GIS for Utilities… How can I use this in my job? Ron Householder, PLS
GIS is…. A powerful set of tools for collecting, sorting, retrieving at will, transforming, and displaying spatial data from the real world for a particular set of purposes Source Huxhold, An Intro to Urban GIS, 1991 quoting Borrugh
Organized collection of computer hardware, software, and geographic data designed to efficiently capture, store, integrate, update, manipulate, analyze, create, and display all forms of geographically referenced information. GIS is…. A GIS! HardcopyMap IDName 8Main Street Tabular Data
Accessible on large computer networks Only select few knew how to get information Costly Few Data Sources GIS Past...
Flexible – Network, Desktop, Laptop, PDA Easy of use; Incorporate into daily work flow Several free/low cost data sets to use GIS Today...
GIS is…. A Smart Map
Kinds of jobs that are performed at a Utility
Billing…. Print out bills Water Usage Water Shut offs for non payment
Maintenance New Construction Inspection of assets Repairs of broken assets Shut off service Meter Change-out
Engineering New Construction Modeling
Customer Service Complaints Inform customers of new projects Usage Advisories
Other Data…. GPS Data Video Pictures Field Inspection Reports Remote Monitoring Data
Making it come together… To make the points, lines and polygons be intelligent, a common link has to be created
Making it come together… Unique Identifer IDMFGINSTALL DATE INSPECT DATE Kennedy7/197612/12/2007 Fire Hydrant ID Information Table
Making it come together… Unique Identifer IDMFGINSTALL DATE INSPECT DATE Kennedy7/197612/12/2007 Fire Hydrant ID Information Table
A Smarter Map… Show me the complaints in this subdivision.
A Smarter Map… Show me the customer complaints related to taste (yellow) and odor (red) in Moorfield Subdivision
Field Inspection Data… Field Notes Field Photos Field Videos
Field Inspection Data…
Field Inspection Data…
Field Inspection Data… CMPGoodEW CMPRepairJS
Customer Service… Capital Improvement Project Information Customer Complaint Information
Engineering… Model of System Same Information, but viewed differently
Billing… Disconnects to Service 123 Main StSmithDisconnect th StJohnsonDisconnect 56 7 th StWilliamsDisconnect 9321 Maple DrAdamsDisconnect
Engineering/SCADA… TANKS LOW
Billing… Water Usage
GIS Future… Mobile Devices Real Time Information RF/GPS Integration
Summary… Power in Integration Work Flow Orientation Questions?