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Tuesday, April 27th Cost Effective GIS Technologies in Infrastructure Management Keywords: standards, GOS, web services, open source, search and rescue, 3D The necessity and complexity in effectively managing our infrastructure increases day by day, so does the availability of various geospatial technologies in the market place. It is therefore important for the infrastructure managers to constantly evaluate the MultiSpeak 3 Web Services Keywords: MultiSpeak NRECA National Rural Electric Cooperative Association XML data transfer
A developer’s
Opening the SpigotFrom Mapping to Enterprise Information Management
Damon Judd, Denver Water Keywords: GIS, EAMS, Asset Management, Enterprise Information
At Denver Water, the utilization of geospatial
A New Method of Managing Vegetation Compliance—A Case Study Keywords: Vegetation, Compliance, LiDAR, Work Management, Transmission, Distribution, Threat Mitigation, Right-of-Way, Clearance
After experiencing a tree-related outage on a 230kV transmission line, one utility realized they needed a culture shift in their vegetation management philosophy. They needed a combination of new
A Tale of Two Grids: Operations or Demand Side Management
Anthony DiMarco, Intergraph Corporation Keywords:
Improving Asset Integrity and Reliability with 3-D Mapping
Todd Porter, Geospatial Corporation Copresenter: Linda Ward, Geospatial Corporation Keywords: 3D Mapping, location, condition, assessment, time saving, cost saving
In order to effectively maintain, rehabilitate, or install pipelines and underground infrastructure, stakeholders must identify where assets are located and manage this data effectively. Three-dimensional (3-D) locations (XYZ) of pipelines can be achieved using various technologies. These technologies can coincide with additional condition assessment tools to provide accurate pipeline positional information along with geo-referenced pipeline condition assessment data such as CCTV video, leak detection data and interior and exterior corrosion data. Once gathered, this information can be managed effectively through GIS. 3D Mobile Mapping Keywords: vehicle mapping, LiDAR, scanner, point cloud,Mobile 3D Mapping Recent technological advancements are fueling the capability to increase GIS database accuracy, as well as the ability to acquire, update, and use that data faster than ever. Join us to explore how new GIS field data collection solutions are specifically “driving” this advancement by using a plug and play combination of sensors, including LiDAR, GNSS tracking and positioning, digital imaging and inertial measurement unit (IMU) 8:30–10:15 a.m. (Double Session!) The role of geospatial Tuesday, April 27th Application of Integrated GPS and GIS
Kusi Akuoko, Maricopa County Copresenter: Christopher Balke, Maricopa County Keywords: GIS, GPS, street sweeping, compliance, asset deployment monitoring, maintenance,sweepers,automated, mapping, tracking
Maricopa County has GPS units installed on sweeper trucks that broadcast data when brooms are lowered for sweeping. Information is transmitted at 30-second intervals providing speed and location of the sweepers. GIS is used to process this information and monitor the project. The automated process replaces manual inspection and provides verification of work completed against work invoiced, assurance that speed limits are within specifications; and support in litigation cases.
Data Quality and the
Geoff Zeiss, Autodesk, Inc. Keywords:
The reliability of our electric power grid is decreasing while our dependence on it is increasing. A
Water Right Banking: Robust GIS Data Management in the Central Platte Natural Resource District, Nebraska
Jim Ward, Applied Data Consultants, Inc. Copresenter: Ron Bruder, Applied Data Consultants, Inc. Keywords: Water Rights, SQL Server, ArcGIS, Geodatabase, Resource Management
Water rights management is a voluminous and complex task, particularly in those agriculture-rich areas of the United States that depend heavily on irrigation. Within the jurisdiction of the Central Platte Natural Resource District (CPNRD) in Nebraska, for example, over half of its 2 million acres are certified as irrigated agricultural land. This session will discuss the GIS-centric, transaction-based application employed by CPNRD for documenting and tracking active and historical water usage within the district.
GIS Management Solutions for ROW Properties Acquisition
Sidney Santos, PETROBRAS Co Presenter: Wilson Jose de Oliveira , PETROBRAS Keywords: Right-of-way, Environmental, Permits, Properties, GIS
The right-of-way implementation process starts with the best selected route considering biotic, human and geophysical aspects, geographical location of potential market opportunities and, the negotiation process to acquire the right to install the pipeline. A solution has being implemented to support the activities in a cooperative and friendly environment providing data integrity and reliability without requiring special training from the users. The solution was successfully implemented and used by the Engineering Department of Petrobras. Combining GIS with 3-D Laser Scanning & LiDAR to Support Alternative Energy Projects Keywords: Alternatve Energy 3D GIS LiDAR 3D Laser Scanning
This presentation will cover how to leverage GIS and ground-based 3-D laser scanning and aerial LiDAR technologies to efficiently analyze and view alternative green energy projects. Using Navajo Land Department’s History of GIS and How We Are Utilizing it Today This presentation will cover the history of GIS within the Navajo Land Department to manage Navajo Nation land. Attendees will learn about the development of spatial data in the beginning, and the issues the Navajo Nation is dealing with today. The presenter will give an overview on the several projects the Navajo Land Department – GIS Section was involved in and the outcome, and the development of an enterprise geodatabase for the Division of the Natural of the Navajo Nation. Professional Land Surveyors and Geospatial Professionals: Building Bridges in Arizona In 2000, a small group of Arizona Professional Land Surveyors (APLS) and GIS professionals initiated a series of workshops that sought to overcome the long-standing differences between the two groups. Those dialogues eventually resulted in the APLS’s changing its bylaws in 2006 to accept GIS Professionals as full members in its Association. In short order, an APLS Geospatial Chapter was formed to address issues of mutual concern to the surveying and GIS communities. This collaboration has resulted in many successful outcomes, including recognition at a national level at events such as the ESRI User Conference, as well as articles in professional surveying newsletters and periodicals. As well, a comprehensive set of surveying standards that were applicable to GIS projects were drafted by APLS and GIS contributors, and endorsed as a statewide standard by the Arizona Geographic Information Council (AGIC). The most important accomplishment, however, was the passage of Senate Bill 1318 in 2009 that legislated AGIC as a permanent state council, with participation by land surveying professionals. In AGIC’s subsequent Strategic Plan document, the second-ranked top strength of Arizona’s geospatial community as a whole, after the passage of Senate Bill 1318, was seen to be the ability of the “…surveying and mapping community [to] communicate and collaborate”. This session discusses the details of how surveyors and GIS professionals successfully bonded together in Arizona, and how to replicate that success elsewhere. Tuesday, April 27th 10:30 a.m. Mobile Mapping - The Future of Data Collection
Richard Rybka, Topcon Positioning Systems Keywords:Mobile Mapping, Data Collection, GIS Asset Management, Infrastructure Management
Traditional data collection methodologies are time consuming and labor intensive. Personnel using handheld devices travel by foot from feature to feature in or near heavily traveled roadways. Mobile mapping systems can collect all feature information in one pass of an infrastructure corridor. Speed is dramatically increased, safely is improved, and cost is significantly reduced. Infrastructure managers can quickly populate asset databases, visualize site conditions, and obtain essential information for operations and planning.
