Abstract

Level 3 Synchronizes Fiber Data with Mobile GIS Application
Track: Telecommunications and Location-Based Services
Authors: Greg Connors, Tommy Siniard

Telecommunications companies rely on their GIS to increase efficiency across the enterprise by allowing for the better design and management of networks. As telecom's merge and grow, the need for data capture and correction becomes imminent. In this abstract, we will examine how Level 3 Communications set up a geodatabase to accommodate data from multiple legacy systems of acquired telecoms. Then, we will discuss how Level 3 utilized Esri and 3-GIS mobile technology to capture and correct the fiber data, giving field technicians a user-friendly tool that could easily sync with the GIS system Level 3 had in place.

Greg Connors
Level 3 Communications
1025 Eldorado Blvd
Broomfield, Colorado 80021
United States
Phone: (720) 888-3296
E-mail: Greg.Connors@Level3.com

Tommy Siniard
3-GIS
350 Market Street NE
Suite C
Decatur, Alabama 35601
United States
Phone: 256-560-0744
E-mail: tsiniard@3-GIS.com