The evolution of geospatial, mission critical enterprise systems has changed the way the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) currently thinks and operates the utility. About a decade ago, PG&E completed the transition from operating its assets using paper maps and procedures to fully digital spatial-based workflows. Since then, PG&E has continued on that journey by modernizing its systems, workflows and data processes through the use of mobile applications, visualization and analytics and GIS-based sharing tools.
More recent changes in the business, due to evolution of regulatory, environmental and societal expectations, have presented a need for increased digital capabilities, further allowing PG&E to take advantage of its prior foundational GIS investments. The overall approach has translated to improved safety and situational awareness; data availability and integrity; productivity and collaboration; and has led to exciting innovations. Expansive teams—comprised of GIS business and technical experts—work together to enable critical infrastructure data access to approximately 26,000 coworkers. PG&E’s latest work includes the development of an innovative remote sensing data platform that provides access to more than 50 million images, point clouds and videos.
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