National Technical
University of Athens.

Objective: Measure and reverse engineer the
track geometry of the Tram Railway.


Source: www.tramsa.gr
Location: Athens, Greece
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Athens Suburban Railway

July 2005 August 2005
Project Budget 753.000.000

Employer: Greco-German Subcontractor
Partnership Philippos Weibul S.A.

Objective: Checking of the positional accuracy of
the completed Suburban Railway Track.
Installation of control points for future track
measurements.


Key Points
Led a team of 2 assistants on the field from
04:00 to 14:00 daily along 80 km of ballast
track.
High precision work with millimeter level
accuracy requirements.
Used an existing network of screw-on bases
for instrument setup.
Calculated positioning deviations from the
layout plans.
Instruments used where a Bergistrand
Geodimeter 650 and a Leica TCA 1800, both
with integrated rotating servo-mechanism.
Source: Google Maps
Source: Wikipedia
Location: Prefectures of
Korinthos and Attiki, Greece
Cluster Analysis

February 2006 May 2006

Project Overseen by: Dr. Koutsopoulos of the
National Technical University of Athens

Objective: Perform cluster analysis in order to
find the optimal location of 2new bank branches.
Key Points
Worked with ESRI ArcGIS Desktop 9.
Used ArcGIS data and metadata for 49 postal
zones along with socioeconomic statistical
data for 73 zones.
Defined positioning critical parameters such
as the existence of other banks, moving costs,
location efficiency and distance to users.
Calculated zone income for the missing 24
zones by selecting contributing variables from
the statistical data and using Linear
Multivariate Regression.
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Key Points
Defined initial cluster population by using
Unsupervised Classification.
Used the Cluster k-Means algorithm in
Minitab to partition the data space into
Voronoi cells.
Used Quadrat Analysis to define the type of
Spatial Dispersion (test x for the Poisson,
binomial and negative binomial distributions).
Finalised the position of the new bank
between 2 candidate zones by using the p-
Median algorithm.

Source: ESRI ArcGIS 9 Help File
Key Points
Worked with ESRI ArcGIS Desktop 9.
Performed in-depth analysis on the Oropos
area for town planning purposes by combining
official historical demographics data with
Corine land usage data.
Used Network Analyst to calculate average
and optimal travel times to and from the city
of Athens for workers.
Constructed a weighted model for predicting
the future development of the area.

Residential System Analysis
Using ArcGIS

February 2006 May 2006

Project Overseen by: Dr. Siolas of the National
Technical University of Athens

Objective: Analyse spatial and demographic data
of the developing Oropos area ,predict future
trends.
ArcGIS Mapping

February 2006 May 2006

Project Overseen by: National Technical
University of Athens

Objective: Use ESRI products to process mapping
data and metadata.
Key Points
Worked with ESRI ArcGIS Desktop 9.
Digitised, processed, transformed and edited
raster and vector data.
Created a tourist map for the island of Syros
by combining metadata from various sources.
Calculated TINs and created geomorphology
and elevation layouts.
Applied symbology and generalisation
principles to match the target print scale.
The resulting map included tourist site data
along with population and road network data.

High Precision Definition of the
Kinematic Characteristics of a
Rowing Skiff Boat Using Inertial
and Satellite Positioning

October 2006 September 2007

Postrgraduate Thesis for the National Technical
University of Athens.

Awarded the Thomaidio Institute Best
Postgraduate N.T.U.A. Thesis for the year 2007.

Objective: Study the technique of Olympic
rowing athletes using multiple sensors in order
to optimize coaching proceedings and detect
errors in technique.

Key Points
Worked with Professor Vasilis Gikas, PhD, the
Greek Rowing Federation and the National
Rowing Team.
A special experimental arrangement was
assembled including a MIDG II INS/GPS
inertial measuring system, a robotic Leica TCA
1800 Total Station and a pair of high frequency
JAVAD JNS160 GPS receivers.
The data was processed in Excel and MathCAD
through spectral analysis (LombScargle
Periodogram).
Through the studying of the velocity and
acceleration diagrams not only did it become
possible to analyse the details of each
athletes technique but also to detect errors
made by them during the test runs.
The thesis subsequently became a N.T.U.A.
Research Program led by Professor V. Gikas.
Source: Google Earth
Location: Schinias Olympic Rowing
Centre, Greece
Quality Checking of the Greek
Cadastre Orthophotomaps

June 2008 July 2009

Employer: SIMA Engineering Design and
Consulting S.A.

