TITLE:
GIS Based Management System for Photovoltaic Panels
AUTHORS:
Muhammad Luqman, Sajid Rashid Ahmad, Samiullah Khan, Farkhanda Akmal, Usman Ahmad, Ahmad Raza, Muhammad Nawaz, Asif Javed, Hamad Ali
KEYWORDS:
Photovoltaic (PV), Asset Management, Google Earth Imagery, ArcGIS 10, Geographical Information System (GIS)
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Geographic Information System,
Vol.7 No.4,
August
14,
2015
ABSTRACT: This paper provides a
proposal of implementation of latest technologies in photovoltaic installation
and management system. Punjab Government Cooperative Housing Society was
selected to find out suitability for photovoltaic installation and its
management after that. Google Earth imagery and scanned maps were selected for
the preparation of spatial and attribute data of buildings in the study area by
using ArcGIS software. In first stage data were digitized and suitability and
potential for each building were estimated. In second stage all the tabular
data which consisted of owner information, panel information, its potential and
location were linked to each other for management purpose. Selected area for
solar panels installation was linked to building information for query and
visualization.