1. Montana-Dakota Utilities’ GIS: Kevin Alishouse, GIS Manager From linen to Linux

2. MDU’s Story Before Centralized editing 13,000 linen and Mylar maps Data change –Multiple map changes –Changes to multiple maps After Editing at operations facilities – 1X One continuous map of five state region Multiple views of same data

3. How Did MDU Move to GIS? Application Selection Assistance Data Capture Landbase Facilities Training Deployment Backlog Upgrades: Hardware, Database, Software

4. “Clark” ArcSDE ArcIMS Server ArcReader Citrix ArcIMS ArcReader Citrix ArcReader Stand-alone ArcReader Stand-alone ArcReader Stand-alone ArcReader Stand-alone Citrix Servers ArcReader Citrix ArcEditor ArcIMS ArcEditor Citrix ArcEditor Citrix ArcEditor Citrix Dial-up Connection (ArcEditor and ArcReader run here) “Clark” ArcSDE ArcIMS Server ArcReader Citrix ArcIMS ArcReader Citrix ArcReader Stand-alone ArcReader Stand-alone ArcReader Stand-alone ArcReader Stand-alone Citrix Servers ArcReader Citrix ArcEditor ArcIMS ArcEditor Citrix ArcEditor Citrix ArcEditor Citrix Dial-up Connection (ArcEditor and ArcReader run here) “Clark” ArcSDE ArcIMS Server ArcReader Citrix ArcIMS ArcReader Citrix ArcReader Stand-alone ArcReader Stand-alone ArcReader Stand-alone ArcReader Stand-alone Citrix Servers ArcReader Citrix ArcEditor ArcIMS ArcEditor Citrix ArcEditor Citrix ArcEditor Citrix Dial-up Connection (ArcEditor and ArcReader run here) “Clark” ArcSDE ArcIMS Server ArcReader Citrix ArcIMS ArcReader Citrix ArcReader Stand-alone ArcReader Stand-alone ArcReader Stand-alone ArcReader Stand-alone Citrix Servers ArcReader Citrix ArcEditor ArcIMS ArcEditor Citrix ArcEditor Citrix ArcEditor Citrix Dial-up Connection (ArcEditor and ArcReader run here) “Clark” ArcSDE ArcIMS Server ArcReader Citrix ArcIMS ArcReader Citrix ArcReader Stand-alone ArcReader Stand-alone ArcReader Stand-alone ArcReader Stand-alone Citrix Servers ArcReader Citrix ArcEditor ArcIMS ArcEditor Citrix ArcEditor Citrix ArcEditor Citrix Dial-up Connection (ArcEditor and ArcReader run here) GIS Deployment Schemes 50 Editors 250 Frequent Viewers 950 Potential Viewers

5. Citrix Demonstration

6. Where is MDU Going with GIS? System Analysis/Optimization Regulatory Compliance Business Application Integration Outage Management Field Redlining

7. Questions? Kevin Alishouse, GIS Manager