This presentation discusses how San Antonio Water System improved data accuracy by using the ArcGIS Data Interoperability Extension to convert and integrate multiple databases and formats with varying schemas into a single Enterprise Geodatabase. The quality, accuracy and efficiency of the data increased by more than 40%. This increase in the quality of data has impacted the entire company.

1. Using Data Interoperability to
Realize Effective Data
Toni Jackson
GIS Tech II
Larry Phillips
GIS Tech II

2. Data Integration

3. Aggregated through ArcGIS

4. Obstacles to Conversion
Account
Mainframe
Billing
Mainframe
Impact Fees
Access
Mapping
Microstation
Hansen ArcGIS

5. Microstation Labels to Arc
Attributes
Problem: Sewer Lateral
distance labels on Microstation.
Microstation
170,891 Tap distance pulled into field in Arc
Arc

6. Microstation Labelinator
Canvas

7. Point Snapper
Problem: Sewer Lateral Points
stacked on Address Points.
One Sewer Lateral
Point – One Sewer
Lateral Line.
211,000 points moved

8. Point Snapper Canvas

9. No Topology or Know Topology

10. Custom Transformers

11. Effective Data
Usability of Data
 Presentation
 Ease of Manipulation
 Consistent across multiple
sources
Intelligence
 Correctness
 Amount of data available
Remote accessibility
 Extent to which it can be
accessed
Barua, A., Mani, D., Mucherjee, R. (2010) Impacts of effective data on business innovation and growth
Quality of Data
Accuracy
Scope
Timeliness
Recency

12. Doing More With Less
11,000 miles of main
Over 3,000,000
features
465,000 customers
Over 320 facilities
GIS Staff of 1630 feature classes

13. Effective Data affects all of
SAWS
•Billing
•Distribution & CollectionsAccuracy
•Customer Service
•Engineering
•Conservation
•Real Estate
Usability
•5 Service Centers
•3 Sewer Treatment Centers
•Lots of work crews
Accessibility

14. Doing More with Less
Main Updates Tool $4368
Point Snapper $54,880
Road Compare $4860/mo.
Road Parcels $1000
Duplicate check $9360/mo.
Labelinator $22,500
Hansen QA/QC $120,600/yr
QA/QC Reporter $3900/yr
Customer Check ~$25,000
Microstation Labels Contracted out
Countless other tools unlimited

15. Thank You!
 Questions?
 For more information:
 Toni Jackson
 San Antonio Water
System
 (210) 233-3784
 tjackson@saws.org
 www.saws.org
 Larry Phillips
 San Antonio Water
System
 (210) 233-3897
 lphillips@saws.org
 www.saws.org