Kelly CluteGeorgia Power Transmission

Bringing Legacy Databases Back to Life with GIS

• Georgia Power & Southern Company

• Legacy Systems

• Evolution of our GIS

• STOMP Lines GIS Project

• Future

Georgia Power• Serve 2.25 million customers

• In 155 of Georgia's 159 counties

• Over 16,000 miles of transmission lines in our footprint (ITS)

– GPC owns 12,500 miles

– 46, 69, 115, 230, and 500 kV

Southern Company

• Alabama, Georgia, Gulf, and Mississippi Power Companies

• 4.3 million customers

• Over 27,000 miles of transmission lines

Legacy Systems - Oracle

• STOMP– Standard Transmission Operating & Maintenance

Program

TLMS– Transmission Line Maintenance System

– Abnormal Situations (ABSIT’s)

STOMP

STOMP

Schedule used by WMS

TLMS

Scheduled Inspections

Repair Work Orders

Abnormal Situations (ABSIT)

New Line Constructed

STOMPSchedule

Before GIS

GPC Transmission GIS

• FliMap

• TransGIS

• TLIS Toolbar– Transmission Line Inspection System

• SDE

Asset Management Database

Work Management System

Mobile Inventory Editor

GIS

Asset Management Database

Work Management System

Mobile Inventory Editor

GIS

We’re set, right?

Disconnected Systems

TransmissionGIS

STOMP GIS

• Full dataset

• Updated from inspections

• More editors

• Contains history

• Office app

• Limited dataset (5 features)

• No “automatic” updates

• Small group of editors

• No historical data, snapshot

• Field app with GPS

Possible Solutions

• Do Nothing

• Scrap STOMP? GIS?

• Make the two work together

Requirements

• One editing environment, automate

• Expose detailed data

• Preserve functionality

• Available anywhere

STOMP Lines GIS Project

• Architecture Document, Dec 06

– Integration & Synchronization

• RFP, Jan 07

• 1st Meeting with Vendor, 26 attendees, Nov 07

SDE

Session Manager

** NEW **Transmission GIS

DSE

Domain Synch

Data Synchronization Engine (DSE)

• Core component

• Run in cmd prompt, scheduled task

• Program written in C#

• Configurable via XML

Create features, STOMP to GIS

Creates records, GIS to STOMP

Challenges

• Surprise!

• Business rules

• Edit what, where?

• Schedule

• Production data

Before After

Accomplishments

• SoCo Dataset

• Efficient editing

• Visualize problems

• Best parts

• …..

Before After

BETTER GIS DATA!!!

Future

• TVMS - Vegetation Work Management System

• Inspection System

• TLDS…

Future

• TLDS – Transmission Line Design Software

New Line Constructed

Questions?Questions?

Kelly Clutekclute@southernco.com

Southern Company Site VisitWednesday 1.30 – 4.30 pm

** GIS Showcase **