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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

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

Generating Unique Asset IDs for asset discovered in the field

Based on our recent blog on Generating Unique Asset IDs, we had a few people ask about how to handle generating IDs in the field and how to handle new assets turned over from developers. So we thought it would be good write a follow-on blog about that Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 19, 2009 12:47 PM by hcrothers | 0 Comments

Filed under: Water, ArcGIS Mobile, wastewater, stormwater, ESRI, GIS, sewer, water distribution, asset management, ArcGIS Server, enterprise asset management, work orders, ArcGIS, mobile gis, field crews, map, asset IDs, capital projects

Methods to Create Unique Asset IDs

We commonly get asked by water, wastewater and stormwater utilities for some tips on how to establish a system for unique asset IDs, so we thought it would helpful to share some insight on this topic. It seems like almost all utilities now recognize the Read More...

Posted Monday, August 03, 2009 8:51 AM by hcrothers | 6 Comments

Filed under: Water, Utility, wastewater, stormwater, ESRI, GIS, sewer, asset management, enterprise asset management, mobile gis, field crews, paper maps, map, asset IDs, unique asset IDs

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

Moving Away from Paper Field Maps

Yesterday I participated in an all day seminar on Asset Management and GIS at the New Jersey Water Environment Association conference. The seminar had some good presentations on deploying Mobile GIS at water and wastewater utilities. The Mobile GIS presentations Read More...

Posted Tuesday, May 12, 2009 2:49 PM by hcrothers | 1 Comments

Filed under: Water, Utility, ArcGIS Mobile, mobile, wastewater, stormwater, ESRI, GIS, sewer, water distribution, asset management, enterprise asset management, ArcGIS, routing, mobile gis, field books, field crews, paper maps

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

Changing the Look of the Water Operations Dashboard

So you like the dashboard, but you want it to look different, maybe give it that home town feel. Changing the icons and title is easier than you think. All you need to do is update a few xml files. Start with the Config.xml file in the root of the Flex Read More...

Posted Tuesday, March 31, 2009 12:37 PM by ArcGISTeamWater | 0 Comments

Filed under: Water, Utility, dashboard, Flex, rest, wastewater, stormwater, ESRI, water distribution, asset management, ArcGIS Server, enterprise asset management, work orders

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