ELECTRICAL FACILITY CONVERSION PROJECT

• Scope : To capture electrical facilities of a very well reputed US based electricity distribution company. This included database design, creating software tools, developing Quality Check routines, scrubbing source maps and capturing all the electrical facilities.

Tasks involved :

• Scanning of Facility Grid Maps.
• Warping of the Scanned files.
• Scrubbing the data on the source maps using different color pens and highlighters. This makes the data on the source maps look more informative. This process also eases the task of digitization and hence helps in maintaining excellent quality.
• Digitization – This task involves capturing all the facilities as shown on the source maps. Various software tools developed initially were used to capture different facilities as per the specifications provided by the client. Database information was also fed simultaneously during graphic placement of a facility.
• Quality Check – Graphic and non-graphic data quality checks were performed at this stage. Many Quality Check software routines were used to check the validity of different database fields of the facilities captured. Color plots were taken for each file to check for missing entities and proper placement of the features. Specific software routines were developed to check for snapping errors.
• Delivery – Regular deliveries were made twice a week of the graphic and non-graphic files on CD to the client.

Tools Used : Windows NT 4.0 Operating System, Microstation 95, Microsoft Access     Website maintained by