Like any long-term geo-geek pulling his weight in the industry, I usually talk about the GIS being at the center of the universe. I’d be interested in any feedback on which of these systems you have integrated to and perhaps which others you may have touched that are not listed. Over time I have worked with enough customers to establish some common themes based on implementations I’ve seen which are worth sharing here. Every customer has slightly different priorities and there’s no right or wrong when it comes to these integration points.
Many of you will have already embarked on systems integration between your GIS and other systems within your organization. As we discussed last month, relationships fuel decision-making and therefore GIS systems integration fuels exponential decision-making throughout a utility by relating disparate data points. We’re talking customer data, work order data, inspection data, asset data, vehicle data, monitoring data, etc.Īnd as that data is presented in a geospatial context, we can create new relationships that may not have been apparent or even possible without the GIS. Whenever I am speaking with utilities, I often challenge them to find any piece of data within their organization that can NOT be spatially represented within a GIS. As a utility or telco matures with its relationships, it will begin to relate outward. This month I’ll continue to review where a utility should be with GIS today before exploring where you should be focused to maximize your investment in GIS in the future.
The relationship types include database relationships, spatial relationships and network relationships, all of which are crucial to setting the stage for the future. And we’re back! If you missed my post last month, please check out The Future of GIS – Part 1, In a Relationship where I explored three different types of GIS relationships that drive immediate value in a utility or telco.
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