Objective: Check the geopositioning and exterior
orientation of aerial orthophotomaps using the
GPS system.
Key Points
Worked on the performance of measurements
using the GPS system on the 2007-2008
Cadastre aerial orthophotomaps.
Improved reliability and reduced time in the
field by convincing the company to use the
country-wide HEPOS GPS positioning network.
Measured discernible photogrammetric points
on the ground using GPS Z-Max and Novatel
receivers.
Responsible for the setting of Key
Performance Indicators and the evaluation of
project progress every 3 months.
Responsible for the processing of all data and
the calculation of the orthophotomaps errors
in georeferencing.
Location: Multiple Prefectures of Greece
Source: Wikipedia
Source: Greek Cadastre Online Orthophotomap Viewing Service
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Design of the Karampasi Park

January 2010 April 2010
Project Budget 1.500.000
Employer: SIMA Engineering Design and
Consulting S.A.

Objective: Reclaim 10 acres of unused park
Scale: 1:20 to 1:500


Key Points
Responsible for Project Planning, KPI setting
and Asset Management.
Performed the topographic mapping of the
area using a Topcon GTS-220, a pair of
Promark L1 GPS and a pair of Magellan Z-Max
GPS.
The project involved the installation of
elevated platforms, kiosks, solar electricity PV
panels, an artificial stream, walkways and
bridges.
Responsible for the design of the artificial
stream, walkways, drainage design for the
park, volumetric calculations, dig level plans,
material costing and general checking of the
final plans.
Performed CAD work on structural details,
planting layout plans and electrical wiring.

Source: Google Maps
Location: Filothei, Athens, Greece
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Hydraulic Engineering

October 2010 December 2010

Employer: SIMA Engineering Design and
Consulting S.A.

Objective: Design the new drainage and water
supplying infrastructure for reformed areas.
Key Points
Designed the drainage infrastructure for the
Kiriakidis Filothei National Stadium in
Athens. Effective area was 10 acres.
Designed the drainage and water supplying
infrastructure for the Eleusina Industrial Area
in Aspropyrgos, Greece. Effective area was 350
acres.
Calculated hydraulic parameters (inclinations,
pipe width) in Excel and used CAD for the final
layouts.
Location: Filothei, Athens, Greece
Location: Aspropyrgos, Attiki, Greece
Source: Wikimapia
Source: Wikimapia
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Urban Planning Projects

November 2008 March 2011

Employer: SIMA Engineering Design and
Consulting S.A.

Projects
Reviewing of city of Amfissa Town Planning.
Population of 9.200.
Included a preserved traditional
settlement.
Implementation of the residential urban
expansion area of the 4th district section of
Nea Makri, Athens.
Urban planning of St. John Russian Plato in
Plavoukou City, Acharnon, Athens.
Expansion of the urban plan of Aixoni, Athens.


Key Points
Urban and rural planning using spatial,
demographic data and the feedback of
residents.
Worked with GIS topology for the creation of
new roads and for neighborhood queries.
Performed ocation planning of public spaces
such as schools, churches, parks and waste
landfills.
Planned the expanding of the existing road
network and handled the resulting
expropriation of land.
Processed contracts, property statements and
appeals, and managed the resulting data in a
constantly updated MS Access SQL database
with thousands of entries.
Responsible for KPI setting for the planning of
Nea Makri.
Cooperated with local authorities and
residents in achieving viable solutions.

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Source: SIMA S.A.
Source: Wikipedia
Location: Prefectures of Fokida & Attiki
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Miscellaneous Projects

May 2008 December 2010

Employer: SIMA Engineering Design and
Consulting S.A.

