ESRI User Conference 2004 - APDM Pre-Conference Workshop
Saturday, August 7th - 55 people gathered for an entire day to listen to presentations from ESRI, the APDM Technical Committee and operating companies/vendors who have been successfully implementing the APDM. Below is a listing of the agenda and papers presented at the pre-conference workshop. Look for a repeat of this highly successful workshop at next year’s ESRI User Conference (2005).
Workshop Agenda - Outline of the agenda for the workshop, abstracts of presentations and contact information for authors. (Adobe Acrobat PDF Format).
APDM at Petrobras Petrobras is an natural gas pipeline company operating in Brazil. They are one of the first implementors of the APDM having used it since v1.0 in 2002. (Zipped Microsoft Powerpoint 2002 Format - 10.0 Mb)
APDM at El Paso Corporation El Paso Corporation, one of the biggest pipeline operators in the United States detail some experiences converting data into the APDM. (Zipped Microsoft Powerpoint 2002 Format - 1,1 Mb)
APDM at Woodside Energy Another early adapter of the APDM (since v1.0 in 2002), Woodside Energy of Australia have implemented a ‘Document-Centric’ version of the APDM. The model was designed so that all GIS activities started from a ‘document-first’ approach. The Woodside presentation consists of a zipped power point presentation and two zipped directories of Macromedia Flash 7.0 files. Save and extract all files to the same directory. (Zipped Microsoft Powerpoint 2002 Format - 2.2 Mb) (Zipped Directory Files 1 - 0.1 Mb) (Zipped DirectoryFiles 2 - 35.0 Mb)
Implementing Audit History and Topology in an APDM Geodatabase An excellent technical presentation that discusses the pros and cons of various approaches to utilizing archiving and topology within an APDM Geodatabase. (Zipped Microsoft Powerpoint 2002 Format - 0.7 Mb)
ESRI Geodatabase Design Process An overview of the ESRI methodology for conceptualizing, designing, documenting and implementing Geodatabases with particular emphasis on the APDM and how the model integrates with other ESRI models. (Zipped Microsoft Powerpoint 2002 Format - 6.4 Mb)
Implementing APDM at QRS A presentation detailing the reasons why QRS, a pipeline operations company, selected the APDM including an overview of how their version of the APDM was designed and why. (Zipped Microsoft Powerpoint 2002 Format - 2.1 Mb)
What is happening in the PUG and PIG world-wide A presentation from ESRI describing the current level of activity in the ESRI PUG/PIG and mini-PUG/PIG groups world-wide including potential APDM implementations. (Zipped Microsoft Powerpoint 2002 Format - 7.9 Mb)
