Dr. Shanker Kumar Sinnakaudan

GIS for Water and Port Utility Management
Cased Studies: JKR Air Sungai Petani and
Bintulu Port Authority
Dr. Shanker Kumar Sinnakaundan
Head of Water Resources Engineering and Management Research Centre
(WAREM)
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pulau Pinang
13500 Permatang Pauh,
Penang, Malaysia.
H/P : 012-582-1710 Tel: +604- 382- 2714 / 3432 Fax: +604 -3823460
e-mail: drsshan@yahoo.com ceshan@ppinang.uitm.edu.my

Collect
Store
Retrieve
Analisis
Display
spatial
&
non spatial
database
Simultaneously

• Diverse Facilities/professionals
• Different ownership – state or federal, leased
or private properties
• Port engineers responsible for – maintenance,
projecting expansion and meet tight security
requirements

• Deterioration over time-
Port/Public facilities function in the harshest of
environment (wind, wave, tidal, high chloride
concentration and invasive marine life,
Vandalism etc), heavy loading, impact damage
from ships and cargo handling equipments
Huge inventory list and difficult to be up to date

All basic data is maintained in hard copy format
– Property surveys, facility base maps and
– Property surveys, facility base maps and
records, soil boring data, as build plans

-Tied together using a spatial context –
geographic data frame work
-Information is no longer isolated or fragmented
-Multiple data types and scales –
correlation to support decision making process

1) Problem conceptualization/justification and Project
design
- Four core elements -- Why, What, How and Who?
2) Find methodology/GIS/Platform
3) Information/Data needs assessment
- Conduct interviews
- Review documentation
- Determine study/project area boundary
- Analyze information needs

4) Existing data collection and evaluation
- Selection of best data
- Grouping/Cataloging existing data
- Reconnaissance field survey/ Collection of
imagery- Creation of a basemap

5) Database schema design
- Data classification/Data Dictionary (DD)
- Select scale and resolution
- Determine update frequency

6) Data/Map integration
- Geocoding
- Georeferencing
7) Application/Framework developments
8) Updating/Editing of spatial database
8) Updating/Editing of spatial database
(automation and iteration)

GIS based Water
Utility Management
System

Softwares used for WUMS 1.0
ArcView GIS 3.2a
ArcView Dialog Designer
ArcView Avenue Script
Autocad 14

With security
With security
features..
GUIs for WUMS 1.0

4 Main Components
Data Analysis Unit (UAD)
to display the main operations view of WUMS 1.0.
Spatial Display Unit (UPK)
to display addition information
Database Display Unit (PPD)
to display the attribute table of the map
Project Window of WUMS 1.0/ WUMS1.0.apr
to control main objects such as Views, Tables,Charts,
Layouts

Penentuan kedudukan data
WUMS 1.0 GUI
1 2
3 4

1
WUMS Tools
2
3
Menu WUMS
Output
Customized zooming tools
Customized zooming tools
to View multiple view simultaneously

Main Functions : WUMS Tools
Operational tools
Tambah Data Berlokasi
Papar Data Tambahan
UPK Autodata
Label data
Dapatkan Pangkalan data
Database Query
Function
Menambah data pada UPK @ UAD secara manual
Menambah data secara pilihan menu yang disediakan
Menambah data secara automatik untuk UPK
Melabel peta mengikut atribut tertentu
Mendapatkan pangkalan data peta terpilih
Melakukan pertanyaan pangkalan data
Kira
panjang/keluasan
Padam Data
perimeter/
Mengira perimeter dan panjang untuk peta garisan seperti
rangkaian paip dan keluasan untuk peta yang mempunyai ciri
poligon seperti peta Lot
Menutup data yang dipaparkan secara sementara
Padam Semua
Padam View Sementara
Susun Paparan
Menutup semua data yang dipaparkan secara sementara
(perlu tentukan semula unit untuk paparan)
Memadam paparan sementara (Full View) yang dihasilkan
semasa paparan output/layout
Menyusun semula UPK, UAD atau WUMS1.0.apr pada
posisi asal

Various Water Utility Information
available For Viewing and Analysis

Aut om at ic
print ing size
selec t ion

Automatic Layouts for Printing – Minimum
user input requirements
Title Information
Default Format

Benefits:
Pilot project on Water Utility Management using GIS
WUMS 1.0 = Flexible can be customised
OOP & Attractive GUI – Point & Click
36 Avenue Scripts
Performs various spatial database queries- Store, Retrieve,
Display, Analysis - overlay, merge, union, intersect,
spatial join etc.

Utility Managers

Some of the
common
Facilities that
needs
Integrated
Asset
Management
at the Bintulu
Port

• The idea of implementing a full fledge
enterprise GIS mooted after the discussion
with Captain Abdul Rahim in April 2008.
• Detail project evaluation and existing
operational behavior, Port future development
and overall management procedures need to be
identified and noted in planning the system
development procedures

• Consultation on forming a project team and
establishing project goals and objectives.
• The GIS steering committee in-house members
from the Port need to be carefully chosen for
their ability to act as steadfast information
providers, decision-makers and be good
communicators, both up and down the
management structure

• Situational Analysis
• Situational Analysis
-Training Program Template

• Project Plan
• Communication & Coordination
• The existence of redundancy and/or gaps in
obtaining, maintaining, and sharing geographic
data sets will be identified

ArcGIS
ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
ArcGIS 3D Analyst
Visual Studio 2008
- Concurrent use

• Data Conversion
• Customization of test data
• Topology building
• Data Evaluation
• Develop Applications
• User friendly menu development for facility management
• Common Analysis Menus
• Customized printing menus
• Standards & Procedures
• User manuals

• Initiate Deployment
• Conduct Testing
• Conduct Training

Upcoming Facility
management directions
Expanding the usage for wide areas – Integrated
Malaysian Port Facility Management Systemc
All departments with spatial and attribute data
management – GIS is the solution
Expand to single department use to “mukim, wilayah, negeri
ataupun negara”
Latest computer tecnology to be adopted
RAM & CPU & Storage

Jabatan Kerja Raya (Air), Kedah Tengah
Bintulu Port Authority