Is Your GIS
Bill Meehan, ESRI Keywords:
Many utilities will implement
Improving Electric Utility Land Information Management Using ArcGIS Server and FLEX
Rich Lopez, SRP Copresenters: Robert W. Finkle, IT Nexus, Inc.; Hyrum Ernstom; IT Nexus, Inc. Keywords: Land records automation, ArcGIS Server, FLEX, web-GIS, document management, GIS-
SRP’s Land Records Division created a Web-GIS Land Records Information Management System (LRIMS) to dramatically improve the efficiency and ease with which users access the organization’s scanned land records documents. The LRIMS-Flex application includes a sophisticated security model that controls document access privileges across a wide number of user groups. This presentation provides a technical briefing on the creation of the LRIMS-Flex application with a short demonstration of the capabilities of the application.
Creating and Managing a True Spatial Enterprise Database Strategy for Collaborative Applications Across Multiple Departments and Disciplines
Lou Garcia, EA Engineering Keywords: Data collaboration, efficiency, CAD & GIS
The ability to create, edit, and store operational data within a single database for use by CAD, GIS, and management has been a long sought desire. A philosophy of data model driven applications versus software dictated data models allows for a common database using numerous front end applications. This presentation centers on the strategies required for planning, implementing, and managing this approach. Multiple departments can utilize a single database, thus maximizing efficiency and operational excellence.
Spatial Analysis in a CAD-Driven GIS
Timothy Jones, Ponderosa Telephone Co. Keywords: CAD, Spatial Analysis, Map3D, SQL, OASIS, Telco, Utilities, Telecom
Independent telephone companies share many of the same business and technical challenges in GIS as utility suppliers and government agencies. In 2003, Ponderosa Telephone implemented an end-to-end Breaking News Panel • 10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Keywords: geodata, creation, sharing, crowdsourcing, OpenStreetMap, Haiti, OGC, GML, KML, GeoRSS This panel will look at new approaches to geodata creation and sharing that have emerged in the past few years, and consider how they apply to infrastructure related problems. Crowdsourcing has grown dramatically as a mechanism for creating geospatial data, and has the potential to dramatically reduce the costs associated with geodata creation and maintenance, which of course have traditionally been very high. One of the best known initiatives in this area is OpenStreetMap, and the crowdsourcing approach is also being used by a number of commercial companies including A Practical Model for an Affordable and Accurate Common Cadastre Systems are open, standards are open, and data is everywhere. But that’s kind of the problem! Data availability is increasing, but cadastre data is ‘all over the map’ so to speak. Discover how utilities, municipalities, and a provincial governement are turning to surveyors to ‘pin down’ their cadastre in a unique and mutually beneficial new model for data sharing. GIS & Emergency Management: A Common Operating Picture for Emergency Response GIS now provides that critical link allowing responders to quickly gain situational awareness when disaster strikes. Timely, accurate, and disaster-specific geospatial data coupled with competent, well-trained responders is now a powerful enabler in responding to disasters of any scope, duration or severity. Patrick O’Toole will discuss how the Salt River Project is using its comprehensive GIS capabilities as a common operating picture for crisis management and emergency response. Tuesday, April 27th Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport Enterprise GIS - Managing Signage Infrastructure & Content Keywords: Facility Management, Enterprise GIS, Custom ARcGIS Desktop Extension, ArcSDE The Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport GIS manages exterior and interior features including signs - key elements of the airport’s customer service program. A custom ArcGIS desktop interface was developed to create color sign graphics images, create and manage sign data, photos and documents in ArcSDE which are deployed to the enterprise using the PHXGIS enterprise ArcGIS Server Web Portal. The presentation will demonstrate real-world scenarios where custom graphics and geodatabase sign data improves facility management. Total Utility Data Management
James Anspach, J.H. Anspach Consulting Keywords: Asset management subsurface utility engineering standards GPS RFID certified data
Utility data now resides in a variety of repositories, in a variety of formats, and with highly variable reliability. The advent of cost effective accurate GPS data collection systems and open architecture GIS storage and retrieval systems now allows all the parties that construct, design, and plan utilities to fundamentally change the disjointed ways that society collects and depicts utility data. Data collection standards and pedigree information will be key success factors.