Location: Greece

Key Points
1. Topographic Mapping of the Marco
Peninsula. Included decommissioned army
property, harbor land zone, protected beach
zone and illegal buildings.
2. Design of a vehicle mounted road profiler to
be used in Cyprus.
3. Planning of the opening of a new road to
service the Technological Institute of Amfissa.
4. Elevation mapping using an analog level for
the renovation of the Technological Institute
of Piraeus.
5. Mapping of the hillside surrounding a wind
farm in Southern Euboea.
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Source: Google Earth
Renovation of The Port of Piraeus

January 2011 February 2011
Project Budget 350.000.000 (renovation of
Piraeus project)

Employer: SIMA Engineering Design and
Consulting S.A.

Objective: Design a new port organisation plan
and promote it to the Piraeus Port Authority.
Key Points
Created land usage maps for AutoCAD Map
for the area surrounding the port through on-
site observations.
Performed location planning for hotels, stores,
stations, depots and facilities.
Performed case studies for the enhancement
of preserved buildings of the area.
Proposed new arrangements for pedestrian
and vehicle traffic.
Proposed a new way of organising docks for
ship parking purposes.

Location: Port of Piraeus, Greece
Source: Google Maps
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Piraeus Monorail

January 2011 March 2011
Project Budget 350.000.000 (renovation of
Piraeus project)

Employer: SIMA Engineering Design and
Consulting S.A.

Objective: Research, costa analysis and
preliminary design of the Monorail system to be
installed in the port of Piraeus.
Key Points
Worked on the first ever Monorail Project in
Greece.
Researched the subject and established
communication lines with foreign companies
such as Bombardier.
Spent several days in the port, researching the
habits of pedestrian travelers and drivers.
Created layout plans and performed cost
analysis of the project along with civil
engineer Mary Manousoudaki, MEng.
Worked with Architect Eirini Ginopoulou on
the design of the train depot and stations.

Location: Port of Piraeus, Greece
Source: Google Maps
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Marathonodromou Road
Reconstruction and Creation of
High Green Areas to Address
Environmental Issues

July September 2011
Project Budget approx. 20.000
Employer: Freelance Work

Objective: Redesign 4km of congested road to
enhance pedestrian access and improve the
environment
Scale: 1:200 to 1:1.000


Key Points
Evaluated the current traffic situation through
on-site observations and studying of the
existing layout plans.
Proposed the addition of zebra crossings,
ramps, parking spaces and flower beds.
Planned the area to be made more accessible
to disabled users.
Suggested the redirection of existing vehicle
traffic to address congestion.
Calculated the proposed road modifications
for costing purposes.

Location: Psychiko, Athens, Greece
Source: Google Maps
Improvement of Public Space,
Enhancing of Accessibility and
Improvement of the Environment in
the Municipality of Psychiko

April 2011 November 2012
Project Budget approx. 40.000
Employer: Freelance Work

Objective: Mapping of 40 acres of dense urban
environment
Scale: 1:100


Key Points
Worked with the municipality of Neo Psychiko
and a team of other specialists including an
Architect, a Mechanical Engineer and an
Agriculturist.
Responsible for the mapping of central Neo
Psychiko under a 30 day deadline.
Led a team of 2 assistants in a very busy city
environment and managed to complete the
field work in 20 days, leaving ample time for
CAD work.
Instruments used were a Topcon GTS-7500
and a pair of Magellan Z-Max L1/L2 GPS
receivers.

Source: Google Maps
Location: Neo Psychiko, Athens, Greece
Project Planning and Tender
Administration

February 2010 December 2012

Employers: SIMA Engineering Design and
Consulting S.A., ORIZON S.A.

Objective: Composition of offers for over 20
Greek and Cypriot Public Sector Tenders,
encompassing many different fields.

