VertiGIS, a global provider of spatial asset management solutions, has announced additional implementation capabilities within its VertiGIS Networks product line. Initially released exclusively for Esri’s Utility Network (UN), the domain-specific solutions will now be available for any ArcGIS network data model, making it easier and more affordable for utilities to see immediate value even without a complex data migration to UN. Using purpose-built VertiGIS Networks solutions, utilities can manage their network asset data and operations more efficiently.
Esri, a global leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, launched the ArcGIS Utility Network in 2018. According to the company, VertiGIS Networks is a state-of-the-art product line — built from the ground up — that allows utilities to visualise, trace, analyse, and edit their ArcGIS Utility Network data in both web browsers and native apps with online and offline workflows. For utilities on lower complexity data models, such as Esri’s geometric network, it provides similar functionality.
VertiGIS Networks can leverage the scalability and flexibility of cloud infrastructure to provide organisations with seamless integration, efficient resource utilisation and increased resilience, even if their needs change and become more complex over time. Any implementation includes a focus on current and accurate as-built documentation of the entire network, to visualise data in ways that help utility organisations make better decisions.
VertiGIS Networks also integrates with Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) systems to ensure uninterrupted maintenance workflows. For organisations wanting to harness the full power of Esri’s Utility Network, they receive the most performant and modern solution available to put this data into action. VertiGIS Networks supports data exchange to external systems, such as your ERP, EAM, OMS, SCADA and CIS, allowing them to maintain current network operational state across all processes.
“VertiGIS’ modern solutions allow us to provide companies with a comprehensive set of products for the entire lifecycle of their assets from design, construction and commissioning to maintenance, repair and renewal across all lines of business,” says Andy Berry, CEO at VertiGIS. “The utility market has been so focused on the data migrations required to modernise their network management, that many organisations have overlooked the solutions that would expose that data. By offering such a comprehensive suite of tools for the global utility market, in whatever data environment customers need, we are lowering the barrier to entry so that utilities can take advantage of the power provided by their existing GIS infrastructure without the need for a potentially large investment.”
The VertiGIS Networks product line includes VertiGIS Network Explorer, VertiGIS Network Simulator, VertiGIS Network Editor, VertiGIS Network Locator, and VertiGIS Network Maintenance. VertiGIS applications based on the ArcGIS Utility Network can be configured to accommodate internal business requirements while adhering to established standards.
The company says these models ensure consistency for all lines of business and form a solid foundation for the digital twin of network infrastructure.
