GIS for Enhanced Electric Utility Performance; Contents; Foreword; Preface; What Is This Book About?; Who Is This Book For?; What's Inside?; How to Use This Book; Acknowledgments; Introduction; So What Exactly Is a Utility GIS?; A Computerized or Digital Map?; Each Is Very Different; Geocentric Versus Geoenabled; Taking Advantage of Mapping; Geocentric Workflows Build Spatial Conte; Geoenabling Enriches Existing Informatio; The Future of Utility GIS; Chapter 1 GIS and the Business of the Utility; GIS: A Spatial Context for Solutions; Transforming a Century-Old Industry
Do You Know Where Your Poles Are?GIS Helps to Put Locational Data in Orde; Managing Data; Spatial Analysis; Awareness; Development of GIS at Electric Utilities; Mapping Systems Get Dysfunctional; Old Mapping Workflows; Development of Digital Mapping Systems -- t; Not Much Changed; GIS Is Different; Networks Are Added to GIS; What's the Difference Between
Summary
This book describes how geospatial technology in the form of a modern enterprise geographic information system (GIS) can be applied to all aspects of the electric utility business from Smart Grid to generation to transmission to distribution to the retail supply of electricity to customers. This book appeals to readers that are interested not only in the technical details of a GIS enabled electric system, but also how such a system works in the real business world