Streamlined Methods to Collect and Maintain GPS and Attribute Information for Utility Assets Keywords: field data collection, GPS, mobile
The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA) needed a field data collection solution that would streamline getting data in and out of the field, plus integrate into their enterprise ESRI/SDE and ArcFM GIS environment. NTUA needed to support field crews, management, and
Ensuring a Successful Web Portal Deployment
Michael Baker, Intergraph Corporation Keywords: enterprise, web portal, collaboration, communication, internet reporting, business intelligence
One of the most exciting technologies to allow a company to connect the operator to the solution is the enterprise Web portal. When defining the enterprise Web portal, it is important to understand that it is more than a flashy Web site. Rather, the enterprise Web portal is a Web-based, business-critical system. This presentation will explore the best practices of planning, implementing, and deploying a successful enterprise Web portal.
Modeling
Ton Di Vries, Bentley Systems, Inc. Keywords: GIS, mapping, model, 3D, land development, cadastre, infrastructure, engineering, workflow
Infrastructure professionals rely heavily on cadastral data. Governments worldwide are planning thousands of new infrastructure projects to stimulate faltering economies and to repair, strengthen, and expand existing structures to avert catastrophes. Though projects will vary widely in scope and nature, planners and engineers will have one common need: information about the land. This session addresses the challenges infrastructure professionals face obtaining accurate land information, streamlining work flows, managing infrastructure information, and collaborating across distributed teams. A Look Back at Coordination Revolution Underway—GIS and Emergency Management in Minnesota In recent years, the U.S. government has spent billions to improve situational awareness for the emergency management and first response communities. Unfortunately, in many cases these expenditures have failed because they do not adequately address the pivotal role state-based geospatial efforts must play in developing national capacity and interoperability. Consequently, inconsistent and poorly focused state-based geospatial support of the nation’s emergency response community is largely the norm. There are exceptions, however, with the Emergency Preparedness Committee (EPC) of Minnesota Governor’s Council on Geographic Information serving as an example of what is possible from “state partners.” Starting with a membership of 17 in fall 2007, the EPC now stands at over 200 as volunteers from Minnesota’s geospatial and emergency response communities have come together to develop better situational awareness products for emergency response. These very thinly funded collaborative efforts have produced unique and powerful results: national leadership in U.S. National Grid implementation, development of powerful Common Operating Pictures for the Republican National Convention and 2009 Red River Valley flooding, creation of “state-endorsed” geospatial data layers, and much more. Thus, to align national situational awareness needs with a plan federal money must be directed at creating and supporting these types of state-based efforts. Tuesday, April 27th GITA Status Report on the National Geodetic Survey’s 10-Year Plan This presentation will detail the efforts of the National Geodetic Survey to enhance the quality of and availability to the high accuracy positioning elements of the National Spatial Reference System as outlined in the 10-year plan published in 2008. These include enhancements to the On Line Positioning User Service (OPUS), Gravity for the Redefinition of the American Tuesday, April 27th Panel Discussion: Driven by Data: Who Pays, Who Plays? In a world where digital data paid for by taxpayers is driving navigation systems and other consumer and commercial uses, what is the right balance of free vs. fee? Should cities that built the land bases used by mapping systems provide the data for free or should they be expected to at least cover their initial investment by charging a fee? And, should the fee be minimal or what the commercial market will bear? The panel will debate these and other issues related to data sharing, including Homeland Security concerns, in the context of state law in Arizona as well as on a national and international level. Tuesday, April 27th 3:15 p.m. GIS and the Economic Recovery
Wayne W. Kocina, GeoWize, LLC Keywords: Economic Development, Economic Gardening, Site Prospecting, Market Development, Competitive Intelligence
Economic gardening (EG) is an innovative entrepreneurial approach to local economic development that was founded 20 years ago by Chris Gibbons, the Economic Development Director of Littleton, Colorado. EG has multiplied the jobs and sales tax base of Littleton and other communities worldwide, that have employed this approach. Learn what economic gardening is, how it works, and how GIS is used and has become an integral part of the program.
Process to Product: Developing a Custom GIS Web Portal
Aaron Gundel, San Jose Water Company Copresenter: Jeff Hobbs, San Jose Water Company Keywords: Open Source, GeoServer, OpenLayers,
San Jose Water Company has taken on an ambitious project to create an ever-evolving GIS facilities
Leveraging GIS in a SCADA Implementation
David Nemeth, Panhandle Energy Copresenter: John Spangler, GE Oil & Gas, PII Pipeline Solutions Keywords: SCADA, GIS, gas control real-time compressor pressures valve map schematics
This is a review of Panhandle Energy’s 2009 project to bring together its extensive GIS map data with the dynamic real-time SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) data. The two data sources are rich and complex, but by identifying a cost-effective method to integrate these, Panhandle Energy would eliminate manual creation of SCADA system schematics, prevent data synchronization problems, and eliminate delays in getting data into the GIS as required before first flow.
GIS Tools and Automated Workflows for Utility Management Systems—City of Scottsdale
Kevin Shirer, Woolpert Copresenter: Kirk McClurkin, Woolpert Keywords: Custom ArcGIS Tools, Utility Management, Field editing, workflow automation, topology
The city of Scottsdale is implementing GIS to maintain water and sewer infrastructure. ArcGIS custom tools were developed to automate work flows, synchronize office and field edits, and improve data integrity. A custom Workset Manager
Building Utility Networks on Existing Datasets is all about Data Integrity
J. Russ Coffey, Las Vegas Valley Water District Copresenters: Keath Long, Las Vegas Valley Water District; Jeffrey W. Ferdinand; Las Vegas Valley Water District Keywords: Utility Network, Connectivity, Spatial Coincidence, Data Integrity
Building a fully functional geometric network on an existing water utility dataset with hundreds of thousands of features (pipes, hydrants, valves, etc.) is a daunting task that is more about data integrity and spatial coincidence than theory and structure of geometric networks. Presenters will address the practical methods utilized by the Las Vegas Valley Water District to apply network theory to existing datasets and achieve the desired network functionality. Identifying Potential Multi-Story Building Interference of Microwave Communication Paths using 3-D GIS In the spring of 2008, a multi-story structure at a new steel mill received permits to be built that posed a serious problem to the communications system to the City of Mesa, Arizona. The problem was the structure was approved by the City Council without knowing that it would block the signal path of Tuesday, April 27th Writing for Academic and Professional Publications Protecting Geospatial Information Processing in the Cloud
Andreas Matheus, University of the Bundeswehr Keywords: Security, Geo Web Services, GIS, Cloud Computing
The strength of cloud computing is that it dramatically reduces the investment costs for users, required for processing high-volume geospatial data. But in order to have confidential or even classified geospatial data processed in the cloud, service level agreements must ensure the seamless protection of the data. This paper introduces a concept to declare and enforce service level agreements preventing unauthorized use.
