Workflow Management for GIS
Leon R. Ruflin Williams Gas Pipeline 295 Chipeta Way, P.O. Box 58900 Salt Lake City, UT 84158-0900 PH: (801) 584-6778, FAX: (801)-584-7776 Email: leon.r.ruflin@williams.com Abstract In 2000 we fully implemented GIS for the entire Williams Gas Pipeline system, which includes five major interstate natural gas pipeline systems consisting of over 27,000+ miles of pipelines running from coast to coast. All of the pipeline data will be in the GIS database, making day to day operation of the pipeline and the business more efficient by not having to chase down a myriad of paper and electronic sources. The GIS will provide the foundation for other corporate systems, such as the Pipeline Risk Management, Modeling, Corrosion, Environmental, Land, and the Maintenance Management systems. The data is positioned in real work coordinates, thereby giving the users internal and external accurate representation of the pipeline system. This data can be easily transferred to external government agencies and others. In today's enterprise environment, the island of automation of information has to go away. Williams GIS will have a suite of fully developed applications from the database. The key to our GIS success is to have accurate data accessible in real time for our company to be able to provide a single source of data management systems and cost effective planning tool to improve customer services. The GIS is well within the guidelines established for the National Pipeline System Mapping (NPMS) established by the Department of Transportation. Many common practices have been established for Williams with the implementation of GIS. The GIS was developed very cost effectively using the latest GIS and Information Technology tools, including web technology. Learning Objectives
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