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Utility Network
Gas GIS
Asset Groups
100

What is ArcGIS Pro

What is ESRI's desktop application commonly used to edit and manage UN data. 

100

What is a connectivity issue?

What is when two mains cross visually but are not actually connected in the network.

100

What are barriers?

What are features that can stop or limit how far a trace travels through the network.

100

What is a gas main?

What is a linear feature that carries natural gas through the distribution system.

100

What is an asset group?

What is a broad classification of assets within a Utility Network feature class.

200

What is an association

What is the logical connection between network features that do not necessarily share the same physical location.

200

What is a connectivity error or undershoot?

What is when a gas main ends just short of another main when it should connect.

200

What is a connected trace?

What is the process used to identify everything connected to a selected network location.

200

What is a valve?

What is a device that can be operated to isolate part of a gas distribution system.

200

What is an asset type?

What is a more specific classification underneath an asset group.

300

What is a containment association?

What is association models equipment contained inside another piece of equipment or structure.

300

What is a duplicate feature?

What is when two features are drawn directly on top of each other when only one should exist.

300

What is the Utility Network?

What is a GIS model that is designed to represent utility systems such as gas, electric, and water networks.

300

What is a service line?

What is a feature that connects the distribution main to the customer's meter or premise.

300

What is material?

What is steel, plastic, and cast iron that could potentially be represented using classifications or attributes describing this characteristic.

400

What are terminals?

This capability models internal connectivity through devices that may have multiple connection points.

400

What is a network rule violation?

What is when a feature violates a rule defining what asset types are allowed to connect.

400

What are network features?

What is a represented utility features such as mains, services, valves, and fittings.

400

What are attributes?

What is descriptive information stored about a feature.

400

Who on our team once bought $300 in Horrocks popcorn

Sorry, not sorry Joe

500

What is a subnetwork?

What is a structure that allows selected network features to be grouped into operational portions of the network.

500

What are dirty areas

What are locations identifying areas where network topology needs to be updated or validated after edits.

500

What does GIM stand for

Geospatial Information Management

500

What is cathodic protection?

What is an electrical current to help protect buried steel pipe from corrosion.

500

When is gas Go-Live for UN?

What is a rolling two years from today