How to specify and operate GIS?

This article discusses a GIS project with a brief description of the planning and the engineering process. Typically the process starts with the network planning performed by the system engineers. It is therefore important that the system planning engineers possess a certain minimum knowledge of GIS to be able to utilize the benefits of this technology. To install a GIS substation is a complex project which involves many engineering disciplines. The need for possibly a gas-insulated substation will first come up during the "Network Planning Stage". The responsibility for this stage is in the hands of the system engineers. It must be their task to present their needs for switching functions and the ratings to the engineers responsible for the planning and building of substations.