Utilities

Maximum percentage of utility data management contains spatial components. Hence, GIS plays an important role in Utilities management.

Telecommunications - ATPL’s GIS based telecommunications application succeeds in financial & inventory controls, maximization of utilization of installed physical inventory and high quality of uninterrupted service to the customers. GIS based telecommunication application includes:

• Inventory management and equipment placement
• Providing network data
• Fault location and service maintenance
• Maintenance and tracking of network assets
• Fiber sheath tracing
• Real-time graphical display of network devices by interfacing to status monitoring systems
• Fiber facilities management
• GPS Interface to pick up the data to be plotted on maps

Power - The process of routing energy is mainly dependent on geographic information. GIS plays a crucial role in Power Sector management by:

• Tracking of numerous poles, circuits, power lines, and transformers
• Identifying suitable site for new transmission lines
• Information of location, voltage, and distribution of electricity
• Management of information on :
  • » Distribution of electricity to customers
  • » Attributes of each customer such as location and electricity use
• Detects faulty power lines and transformers which in the past had led to major power cuts
• Plans the distribution of services to areas that do have access to electricity to locate customers and areas for possible extension of service
• Detect missing meters and by-passed meters from offices
• Residents can be assured that before the transformers reach their expiry dates, the pipes can be replaced, hence avoiding breaking down of power network and power cuts
• Monitors power poles before they’re faulty

Banking- GIS can also play an important role in various functional areas of banking by adding a component called “Location” to bank’s database. This includes:

• Preparation of zonation map of City
• Preparation of road map of City
• Location of ATM Centers using GPS data
• Location of customers using Geocoding
• Classification of defaulters based on type of defaulter’s viz., Credit Card, Housing Loan and Personal Loan
• Analysis of the defaulters, to find the location of the defaulters, method of collection, with respect to the Bankers
• From defaulter’s point of view, suggestions made to learn the exact location of the ATM etc
• Map showing different types of defaulters
• Distance based analysis of defaulters
• Cash Van Fleet management for Cash distribution