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GIS for Utilities in the Pacific Island Countries

Edwin Liava’aSPC/SOPAC

Technical Support – GIS/RS

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Introduction

The Need Current Developments Examples Vision for the future Summary Questions

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The need for GIS in Pacific Islands Utilities

The need to have a geographical overview of distributed assets

The need for an asset management tool to assist design and planning

The need for demand and supply forecasting

The need for loss reduction The need for better service delivery to

customers

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PICs with Utility GIS22 Pacific Island Countries Power Water Telecom AirportsAmerican Samoa ? ? ? ?

Fiji Yes Yes Yes Yes

French Polynesia ? ? ? ?

Guam ? ? ? ?

Kiribati Yes Yes Yes ?

Nauru ? Yes ? ?

New Caledonia ? ? ? ?

Niue ? ? ? ?

Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) ? ? ? ?

Palau Yes Yes Yes ?

Papua New Guinea Yes Yes Yes  ?

Pitcairn Islands ? ? ? ?

Samoa Yes Yes Yes ?

The Cook Islands Yes Yes ? ?

The Federated States of Micronesia Yes Yes Yes ?

The Marshall Islands Yes Yes ? ?

The Solomon Islands Yes ? ? ?

Tokelau ? ? ? ?

Tonga Yes Yes Yes ?

Tuvalu Yes Yes Yes ?

Vanuatu Yes Yes Yes ?

Wallis and Futuna ? ? ? ?

Total Count 12 12 9 1

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Separation of Tabular Data from Spatial Data Modularity Independence

Systems integration, from Asset management to linking to ICT and other corporate systems such as OSS, DSS, Billing, etc.

Improve service delivery Enabling technology

Customised GIS Access Basic MapBasic Python/QGIS Web Application (Geoserver, MapServer)

Systems transferable Adaptability Scalability

Current Developments

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FIJI – Power GIS• FEA, Designs for new extension and

upgrades to existing transmission and distribution system

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FIJI – Teleco GIS• TFL, Better decision making and

service delivery to customers

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FIJI – Water GIS•WAF, Linking Meter location to

Customers billing records

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FIJI – Aerodromes GIS•AFL, Aerodromes database and wild-

life grids

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Kiribati – Telco GIS• TSKL, Customized GIS for finding Assets

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Nauru – Water GIS•RWH, Customized GIS for rainwater

harvesting

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PNG – Power GIS•PPL, Customized GIS with link to Billing System

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Samoa – Power GIS•EPC, Customized GIS with Web Application

(MapServer)

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Cook Islands – Pearl Farm GIS

•MMR, Pearl farm GIS

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Solomon Islands – Power GIS

•SIEA, GIS for Asset Management

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Tonga – Power GIS• TEPB, GIS using Satellite imagery to map

assets in location not covered by existing data

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Tonga – Telco GIS• TCC, GIS for asset management

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Tuvalu – Power GIS• TEC, GIS for Asset Management

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Tuvalu – Water GIS•PWD, GIS for Rainwater Harvesting

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Vision for future developments Systems integration, Modelling and Simulation

Power Loss Reduction (Technical and Non-Technical) Power Load Flow Analysis Water Supply/Pressure Flow Analysis Network shortest path

Enterprise GIS and Standardisation PostGIS/PostgreSQL Web Application (WMS, WFS, Geonode, Geoserver, QGIS

Server etc) MapInfo/MapBasic QGIS/Python MATLAB/GNU Octave

Capacity Building, and Sharing Programming Skills for Utilities Users Code and Data GNU

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Systems Integration

Power System Analysis in GIS, A New Tool for Interfacing with Geographic Information, By Hyung S. Shin, Ph.D., and Scott A. Feuerborn

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MODEL

The Island of Atlantis

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The DESIGN

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SIMULATION

Power loss in KWH = $

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Summary

Funding European Union

• Pilot projects prior 1997 New Zealand Government

• Support up to the end of 2012 GNU – Think “WE” not “I”