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New Technology Determines Exact Spatial Location of Water and Sewer Pipes
Author(s) -
Miner Gary
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2008.tb09672.x
Subject(s) - geospatial analysis , pipeline (software) , geographic information system , asset management , computer science , corporation , software , asset (computer security) , pipeline transport , sanitary sewer , systems engineering , construction engineering , database , civil engineering , engineering , remote sensing , business , computer security , geography , environmental engineering , finance , programming language
This article presents mapping technology from Geospatial Corporation that can provide utility managers with three‐dimensional drawings that can help them manage and maintain their systems more efficiently and aid them in planning future system expansions, especially in situations where there are no as‐built drawings for water utility pipelines. The Smart Probe? technology from Geospacial Corporation can bolster the effectiveness of a water or wastewater utility's asset management system through an array of data collection instruments contained within several types of pipeline probes, as well as a proprietary software package that extracts the collected data and transfers it into various geographic information system (GIS) databases.