Industries

GIS for Gas

Natural gas has become one of most popular sources of energy in the industrial and commercial sector. The energy source provides a pollution free utilisation of energy. AABSyS has extensive expertise and experience in carrying out projects using GIS for gas industry. AABSyS GIS for gas services offer efficient designing, resource management, outage and distribution management, database planning and installations management, power line management and monitoring.

GIS for gas industry plays a proactive role in addressing, monitoring and managing the gas pipe lines, outlets, etc. in times of emergency and calamities. Services such as mobile GIS for gas industry ensure updation of gas data for further use.

The company primarily specialises in the following fields of use of GIS for gas industry:

  • Corridor Mapping
  • New Connections
  • Planning new lateral Lines
  • Trouble Call Analysis

AABSyS has long-standing experience in providing services to the GIS for gas industry. The company has a strong client base including leading utility majors in Europe, North America and Australia. The company ensures error free, cost effective and time bound deliverables. AABSyS ensures that the clients are kept well-informed with the development of project by providing timely updates through online project management systems and/or status reports.

Requirement

The customer, the largest Utility Distribution Companies (for Gas/Water/Electricity) in Germany and some more countries in Europe requires AABSyS to capture the GAS pipe asset data such as all the pipe objects, dimensions , labeling and some missing topographical objects into GIS using Small World 4.0 platform. The customer possess these data sets in various formats and wanted to transfer and merge the data in one single format. The total length of the network was 2100 km.

Solution Offered

  • The work was to be completed in a stipulated timeline of six months.
  • The data was migrated from different platforms such as AutoCAD, Microstation, and Intergraph etc. in overview scale.
  • Owning to the humongous amount of work and strict time frame, AABSYS has deployed as many as forty resources, where the individuals were grouped together in production, quality check, project coordination, doubt clarification and management departments.
  • The original scanned maps were provided and transformed to the system for reference purpose.
  • At 25% areas survey points were provided. These survey points were taken from existing pipes underground and pipe objects. AABSYS has taken those survey points to lay the pipe on GIS.
  • In rest 75% areas, the laying of pipes were done by taking the dimensions provided on the source scanned maps.
  • Attributes of pipe and pipe objects were taken from the source scanned maps and filled in the object editor of each pipe and object.
  • All the queries were discussed on an online platform and the customer was kept in loop with the progress of the project.

Technology used

  • Two senior managers from AABSyS traveled to the customer site for training on source data structure, specification, methodology and pilot data capturing. They then created and trained a team of experts before segregating them into various departments for efficient project execution.
  • Customer had provided some easy tools to expedite the data capturing process.
  • AABSyS team worked on high end, updated, licensed software such as AutoCAD, Microstation, and Intergraph.
  • An indigenous query handling system was used to interact with the customer.

AABSyS Advantage

  • The customer, the largest Utility Distribution Companies (for Gas/Water/Electricity) in Europe, required to capture 2100 km of gas data in a stipulated time frame. AABSyS team competed the project in a time bound, cost effective manner
  • The continuous interaction regarding the queries ensured that the deliverables were prepared as per the customer’s expectations.
  • AABSyS is a leading name in the utility industry of Europe. Its strong partnerships with various European companies give it an extra edge.

Requirement

The customer, a leading largest Utility Distribution Companies (for Gas/Water/Electricity) in Germany and some more countries in Europe, required vectorization of gas and water pipes on the pre-digitized ground cadaster map as per the dimension. The customer possess scanned images having both gas and water information and vectorized ground cadaster map.

Solution Offered

  • AABSyS digitized parts of a gas distribution network which included pipeline specifications. The plots of scanned images were used as reference.
  • The gas and water pipe lines were digitized in separate files as per the dimension with reference to the ground cadaster map.
  • A tailored routine program was developed in Auto LISP which was then used for automated execution of the dimensioning and transformation of entities to their specified layers. All the utility information were captured from the image as per client’s specification.
  • Ground cadaster maps were digitized as per client specifications. Plots, houses, streets were digitized as closed polygons.
  • Wherever dimensions were missing, the raster image served as reference. Pipe-fittings and corresponding information were placed as block attributes and pipelines were grouped with their respective specifications.
  • The relevant objects such as plots, houses, streets and their respective numbering were grouped. The drawing files were merged to one deliverable.
  • Finally two merged files of both gas and water were delivered to the client after a thorough quality check.

Technology used

  • AABSyS used heads up digitization for conversion of the products. AABSyS team used techniques such as manual digitizing, coordinate conversion, rubber sheeting and merging for timely completion of the project.
  • Few indigenous auto lisp routines were developed in order to expedite the drafting process and assure quality assured floor plans.
  • The team at AABSyS used high end, up-to dated software such as AutoCAD, Estate Manager, Archibus, Admin, etc. to complete the given task.
  • AABSyS was in continuous correspondence with the clients in order to solve any queries.

AABSyS Advantage

  • The team at AABSyS quickly understood the requirements and expectations of the project and AABSyS completed the project in the stipulated time frame.
  • The client, the largest Electricity Distribution Company in Europe required the project to be completed in a time bound and cost effective manner for easy maintenance and monitoring of the city’s Gas Distribution Network.
  • The indigenous online query management system ensured that only relevant questions were asked by the AABSyS team.
  • The team at AABSyS ensure that the project was completed in least possible time frame.