3. Three Elements of a GIS
Features Attributes
Feature Characteristics
Building type
Appraised Value
Parcel owner
Behavior
Display Unimproved lots are
displayed in blue
What parcels are
adjacent to Main Query
Street? What parcels
Analysis adjacent to Main
St. are also zoned
mixed use?
4. Features
• A GIS models reality digitally
Buildings • Abstraction of real-world features
real-
• Communicates locational & descriptive info
Topography
• Portrays spatial relationships
Road Centerlines
Parcels
Utility Services
GIS
Pump
ID
1
2
3
7. Attributes
• Attributes are information about a feature
• Feature characteristics
• Display and label characteristics
Attributes
Feature Characteristics
Building type
Appraised Value
Display and Label Parcel owner
Characteristics
11. Spatial Data Management
• Organization and management Networks
Surveys
Addresses
of spatial information
Vectors
• Accommodate all spatial data Annotation
types
• Integrate all spatial data types
• Manage all spatial data types
3D Objects
• Data Creation Attribute
• Rules and Behavior
• Metadata
• Data Maintenance Topology
• Editing tools
Dimensions
• GIS
• CAD
Terrain
• Etc .. Cadastral
• Editing workflows
• Model Builder
CAD
• PLTS Cartography
Images
• Data sharing and distribution
• Spatial data repositories
• Replication, Versioning, Geodatabase: Object-relational
Check in/out
information model responsible for
• Persist all spatial types
managing all geographic data types and
• Oracle, SQL Server, DB2,
Access, Files their associative rules and behaviors.
14. GIS and SAP
Integrated Platforms
Ad-hoc
Attributes Analysis
SAP
Equipment
ID
Updates &
Transactions
1 Reporting
2
3
Sales Forecast
Integration
+ Modeling
Features
GIS
Transformer
Updates & ID
Operations
1
Transactions 2
3
15. Linking Geospatial Features and SAP Attributes
Each geographic feature has a record in an
associated attribute table within SAP
Buildings
Buildings
Roads Linkage Administrative Areas
Administrative Areas Roads
Water Services
Spatial Data Features SAP Attribute Data
16. Integration Scenarios
Asset Management
Real Property Equipment ID Maintenance
Parcel Account depreciation
Work order
Building Spatial Reference
Utilization Equipment history
Spatial Reference Spatial Reference
Environmental Health
And Safety
Logistics
Source Inventory ID
Material Type
Reporting Routing
Spatial Tabular Information Spatial
Reference Reference
Projects
WBS # Incident
Network Management
Spatial Incident #
Reference Incident Type
Spatial
Reference
Mobile
17. SAP NetWeaver Integration Points
SAP NetWeaver™
INTEGRATION OF PEOPLE
Multichannel access
Portal Collaboration
Composite Application Framework
INTEGRATION OF INFORMATION
Life Cycle Management
Bus. Intelligence Knowledge Mgmt
Master Data Management
INTEGRATION OF PROCESSES
Integration Business
Broker Process Mgmt
APPLICATION PLATFORM
ABAP
J2EE
18. Three Different Types of Users
SAP User Composite User GIS User
SAP Functionalities
SAP Functionalities Composite Business
Composite Business GIS Functionalities
GIS Functionalities
and Connections
and Connections Processes and Services
Processes and Services and Connections
and Connections
Data Synchronization
Data Synchronization
SAP
SAP and Distribution
and Distribution GIS
GIS
21. PSE&G
Selected Circuit From GIS
Selected Circuit From GIS
In Blue
In Blue
Selected Transformer
Selected Transformer
Related Data From SAP
Related Data From SAP
23. San Diego
SAP List of all Functional Locations,
Streetlight
Streetlight
attached Equipment, and Bill of Material
Drainage
Drainage Inlet
Inlet
Drainage
Inlet
