GIS Implementation and Training Metropolitan Utilities District Omaha NE
Metropolitan Utilities District About US (1913 – 2013) — — — — — — — —
5th Largest Public Gas Utility in the US Natural Gas and Water Distribution to Omaha, Nebraska Metro Area 218,979 Natural Gas Customers 203,230 Water Customers 28,000 Water Hydrants Maintained 2,854 Miles of Water Mains 2,772 Miles of Gas Mains 828 Employees
GIS Distribution —
Phase I – Migration
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Phase II – Desktop Editors
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Phase III – Desktop Viewers
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Phase IV – External Viewers
◦ Conversion from MicroStation DGN files to GIS ◦ Drafting
◦ Builders/Contractors, Dispatch, Water Distribution, Gas Distribution, Engineering, Marketing & Communication, Legal, Rates & Regulatory Affairs ◦ Field Services, Field Engineers, Construction, Locators, Meter Reading, Measurement
Migration Conversion of Existing Data in MicroStation SE to the ArcGIS 10.0 Environment — Basemap Features — M.U.D. Features — Roles and Permissions —
Existing Architecture
SDE Desktop Editors
Desktop Editor Training 15 CAD/GIS Technicians — 2-Week Editor Training Sessions —
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Versioning Templates Reconcile/Post Saving Edits vs. Saving Map Documents
Existing Architecture Desktop Viewers
SDE Desktop Editors
Desktop Viewer Training ž
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Builders/Contractors ◦ Replace physical map overlays ◦ Introduce GIS as method of discovery Dispatch ◦ Replace legacy database with GIS for valve and service location information Water Distribution ◦ Hydrant, valve and distribution system maps Gas Distribution ◦ Regulator and distribution system maps Engineering ◦ Custom maps, feature analysis, replace printed maps Marketing & Communication ◦ Service area boundaries, custom maps Rates & Regulatory Affairs ◦ Boundary maps for underlying taxation purposes Legal
Existing Architecture Desktop Viewers
Field Viewers
Replication Database
SDE Desktop Editors
Field Viewer Training ž Concurrent
deployment with Windows 7
upgrade ž Field Services
◦ Replace printed map documents
ž Field Engineers ◦ Field-based location/description information ž Locators ◦ Valve and service location maps ◦ Connection to on-board legacy database ž Meter Reading ◦ Service meter location ž Measurement ◦ Meter description information
What’s Next? ArcGIS Server
Web Server
Web Editors - Field Editing - Simple Internal Edits -
SDE Desktop Editors
Desktop Viewers
The next generation —
Construction ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
Editors in the field Mobile devices Live data updates Live web services – weather
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Project Specific Web Services
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Greater Inter-Departmental Communication SAP Integration/Document Management System
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◦ Leaks ◦ Services ◦ Hydrants
What We Learned Deployment in Conjunction with OS Upgrade Assisted Training Collaboration — Replica GDB vs. File Geodatabase Copy — Field Editors Will Succeed with Web Services — GIS Exposes Existing Business Practice Shortcomings — Resistance to Change is Part of the Deal —
◦ Printed maps
What We Learned GIS Exposes Business Shortcomings — Develop Departmental Champions — QA/QC process — GIS is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy — Training for the Lowest Common Denominator —