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Expanding the User Base of Smallworld Technologies at Sho -Me Power Cooperative

Expanding the User Base of Smallworld Technologies at Sho -Me Power Cooperative. Andy Meyers – Sho-Me Power Cooperative Mark Field – FCSI. Overview. Brief Background on Sho-Me Power Cooperative History of Smallworld at Sho-Me Recent Enhancements of Smallworld at Sho-Me

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Expanding the User Base of Smallworld Technologies at Sho -Me Power Cooperative

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  1. Expanding the User Base of Smallworld Technologies at Sho-Me Power Cooperative Andy Meyers – Sho-Me Power Cooperative Mark Field – FCSI

  2. Overview • Brief Background on Sho-Me Power Cooperative • History of Smallworld at Sho-Me • Recent Enhancements of Smallworld at Sho-Me • Technical Information of Enhancements • Future Plans

  3. Sho-Me Power Background • 1941 Power Transmission Cooperative….. • Cover approximately 1/4 of Missouri • Some Generation • ~1800 miles of Sho-Me owned transmission line • 1997 Development of Fiber Infrastructure • Sho-Me Technologies LLC formed • Microwave Towers converted to Fiber (gov) • ~5000 miles of total fiber in system • ~2100 miles of Sho-Me owned fiber 

  4. Sho-Me Users of Smallworld • Sho-Me Technologies (Fiber) – uses PNI database • Environmental Department • Water crossings • Bat studies • Marketing • Electric Transmission (Sho-Me Power Electric Coop)

  5. Sho-Me Users of Smallworld Data • Board • Heads of Distribution Coops • Legal Department • Accounting • Data in tax districts • One-Call • Maintenance – uses data to fix infrastructure (equipment, fences, etc.) • External Users • Forestry, Contractors

  6. History of Smallworld at Sho-Me • 1995 Initial install of Smallworld • 1997/98 Model.IT • ~2000 Upgraded to PNI X3.1 • 2005 Upgraded to PNI 4.0 • 2008 Upgraded to PNI 4.1 • 2011 Configuration Management Implemented • 2012 Enhanced Landbase & Electric • Smallworld continues to grow as integral part of business development

  7. Recent Enhancements of Smallworld Technologies • Configuration Service from FCSI • Much more stable • Users more pleased • Management sees more reliability • FCSI Power Line Elevations • More transmission line users • Faster initial evaluations of routes • Plan and Profile Sheet Views

  8. Recent Enhancements of Smallworld Technologies (etc.) • Shared Fiber – Electric Data (Landbase) • Common data = less data maintenance • Business Data Integration • Pole/Structure information now available to users • Pole/Structure Problem data available • Maintenance maps • Gate Problems/Fixes (planned) • Electric Data Enhancements • More Substation Data • Better Circuit Definition • Support Double Builds

  9. Technical Information: Configuration Service • Configuration Service by FCSI • All code is source controlled GE Products, 3rd Party, and internal source • Timely product updates (patches, new versions of 3rd Party) • Reliable/Repeatable Builds • User directory builds • Special Configurations Builds (laptops, test environment) • Integrated Wiki • Integrated Tickets

  10. Technical Information: Configuration Service (cont.) • Examples from website

  11. Technical Information: Power Line Elevations • Automatic elevation source DEM download • User quote “That was the easiest import ever!” • Automatic contour and label generation • Automatic elevation application to geometries • Elevation search functionality • Plan and Profile Sheet view of existing or proposed transmission lines

  12. Power Line Elevations Example

  13. Technical Information:Landbase – Fiber – Electric Data • Fiber Dataset • PNI database • Electric Dataset • Sho-Me Power Data Model • Expanded Landbase Data Set • Poles • Structures • Substation • Real world geometry and information

  14. Technical Information: Landbase – Fiber – Electric Data (cont.) • Electric & PNI pole data renamed to attachments to keep topology & existing functionality intact Landbase Fiber (PNI) Electric Pole Attachment Pole Pole Attachment Structure Attachment Structure Structure Attachment

  15. Technical Information:Business Data Integration • Initially created “programmic” fields which externally connected thru SQL-ODBC • Programmic fields act like logical fields in database, but configured with code • searchable and viewable in editors • Select-Style functionality show pole problems graphically (examples…) • Worked great but slow for large area or database searching

  16. Technical Information:Business Data Integration • Synching to Business Dataset • Created data model that matched business database • Scheduled task starts synch image weekly • Much faster solution • Super join functionality • All business data available • New possibilities – reports/plots

  17. Business Data IntegrationExample

  18. Future Enhancements • SCADA integration • Show live data within Smallworld • Additional pole problem display • Display gate problems & fixes • Simplified Electric Application • Increase Transmission Users • Upgrade to PNI 4.3 • Corridor Management • Vegetation/Regulatory (Bats) • LiDAR Utilization

  19. Increasing Smallworld Usageat Your Installation • Smallworld Champion – key • Always ask where can GIS data be used • What is the “source of record” for data • Can it be within Smallworld? • How can “external” data augment Smallworld data? • Filter data, drive styles • Reliability (source control, defined tests)

  20. Questions?/Contact • Mark Field • mark@field-csi.com • FCSI Booth 19 • Cell: 407-376-6105 • @mbfbsae90 • mbfbsae90

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