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What Surprising Tasks Can GIS Leverage in Water Utility Operations?
Author(s) -
McKeon Ryan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.5991/opf.2015.41.0011
Subject(s) - leverage (statistics) , geographic information system , asset (computer security) , computer science , water utility , business , geography , engineering , computer security , water supply , cartography , artificial intelligence , environmental engineering
It's estimated that about 80 percent of all asset information is geographically referenced, so a geographic information system (GIS) allows utility operators and managers to determine where their assets are located as well as analyze information about those assets. As a result, a GIS can reveal important information that leads to better decision making.