Geographic Information System
People’s Cooperative Services is implementing a Geographic Information System (GIS) to better serve our
members. GIS is a digital mapping system that will give us detailed information about our electrical system. Among other benefits, GIS will help us locate an outage more efficiently and benefit the restoral time.
In order to create the GIS system, we must complete a field inventory of all equipment throughout our service territory. We will be visiting each pole, meter, and pad-mounted device to record information and location of each. The crews use a two-pass method, meaning they will visit each device at least twice throughout the inventory process. The process is expected to take a year to complete.
We have contracted Davey’s Resource Group (DRG) of Alpharetta, GA. to do this work. The DRG professionals will be equipped with a name badge as well as a “Letter of Authority” that they can produce upon request. Davey's Resource Group website: www.davey.com.
Crews will be on foot, riding a four-wheeler, or driving a white pickup. The vehicles will have magnetic signs indicating they are contractors for People’s Cooperative Services. The crews will be sporting bright yellow backpacks with an antenna, and carrying a hand-held GPS computer. They will likely be taking photographs of critical equipment throughout the system.
The shaded areas on the service territory map below indicates where the crews are (light red) and where they will be next (light blue). As areas are finished the map will be updated. Any questions relating to when crews may be in your area or questions on the project, please contact the office (507) 288-4004. We are happy to answer any questions you may have about this project.
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