Key Points
Composed technical documents and
performed preliminary costing calculations for
Public Sector Tenders.
Projects ranged from Cadastre to Prefecture
level gas pipe installation.
Performed project planning and created Gantt
charts for projects spanning over up to 3 years
in the future.
Used mainly MS Project, and on occasion
Primavera P6.
Composed Risk Assessment and contingency
plan documents for some of the Tenders.
Followed closely very strict guidelines and
methodology.
Canons Park Monitoring

March 2012 June 2012

Employer: Tube Lines Limited (Contractor)

Objective: Emergency monitoring of the Canons
Park to Queensbury railway
Desired Accuracy: < 1 cm horizontal and vertical


Key Points
Cooperated with Chartered Surveyor David
Lawry and a team of 2-6 other surveyors.
Performed night time work on the rail and
embankment.
Covered an area of 730 metres involving
hundreds of points under a limited time frame
each night.
Repeatedly performed high precision work
under low visibility conditions.
Operated remote controlled robotic Leica TCA-
1200 and Viva TS-15 Total Stations.
Suggested the storing of processed data in
Access instead of Excel, as a more efficient
way to handle querying and reporting to
stakeholders.

Location: Canons Park, London, UK
Source: Wikipedia
Source: Wikipedia
Data Analysis and Planning with
GIS

February 2013 Present

Employer: Surrey County Council

Objective: Work as part of the Asset Planning
Group and support the activities of other
departments


Key Points
Using ArcGIS Desktop 9.3 and 10.1 for data
processing.
Working on an area containing 1.1 million
people and thousands of highway and footway
assets.
Extensive calculations and scripting in VB.Net
and Python as part of the automation of
existing processes in ModelBuilder.
Querying geodatabases in SQL.
Used mathematical tools such as multivariate
linear regression to extrapolate from limited
data or indirectly calculate variables.
Optimising routes for inspection teams.
Improving upon the existing geodemographic
data by applying analysis tools and statistical
techniques.
Making extensive use of versioning.
Corrected errors in existing data and repaired
broken archives.
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Michael
Fotiadis





Michael Fotiadis
MSc Geoinformatics
MEng Rural and Surveying Engineering


michaelfotiadis@gmail.com

Maidenhead, United Kingdom
2013




Programming Portfolio
Android Coordinate Reader

2012

Programming Language: Java

Process built to originally use in my work as a
Land Surveyor for Tube Lines. The surveying team
was receiving updated control coordinate files by
email frequently and I wanted a viewer built into
my phone to have on the field.



Key Points
Created a process built for Android 2.1 and
higher.
Can read a file located in the SD card with 4
columns , preferably of the format [ID, X, Y, H].
Uses an on click event to access the file.
Creates a spinner widget and populates it with
the IDs of the control points.
Displays the coordinates of each selected
point on the screen.
Implemented clauses to check whether the
file exists and is not null.
Coordinate Converters Part 1

2005

Programming Language: Visual Basic

Set of processes built for my dissertation
Reverse Engineering of the Geometric
Characteristics of the Athens Tram Railway
Tracks Horizontal Alignment by Using the GPS
System.



Key Points
The first process uses higher geodesy
calculations to convert data between the
Greek Geodetic Reference System 1987
(GGRS87) and its corresponding geoid,
Geodetic Reference System 1980 (GRS80).
Reads ASCII files with planar coordinates [ID,
x, y, Geometric Height] and converts them to
geographic coordinate files of the format [ID,
Latitude , Longitude , Geometric Height]
and vice versa.

The second process converts GRS80 ellipsoid
coordinates to geocentric coordinates.
Reads ASCII files of the format [ID, Latitude ,
Longitude , Geometric Height and converts
them to geocentric coordinate files of the
format [ID, X, Y, Z] and vice versa.

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Coordinate Converters Part 2

2005

Programming Language: Visual Basic

Set of processes built for my dissertation
Reverse Engineering of the Geometric
Characteristics of the Athens Tram Railway
Tracks Horizontal Alignment by Using the GPS
System.



Key Points
These processes are used to create a local
topocentric system so that deformations can
be minimised when working over a small area.
The first process deducts the geocentric
vector [X,Y,Z] of the topocentric central point
from the rest of the coordinates.
Reads ASCII geocentric coordinate files of the
format [ID, X, Y, Z] and outputs files with
differences [ID, DX, DY, DZ] from the central
point Xo, Yo, Zo.

