Abstract

Implementation of Mobile GIS-Capturing Location Info of Gas Assets
Track: Mobile GIS
Authors: Kam Verma

The increasing use and sophistication of GPS-enabled tools and technologies has presented significant opportunities for the utility sector to further improve the management of its asset information by representing assets geospatially. There was wide spread acknowledgement at Enbridge that improvements could be made in safety and emergency response if construction field staff could capture the GPS data for an asset as it was installed and share it throughout the company on a near-real-time basis. Specific benefits were anticipated in damage prevention and emergency response. Additionally, there was seen to be an opportunity to eliminate the creation of a paper drawing with associated hand-offs, storage, and management. A project was launched to implement a solution that leveraged the Enterprise GIS to manage location information throughout the lifecycle of gas assets. Enterprise GIS is used to view the accurate location of these gas assets, allowing for traditional viewing capabilities and improved geospatialanalysis.