The Graphics, Maps, and Records Group in the Water Operating Division of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is in the completion stages of a GIS pilot project. During the planning phase of the pilot project, a wide variety of GIS applications within the Water System were identified. In order to establish a versatile system that would enable utilization of applications identified during planning, the Water System of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power chose to automate a 4.5-square-mile area of manually drawn 600-foot-scale Gate Section Maps using a combination of PC-based CAD, GIS software, and existing digital in-house databases. The purpose of this is to demonstrate, when utilizing ArcCAD within the AutoCAD graphical environment, an easy-to-use functional GIS can be developed on a desktop PC.
Frank Stockl
Department of Water And Power
City of Los Angeles
111 North Hope St., Room 1439
Los Angeles, CA
Telephone: 213-367-1008
Fax: 213-367-1127