Agenda

What is GIS?
GIS and SAP
Real Examples

Life Without GIS

My Stuff

My Paper Maps

Three Elements of a GIS

Attributes

Features

Feature Characteristics
Building type
Appraised Value
Parcel owner

Behavior
Display
What parcels are
adjacent to Main
Street?

Unimproved lots are

displayed in blue

Query
Analysis

What parcels
adjacent to Main
St. are also zoned
mixed use?

Features
A GIS models reality digitally

Buildings
Topography

Abstraction of realreal-world features

Communicates locational & descriptive info
Portrays spatial relationships

Road Centerlines
Parcels
Utility Services

GIS
Pump
ID
1
2
3

Features: Facility Data -NASA

~100 Layers

Features: Buildings/Equip

Attributes
Attributes are information about a feature
Feature characteristics
Display and label characteristics

Attributes

Feature Characteristics
Building type
Appraised Value
Display and Label
Characteristics

Parcel owner

Attributes

Behavior

Behavior

Spatial Data Management

Organization and management

of spatial information

Accommodate all spatial data

types
Integrate all spatial data types
Manage all spatial data types

Data Creation

Editing tools
GIS
CAD
Etc ..
Editing workflows
Model Builder
PLTS

Data sharing and distribution

Spatial data repositories

Replication, Versioning,
Check in/out

Persist all spatial types

Addresses

Vectors
Annotation

3D Objects
Attribute

Rules and Behavior

Metadata

Data Maintenance

Surveys
Networks

Oracle, SQL Server, DB2,

Access, Files

Topology
Dimensions
Terrain

Cadastral

CAD

Cartography
Images

Geodatabase: Object-relational
information model responsible for
managing all geographic data types and
their associative rules and behaviors.

Spatial Data Management : CAD Data Type

CAD Editing

CAD Conversion

CAD

Rendering

Spatial Data Management : Workflow

GIS and SAP

Integrated Platforms
Ad-hoc
Analysis

Attributes

SAP
Equipment

Updates &
Transactions

ID

Reporting

1
2
3

Integration

Sales Forecast

Modeling

Features

GIS
Transformer

Updates &
Transactions

ID
1
2
3

Operations

Linking Geospatial Features and SAP Attributes

Each geographic feature has a record in an
associated attribute table within SAP

Buildings

Buildings
Roads
Administrative Areas

Linkage

Administrative Areas
Roads

Water Services

Spatial Data Features

SAP Attribute Data

Integration Scenarios
Asset Management
Real Property
Parcel
Building
Utilization
Spatial Reference

Equipment ID
Account depreciation
Spatial Reference

Environmental Health
And Safety
Source
Material Type
Reporting
Spatial
Reference

Maintenance
Work order
Equipment history
Spatial Reference

Logistics
Tabular Information

Projects

Inventory ID
Routing
Spatial
Reference

Incident
Management

WBS #
Network
Spatial
Reference

Incident #
Incident Type
Spatial
Reference

Mobile

SAP NetWeaver Integration Points

SAP NetWeaver
INTEGRATION OF PEOPLE

Portal

Collaboration

INTEGRATION OF INFORMATION

Bus. Intelligence

Knowledge Mgmt

Master Data Management

INTEGRATION OF PROCESSES

Integration
Broker

Business
Process Mgmt

APPLICATION PLATFORM

ABAP
J2EE

Life Cycle Management

Composite Application Framework

Multichannel access

Three Different Types of Users

SAP User

SAP
SAP Functionalities
Functionalities
and
and Connections
Connections

SAP
SAP

Composite User

Composite
Composite Business
Business
Processes
Processes and
and Services
Services

Data
Data Synchronization
Synchronization
and
and Distribution
Distribution

GIS User

GIS
GIS Functionalities
Functionalities
and
and Connections
Connections

GIS
GIS

NESA, Denmark

Real Estate Example

PSE&G

Selected
Selected Circuit
Circuit From
From GIS
GIS
In
In Blue
Blue

Selected
Selected Transformer
Transformer

Related
Related Data
Data From
From SAP
SAP

Real Estate Example

San Diego

Streetlight
Streetlight

Drainage
Inlet

Drainage
Inlet
Drainage
Inlet

SAP List of all Functional Locations,

attached Equipment, and Bill of Material

Real Estate Example

Real Estate Example

Call GIS from SAP

SAP

ArcGIS

New Possibilities: Netweaver XI

SAP Data Within Map

New Possibilities: Vehicle Tracking Composite

Typical Project Management : Schedule for each

element in the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

GIS Enhanced Project Management

Potential problem areas (orange on this map)

Managing Problems

Request for Information

Log
RFIs Mapped to
Project

Problem Hotspots

An Improved Way to Visualize Projects