Implementation of enterprise GIS in power distribution utilities

The paper highlights advantages of enterprise GIS (Geographic Information Systems), describes guidelines for its implementation, and its position in the overall IT (Information Technology) environment. The paper outlines the tools and necessary steps for creation of data model, as a core of a spatial database, as well as business processes whose computerization enterprise GIS can leverage. In this context, requirements of interfacing enterprise GIS with other information system are defined, so that enterprise GIS can contribute to better business decisions and management of a utility.