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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”