A Geographic Content Management System for Pipeline Projects Available to Purchase

A content management system provides some key capabilities that can transform project management for pipeline surveying and engineering practices. These include methods to share and track the information used by project managers, engineers, project technical staff, and the pipeline owner / operator. The business need for content management is explained, along with a unique insight on the key ingredient that makes content management relevant to pipeline project managers: geographic referencing of project documents. Content management features, such as versioning and checkout, are presented, and a working web-based geographic content management system, developed entirely using free open source software, is demonstrated for a sample pipeline project. The working system integrates project documents, written communications, and CAD data through open standards. Conclusions include lessons learned in the development of the system and its use on real-world projects.