High Resolution Risk Assessment Methodologies for Combined and Sanitary Sewer System Advanced Asset Management
Mark A. Liebe, City of Portland Copresenters: Arnel Mandilag, City of Portland; Joe Hoffman; City of Portland Keywords: Asset Management; Risk assessment; Sewer Infrastructure
The city of Portland has developed a number of GIS-based, high resolution risk assessment tools and processes for its Advanced Asset Management program in planning sewer work. The methodology involves a wide variety of spatial data correlated to finely resolved asset inventory and inspection records. Factors such as sewer condition grades, remaining useful life, high resolution cost estimation, and risk assessment, among others, provide for a much wider range of management options than previously available.
Software as a Service for Infrastructure GIS Applications
Geovane Cayres Magalhaes, Fundacao CPqD Copresenter: Steve Carter, Mid-State Consultants Keywords: SaaS, Infrastructure, Telecom, GIS, CAD
Software as a Service has been successfully applied to Web-based light applications. Although highly desirable, infrastructure GIS applications pose a few challenges for the SaaS model. In this presentation, we will show how to overcome these challenges and present a solution that has been applied to telecom infrastructure. We will also present the benefits of this mode of operation for the operators in the infrastructure arena in general.
Offshore Wind Energy GIS Development for the Gulf of Maine
Tim Dec , James W. Sewall Company Keywords: offshore wind energy, GIS, project siting
Offshore wind energy is a key component of the U.S. Department of Energy’s 20% Wind Energy by 2030 plan, representing over 50 GW of the 300 GW estimated total required by 2030. The Gulf of Maine in particular shows significant promise for offshore wind power development. This presentation covers the groundbreaking use of geographic information systems (GIS) and large-scale geospatial data compilation to identify potential sites in the Gulf of Maine for offshore wind projects.
Mobile Resource Management Solutions
James Main, CompassCom, Inc. Keywords: Automatic Vehicle Location AVL MRM Mobile Asset Management Tracking
The implementation of a mobile resource management (MRM) system can provide cost savings and a host of other benefits to an organization. This presentation is geared to organizations considering the implementation of such a system and represents an effort to explain the various components, provide insight into the pros and cons of differing approaches to the
Interpretation of Ground Subsidence from Interferometric Data Using Geospatial Techniques
Brian Sovik, AMEC Copresenter: Bibhuti Panda, AMEC Keywords: GIS, Remote Sensing, Earth Fissures, InSAR, Infrastructure, Subsidence, Geology, Flood Structures
Remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) are a powerful combination. They form a very unique Products and Services of the National Geodetic Survey This presentation will provide an overview of the varied products and services of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS), with a focus on offerings that are of particular interest to GIS practitioners and surveyors. Topics will include GPS Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS), the online positioning user Service (OPUS), the Height Modernization Program, and geodetic data and software available from the NGS Web site, www.ngs.noaa.gov.
Overview of Geospatial Support for Response and Recovery: Lessons Learned from the Haiti and American Samoa Responses for Geospatial Preparedness ERS Session Speaker: Joseph Toland, Geospatial Unit Leader, FEMA National IMAT- West Recent Events in Haiti and American Samoa have utilized Geospatial information for key decision support and Situation Awareness. The Lessons Learned in support of catastrophic planning through geospatial preparedness here in the Mainland U.S. will be explored through federal, state and local interagency GIS coordination. Wednesday, April 28th 9:30 a.m. Creating a GIS-based Spatial Profile for Exploring Health Services Supply and Demand
Abdulkader Murad, King Abdulaziz University Keywords: GIS, Health services, Health supply, Health demand, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
The first part of this presentation will review the relevant GIS functions that are used by health care planning researchers and identifies the advantages of using these functions. The second part will focus on presenting a GIS application created for the purpose of exploring the demand and supply of health services in Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia. The created application covers three major analytical issues identifying the level of health services supply, defining the location and characteristics of health demand, and determining the level of accessibility to health services in Jeddah city, which is achieved using accessibility indicators scores.
On Demand GIS as Software as a Service
Eamon Walsh, eSpatial Inc. Copresenter: Paul Baynham, eSpatial Inc. Keywords: Cloud SaaS Web GIS Service
Software as a Service (SaaS) has gained widespread acceptance and adoption in the wider industry and increasingly in GIS with applications hosted in the cloud delivered on-demand over the Internet. SaaS removes the need for users to install and manage their own software, reducing deployment costs and timelines. There is a wide range of capabilities of GIS SaaS offerings. SaaS will allow more people in more organizations to use GIS for real business advantage.
