Documentation
Welcome to the PowerCom-PlanetGIS project documentation server. Everything about this project is or will be documented here.
All content here is served by PlanetGIS Web Server. Each (sub)section is a row in a table and is maintained by editing the text in PlanetGIS.
Project description
PowerCom GIS 1.0 is a GIS solution built on top of PlanetGIS software. PowerCom GIS 1.0 will be integrated with the existing MDM Powercom solution. One-way data transfer from MDM to PlanetGIS through PlanetGIS' API will allow GIS users to see data from MDM as objects on a map, using analytical thematic layers.
The first version will be a limited solution focused on the following functionality:
- Displaying devices (transformers, DCUs and meters);
- Displaying outage zones;
- Displaying energy loss zones, data and charts.
Data Exchange API
This part describes the interaction between PowerCom's system and the PlanetGIS database.
Electricity Meter Management
A PlanetGIS database contains a subset of the information from PowerCom's MDM system, which is updated by MDM through
a REST API defined by the Pages
functionality in PlanetGIS. This chapter describes the interaction between the two
systems.
Energy Loss Monitoring
Energy loss reports will be sent by MDM to PlanetGIS' API, once per day at 07:00 containing data for the previous day.
Energy loss will be visualized in the GIS by polygons generated by a convex hull
algorithm, which is the smallest
convex polygon containing all point locations of both master
and slave
meters referenced in each energy loss report.
The Dashboard
The dashboard
is a reporting interface that can be accessed by using a web browser. All information in the GIS
can be reported in a manner that is completely customised to the needs of the users of the application.
Electrical Network
Reporting devices (transformers, DCUs, and meters) and alerts generated for them are displayed in this aspect of the dashboard.