Did you know that you can set personal bookmarks in AssetAlly to have preset views to zoom or pan to? If you're a frequent GIS user, this can be immensely helpful - no more time wasted trying to obtain to your perfect view!
Water Main Break Tool
Accessing Your Hydrant Data in AssetAlly
Taking Charge of Illicit Discharge
This week we will cover the basics of our Illicit Discharge Inspection Tool! We decided to make the long and grueling inspection process easier for you by putting this tool in your AssetAlly application. Not only does the Discharge Inspection Tool allow you to access important attribute data associated with outfall structures in your community, but it also conveniently produces an organized PDF report containing the information you entered into your GIS.
The Tree Management Tool: A Growing Success
Using the "Linked Maps" Tool to get a Street-Level View of Assets
Changing the Way You Manage Your Storm Water Utilities
The Benefits of Attributing and Linking Asbuilts to Your Utilities
Populating attribute fields in your GIS may seem like a daunting or even unnecessary task at times, but the information being added to your utilities will more than likely come in handy down the line. Aside from being able to access important utility information quickly (pipe size, length, material, inverts, year installed, etc.), it can make searching for particular data in your GIS (such as documents) much easier.
How GIS is Making Donating Easier
Today is World Blood Donor Day 2018. There are various ways in which GIS has contributed to saving lives through blood donation applications. Aside from blood donor applications, there are plenty of GIS based applications that focus on other forms of donation. Now, let's take a look at how GIS is assisting us in making the world a better place!
Save Time by Updating Attribute Data on Groups of Utilities
Using GIS to Navigate Wisconsin's Waterways
How to Keep Up To Date With Your Sanitary Sewer Cleanings
Why GIS is Important to Infrastructure Management
This week is National Infrastructure Week. GIS is a valuable contribution in terms of planning, managing, and maintenance of utility infrastructure. Identifying facilities, tracking work, planning operations and even doing marketing in utilities depends on having all of the data accessible and open for collaboration. Read on to learn more about the importance of GIS in infrastructure management. Success story included!
Document Upload Tool
Fighting Fires With the Assistance of GIS Technology
May 4th is recognized as International Firefighters' Day! So, how hot is GIS when it comes to fighting fires? Firehouse Magazine published an article on how the NAPSG Foundation assists first responders throughout challenging events and disasters by contributing GIS-based field information and situational awareness tools.
GIS and Plastic Pollution
Symbolizing Sanitary Pipes By Material
Today we will be showing you another fun way in which we are able to use the "Turn on/off layer visualizations" for symbolizing various attributes on your utilities. In our example today, we will be visualizing the sanitary pipes in our GIS based off of their material makeup. The first step is turning your sanitary pipe layer on. We will then click on the arrow next to the item in the layer list.
GIS & Autonomous Vehicles
Layer Visualizations for Valve Repairs
As you may know by now, you are able to create and view custom layer visualizations in your GIS. The extent of what you are able to do with these customization options is extensive, so we encourage you to get creative! In this example, we will guide you through the process of visualizing various valve repairs needed by displaying an array of colored markers.
Switch to Table View
If you are interested in looking at information in an area within your GIS application, then you are probably familiar with the "identify" tool.You may also be familiar with the typically long list of features that show up in the "Identify Results" viewer, even if only selecting a small section on your map. Of course, this list will be smaller depending upon how many layers you have turned on.