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ESRI UC 2012 Innovative Uses of GIS in the Pipeline and Gas Industries Central Hudson Gas & Electric’s Field Sketching and Inspection Solution Kevin Burton – CHGE Jeff Puuri – GL Noble Denton. Central Hudson Gas & Electric. Mid-Hudson region New York HQ Poughkeepsie
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ESRI UC 2012 • Innovative Uses of GIS in the Pipeline and Gas Industries • Central Hudson Gas & Electric’s • Field Sketching and Inspection Solution • Kevin Burton – CHGE • Jeff Puuri – GL Noble Denton
Central Hudson Gas & Electric • Mid-Hudson region New York • HQ Poughkeepsie • Gas System – Transmission and Distribution • 170 miles Transmission • 1175 miles Distribution • 5 Districts • 75 thousand customers Mid-Hudson Bridge – Poughkeepsie, NY
Existing System Mainframe ArcGIS – SDE, Uptime • CIS • FOS – Field Operating System • Inspections Field Tablets/PDAs • Inspections • Raster Sketching • Paper forms • Distribution, Transmission, Landbase • Integrity analysis and compliance • Off-the-shelf data models • APDM • ArcGIS Gas Distribution DM
Project Objectives • Replace current field mapping, sketching, and inspection collection system • Paper, Raster, Mainframe • Provide a light-weight map viewing software solution to support both field and office users • Leverage GIS Investment, Electronic Maps to Field • Electronic document retrieval from GIS features • Hyperlink to Manuals, Sketches, Reference Maps • Replace Compliance Monitoring Software • Product-based – operate on Laptop/Toughbook or PDA • Capture Editable, Re-useable Field Sketches during Inspection Activities • Integrate w/Inspection Software for Point-in-time snapshot
Target Solution SDE, Uptime Mainframe – CIS Related Repairs Off-the-shelf inspection system Viewer / Sketching • Distribution, Transmission, Landbase • Integrity analysis and compliance Field Tablets/PDAs or Back Office • Map-based asset access • Inspections • Vector Sketching Replica/Document Servers Synchronization
Viewing Software - ArcEngine Map Navigation / Search / Hyperlink MXD Layer Properties
Viewing Software - Hyperlinks Hyperlink Tool Polygon Features Hyperlink Attribute Resulting PDF
Sketching Tools Scale Specific Geo-referenced Custom Palette Per Sketch
Replication and Synchronization Sketch / Resource Upd One Way Replication Sketch / Replica / Resource Updates LAN WAN • GDB / MXD Editing • Attribute Importer (Sketch Creation) • Resource Cfg • Field Work • Inspections (FM) • Sketch Editing South Road District Office x 5
Ability to Edit Existing Sketch – In Field Retrieve Existing sketch, use for: • Further Updates • Basis for new sketch Hyperlink attributes after sync:
Conclusion • Satisfying project objectives • Integrate Field Mapping & Inspections with GIS • Implement Vector Sketching • ESRI technology • ArcEngine • Geodatabase Replication + Synchronization • Hyperlinking • ArcMap/ArcEditor editing extension • ArcPad • Essentials Inspection software