Electric utilities can now access the ArcGIS Data Model for MultiSpeak, a ready-to-use geodatabase template that conforms to the latest release of the widely used, industry-standard MultiSpeak ...

Back in the mid-1980s, when I established the U.S. Navy’s first GIS, we used mapping software from a company called National Planning Data Corporation (NPDC). In the process, I had several interesting ...

Retail trade area analysis has long been central to retail site selection and market evaluation. Analysts rely on it to define and characterize the geographic area from which a store draws the ...

APS manages the grid from its distribution operations center. Every day, a deluge of raw data pours out of smart meters, remote terminal units in substations and even some telemetered field devices.