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Orlando Utilities Commission
View Photo(s) of Award Presentation To develop a geographical information system that will: accurately represent the Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) water and electric distribution systems and be capable of integrating/interfacing with other software applications.
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Business Problem OUC’s decision process for selecting a GIS solution was multi-faceted. In order to better support our utility operations, reduce duplicate operating costs; we needed to explore ways to streamline our business and data management processes. We concluded that an enterprise GIS would allow us to produce more accurate and up-to-date maps to support their daily operations. Additionally, we anticipated an enterprise GIS solution would help us respond quickly to customer requests.
We also concluded that an enterprise GIS solution would help us:
< Develop a seamless graphic and database source linked together to produce new and fewer output maps that were unavailable under the existing system
< Eliminate duplicate datasets with a centralized geodatabase
< Shorten the time required to search for information
< Reduce the work involved in preparing for facilities operation analyses
< Provide better maintenance and facilities management than existing systems
< Provide wider accessibility to maps and reports
< Centralize facilities database management
< Create more effective communication
< Improve access to City and County planning data
< Improve data sharing capabilities
< Increase ability to respond to changing business needs
< Create cost savings through a centralized business and data management system Technology Implemented OUC set out to create a business case to capture their needs and identify the technology best suited for them. After some research, OUC selected ESRI to provide an enterprise GIS solution.
OUC uses ArcSDE as the spatial data manager that sits on top of our Oracle database repository. ArcEditor is the software that allows us to view and manipulate the spatial data in our geodatabase. We use ArcFM, a Miner and Miner software application, to edit and maintain our GIS data and ArcReader to distribute data to our field crews using personal geodatabases on a laptop. Development Team Biography OUC partnered with ESRI Professional Services to implement this enterprise GIS solution for its electric and water business units. For this project, ESRI teamed with subcontractors Miner & Miner for technical consulting and M.J. Harden for data migration services.
OUC Team
Rick Coleman Contractual Manager
Ron Hawkins Water Project Manager
Rick Frymyer Electric Project Manager
ESRI Team
Lane Powell Project Manager
Christian Carlson SE Regional Manager
Karyn Senneff One-site Technical Support
Miner & Miner Team
Tom Richard Project Manager
Jim Danley Programmer
M. J. Harden Team
Ken Brelsford Conversion Project Manager
John DiGiovanni Water Conversion Manager
Carl Meinke Electric Conversion Manager
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