GIT UR DUN—Cost Effective Recipe for Successful Modeling and Migration Between Platforms
Ken Copresenter: Joachim Figura, CISS TDI GmbH Keywords: Migration, Modeling,
The presenters will showcase three different successful implementations transcending several utilities verticals, platforms and applications. This is a GIT UR DUN implementation of modeling and migration for geodata warehouse based on CITRA open
Bringing GIS to Financial Services
Andre Parris, Copresenter: Mitchell Brody, Keywords: Real-Time GIS, Emergeny, Sensors
To understand the infrastructure you must understand the assets. BMAP is a strategic decision-support
Unleashing a Multi-Vendor Mobile Workforce
Bill Jamison, Apex CoVantage, LLC Keywords: Field Force Management, Meter Installation, Field Asset Management, Field Asset Inspection, Field Asset Inventory, Network Condition Capture, Mobile Workforce, GPS, Barcode Scanning, Digital Imagery
A brick with lights. . . that is what PDA devices were called just a few years ago. Today, PDAs have evolved to include GPS, Internet access, barcode scanning, and photography. While mobile devices and laptop connectivity make technological leaps, today’s field crews continue to operate the same, old way. Now’s the time to explore workforce modernization techniques, and develop an infrastructure capable of unleashing in-house or external multi-vendor teams over large geographical areas.
The Next Steps for Advanced Risk-based Asset Renewal Forecasting
Dilip Kumar, MWH Global, Inc. Keywords: Water, Wastewater, Electric, Gas, Telecommunication, Asset Management
As utilities across the U.S. have started to make advances toward a more risk-based approach to asset renewal forecasting, two challenges have arisen: 1) the lack of reliable, local data on the expected lives of assets, and 2) the need to effectively coordinate with the plans of other city departments (e.g., streets) to maximize the cost-effectiveness of pipeline renewal efforts. This presentation will cover pilot studies at two major cities in the U.S. where these challenges are being addressed with sophisticated data analysis and decision support tools. These pilot efforts represent the next steps for cities interested in accurate and realistic long-term forecasting of asset renewal investments in order to cost-effectively manage risk. Ground Truth: Design of Custom Coordinate Systems in the ArcGIS Environment GPS technology and direct use of electronic survey data in GIS are together driving a growing awareness of issues related to georeferencing and map projection distortion. Survey data are often intended to represent conditions “at ground”, such that distances based on map (grid) coordinates equal “true” distances on the ground. But such survey coordinate systems are often not consistent with those used for GIS, and in many cases they are not well defined. In addition, some geographic areas managed using GIS are not well represented by any existing published coordinate system, such as the Navajo Nation (which spans five State Plane zones). Where It Shakes, Burns, and Floods in the MUD: Emergency Management and Spatial Technologies at East Bay Municipal Utilities District The East Bay Municipal Utilities District serves nearly 4.3 million customers in the greater Oakland area. EBMUD’s service region is especially vulnerable to a host of disasters such as earthquakes, wildfires, landslides, and floods. To counter these risks, EBMUD has developed a host of geospatial solutions to better plan for, mitigate, respond to, and recover from disasters. This presentation will provide an overview of these strategies and demonstrate key technology pieces, such as our U.S. National Grid atlas system, Marconi—an open source disaster management application developed by EBMUD. Presenters will also discuss the design and staffing of our emergency operations center. Wednesday, April 28th 10:30 a.m. Mobile Work Management Integration with GIS Keywords: Integration, mobile work management, custom developed, webservice Vertical Interest Tags: PS; DD; WM; W
The City of Tallahassee Underground Utilities has implemented bi-directional data integration between GIS and custom developed mobile work management applications. This effort provides for optimized dispatching of fieldwork from a GIS interface and enhanced data integrity through updating of GIS critical attributes captured during fieldwork. This implementation was handled entirely by internal city of Tallahassee employees from several departments and involved extensive custom development. Maximizing Enterprise Asset Management Systems Using Geographic Information Systems
Phyllis Thomas, Phyllis Thomas Consulting Keywords: enterprise asset management, utility infrastructure, geographic information systems
Vertical Interest Tags: WW; T; PS; E; G; TR; P; DD; AI
Enterprise asset managers face declining economic resources and a deteriorating utility infrastructure. A robust enterprise asset management system enables managers to develop a cost-effective planning and design strategy, an operation and maintenance plan, and a system to rehabilitate or retire assets. This comprehensive approach to infrastructure management results in greater reliability in delivering resources to the service area. Incorporating GIS into the enterprise asset plan maximizes the power of an enterprise asset management system. Node-to-node, data, and hydraulic information augment the tabular information that the enterprise asset management system provides. This session will examine the solutions utility managers can extract from the integration of the two systems. A Geospatial Solution for Simplifying Profitable Adoption and Management of Alternative Fuels
Chinni Ranganath, Space-Time Insight Copresenter: Krishna Kumar, Space-Time Insight Keywords: See how utility companies are using simulated wind generation to forecast transmission hotspots rising from intra-zonal congestions
Vertical Interest Tags: ER; PS; E; G; EN; GR
Learn how geospatial tools use rich 3-D visualization and satellite imagery to simulate post-production operations, asset performance and revenue potential for a range of operating conditions. See how utility companies are using simulated wind generation to forecast transmission hotspots rising from intra-zonal congestions. Learn how Web service feeds from historical wind conditions and how meteorological towers can simulate energy supply in corridors, providing the operations and planning engineers with the parameters needed to select appropriate designs and aid in estimation of equipment maintenance cycles. Energy InSightsm—“Smart” Technologies at CenterPoint Energy Keywords: AMI; AMS; AMR; ARRA; Smart Grid; Smart Meters; Electric Vertical Interest Tags: E; EN; M; T; DD; II; AI; AR
Building a Facilities Information Infrastructure to Support Public Safety
Stuart Rich, Penobscot Bay Media Keywords: Facilities GIS for Public Safety
Vertical Interest Tags: ER; PS; M; E; EN; G; AI; W
When firefighters and other emergency response personnel
are called to an emergency situation inside a building, they are often operating in uncharted territory once they walk through the front door. Some organizations are taking advantage of GIS to make floor maps available to the emergency response community for preplanning and inspection work flows. The presenter will discuss the basics of a facilities information infrastructure and how this can be leveraged to support the public safety community with specific examples of production systems. The Real-time GeoWeb: Enabling Massive Scale Streaming geospatial Data and Sensor Networks
Hans Jespersen, Solace Systems Copresenter: Larry Neumann, Solace Systems Keywords: geospatial networks middleware real-time sensors EDXL location-aware homeland defense GIS streaming
Vertical Interest Tags: E; ER; T; PS; PH; W This technical session will present several use cases in which specialized hardware “middleware” has been successfully deployed to enable highly accelerated processing of real-time streaming sensor data. Reference architectures which include a wide variety of GIS systems and supporting applications will be discussed. Emerging location-aware XML standards such as EDXL and CAP will be reviewed with lessons learned from real-world implementations in the homeland defense, military, advertising and meteorological industries. Collecting GIS /Survey Data with Mobile LiDAR and Imagery—A New Approach New technology and recent advancements in the Mobile LiDAR Mapping arena now provide both survey and GIS professionals a rapid method data collection from a moving vehicle. To understand this new technology the presentation will begin by reviewing each component that contributes to this amazing feat of three dimensional data collection. This session will review these components.
