Enabling Your Business with
Utility-Scale Mobile GIS
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Chris McClain, P.E., Team Leader, Distribution Technology Solutions, Alabama Power Company
Jon Fairchild, Product Manager, ArcFM Mobile, Schneider Electric
Agenda
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Business Case
Requirements
Results
Business Case
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Mobile is not an app…
it’s an enterprise
strategy
•Our job: Support complex requirements and make it look
easy
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• Tools focused on needs of
user
• The latest data, quietly
automatically
• Ease of adoption
• Heavy UI, requires GIS
experience
• Disruptive and slow data
synchronization
• Frustration
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User Experience
Legacy Utility-Scale
• Simple installers
• Manage replication in a
single admin portal
• Low cost maintenance
• Complex implementations
• Multi-step replication
processes
• Months to deploy/upgrade
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Administration
Legacy Utility-Scale
• Scalable services-oriented
architecture
• Near real-time data access
• Multi-platform
• Database-oriented
architecture
• Complex data workflows
• Windows only
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Architecture
Legacy Utility-Scale
Fast and simple
Enabling the business
For any size utility
Utility-Scale Mobile GIS
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Requirements
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Southern Company Profile
4 operating companies
4.4 million electric customers
120,000 sq miles in 4 states
44,000 MW generation
143,000 miles distribution
27,000 miles transmission
ArcFM Mobile Pilot at
Southern Company
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Mobile deployment at APC
GIS investment
Customer expectations
Offline data processes
Financial constraints
Key Drivers
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Occasionally disconnected map viewer
Inspections (pro-active or reactive)
Redline mark-ups / map notes
Interface with other applications:
- Workforce Mgmt System (ARMS)
- Maintenance/Abnormalities (DARTS)
- Customer Linking Database
- Lighting Data
- Vegetation Management
Mobile Roadmap
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Results
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Goal: Evaluate offline sync and functionality of ArcFM Mobile
Configuration & Administration:
Simple and easy
Intuitive
No configuration files
Easy to support
Pilot at Georgia Power
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How does it work?
• One click to update replicas
• One touch to download deltas
Synchronization
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Download Metrics – Metropolitan Atlanta
* Your mileage may vary
Item Size Time
Metro East replica
(offline operational map)
667 MB 3-5 min
Metro East deltas
(operational map updates)
< 1 MB seconds
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Allow users to perform inspections
• Create custom tasks
• Create custom forms
• Use to collect info in the field
Tasks
Demo
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… at utility scale
Reduced admin effort
Frustration-free users
Scalable to your enterprise
Low total cost of ownership
Benefits of Utility-Scale
Mobile GIS
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Mobile is not an app…
it’s an enterprise
strategy
Our job: Support complex requirements and make it look easy