Interfacing engineering analysis with automated mapping

Advancements in engineering analysis and mapping software have allowed electric utilities to interface the mapping database with the engineering analysis database. This interface may be in the form of a simple “flat file transfer” of a static analysis database definition or as complex as an embedded interface of a dynamically defined analysis database. Regardless of the complexity of the interface, the ability to build and update the analysis database from data already entered and maintained on the automated mapping database results in improved analysis accuracy and significant reduction in database labor