GIS and Design: GeoDesign
Brent Jones, ESRI Vertical Interest Tags: DD
Keywords: GIS Design Sustainability GeoDesign Collaboration Decision Making Access Feedback
GeoDesign is a systematic methodology for geographic planning and decision making. It takes GIS, all the knowledge that you build and maintain, layers of information, measurements, and analytic models, and it connects us to an interactive design process where we can design and get feedback right away. GIS has not really been equipped to do this exactly before, leveraging all of that knowledge. It can now. This presentation will show how.
Enterprise GIS
Dan Brooks, 3-GIS, LLC Keywords: enterprise GIS, web 2.0, web-based, mobile technology, asset management, utilities, telecommunications, work order process, mapping
Vertical Interest Tags: WW; ER; T; E; G; TR; DD; AI; WM; W
GIS and asset data are often confined to mapping departments due to the high cost of licensing and limited tools for sharing data across an organization. Utilities can now leverage thin-client, Web-based technology providing access to your GIS from any browser on the network. Enterprise GIS provides a central data repository and communications link to third-party applications while automating work order processes, reporting, and mobile operations.
Location, OGC Standards, and the Smart Grid Vertical Interest Tags: Tags: E; GR; II; W This presentation will address how location and OGC standards can be used as part of the SmartGrid infrastructure. Specific focus will be how OGC Sensor Web standards can be used in the SmartGrid. An update of current OGC SmarthGrid related activities and standards relationships, such as with NIST, are described. Cloud Computing for Utility Field Inspection and Survey Work Keywords: Cloud computing benefits and pitfalls Utility inspection, maintenance, and survey work
Vertical Interest Tags: T; E; S; DD; CC
Cloud computing is the concept in which a company’s hardware, software, and data are outsourced to a third-party vendor. There are immediate benefits to such a paradigm, such as zero initial capital expenses and reduced IT operating costs. However, does this method of IT infrastructure make sense financially and technologically for today’s electric utility? This presentation reviews the benefits and pitfalls of using the cloud computing paradigm for a utility’s inspection, maintenance, and survey data.
Utilizing High Density Weather Observations for Intelligent Outage Management Keywords: Integrating real-time weather data for intelligent outage management
Vertical Interest Tags: E; II; AI; W
Integration of live spatial weather data into a GIS platform creates an intelligent outage management system, providing a one-source view into storm severity for preparation and recovery planning. This comprehensive model provides location-specific alerts for managers and linemen on pending weather conditions. The discussion will include a step-by-step guide to implementing a meso network. Learn the most effective and efficient ways to protect linemen, employees, customers, and communities before severe weather strikes. 　 GITA Japan Invited Speaker: Transformation into Worldwide Geospatial Resource Management The information-gathering concerning disaster afflicted area is essential to conduct contingency response smoothly.According to The Basic Act on Disaster Countermeasures, the disaster countermeasures office established in a city government has responsibility to do, however, the limitation of ability of the office makes each organization independently gather and analyze information. A scheme to share such information with all the organizations will contribute to quick and competent response in the post-disaster. This presentation introduces “Geospatial Disaster control Mashï¼�up System”, which we are developing. The concept of the system has been considered by GITA-JAPAN Consulting Committee. The feature of above-mentioned three points was evaluated by Japanese Government, GDMS project was awarded development fund for 3 years from JFY2009 to 2011 though it was a program to which the country supported development and the use proof of the System. It started for making a real business by the private organization. Topographic LiDAR Elevation Data Supporting Hurricane Katrina Studies LiDAR systems have been adopted as the standard tool for collecting elevation data covering large geographic regions. In this context, they are typically more accurate than previously used mapping systems. LiDAR, however, is far from perfect. Many error sources are inherent in these systems.This presentation reviews three mapping projects that were conducted for the State of Louisiana and for the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in the vicinity of southeast Louisiana. These projects were used as the bases for topographic and structure elevation data supporting hydraulic model studies in the Katrina Canal Breaches Consolidated Litigation. Two of these projects were flown before Hurricane Katrina, and the third was flown in the year 2005, immediately following the Hurricane. Real-time GIS for Real-time Decision Makers at an Emergency Operation Center Southern Mississippi and Louisiana are still recovering from the episodic events of the recent hurricanes. Several research companies partnering with NASA Stennis Space Center in Mississippi were awarded Small Business Innovation Research grants to build a geographic information system (GIS) response system for use in an Emergency Operation Center (EOC). The systems were in development when the eye of Hurricane Katrina passed over the Stennis facility in 2005. From this event, new technology, methodologies, and science have been researched and developed. The results of this exhausting research were put into action with an innovative solution. This advanced technological solution contains some of the most current GIS technology for monitoring and responding to natural or episodic events. Presenters will discuss the event that led to the SBIR’s, the SBIR’s science, and implementation of a real-time GIS for the EOC. The results will show how the system was designed and developed as well as the critical technology developed under the SBIR. The final product is a system that can be utilized by other institutes, campuses, and/or industries for managing infrastructure, monitoring the environment, and supporting emergency response. Lessons learned and future development and implementation will be presented. Wednesday, April 28th 1:30 p.m. RFP Process Review for Users and Vendors
Peter van Muyden, EPCOR Keywords: Smart Grid Foundation; RFP; GIS; Vendor; Reguest for Proposal
Vertical Interest Tags: WW; T; PS; E; G; TR; II; CS
The Distribution & Transmission Inc. (EDTI) power operating company of EPCOR Utilities in Canada has been using GIS for 30 years. As part of the foundation of our smart grid initiative, we went to the market with a Request for Proposal (RFP) for an electrical connected GIS-based model. This presentation describes in detail the RFP process and discusses the lessons we learned. It will be of interest to both users and GIS vendors.
