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We Energies Training Day
November 12, 2019 By: Valerie Meyer

In the summer of 2019, SSP staff in Mukwonago, WI were invited by We Energies to participate in field training for a firsthand look on how natural gas mains and…

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A Follow-up on Spectral Analysis
November 11, 2019 By: Geoffrey Towne

Calculating fuel moisture stress using vegetation indices is only part of identifying areas of high fire danger. There is another value called the Energy Release Component (ERC) that accounts for…

no comments | Electric / SSP Blogs / Transmission

GIS Modernization: A Unifying Force for Gas Utilities
November 6, 2019 By: Ryan Bechtel

The hard work of moving to this new technology isn’t just about improving the lives of the GIS users, it’s also about creating an infrastructure for teams across a gas…

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Utilizing Quality Checker for GIS Data Migration Projects
October 30, 2019 By: Dan Prowse

When a utility company conducts a data migration project, quality assurance and quality control is of upmost importance.  These projects can consist of migrating to a different GIS platform, a…

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The Future of GIS: Part 4, To the (Geospatial) Future and Beyond
October 8, 2019 By: Skye Perry

Interestingly, the foundational technology that Esri uses for this connectivity, the Esri geometric network, was introduced to the market all the way back in 1997 and has been implemented by…

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Gas Mega Rule
By: Clarke Wiley

After years of planning and waiting the Gas Mega Rule is officially here.  Looking towards the effective date of this final rule as July 1, 2020, we are providing a…

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Global IDs – The More You Know
October 2, 2019 By: Stephen Hudak

What about the nature of these Global IDs we work with all the time? The SDE database we use as the foundation for most data in our GIS manages them…

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Introducing Martin Hughes to the SSP Project Management Team
September 10, 2019 By: Matthew Stuart Martin Hughes

Editor’s Note: Between the interviewer and the interviewee, this post contains higher levels of sarcasm than our typical post. As well, according to them, mild use of correct English… Tell…

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The Death of Boredom: Using Python to Save Time
By: Stephen Hudak

Boredom doesn’t exist in 2019. It is just about dead. Back in my day I would have to wait in that check out line and squirm. I would have to…

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Protecting Lives, Forests and Electric Transmission Lines with Spectral Analysis
By: Geoffrey Towne

Before my GIS career path led me to pipeline and electric utilities, I analyzed moisture stressed vegetation before and during fire seasons in southern Arizona, to possibly identify where the…

one comment | Electric / SSP Blogs / Transmission

The Beginning of Quality
September 9, 2019 By: Troy Corrente

Quality can be defined as the degree of excellence of something.  What brings about that degree of excellence when taken in terms of delivering products and services?  For a starting…

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Introducing Jill Shadwell to the SSP Project Management Team
September 7, 2019 By: Matthew Stuart Jill Shadwell

I am a fifth generation Californian with many of my family still rooted in the central part of the state.  I have a large family (four siblings) and we are…

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