1. GIS for Utilities… How can I use this in my job? www.mapsync.com Ron Householder, PLS

2. 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 www.mapsync.com

3. 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

4. Accessible on large computer networks Only select few knew how to get information Costly Few Data Sources GIS Past... www.mapsync.com

5. Flexible – Network, Desktop, Laptop, PDA Easy of use; Incorporate into daily work flow Several free/low cost data sets to use GIS Today... www.mapsync.com

6. GIS is…. www.mapsync.com A Smart Map

7. www.mapsync.com Kinds of jobs that are performed at a Utility

8. Billing….  Print out bills  Water Usage  Water Shut offs for non payment www.mapsync.com

9. Maintenance  New Construction  Inspection of assets  Repairs of broken assets  Shut off service  Meter Change-out www.mapsync.com

10. Engineering www.mapsync.com  New Construction  Modeling

11. Customer Service www.mapsync.com  Complaints  Inform customers of new projects  Usage  Advisories

12. www.mapsync.com Other Data….  GPS Data  Video  Pictures  Field Inspection Reports  Remote Monitoring Data

13. Making it come together… www.mapsync.com To make the points, lines and polygons be intelligent, a common link has to be created

14. www.mapsync.com Making it come together… Unique Identifer IDMFGINSTALL DATE INSPECT DATE 801231Kennedy7/197612/12/2007 Fire Hydrant ID 801231 Information Table

15. www.mapsync.com Making it come together… Unique Identifer IDMFGINSTALL DATE INSPECT DATE 801231Kennedy7/197612/12/2007 Fire Hydrant ID 801231 Information Table

16. www.mapsync.com A Smarter Map… Show me the complaints in this subdivision.

17. www.mapsync.com A Smarter Map… Show me the customer complaints related to taste (yellow) and odor (red) in Moorfield Subdivision

18. www.mapsync.com Field Inspection Data… Field Notes Field Photos Field Videos

19. www.mapsync.com Field Inspection Data…

20. www.mapsync.com Field Inspection Data…

21. www.mapsync.com Field Inspection Data… 342126-CMPGoodEW 342216-CMPRepairJS

22. www.mapsync.com Customer Service… Capital Improvement Project Information Customer Complaint Information

23. www.mapsync.com Engineering… Model of System Same Information, but viewed differently

24. www.mapsync.com Billing… Disconnects to Service 123 Main StSmithDisconnect 453 5 th StJohnsonDisconnect 56 7 th StWilliamsDisconnect 9321 Maple DrAdamsDisconnect

25. www.mapsync.com Engineering/SCADA… TANKS LOW

26. Billing… Water Usage

27. www.mapsync.com GIS Future…  Mobile Devices  Real Time Information  RF/GPS Integration

28. www.mapsync.com Summary…  Power in Integration  Work Flow Orientation  Questions?