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EGUG 2005 Presentations
The 2005 EGUG Presentations is a compilation of professional papers delivered October 17–20, 2005, in Lake Tahoe, California. ESRI users contributed a fundamental part to the conference by submitting and presenting their presentations on a diverse collection of GIS applications. The proceeds promote GIS application by stimulating users to share their experiences and knowledge.
ESRI is pleased to provide links to presentations from the 2005 EGUG meeting. Please note that copyright is maintained by authors. Copyright owners have given ESRI permission to publish their papers on this Web site. To re-publish any content please contact the copyright owner directly.
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Plenary Session
Welcome to EGUG
—Cindi Salas, EGUG President
—Ian Fitzgerald, Conference Chair
Keynote Address
—Stephen Hollabaugh, Truckee Donner Public Utility District
Jack Dangermond's EGUG Video
 View video: Windows Media [18:17]
Hurricane Preparation and Relief
Technology Update and Demonstrations
Paper Presentations
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Running the Race
- Aerial Data Acquisition for Transmission Facilities and ROWs
View Presentation [PDF-3.87 MB, 33 pages]
—John Leahy, Optimal Geomatics, Inc.
—Dawson Ingram, Georgia Power Company
- Low-level aerial survey technologies are entering the mainstream for various transmission line inspection, inventory, and mapping applications. This session will examine the benefits to be gained from various remote sensing technologies and will seek to challenge the notion that flying low is always better.
John Leahy, Optimal Geomatics, Inc., will discuss
- Methods of mapping vegetation and other encroachment conditions within transmission rights-of-way.
- How daylight and infrared video can be merged to form a mapping and inspection tool.
Dawson Ingram, Georgia Power Company, will present the GPC Case Study and discuss
- GPC's project to map their transmission system to obtain up-to-date imagery, structure attributes, encroachment data, and ROW conditions.
- A GIS solution that integrates video, high resolution stills, and a cost-effective one-foot resolution orthophoto base map for the above project.
- How the system will be used and the projected benefits for the company as a whole.
Content Description
- Electric Transmission
- Vegetation Mapping
- Right-of-Way Mapping
- Encroachment
- Asset Inspection
- Bringing Hydro One Transmission Data Together for Business
View Presentation [PDF-697 KB, 21 pages]
—Nargis Ladha, Hydro One
—Angela Butikofer, Capgemini Outsourcing
- In 2003, Hydro One outsourced their Information Technology and Business Processing (Payroll, Accounting, Customer Care) to Capgemini. The GIS support team was outsourced as part of the Information Technology scope of services. Since then, Hydro One and Capgemini have been working to establish a common understanding of the GIS services an outsourcing organization can provide and the GIS services that must remain internal.
- Conflation is Not for Wimps
View Presentation [PDF-223 KB, 27 pages]
—Doug Krohn, AGL Resources
—Jay J. Fathi, Tier 3
- The Conflation Project at AGL Resources (AGLR) is an industry leading initiative regarding the geo-spatial realignment and conflation of more than 30,000 miles of gas distribution main to a more accurate industry-standard land base. The audience will get first-hand knowledge of AGLR's strategic needs, project objectives, encountered issues, and results of our conflation project. Furthermore, the presenters will provide real-life examples of conflation challenges, version management/reconciliation issues, methodology, solutions, and their outcome.
Learning Objectives
- What Is Data Conflation?
- Data Conflation in the Utility Industry
- ESRI SDE Conflation Environment
- Enterprise and Mobile GIS—People, Process, and Technology Paradigm
View Presentation [PDF-578 KB, 38 pages]
—Nargis Ladha, Hydro One
—Jeff Schick, Miner & Miner
- Hydro One, one of the largest electric utilities in North America, has spent more than two years implementing Enterprise and Mobile GIS for electric distribution and transmission.
This paper will describe the synthesis of the people, technology, and processes needed to make a large-scale Enterprise GIS implementation a success. The paper will also discuss system architecture, process and project management, data management, and a methodology for sustaining and growing the Enterprise GIS environment at Hydro One.
This paper will also focus on the implementation and sustainment challenges faced during and after the implementation effort.
- Field Map Redlining: What's Your Business Process
View Presentation [PDF-900 KB, 25 pages]
—Larry Wilke, Burbank Water and Power
- Forecasting and Minimizing Avian Mortality in Siting Wind Turbines
View Presentation [PDF-5.6 MB, 35 pages]
—Lee Neher, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
- ArcGIS ModelBuilder and ArcGIS Server were used to analyze and present raptor behavior data collected during 2003-2004 within the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area. One-minute observations of bird behavior (activity, elevation, etc.) were attributed with corresponding terrain slope, aspect, elevation, and relationship to wind direction. Also added were results of a curvature analysis of the 10 m DEM, defining areas of convex, concave, and flat terrain under each bird observation. Results of the statistical analysis of the data set will be presented along with a web site allowing users to explore initial efforts to incorporate these results into an interactive environment aimed at minimizing and reducing raptor mortality caused by wind turbines.
