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inSITE.VM Software Modules
inSITE Transmission
Vegetation Management
inSITE Collection Tracker
inSITE Cloud Hosted 3D Data
Service and Viewer
Sensors/Cameras
Aerial LiDAR
Digital Orthophotos
Mobile LiDAR
Spherical Imagery
Multispectral / Hyperspectral
Meteorological
Platforms
Airborne: Fixed wing,
Helicopter, Drone
Ground: Vehicle, In-Situ
Acquire.
Analyze.
Answer.
Spatial Rectification
3D Asset Model
Mobile Asset Inventory
Engineering Design
Electric Model Conflation
Vegetation Management
Attachment Audit
Street or Private Light Audit
Make-Ready Evaluation
(Fiber, Cellular, Microwave)
Change Detection
Emergency Response
DISTRIBUTION NETWORK INTELLIGENCEQUANTUM SPATIAL COMPLETELY IDENTIFIES ALL NETWORK ASSETS AND
EVALUATES ALL ENCROACHMENTS THAT IMPACT THE SAFE AND RELIABLE
OPERATION OF YOUR ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
Distribution Network Intelligence combines Quantum Spatial’s core competencies
into meaningful, solution-based analytics for electric distribution utilities. From precise
spatial rectification of assets, to actionable vegetation management, to comprehensive
engineering design, to full electric asset inventories, QSI provides electric distribution
system engineers, managers, and decision makers with bleeding edge tools for
efficient and reliable network management. Quantum Spatial is the only firm in the
industry to fully realize the potential of both aerial and mobile LiDAR and imagery
technologies, deployed in tandem, to capture vital analytics.
Analyze
Spatial Rectification
Inaccuracies within a utility’s network model are a significant limiting factor for
SmartGrid deployments. QSI’s Spatial Rectification verifies the pole & conductor
locations as they truly exist in the field for a fraction of the traditional cost of using
boots-on-the-ground rectification methods. Updated system information is available
significantly faster and made more actionable by targeted prioritization.
3D Asset Model
Knowing the precise, 3D location of distribution assets is the only way to fully under-
stand encroachment issues. QSI uses remotely sensed data - instead of traditional
field verification - to determine the exact spatial relationships between distribution
infrastructure and encroaching objects. A record is created that can be referenced
for planning, mitigation and restoration.
Mobile Asset Inventory
Utilities need up to date, spatially accurate asset inventories for attachment
auditing, streetlight auditing, equipment identification and NESC clearance and
separation analysis. QSI can provide comprehensive asset inventories by leveraging
vehicle-based LiDAR and “street-level” spherical imagery at a fraction of the cost of
a traditional assessment.
Engineering Design
With high accuracy point cloud data, engineers are able to evaluate and plan new
construction, plan equipment siting, verify as-built status, perform encroachment
clearance analysis, and conduct make-ready evaluations for safety violation
mitigation and budgeting. Understanding the exact spatial arrangement of a distri-
bution network from the location of poles and spans to the distance between all
attached wires and equipment is indispensable. The 3D Asset Model provides the
ability to integrate this data into a utility’s Engineering & Analysis software package.
Electric Model Conflation
A utility’s electric connectivity model is spatially rectified and corrected so that each
pole and wire span has an absolute accuracy of less than 1 foot. Electric compo-
nents are corrected if missing, mis-identified, or incorrectly represented. All original
connectivity of the model is guaranteed to be maintained.
• Engineering grade accuracy of spatial rectification
• Software-specific deliverable files of all poles and wires
• No access or line-of-sight issues encountered as with boots on the ground or terrestrial-only data collection
• Client owned data can be leveraged by local entities with jurisdictions coincident with data coverage
• QSI offers conflation services for all electric model types
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QSI’s data
analytics platform,
Quantum inSITE, offers a
wide range of data
integration to existing electric utility
management systems for accounting,
engineering, and operations.
Vegetation Management
LiDAR-based clearance analysis provides
specific, distance-based prioritization that
is applied to identified vegetation. Identifi-
cation of all tree crowns and treetops on or
near distribution lines, in addition to their
health and species, identifies potential risk.
The aerial data acquisition process allows
for “infinite ROW analysis” to identify
& mitigate potential vegetation related
outages that occur outside of the defined
ROW at any distance from wire.
Streetlight and Attachment Audit
After performing a Mobile Asset Inventory,
comparisons can be made between attach-
ments a utility understands to exist based
on records and what attachments are
actually in exitance currently in the field.
Attachments to a utility’s poles causes
them to break down structurally, sooner
than if it was supporting electric assets
alone. Utilities are able to recoup the cost of
premature pole wear by billing for joint-use
attachments on their poles. This typically
leads to field inventories that identify unper-
mitted attachments on 10% - 15% of poles.
Make Ready Analysis
(Fiber, Cellular, Microwave, Wireless, etc.)
Although this is a derivative of Engineering
and Design it plays a key role in pole main-
tenance as it relates to many non-electric
infrastructure projects. Fiber to the (home,
factory, etc) or FTTx deployments have
expanded significantly over the years, thus
requiring the utility to ensure they can
accommodate those new attachments on
their existing infrastructure. This is a struc-
tural, safety & economic concern. Under-
standing the fully-burdened cost of any
given pole configuration is essential. NESC
requires minimum separations and clear-
ances on poles and having the ability to
pre-plan such deployments allows a utility
to budget correctly for pole replacements,
and capture costs associated with these
attachments.
Answer
GROW-IN
UNDERGROWTH3”
18”
4’
OVERHANG
WIRE
15’
Priority 3
Priority 2
Priority 1
Ground Clearance23.62 ft
Separation6.37 ft
Separation5.64 ft
3.51 ft2.94 ft
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Primary Conductor
Secondary Conductor
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Change Detection
Change detection can isolate any identifiable features anytime time two discrete data
sets exist from different points in time. Vegetation growth and maintenance effec-
tiveness can be evaluated each year or season. New construction and attachments
can be quantified and compared. Even new publicly constructed encroachments
such as sheds and decks can be identified. Once an initial asset inventory has been
performed, running a change detection analysis on unpermitted attachments and
streetlights will provide ROI for utilities roughly every 4 to 5 years.
Emergency Response
System-wide data provides a snapshot of the electric network. The ability to verify
and quantify the exact state of infrastructure, before and after an emergency
event, is the first step to restoring critical assets. Comparisons of asset inventories,
encroachment evaluations, and the spatial arrangement of a utility network, can
quickly determine actionable next steps informed by data. QSI provides emergency
response services in the event of any type of emergency from fires to hurricanes,
earthquakes, flooding, and everything in between.
Quantum Spatial is the go-to
partner for organizations that
want to map, model and better
manage their world. Our mission
is to create actionable information
and extend it to as many people
as possible. Our comprehensive
capabilities encompass the acqui-
sition, analysis, integration, and
management of geospatial data.
We offer a diverse portfolio of
advanced imaging and remote
sensing technologies, backed by
powerful modeling, visualization,
and GIS tools.
Quantum Spatial does it all. We
go well beyond data acquisition.
We excel at transforming data
into usable information tailored
to meet your needs. We carefully
consider technology choices and
survey design to optimize data
quality, and then we transform
pixels and points into meaningful
analytics based on the questions
you want to answer. For any
request, large or small, please
contact the Business Inquires Line,
800-558-6707.