Clients
Network GIS Case Studies
California ISO GIS and Transmission Information Display System
Challenge
The California ISO manages the transmission of electricity through the State's extensive network of high voltage lines. To manage the electrical grid in response to factors such as wild land fires and extreme weather, the ISO needed a complete and positionally accurate accurate representation of the grid from all of the State's primary electricity generators and transmitters.
Solution
Farallon developed a Unified GIS data model that merged the State's major power generators' GIS data into a single, consistent, validated, and audited database. It offers a broad array of online and offline visualization and mapping capabilities and can easily integrate future external databases.
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) Oracle Spatial Technical Support
Challenge
PG&E needed to develop robust GIS applications and tools for identifying and analyzing its power pole transmission line data. They also wanted training for their internal staff in how to develop custom GIS applications while still maintaining data validation and business rules.
Solution
Farallon worked with the PG&E team using Oracle Spatial 9i with PL/SQL database programming to develop several custom applications, including a Java JSP-based map viewer for analyzing transmission line data. Technology transfer and training was an integral aspect of the project.
San Mateo County Enterprise GIS
Challenge
The County of San Mateo had developed its GIS capabilities over time, resulting in many departmental GIS implementations that operated autonomously and independently. This organizational approach to GIS led to the duplication of important framework geospatial datasets resulting in undesirable data redundancy, data inconsistency, and unnecessary duplication of effort.
Solution
Farallon developed a GIS Utility and departmental governance structure, as well as an enterprise collaboration model developed through interviews with departments and County management. Once the Enterprise GIS was implemented, Farallon developed a GIS web-based portal as well as other web-based applications requiring GIS data, including notification and asset management.
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners Liquid Fuel Pipeline Control Center Emergency Response GIS
Challenge
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMEP) is the nation's largest liquid fuel pipeline transmission company. Long sections of KMEP's most vital pipeline sections run along railroad rights-of-way. When a trail derails, KMEP must quickly determine whether the pipeline network has been compromised, where the nearest shut-off valves are, and how to get inspection and repair crews to the accident scene.
Solution
Farallon created an ArcSDE geodatabase in Oracle with a web interface that tracks over 3000 miles of railroad and pipeline GIS data, 30,000,000 street segments nation wide. It allows KMEP staff instant and intuitive access to the entire Pacific Region pipeline network faciltating the process of locating a leak and executing a response. With this integral tool KMEP can react within seconds, rather than hours.