- GIS Applied to PJM's Transmission System
View Presentation [PDF-3.18 MB, 29 pages]
—Elaine Marshall, Integral GIS
—Frank DiCicco, PJM International
- GIS Goes Public—Integrating GIS into Public Involvement
View Presentation [PDF-2.89 MB, 20 pages]
—Jon Robertson, Lower Colorado River Authority
- Traditionally the task of researching property owners along transmission lines has been the task of real estate. Prior to real estate involvement, maintenance personnel facilitated notifications and contacts with landowners. Quite often the real estate and maintenance groups filed landowner information in their corresponding departments. GIS has now assumed the role for property research and obtains information from sources such as county appraisal district digital data and farm bureau maps. Web applications to facilitate landowner notifications and interaction include an ArcIMS site, easement reports, landowner call log, notification reports, and work request pages.
- Mobile Solutions in the Fast Lane
View Presentation [PDF-2.75 MB, 50 pages]
—Greg Broussard, Jackson Electric Membership Corporation
- Jackson Electric Membership Corporation (JEMC) is one of America's largest electric cooperatives with over 189,000 customers. JEMC made a GIS technology transition from Intergraph to ESRI. JEMC recognized the value of putting GIS data in the hands of people working in field locations and had a mobile solution in the Intergraph environment. As part of the transition, JEMC implemented a new mobile viewer. Now JEMC's employees, contractors, and cable locators use the new viewer to plan, construct, and maintain the electric system. The end users have accepted the mobile approach and use it as part of their daily tool kit.
- OMS in the GIS Family
View Presentation [PDF-277 KB, 25 pages]
—John Long, CoServ
—Scott Koehler, Miner & Miner
- Following a diligent selection process and synchronized implementation project, CoServ recently deployed a GIS-centric Outage Management System (OMS). Employing an OMS embedded in the GIS framework removed many implementation obstacles, but the enterprise environment is not shy on system integration. CoServ’s OMS, CIS, IVR, and SCADA systems are all sharing information for the purposes of outage detection, management, and analysis. Details regarding design processes, integration requirements and restrictions, implementation highlights and hurdles, and CoServ’s current production environment will provide valuable insight to other existing and upcoming utility OMS projects.
Getting Your System In Shape
- Mapping and Gapping
View Presentation [PDF-501 KB, 31 pages]
—Rich Faglier, Georgia Power Company
—Ruth Craven, Enspiria Solutions, Inc.
- The idea of keeping our engineering analysis model, GIS data, and our outage management model all synchronized is a daunting task that takes many hours of checking and correcting differences. The GIS analyst edits in three applications at the same time to keep all of the required information up to date. What if when the data is touched once in one application, it would update or share that information automatically behind the scenes to the other applications? Milsoft Utility Solutions is writing such a solution now. San Bernard Electric Cooperative (SBEC) is the alpha site on this project. I will show the history of how our GIS developed to this point. Then I will explain where we see it going in the very near future. I will then show some of the cost savings SBEC will benefit from utilizing this solution.
- Project Management Best Practices for Successful GIS Implementations
View Presentation [PDF-241 KB, 40 pages]
—Erik Shepard, Miner & Miner
- The statistics for information system projects are staggering; fewer than 20 percent of projects complete on time, on budget, and within the full scope. GIS implementation has many challenges not faced by traditional systems implementers, greatly increasing complexity and risk. There is an increasing awareness of the value of formal project management methods for successful information system implementations, and the complexity of a GIS belies the very need for such formal methods. This session will examine the project management best practices recommended by PMI and how they may be applied to successfully implement a GIS on time, on budget, and within scope.
- T&D Asset Data Management Strategy
View Presentation [PDF-992 KB, 31 pages]
—Bradley Williams, Pacificorp
- PacifiCorp’s Power Delivery Business Unit has developed an overarching strategy to substantially improve its T&D asset data management processes. The strategy leverages its core applications (i.e. SAP, ESRI, CSS, and Real Time T&D Operations—EMS/SCADA/Outage Management) as databases of record and tightly links the asset data between these applications to be used by all other Power Delivery users and applications. These linkages are initially manual processes and controls but will migrated to fully automated asset data synchronization. The strategy will:
- Provide asset analysis capabilities and asset data integrity.
- Provide the Asset Data Synchronization Foundation—key building block components.
- Progressively fix business processes, data integrity and synchronization problems as new projects are implemented.
- Build asset synchronization, naming and location rules as Power Delivery IT initiatives progress.
- Reduce level of effort with each initiative as foundation has been created and tasks are repetitive.
This paper will identify current data management problems at PacifiCorp, walk through the vision of how it will be in the future, and steps to get there. Specific examples will be discussed and progress on implementing the strategy will be provided.
