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addresses specific requests or wishes not currently
offered in off-the-shelf GIS software packages. Customizations
can range from some multi step process that is applied
on regular basis and is streamlined to enhance productivity
to implementing newly developed models, concepts,
or ideas. Specifically in a research setting the implementation
of newly developed approaches is a huge advantage.
As a rule of thumb one could state that technology
needs about 10 to 50 years from its research stage
to commercial availability. Yet, through customizations
we gain the opportunity to disseminate our models
almost instantaneously.
There are basically two ways to implement
GIS related models, concepts, or ideas. One is to
write everything from scratch-this can become cumbersome
depending on how complex a task one would like to
accomplish. The other is to customize existing GIS
softwares.
GC offers software solutions for energy companies,
utilities and infrastructure with built-in GIS functionalities.
The offering consists of solutions that include
extensive business process supporting functionality
and a ready, yet customizable data model.
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GC’s solutions are based on model-based technology
that has been developed in close cooperation with
our customers. The applications run on a standard
commercial relational database such as Oracle.
Whereas the "standard" GIS approach is
to only offer a toolbox to build the applications
on top of it, GC develops complete solutions that
include comprehensive business logic to support
the customers' processes. Advanced COM interfaces
and various main user system tools allow the users
to further expand the functionality and looks to
meet the needs of specific customer processes and
requirements. GC also takes full responsibility
of the implementation and support rather than being
forced to rely on multiple vendors.
With GC, clients save a lot of resources because
there is no need for a multiplestep GIS implementation
project as in standard GIS approach. Rather than
putting the labor force to time consuming end product
determination, data design or data model specification
it can be used for the product roll-out. As most
of the GIS projects fail due to wrong decisions
in the data model planning one can also minimize
the risks by choosing GC for a GIS solution.
GC can develop state-of-the-art,
user-friendly network information system, offers
modern energy companies a variety of comprehensive,
ready-made solutions to help them increase the efficiency
of their business. GC’s integrated GIS functionality,
top-notch analyzing tools, and advanced network
calculation, together with a full range of network
planning, construction, operation, and maintenance
functions, make it the leading network information
system solutions provider in the market.
GC can provide integrated network
information system that gives utilities a cost-effective
tool for asset and resource management. The system
gives the utilities a strategic competitive edge by
combining the functions and information related to
network management. With the application, one can
manage the entire life cycle of a network: from investments
to mapping, and from maintenance to renovation.
Solutions from GC are designed to
support the network throughout its entire life cycle.
This means that a part of the network is created in
the network information system when the network is
in the planning stage, and the part lives in the system,
through construction, operation, and maintenance phases,
until it is removed from use and archived in the information
system. The information system supports the entire
organization: management, finances, marketing, production,
and network use. The solution consists of functional
interfaces to planning, map, customer information,
invoicing, mapping, and calculation applications.
Utilities are often geographically scattered . GC
supports the distribution of information and a common
information system.
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