6. Data Inclusion & Task Diversity
A diversity tasks for utilities
The inclusion of many formats for utilities
• Electric Transmission & Distribution
• Gas Transmission & Distribution
• Water & Sewer Distribution
• Landbase
7. Poll?
• Where are you primarily working :
– Electric
– Gas
– Water
– Land management
– Other…
8. Data Inclusion: Formats for Utilities
Database & GIS formats
GE Smallworld
Intergraph G/Technology
ESRI Geodatabase & Schneider ArcFM
AutoCAD Map 3d Enterprise (TopoBase)
Bentley Electric
Oracle Spatial
Legacy formats:
Intergraph FRAMME
VISION* (AUD)
MGE
10. FME for a Diversity of Tasks for Utilities
• Data migration from a legacy GIS or CAD
• Synchronising across GIS databases
• Tying into external systems – asset management
• Location Intelligence / Economic Development
• CAD & GIS round trips
• Connect real-time systems: DMS / OMS etc.
• Data Validation
• Working with Geometric Networks
• Real-time GPS & Mobile
11. Georgia Power Overview
• The largest subsidiary of Southern Company
• Investor-owned, tax-paying utility
• Over 8,500 employees
• 2.4 million customers
• Serves 155 of the
state’s 159 counties
12. Working with Text Files
Jeff DeWitt,
jldewitt@southernco.com
• Converts text file and
updates data in Oracle SDE database
• Parses text data into separate fields
and combines data from nearby text
lines
• Source data
Georgia Power
13. XML to SDE
• Converts XML data file to SDE Oracle feature
class
• Uses XML mapping document .xmp file to
parse data
• Determines data that has been added,
updated, or deleted and writes appropriate
changes directly to SDE
• Source data and mapping file
14. SDE to Email
• Reads feature class from SDE Oracle database
and sends filtered records via email
• Uses XML Templater to format email and HTML
Python Emailer to generate
email
• Emails send out data to
contacts in format they
can easily update
and return
17. Ad Hoc
• ESRI Data to KMZ for display in Google
Earth
• General Data Conversions
18. Environmental Best Practices for
Transmission facility projects
Renato Salvaleon
rsalvale@southernco.com
Georg1a Power
http://georgiapowerland.maps.arcgis.com/home/
19. Environmental Best Practices for
Transmission facility projects
… GIS to CAD workflow with too many handoffs
CONNECT. TRANSFORM. AUTOMATE.
Vendor
Submittal
•Submits field
collected data in GIS
personal geodatabase
format
Environmental
Specialist
•Uses ArcMap
•QCs the data
•Weeds out unwanted
data using Object IDs of
each feature class
•Loads data in to SDE
GIS Analyst
•Converts
data from
CAD to GIS
from SDE
Mapper
• Adds Env
data to
the plan
QA
QA
QA
20. FME enters into the picture
… to automate the pieces
Vendor
Submittal
•Submits field
collected data in GIS
personal geodatabase
format
Environmental
Specialist
•QCs the data
•Weeds out unwanted
data using Object IDs of
each feature class
•Loads data in to SDE
using FME.
GIS Analyst
•Converts
data from
CAD to GIS
from SDE
using FME
Mapper
CONNECT. TRANSFORM. AUTOMATE.
• Adds Env
data to
the plan
QA
QA
QA
21. Simplify
Remove the GIS Analyst from the submittal process
Vendor
Submittal
•Submits field collected data
in GIS personal geodatabase
format
Environmental
Specialist
GIS
Analyst
•QCs the data
•Weeds out unwanted data using
Object IDs of each feature class
•Runs one FME workspace
Mapper
CONNECT. TRANSFORM. AUTOMATE.
•Adds Env
data to
the plan
Supports the
workspace
22. A Simplified, Automated task
… using a single workspace
CONNECT. TRANSFORM. AUTOMATE.
Vendor
Submittal
Excel report
SDE data load
DXF Output
23. Added QC for GIS data load …
to prevent duplicate data loads for project
CONNECT. TRANSFORM. AUTOMATE.
