Abstract
 Out of the Box Pipeline Data Alignment (Almost) Track: Pipeline Author(s): David Nichter Pipeline operators have increasingly used GIS technologies to gather, store, and analyze data. The advent of the Pipeline Safety Act of 2002 requires that all operators gather and integrate data related to their facilities and perform more comprehensive analysis of these factors. Operators must consider data including condition of pipeline, hazards to the pipeline's safety and risks to population and environment as they interact to determine risk. This paper will focus on one operator's process for integrating all available data into a single map product that allows them the ability to examine this combination of datasets in a cohesive manner. Integration of paper records, spreadsheets, CADD drawings, GPS positions, and legacy data with data from a tabular risk modeling application was performed in an Esri desktop environment. All work was performed with "out of the box" ArcGIS along with a few custom VBA procedures to ease data manipulation. David Nichter ATSI Inc. Geomatics 415 Commerce Drive Amherst , NY 14228 US Phone: 716-691-9200 E-mail: dnichter@atsiinc.com |
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