Event Dates: September 9th -11th, 2024
Exhibit Dates: September 9th &10th, 2024
Location: Savannah, Georgia
WaterPro Registration, Exhibit Hall, Sessions and Events will be located at:
Savannah Convention Center, One International Drive, Savannah, Georgia 31421
Deploying GIS & GNSS at Cassatt Water
Monday, September 09, 2024: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker(s)
Description
Cassatt Water, a South Carolina utility, tackled challenges with outdated paper mapbooks and inaccurate GIS data. The utility previously digitized its paper and CAD mapbooks into GIS—but accuracy issues persisted as the digitized CAD maps were not themselves accurate. Director of Engineering Nathan Ward deployed ArcGIS Field Maps on iOS devices, empowering field workers to update asset locations in real-time. Using an Arrow Gold+ GNSS receiver for sub-inch accuracy further improved location precision. Veteran field workers updated about 10% of valves in just the first three months, enhancing GIS accuracy and transferring decades of institutional knowledge. The results have streamlined leak response, improved job efficiency and instilled trust in GIS data. Cassatt Water now uses this to map new construction projects. Their work ensures accurate asset representations in the GIS, setting the stage for enhanced reliability and efficiency, particularly for the next generation of workers.
Track(s)
Learning Objectives
GIS best practices, GNSS for beginners, migration from paper to digital maps, deploying solutions in the field, change management, getting accuracy in the field, maps in the office
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