MGC Smart Apps for Utilities

MGC Smart apps for utilities enable utility service providers to track and maintain their asset information. Web and mobile applications based on the industry leading MGC Warehouse by Mettenmeier GmbH, a leading provider of GIS services and work management solutions helps service providers navigate the utility network easily, allowing users to visualize and edit their asset data and maps online and offline.

MGC smart apps for utilities helps users meets requirements ranging from mobile network data information for the workforce, hydrant maps (both mobile and stationary) that support the fire department or legally restricted network information for municipalities. MGC smart apps for utilities empowers users with a choice to have their maps with all asset data from Smallworld GIS or any other GIS system offline on an iPad or Android tablet. Users can interactively navigate in the GIS map, request object attributes and follow their position via GPS.

MGC smart apps for utilities also supports the planning of activities and the dispatching of workforce as per requirements. On asset level, it helps define the time patterns for automation and scheduling of recurring tasks. Spontaneous orders can be quickly created and assigned to teams and the transfer of work orders could be done online for mobile devices. MGC smart apps for utilities supports standards such as WMS, WFS or SOA

With strategic partnership with Mettenmeier GmbH, a leading provider of GIS services and work management solutions to the energy and water industries, AABSyS has been supporting the global utility service providers with MGC smart apps for utilities.

AABSyS offers the following MGC smart apps for utilities:

MGC Information

• Basic application for visualizing data in a browser of device
• Comfortable and powerful full-text search across the entire MGC dataset
• Object selection and automatic display of additional asset information, supported by easy navigation
• Ability to locate and identify assets through QR or NFC
• Ability to display any WMS data sources
• Printing tool

MGC Maps

• App for fast map information for utility staff
• Minimal functions just for information sharing
• Full-text search of the entire MGC dataset

MGC Map Information (for third parties)

• Map information for third parties to support the construction work in the network area according to guidelines
• Focused and simple functionality with address location for land-base dataset navigation
• Step by step user guidance from registration to printing
• Extended user management for administration of external users
• Legally compliant documentation of the entire information process

MGC Concession

• Network information for municipalities
• App for network operators who provide services for utilities and municipalities
• Spatial authorization to restrict map information to the allowed network area
• Attributive authorization to limit the data granularity
• Content limitation for background maps and specific information such as gas network data of a gas concession
• Object clipping (pipes, cables) corresponding to concession boundaries

MGC Hydrant Maps

• Hydrant information for the fore department
• Simple and clear information on hydrants identified with specific symbols
• Functionality limited to navigation and map display
• Location of the nearest fire hydrants starting from the current GPS location
• Hydrant app can be configured for other assets

MGC Hydrant Tasks

• Mobile order processing for fire hydrant maintenance
• Preparation / planning of orders for hydrant maintenance in MGC Task or other source systems
• Task dispatch to devices of the mobile workforce
• Clear and comfortable order processing and visualization on mobile devices
• Ability to search for next task and visualize in the map
• Capture of asset condition and other data in task oriented forms
• Confirmation of completed jobs back to MGC Task or other source system

MGC Public Lighting Maps

• Street light information to support the maintenance work
• Simple and clear information for lamp post identified with specific symbols
• Functionality limited to navigation and map display
• Easy identification of the assets using QR or NFC
• Location of the nearest street lights starting from the current GPS location

MGC Public Lighting Tasks

• Mobile order processing for public lighting maintenance
• Preparation / planning of orders for street light maintenance in MGC Task ot other source systems
• Task dispatch to the devices of the mobile workforce
• Clear and comfortable order processing and visualization on mobile devices
• Ability to search for next task and visualize in the map
• Capture of asset condition and other data in task oriented forms