Power |
Telecom |
Transport |
Others
Intelligent Broadband Information System
The application areas of iBISS is not limited to the above listed areas but spread across the enterprise. Moreover iBISS offers a wide range of scope to integrate this web based GIS system with other existing Work Management Systems (WMS) at various levels. This is possible by virtue of the open architecture of iBISS. By integrating iBISS with other corporate databases and Work Management Systems, iBISS can not only serve as a web based tool to visualize non-geospatial data by geocoding them to an existing geospatial entity but also simplify operations at different levels and enable quicker and accurate decisions to be made.
Integrating IBISS with work Management Systems Integrating GIS with other systems increases its value proposition and gone are the days of a standalone GIS system. By integrating iBISS with other work management systems, one can get a wider range of benefits. Work management systems could be anything from a market analysis system to an outage management system or a bandwidth management system. By using powerful geocoding tools the non-geospatial data associated with such systems can be tied to an appropriate spatial entity in the existing geospatial network data in iBISS. This not only allows for an opportunity to visualize the non-geospatial data associated with such systems, but to also display the output from such systems on an intelligent GIS map. As an example the output from an outage management system could be used to display the trouble ticket location at the appropriate zoom level with other GIS layers on an iBISS map. In most cases the existing outage management systems or any other work management systems for that matter lack such an interface leaving the decision makers with no choice other than a rugged display of the output from such system. There can be no doubt on the ability of GIS to discover existing dormant relationships between various entities. Moreover in the case of existing work management systems, they are discrete and this makes it impossible to bring valuable information in a timely manner. The role of iBISS or any other web based GIS for that matter would be to tightly integrate these systems and provide the users with the ability to view all the critical components of their operations processes at the click of a button. 
Scalability and Open Architecture iBISS, though built on MapInfo TAB file format, the data translation tools and the technology used allows for the flexibility to have the application available on other Open GIS systems like Oracle Spatial or Microsoft SQL Server. Again this is a factor dictated by the end user, viz. the cable companies or sometimes the existing GIS or corporate systems also have a say on the GIS architecture of iBISS. All of this is possible, thanks to the robust data model and architecture of iBISS. With little or no modifications, iBISS can be customized to specific needs, and this is a necessary evil as it is needless to say that each cable system is a world of its own. Conclusion Of all creatures, humans are the only ones who can ponder over and understand a situation and the only ones who can think up ways of doing something about a problem in a rational and logical way. GIS may not be the paragon of all virtues, but it could be important as a tool for addressing key problems and rudimentary processes of the Broadband industry. Building the “Information Superhighway” with the Broadband technology to improve economic development, make city residents digitally literate and the cities intelligent is a mammoth task and with GIS, "Sky is the limit!" “GIS temper, Let’s not lose it!” Acknwledgment The author expresses his deep sense of gratitude to Dr.Ramesh Iyer, President, IMMCO, Inc. and Mr.P.V.Rai, Managing Director, Pixel Infotek Pvt. Ltd, who have been a constant source of encouragement and in providing an opportunity to the author and his GIS team to develop such a GIS application. The author is thankful to all his colleagues for their encouragement, technical help and moral support, without which the application would not have seen the “Light of the Day”. Last but not the least the author wishes to remember his tutors at the Division of Urban Systems Development, Anna University, Chennai, for being responsible for his first step into the world of GIS. References
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