DXF Output
24. QC Transformers
… prevent project features to be duplicated in SDE
CONNECT. TRANSFORM. AUTOMATE.
25. Added MapTextLabeller…
for more visually appealing labels and save time for the drafter
Without MapTextLabeller
With MapTextLabeller
CONNECT. TRANSFORM. AUTOMATE.
26. An improved tool to complete the task
… using a single workspace but with QC and better CAD labels
CONNECT. TRANSFORM. AUTOMATE.
Vendor
Submittal
Excel report
SDE data load with duplicate checker
DXF Output with MapTextLabeller
29. ATMOS Energy Corporation
Marcin Gorecki
GIS Specialist, Atmos Energy
marcin.gorecki@atmosenergy.com
One of the country’s
largest natural-gas
only distributors
3 million customers
in 9 states
Full Presentation
30. Problem:
Migrate from a drawing
based CAD platform to
the GE Smallworld GIS
Goal: Transfer CAD to GIS
with minimum data
loss
Looks simple, but the devil
is in the custom transformer
details…
- Snap and clean-up
- Create areas
- Match text
and more…
31. Validate:
Check the outcome in the Smallworld
GIS:
Important part of
checking outcome is also
checking for data in
editor window in SW
32. Of course the same process works the
other way. Atmos are able to
transform Smallworld objects to
AutoCAD.
But that’s a story for
another day…
For more information:
– Marcin.Gorecki@atmosenergy.com
– Atmos Energy
33.
34. Larry Wiebe
Fire Proximity Awareness
GIS Data Specialist,
Manitoba Hydro
lawiebe@hydro.mb.ca
Full Presentation
Pull daily fire maps from
FTP site
Defined a set of critical
electric/gas infrastructure
Transmission
Stations
Distribution
Communications
Construction Corridor
Add real-time weather
Create clear, clean maps
with symbology for fire
locations and infrastructure
37. Crew History:
Crew location points gathered every 5 minutes
• Crew Tracks:
Assembles points into lines
based on UTC date/time
sequence
• Time stamps
assign UTC start and end
times
UTC = temps universel coordonné
38. Summary
• Fire Proximity Awareness
– Location Intelligence
– Consolidate a diverse range of datasets
– Appropriate transformation to simplify the data
analysis
– Output to a suitable format for presentation &
display
39. Effective ESRI Geometric Network
Tracing with FME
Established in 1889
355,000 Electric Customers
21,700 miles electric lines
314,000 Gas Customers
7,670 miles gas pipe
8 Hydro Facilities
GIS users since 1992
FME users since 2004
Erika Jacobs, Avista Utilities
erika.jacobs@avistacorp.com
Vancouver, BC
Full Presentation
40. Effective ESRI Geometric Network
Tracing with FME
Problem
Find all customers downstream of
gas fittings that must be
replaced and notify them of
impending work
Solution
FME’s Network Topology Calculator
41. Effective ESRI Geometric Network
Tracing with FME
Be selective
– Service pipe only
– Selected work area
polygons
– Filter by material
and installation date
Prep the data
– Split complex edges
– Clean data
• Everything coincident
• No self-intersects
42. Effective ESRI Geometric Network
Tracing with FME
Create the Network
Match Points to Network
Assign Network_IDs to tees
and meters
Find Downstream meters
43. Effective ESRI Geometric Network
Tracing with FME
Other Examples
• Find Number of Meters served
by each Gas Pressure Zone
• Find Emergency
Shut-off Islands
• Network Health Checks
• Isolated Steel Pipe
45. More Brilliant User Presentations…
Synchronizing AutoCAD® Map 3D Enterprise
with ESRI® ArcSDE®, Drew Burgasser, CAD Masters
ENMAX Supporting Processes and Improving
GIS Data Workflows with FME, Sophie Duan & Terry
Magnusson , ENMAX Power Corp.
FME: Solutions for Utilities
46. Thank you!
Jeff, Renato, Paul, Georgia Power
jldewitt@southernco.com
pschneid@southernco.com
rsalvale@southernco.com
Mark, Safe Software Inc.
mark@safe.com
Free FME Training
www.safe.com/training