Geoaudits for Operational Optimization and Financial Viability
Jerry Mohnhaupt, Red Oak Consulting, Div., Malcolm Pirnie Keywords: Geoaudit of wastewater service billings; GIS gap analysis of billings
Vertical Interest Tags: PS; DD; CC
A Texas wastewater service agency began a billing audit of the six purveyors who bill for wastewater services within their service areas. Their goal was to optimize operations and enhance financial viability by identifying and correcting billing gaps, and improving collection and storage of the geographic components of billing data. As a result, more than 1,100 unbilled service connections were identified, resulting in a large increase in revenues that will be restored to the agency.
Spatial Law and Policy
Kevin Pomfret; CantorArkema, P.C. Keywords: Spatial Law Policy
Vertical Interest Tags: WW; ER; T; PS; E; G; M; TR; P; S; EN; GR
In October 2009, the Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) hosted the Emerging Technology Summit V: Spatial Law in Washington, D.C. The specific intent was to identify the legal and policy issues that will impact the growth in consumer and business applications of geospatial systems, software, and services.
Geospatial Data Sharing Via the Cloud
Brad Sileo, iFactor Consulting Keywords: SaaS Online Mapping Organizational Trusts Cloud Computing Security Scalability
Vertical Interest Tags: WW; ER; T; PS; E; G; TR; P; S; EN; DD; CC; W
The increased prominence of cloud computing architectures has changed the way that business-to-business transactions occur. With the addition of mapping technologies, the cloud is becoming an increasingly valuable tool for companies that rely heavily on geospatial information to communicate with each other. This presentation will cover the main issues that companies face when deploying such solutions, including security concerns, Web services and standards, and scalability.
CityIQ: A New-breed in Web Portal Design and Collaboration
Kirk McClurkin, Woolpert Copresenter: Kirk Van Gorkom, Woolpert Keywords: Web Portal, GIS, Arc Server, ESRI, Agile, CityIQ
Web Portal, GIS, Arc Server, ESRI, Agile, CityIQ Vertical Interest Tags: PS; DD The City of Bellingham, Washington and Woolpert design CityIQ, an advanced web mapping and data application, using Agile development methods. The goal was to develop a port that can efficiently morph and adapt to ever changes technologies. The results have been amazing within the City as well as the interest from across municipal market space. These successes will be reviewed along with a detailed look into the design methodology as well as a demonstration. Geospatial Dimensions of Intelligent Infrastructure: ITAG Recap Keywords: smart grid, intelligent infrastructure, Broadband for the Nation, ITAG, GITA, industry trends, SCADA, gathering systems Vertical Interest Tags: II; E; G; P; PS; T; TR; ER; S; EN; M; WW The GITA Industry Trends Analysis Group (ITAG) meets on Monday, April 26th to explore the geospatial dimensions of intelligent infrastructure for electric, gas, telecommunications, water/wastewater, public sector, transportation, and pipeline vertical markets. This session will provide a recap of the dialogue from that session, and will provide a means for continued discussions. The ITAG meeting that is the subject of this recap is tasked with helping define the concept of Intelligent Infrastructure for a variety of different vertical application areas. The recap will include an outline of case study examples from different practitioners with an idea of both challenges and successes. The bottom line focus will be on the creation of more efficient operations with time and cost savings through the application of intelligent models, feedback from sensors, and better processes. There will be time available in this session for more open dialogue and discussions.
Towards an Improved Model of Deformation in the Western US Deformation in the western United States, due to tectonic forces associated with the Pacific-North American plate boundary, causes ongoing changes of the positions of points on the Earth’s surface relative to a prescribed reference frame. As a result, accurate surveying in the western US requires an equally accurate description of this deformation to allow survey measurements conducted at different epochs to be corrected for such movement. NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS) has developed the HTDP (horizontal time dependent positioning) software that enables its users to make these corrections. HTDP contains a model of the secular (continuous) velocity field for the contiguous United States (from 125W to 100W longitude and 31-36N latitude), which is determined using bi-linear interpolation from a series of grid files. Building a Common Operating Picture to Enable Disaster Response Indiana’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has embarked on an ambitious endeavor to develop a common inter-agency operating picture that will improve two-way communication and collaboration in the event of an emergency. This presentation will focus on how GIS at Indiana DHS is enabling real-time data sharing across jurisdictions through its new GIS Disaster Response system. We will illustrate how Indiana DHS created a two-way data stream between local, county, and state agencies by integrating data from disparate systems into their Web-enabled crisis management system (WebEOC). Key data interoperability requirements, such as consuming disparate data Web services, restructuring data models, and enabling tight security will also be highlighted. A summary of Indiana DHS’ future plans and potential opportunities for this project will also be discussed. Wednesday, April 28th 2:30 p.m. A New Approach to Local Government GIS
Thomas A. Thomey, MGP, Inc. Copresenter: Mary Anderson, GIS Consortium Keywords: Local government, staffing model, collaboration, city, village, shared, intellectual property
Vertical Interest Tags: PS; DD; CS; WM
A group of communities in the greater Chicago (Illinois) area are working together to realize the benefits of geographic information systems (GIS). This organization was formed in 1998 to provide an alternative to meeting the challenges of starting and sustaining GIS programs. This organization is called the GIS Consortium (GISC), www.gisconsortium.org.
