OSIsoft: Out-Of-Box GIS Integration to Improve Operations

With megatrends such as “Machine to Machine,” and “the Internet of Things,” the need to integrate real time data with GIS is only going to grow as more and more sensors are deployed from consumer to business levels creating a deluge of streaming data and positional information. “Contextualizing real-time streaming data-along with other information-with geospatial data will in turn allow a broad spectrum of visual and computation analytics enabling a new level of insight in the GIS space,” says Richard A. Beeson, Chief Software Architect, OSIsoft.

Working with plant data for 35 years, OSIsoft has developed deep expertise in the management of real-time, streaming data from sensors. OSIsoft’s end-to-end data infrastructure, the PI System, has the capability to manage this deluge of real-time data. It is optimized for collection, storage, analysis and use of operations data that is applicable across industries. The PI System can combine operational data with other systems data—GIS, enterprise planning, maintenance, automation, and process control systems, to deliver timely operational data throughout the enterprise. This helps to maintain, manage and continuously improve upon KPIs and performance metrics that drive corporate goals and initiatives.

There are few offerings that combine real-time data with GIS without requiring custom development and system integration. The PI Integrator for Esri®ArcGIS® offers out-of-box integration between the PI System and ArcGIS (a platform for working with geographic information). By applying real-time data on a GIS map, the Integrator improves daily operational decisions for managing and maintaining assets that have prominent geospatial components. These would include mobile fleets, extended and distributed networks such as pipelines, tracks, or asset farms.

The product offers a best-in-class situational awareness solution where quick, significant decisions need to be made involving complex geospatial footprints and urgent scenarios such as natural and man-made emergency disasters.