The second process uses the output file from
process one and creates a topocentric
reference system on a central , .
Outputs topocentric coordinates [ID, E, N, U]
and also supports the creation of an [E, N, U]
AutoCAD formatted point file for quick
insertion in a drawing.
Clock Synchroniser and
GPS Inclinometer Data Merger

2005

Programming Language: Basic and Visual Basic

Set of processes built for my dissertation
Reverse Engineering of the Geometric
Characteristics of the Athens Tram Railway
Tracks Horizontal Alignment by Using the GPS
System.



Key Points
A Basic routine was constructed in order to
synchronise the internal clock of a laptop to
the time string sent directly to its COM port by
a geodetic GPS sensor.
This was done in order to synchronise the
GPS recorded position data with the data of
an inclinometer which had different recording
frequency. It also eliminates null entries.

A second Visual Basic process was created to
eliminate the asynchronous observations and
to append the inclinometer data to the GPS
data as 2 extra columns.
Inputs are a converted topocentric GPS file
[Time Stamp, x, y, h] and an inclinometer file
[Time Stamp, Inclination x, Inclination y]. A
merged file is given as output.
t (sec) x (m) y (m) h (m) t (sec) Ix (degrees) Iy (degrees)
431710.0 476704.327 4191036.714 0.995 431710.0 0.16 0.65
431710.5 476704.334 4191036.687 1.003 431710.5 0.16 0.81
431711.0 476704.345 4191036.654 1.004 431711.0 - -
431711.5 476704.350 4191036.632 0.999 431711.5 0.17 0.90
t (sec) x (m) y (m) h (m) Ix (degrees) Iy (degrees)
431710.0 476704.327 4191036.714 0.995 0.16 0.65
431710.5 476704.334 4191036.687 1.003 0.16 0.81
431711.5 476704.350 4191036.632 0.999 0.17 0.90
Adjusted Axis Calculation

2005

Programming Language: Visual Basic

Process built for my dissertation Reverse
Engineering of the Geometric Characteristics of
the Athens Tram Railway Tracks Horizontal
Alignment by Using the GPS System.



Key Points
My dissertation involved the calculation of the
design axis, which is the line drawn by the
designer prior to constructing the left and
right railway tracks and can be calculated by
measuring the tracks on site.
Having measured the tramway tracks and
processed the positioning data, a routine was
coded in order to reverse engineer the axis.
This process calculates the adjusted position
of each track by combining the inclinometer
data with the positioning data.
It then goes on to calculate the axis between
the two tracks by moving on the right track
and finding the minimum distance to the left
track from each observed point.
Moving Average Filter

2005

Programming Language: Visual Basic

Process built for my dissertation Reverse
Engineering of the Geometric Characteristics of
the Athens Tram Railway Tracks Horizontal
Alignment by Using the GPS System.



Key Points
This process was created for the smoothing of
the bearing diagram of the calculated axis. The
smoothing was crucial for the next step of
reverse engineering its geometric
characteristics because it would make more
accurate the locating of positions of curvature
changes.
A moving average window was used with
parameters of size in points (N) and number of
points it would move by after each repetition
(Step).
Two extra parameters were introduced: the
deviation of a point from the window average
axis and the acceptable gap between two
points that would have to be filled in if no
point was found.
Least Squares Curve Fitting

2005

Programming Language: Visual Basic

Process built for my dissertation Reverse
Engineering of the Geometric Characteristics of
the Athens Tram Railway Tracks Horizontal
Alignment by Using the GPS System.



Key Points
This was the main process of the dissertation.
It used user input to reverse engineer the
geometric design characteristics of the railway
axis.
Input file used was the adjusted axis
positioning file which contained [Kilometric
position, E, N, U, Track Width, Pitch, Roll,
Superelevation, Bearing Azimuth].
The process used ActiveX components to draw
results in AutoCAD 2004 in real time and give
the user dynamic control over the results and
required adjustments.
Initial parameters were inferred from the axis
bearing diagram and were corrected by the
user.
Circular and spiral curves were reverse
engineered through the use of Jacobi Matrices
and errors were calculated from the least
square adjustment of the estimated curves.