Your Grid is Already Intelligent, Benefit Before You Invest and Make a Stronger Business Case to Invest More
Rich Cummings, Level Four Solutions Keywords: intellegent grid, smart grid, performance support system operator
Vertical Interest Tags: ER; E; DD; II
Input from system operators or dispatchers, and/or operations engineers and others—along with data from investments in GIS, SCADA, OMS—can help you make your operations more efficient in front of investing in FDIR or auto restoration schemes. Creating preplanned responses supported by data can assist organizations in building a better business case for distribution automation.
Creating GIS Studies to Support Broadband Stimulus Funding Applications
Randall Frantz, ESRI Keywords: Broadband, mapping, stimulus, planning, engineering, telecommunications,NTIA, government, RUS, FCC
Vertical Interest Tags: T; PS; EN; DD; CC; AR
The stimulus bill awards significant funds for broadband expansion projects and programs. To submit a successful application for these funds, organizations need to plan and justify broadband projects that deliver services to an area population that is unserved or underserved. To determine which areas are lacking sufficient broadband service, maps that depict current broadband coverage are required. GIS solutions enable organizations to create maps that identify qualified areas and justify projects to increase broadband availability.
Geospatial Media Web Services Support Infrastructure Management Operations
David Wright, i-cubed, LLC Copresenter: Mick Garrett, i-cubed, LLC Keywords: geospatial digital asset management, geomedia, geospatial web services, REST, mapping
Vertical Interest Tags: WW; ER; T; PS; E; G; M; TR; P; S; EN; II; AI; W
Document management has become an infrastructure operations cornerstone. However, location data and rich media support are missing in conventional solutions. DataDoor’s Geospatial Asset Management Environment (GAME) establishes digital asset management upon a geospatial foundation supporting documents, video, audio, and photographs within a spatially intelligent, role-based framework. GAME’s RESTful API enables customization on platforms including ESRI ArcGIS, Google Maps, Google Earth, and Microsoft Bing. Organizations leveraging GAME realize significant benefits through improved visibility, collaboration, and documentation.
Geospatial Cloud Computing—The Next Frontier in Business Intelligence
Krishna Kumar, Space-Time Insight Copresenter: Mark Feldman, Space-Time Insight Keywords: All human activity has a location and time component. It takes place somewhere and some time. That is precisely why companies must monitor, understand and adjust to geo-economic signals when and where they occur.
Vertical Interest Tags: ER; E; G; DD; CC; W
This session will show how geospatial cockpits with cloud computing capabilities can now integrate the wealth of macroeconomic data on the Web with internal operations and information, to help define and execute optimal business decisions in realtime. Examples will include how Web 2.0 concepts like Wikis and Tweet streams combined with supply chain metrics from ERP systems can improve the accuracy of demand forecasts and support lean manufacturing cycles. Haiti, Open Source Mapping, and the Collaborative Environment Keywords: Haiti, Emergency Response, Collaboration, Crowd-source, Public license, Authoritative data, Crisis, Volunteer, Earthquake, Distributed Vertical Interest Tags: ER; PS; W The geospatial response to the earthquake disaster in Haiti was unique in that hundreds, if not thousands, of individuals without formal training in geospatial technologies contributed significantly to the development of data and products. A call to arms through social networks mobilized many in the geospatial community to assist through the provision of map products and services. Nearly all who responded discovered an immediate barrier: lack of data. What transpired next will likely stand the test of time as one of the most Herculean geospatial efforts ever accomplished: the near complete digitization of most of Haiti by the open source community using high-quality donated imagery distributed through cloud computing and image servers. The resulting data was largely public licensed and easily accessed, trumping the availability of less complete “authoritative” data sources. This session will present information about the collaborative environments used, a sampling of the partners involved, samples of the data and map products created, and will set time aside for an open discussion about the benefits and risks of open/crowd source and authoritative data sources during times of crisis. 3-D Technology—Why and How to Make the Move to Digital 3-D Data Collection and BIM Obtain updates on specific state-of-the-art techniques in high definition 3-D laser scanning and building information modeling (BIM) for control costs on design, construction and maintenance of infrastructure. Attendees will gain valuable information to: lower surveying, engineering design, construction and maintenance costs; reduce labor and increase profit margins; and improve computerized data systems with more accurate and detailed digital 3-D surveying and as-built data. Saving Lives with Spatial Technologies: Maricopa County E-911 and Phoenix Fire E-911 systems lie at the core of all emergency responses. Calls for help may originate from traditional wire-line telephones, cell phones, Internet-based phone services, and even text messaging systems. Regardless of the point of origin, an E-911 system must be able to correctly identify a caller’s location and reference it to the location of available resources for a successful response to occur. The system currently used by Phoenix Fire Department supports all modes of potential call receipt, employs cutting-edge geospatial technologies to dispatch and manage resources, and puts up-to-date maps and geospatial services at the tips of all firefighters’ fingers. This presentation will provide an overview of modern E-911 systems and introduce participants to lessons learned through the development of Phoenix Fire Department’s E-911 and computer aided dispatch system.
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