{"id":448132,"date":"2023-03-16T21:44:21","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T21:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uat.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/blog\/?post_type=blog&p=448132"},"modified":"2025-06-23T23:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T23:28:10","slug":"electric-utility-gis-mobility-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/blog\/articles\/electric-utility-gis-mobility-reading-list","title":{"rendered":"Electric Utility GIS Mobility Reading List"},"content":{"rendered":"

The electric utilities built their facility maps on paper for decades, then later implemented GIS. Yet after all of those years dealing with paper, utilities still clung to using paper even for their GIS. Today things have changed. Utilities are finally abandoning paper to extend their GIS onto mobile devices for use in the field.<\/p>\n\n

This reading list provides a broad overview of mobile GIS applications for electric utilities. These resources are not exhaustive but will provide information about the capabilities, how they work, why they are important, and what other utilities have done.<\/p>\n\n

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Utilities are extending the use of GIS in the field with mobile solutions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n

The first place to look for a high-level view of the benefit of field apps is the one-page summary of the value proposition of GIS mobility apps. Because they are contained on one page, we call them our posters. Here are two posters dedicated to GIS for mobility. The first is the poster for operations management.<\/a> Much of the operations take place outside the office. The mobility poster is for field operations<\/a>, which is closely related.<\/p>\n\n

The Transforming Operations Management with Location Intelligence<\/a> and the Optimizing Mobile Workforces<\/a> eBooks expands the content on the posters. They provide customer success stories about how mobility solutions greatly enhance crews\u2019 performance in the field and provide feedback to managers in the office and service centers.<\/p>\n\n

Field Operations Webinar Series<\/h2>\n\n

This three-part webinar series covers inspections, maintenance, capital work, and advanced field applications. The following are the videos for the three half-hour webinars:<\/p>\n\n

Improving Inspections and Maintenance<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Optimizing Capital Work<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Transforming Field Work with Advanced Technologies<\/a><\/p>\n\n

In addition, Esri held a two-part webinar series expanding on the above webinar series. Topics included tools for better awareness, safety and mobile GIS tools for effectively capturing information from the field that is often lost or misplaced. Here are the videos:<\/p>\n\n

Tactical Awareness<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Collect and Capture<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Esri also held a webinar focusing on mobility, including a customer case study: Here is the link to the video:<\/p>\n\n

GIS Mobility for Utilities \u2013 Take the Power of Location Anywhere<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Story Maps<\/h2>\n\n

Building the Electric Network<\/a> is a great resource for those wanting to know more about the electric grid and how GIS can model it. This Story Map provides foundational material about electric operations, GIS, and mobile solutions.<\/p>\n\n

Here is an excellent example of the use of Story Maps to tell the tale of Digital Transformation at MZEC for Maintenance Field Activities<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Customer Success Stories<\/h2>\n\n

Read about actual customer business drivers and experiences with ArcGIS Mobility solutions.<\/p>\n\n

Mobile-Friendly App Advances New Utility Services<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Utility Focuses on Field Mobility<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Bridging the Gap between Line Workers and Environmental Regulations<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Florida Utility Creates Digital Twin of Electric Assets with Highly Accurate Field Operations<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Improving Contractor Workflows with Mobile Apps<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Communicating Safety with ArcGIS Field Maps<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Location Intelligence Optimizes Joint Use Pole Attachments<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Tohono O\u2019odham Utility Authority Transforms Utility Services with GIS<\/a><\/p>\n\n

More Detail<\/h2>\n\n

To learn more about what the community and Esri professionals are saying about ArcGIS Field Maps, check out the community blogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Additional Resources<\/h2>\n\n

These product pages get you started on the whole world of Mobility and GIS:<\/p>\n\n

ArcGIS Field Maps<\/a><\/p>\n\n

ArcGIS Navigator<\/a><\/p>\n\n

ArcGIS Quick Capture<\/a><\/p>\n\n

ArcGIS Survey123<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Field Maps Designer<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Thought Leadership Blogs<\/h2>\n\n

For several years, Esri and Energy Central have brought thought-provoking blogs to the broad electric utility community. Here is a sample of some of the mobility-themed blogs:<\/p>\n\n

An Operations Lesson from the Spreadsheet Department<\/p>\n\n

The Resiliency Sports Analogy<\/a><\/p>\n\n

What is a Map to You?– Is it Cool?<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Muscat Electricity Distribution Company – Getting Smarter with GIS<\/a><\/p>\n\n

All I Want To Do<\/p>\n\n

Stanley\u2019s Leaning Pole<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Four Things I Learned About Digital Transformation from a Stop at McDonald\u2019s Please let me know if you have a resource you think should be included in this reading list. As always to learn more about how GIS can benefit electric utilities, click here<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-448132","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nElectric Utility GIS Mobility Reading List<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Reading list of Mobility Solutions\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/blog\/articles\/electric-utility-gis-mobility-reading-list\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Electric Utility GIS Mobility Reading 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