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Managing A Utility GIS ImplementationKey Issues & Lessons Learnt
Shailesh Singh
Sr. Manager
North Delhi Power Limited,
India
Email: shailesh.singh@ndplonline.com
This paper is a first hand account by the project Manager of a major Enterprise wide GIS implementation in North Delhi Power Limited. The paper traces the evolution of GIS in NDPL and its applications. Special focus would be on benchmarking for software selection, functionalities, Integration with other applications and change management. The coverage of aforesaid topics would incorporate critical issues and their resolution
The paper would be broadly organized in form of following structure
NDPL (GIS) organisation, History and applications which shall cover
Genesis
Timelines
Team Structure
General requirements of software and
hardware
Software: standalone / client server
based / network (web) based
Criterion for selection of GIS software
NDPL GIS: The concept and design: Current Smallworld environment.
This portion will cover in brief the aspects in respect to a utility GIS
Layering , Projection system and ACE
Configuration
Graphic display and performance issues
Creation of thematic maps
Import/ export and data porting issues
Data base selection and querying
Data source: general appraisal of survey
methods used
Issues in digitized maps
Intelligent usage of Plain Table survey/
Total Station survey in conjunction with
GPS survey and satellite imagery
Field data collection challenges.
Distribution System planning, supply & reliability related usage in
Prevention of power pilferage & Energy
Audit
Substation location and capacity
augmentation
Load forecasting
Feeder routing and conductor size
Location of switches
Service restoration
Disaster management and mitigation
Design and Bill Of Material Generation
Relocation of transformers
Outage Management & Commercial
Applications
Integration of GIS with SCADA, SAP & BILLING
Smallworld SAP integration Special
Emphasis on Asset Management and
Maintenance
Business process
Role Of Integration with other
applications
Change Management & Conclusions
Note: The topics mentioned above are only indicative and may change / alter in the main paper. It is requested that papers acceptance may be informed to authors at the earliest.
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