- Wireless Field Office—USA Locating
View Presentation
—Mary Muse, Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Crossing the Finish Line
- Merging the GIS and Engineering Analysis Worlds
View Presentation [PDF-826 KB, 24 pages]
—Doug Lambert, San Bernard Electric Cooperative, Inc.
- The idea of keeping our engineering analysis model, GIS data, and our outage management model all synchronized is a daunting task that takes many hours of checking and correcting differences. The GIS analyst edits in three applications at the same time to keep all of the required information up to date. What if when the data is touched once in one application, it would update or share that information automatically behind the scenes to the other applications? Milsoft Utility Solutions is writing such a solution now. San Bernard Electric Cooperative (SBEC) is the alpha site on this project. I will show the history of how our GIS developed to this point. Then I will explain where we see it going in the very near future. I will then show some of the cost savings SBEC will benefit from utilizing this solution.
- The Impacts of Spatial and Thematic Accuracy on the Determination of High Consequence Areas for Gas Transmission Systems
View Presentation [PDF-969 KB, 37 pages]
—David Ward, Optimal Geomatics, Inc.
- Gas Transmission Pipeline operators have come under an increased level of regulatory pressures in recent years by state and federal regulatory agencies. One of the main challenges faced by these companies is accurately locating both the pipelines and adjacent buildings. This information is essential to identifying High Consequent Areas (HCAs) and ultimately developing an Integrity Management Plan (IMP). Approaching this task with data that has a high level of spatial and thematic accuracy has measurable benefits in terms of accurately identifying areas that require increased attention as well as understanding the liability for the company.
- Developing a Corporate GIS: "Out of the Box" on a Budge, and On Target
View Presentation [PDF-2.09 MB, 19 pages]
—Barry Rowton and Lenny Williamson, Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corporation
- Beginning with paper maps, limited funds and resources, and "out of the box" ESRI products, we were able to initiate a corporate-wide GIS as well as comply with new Pipeline Integrity Regulations. The ability to use ESRI products and free GIS data enabled us to accomplish the tasks with limited manpower and ahead of schedule. Since then many of the manual processes have been automated or enhanced by GIS and we are continually realizing benefits in other departments as additional GIS tools are developed.
Partner Solutions
- Spatially Enabled Workflow Applications for Utilities
View Presentation [PDF-1.42 MB, 14 pages]
—Angus Wood, DCSE
- A workflow application addresses tasks that have clearly defined data and processing requirements. Workflow applications address repetitive multistep transactions, often being queued between processing steps that may involve multiple personnel. Workflow applications support a well-defined business process having a clearly defined workflow and well-defined input data requirements and output data. Thus, they provide an opportunity to implement an application with a clearly defined cost/benefit.
Many workflows within a utilities operation can benefit significantly by being spatially enabled. Maps and spatial functions may be embedded within workflow steps as required to facilitate processing and provide contextual information for personnel executing workflow steps.
The concept of a Spatially Enabled Workflow Framework will be presented. The framework concept allows the definition of a reusable set of spatial functions. Workflows are defined and managed independently, allowing the initiation of the framework with a single workflow and addition of further workflows. The framework allows concise, incremental implementation with a clearly defined cost/benefit.
- ESRI ArcGIS—A Foundation for Field Automation
View Presentation [PDF-1.41 MB, 32 pages]
—Jay Lasseter, MapFrame Corporation
- Unlock additional return on investment from your ESRI ArcGIS by successfully deploying to those who use spatial data as part of their daily jobs. Explore how to leverage your ESRI investment into an enterprise-wide field-automation solution while ensuring high user acceptance. This presentation addresses business benefits and technical obstacles that organizations must face to successfully automate field-based workforces and capitalize on the power and investment of ESRI ArcGIS.
Topics Include
- The importance of assessing and leveraging existing IT investments as integral components to an enterprise-wide field automation solution including ESRI ArcGIS, dispatch, CIS, code compliance, work management, and more.
- Understanding the importance of end user participation and planning with the field in mind. Ensure a successful project by making end users become IT’s biggest fans.
- Overcoming obstacles associated with moving office-based ESRI ArcGIS and related data to the field in a disconnected environment. Data issues relating to size, integration, movement, currency, and application speed can be overcome—but how?
- Learning to automate all field operation-based activities including emergency response, customer service, inspections/code compliance, and more.
- The business case that works in the real world—not just on a spreadsheet.
- GPS Mapping of ROW and Vegetation for GIS
View Presentation [PDF-353 KB, 37 pages]
—Ashok Wadwani, Applied Field Data Systems
- The presentation will cover the new mobile GPS technology that is being used to map ROW and vegetation for GIS applications in the utility industries.
- Storm Response & Your ESRI ArcGIS
View Presentation [PDF-739 KB, 27 pages]
—Chuck Lang and Stuart Sieg, MapFrame Corporation
Technical Workshops
Annotation/Labeling Workshop [PDF-623 KB, 45 pages]
—Tim Rankin and Pat Dolan
Closing Sessions
EGUG 2005 Closing Session [PDF-245 KB, 17 pages]
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