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Geometric networks for water utilities

Whether you are implementing GIS in your water, wastewater or stormwater utility and creating a data model for the first time or you are updating your existing GIS datamodel, you will no doubt ask yourself this question - How should I model my utility's Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 17, 2009 11:48 AM by mmiller@esri.com | 0 Comments

Filed under: Geodatabase, Water, Utility, Data, Dataset, wastewater, stormwater, ESRI, sewer, water distribution, asset management, ArcGIS Server, enterprise asset management, ArcGIS, data model, all pipe model, tracing, asset IDs, GeoDesign, enterprise GIS, geometric network, geometric

The Evolution of the Water Distribution Capital Improvement Planning Template

As you may have seen, we released the Water Distribution Capital Improvement Planning (CIP) Template a last week. First, we wanted to say a big thank you to all of our users and business partners who helped us to refine the initial geoprocessing models Read More...

Posted Tuesday, October 13, 2009 8:45 AM by hcrothers | 2 Comments

Filed under: Geodatabase, Water, Utility, Geoprocessing, Data, Dataset, wastewater, stormwater, ESRI, GIS, sewer, water distribution, asset management, enterprise asset management, CIP, ArcGIS, Capital Improvement Planning, data model, map, costing tools, long term plan, ModelBuilder, GeoDesign

CIP Template Released

If you have been following us on twitter, you already know that we released the ArcGIS Water Distribution Capital Planning template (we are calling this the CIP Template for short) yesterday. The CIP template includes a set of models to help you understand Read More...

Posted Wednesday, October 07, 2009 7:37 AM by mmiller@esri.com | 0 Comments

Filed under: Geodatabase, Utility, Template, toolbar, Data, wastewater, stormwater, sewer, water distribution, update, enterprise asset management, CIP, ArcGIS, Capital Improvement Planning, data model, capital projects, costing tools

Where Are Your Customers?

At first glance, that might seem like a silly question to a water, wastewater or storm water utility. After all, how hard is it to find your customers…. they are in your service area, connected to your infrastructure and you have an address to send them Read More...

Posted Tuesday, September 22, 2009 2:00 PM by hcrothers | 2 Comments

Filed under: Geodatabase, Water, wastewater, stormwater, ESRI, GIS, sewer, water distribution, hydraulic model, ArcGIS, data model, map, tracing, geocoding, premise location, water loss, water meter, utility billing system, non-revenue water, CIS, customer information system

Interfacing the mobile map with other systems

Many of you have had a chance to test out the Mobile template and provided great feedback. One question that keeps coming up is “How do I interface (or integrate) the mobile map with my other utility systems?” Typically, when we get asked this question, Read More...

Posted Friday, September 18, 2009 6:42 AM by mmiller@esri.com | 0 Comments

Filed under: Geodatabase, Water, Utility, Template, Data, ArcGIS Mobile, mobile, wastewater, stormwater, ESRI, sewer, water distribution, ArcGIS Server, enterprise asset management, work orders, data model, mobile gis, field books, field crews, paper maps, paper, workorder, map, server, inspections, field, extending, asset IDs, utility coordination, ESB, Enterprise Service Bus

ArcGIS for AutoCAD Template for Water Utilities

There is a new template in the template gallery showing how to use ArcGIS for AutoCAD at a water utility to engageAutoCAD users in GIS data updates. You can download the template here: http://resources.esri.com/waterutilities/index.cfm?fa=codeGalleryDetails&scriptID=16340 Read More...

Posted Tuesday, June 09, 2009 6:07 PM by hcrothers | 0 Comments

Filed under: Geodatabase, Water, Schema, Geoprocessing, wastewater, stormwater, ESRI, GIS, sewer, asset management, ArcGIS Server, enterprise asset management, ArcGIS, data model, AutoCAD, DXF, Microstation, ArcGIS for AutoCAD, DGN, DWG

Design concepts and setting up your own dashboard

I started typing this blog entry last week. My original idea was to share 5 simple steps to set up the dashboard or Flex sample viewer. Since then, two great things came up, the creating effective web maps seminar and an unbelievable flex guide from a Read More...

Posted Friday, May 29, 2009 6:54 AM by mmiller@esri.com | 0 Comments

Filed under: Geodatabase, Water, Utility, Template, dashboard, Flex, Data, Dataset, widget, rest, stormwater, ESRI, GIS, sewer, water distribution, update, ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS, data model

Getting Started with GIS for Small Utilities

A few days ago I was talking to a manager at a small combined water and wastewater utility who wanted to know with a limited budget, how can they implement GIS and where should they get started? That's a question we often get. No doubt, most large and Read More...

Posted Tuesday, May 05, 2009 6:58 AM by hcrothers | 0 Comments

Filed under: Water, Utility, Schema, wastewater, stormwater, ESRI, GIS, asset management, enterprise asset management, ArcGIS, data model, routing

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