Showing posts with label utilities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label utilities. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Utility Special Interest Group (SIG)

Carol Kennedy
moderator

GIS for Utilities I
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 10:45 to noon

Open to all in the utility industry. Please come and share experiences and lessons learned in using GIS at your company. GIS is used in the Electric, GAS, telephone, cable industries; GIS helps to manage customers, equipment, systems, and more.

Mobile GIS at Maui Electric Company

Carol Kennedy
Jamie Legsay
Maui Electric Company, Kahului, HI

Mobile GIS
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 1:30 to 2:45 pm

Co-administrators, Jamie Legsay and Carol Kennedy, have been using GIS to document the electrical network at Maui Electric Company. Their current challenge is to make the resulting information available digitally out in the field where it can be further verified and used by field crews. This enables the GIS Administrators to quickly respond to updates from the field, allowing changes made to the electrical network to be reflected in a matter of a few days versus weeks or months. They will discuss the hardware and software they have selected as a mobile solution. A demonstration of the way personnel interact with the technology will highlight the strengths and weakness of their mobile product.

Benefits of a GIS System supporting Field Automation for Utilities

Rod O'Strand
Esri, Redlands, CA

GIS for Utilities II
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm

A presentation to discuss the many benefits associated with introducing Geographic Information System (GIS) technology and data into the mobile workforce for Utilities. Rather than reviewing the mobile technology itself this presentation will review some of the work flow advantages while exploring key areas where the Return-on-Investment (ROI) analysis can be developed. Automation combined with enterprise data not only changes the working behavior of the mobile workforce itself but also shifts the data ownership and responsibilities within the organization, creating a more effective enterprise workflow.

A Spatially Wired Operation

Neal Nakamura
Oceanic Timer Warner Cable, Mililani, HI

GIS for Utilities II
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm

How a private business (Oceanic Time Warner Cable) has applied spatial technology to create data interactions between diverse groups within the company to efficiently process and deploy information, perform new tasks, and help consistently rank its customer service department within the top 3 in the corporation.

Monday, January 2, 2012

CCH-DPP Storm Water Application

Brian Loomis
Hi-Tech Urban Solution, Inc., Honolulu, HI

Engineering and Public Works
Wednesday March 7, 2012 - 10:45 am to noon

The City & County of Honolulu's Storm Water Application is a web-based GIS application that delivers powerful mapping, network tracing, and data access tools to users throughout the City. It is the culmination of a multi-year, collaborative effort by the City's Department of Planning and Permitting to improve the coverage, accuracy, and dissemination of its storm water-related GIS data. The application is designed around NPDES permit obligations the City is required to meet. The application is a completely custom ArcGIS Server Web ADF implementation. It is programmed in ASP.NET/VB.NET, incorporates custom ArcObjects modules, and integrates multiple City SQL data servers. The presentation will discuss (1) the user-interviews and NPDES requirements driving the design process, (2) the application's capabilities and toolsets, (3) a high-level review of its technical architecture, and (4) lessons learned. The presentation will also include a live demo (subject to internet access and technical support).