GIS Data Pipeline Management System | ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing

ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing, Esri's software for pipeline data management, provides industry-specific linear referencing data management for gas and hazardous-liquids pipelines. Easily locate assets and characteristics on your pipeline network and maintain them using tools for route and event loading and editing, geoprocessing, and web services. Perform analysis and reporting with this pipeline geographic information system (GIS) data and expand collaboration by sharing data across your organization.

Superior linear referencing

With ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing, you can easily locate and manage pipeline assets on or around pipeline networks. It allows you to manage route and event data on a common geographic basis and translate the measures for these features between multiple measure systems such as stations or continuous measures. You can also perform data processing via dynamic segmentation and other analyses.

Information models

Jump-start your implementation with industry-standard models such as the Utility and Pipeline Data Model (UPDM) and the Pipeline Open Data Standard (PODS). Use the predefined feature classes as they are or extend them as needed.

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Enterprise LRS data management

Maintain linear referenced data from across your enterprise in a single linear referencing system (LRS). ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing provides linear referencing capabilities to manage your routes and events on any device or application—including ArcGIS Pro, partner solutions, or other clients—via web services.

Map showing green and blue lines representing a location where pipeline routes converge with a geodatabase can icon

Multiple LRM support

Manage multiple linear referencing methods (LRM) within a single LRS. Reduce data redundancy while supporting various measurement and location methods. Maintain both stationed and continuous measured networks and easily translate measures between those networks for use in analysis and reporting.

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Route management

In ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing, routes are stored as features, allowing them to be edited and maintained in one system. Additionally, you can utilize out-of-the-box capabilities within ArcGIS such as analytics, machine learning predictions, visualization, and collaboration among colleagues.

Beige map showing two perpendicular routes with numeric measure values next to a blue image of two GPS arrows

Event behavior management

Event behaviors are user-configured rules that manage how events should be updated when the route they're linear referenced against changes in location or measure. These rules are automatically applied, reducing the need to manually update your events when the route changes.

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2D and 3D support

ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing is a 3D application, allowing the visualization and editing of linear referenced data in both 2D and 3D. You can also choose to apply the measures to your linear referencing system in either 2D or 3D, depending on how the data is modeled within your organization.

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Integrate enterprise data in an authoritative LRS

Pipeline GIS data management tool that uses linear referencing as the method of location finding

Maintain

Easily visualize and maintain your pipeline networks and associated data with built-in route and event editing tools.

Expand the reach of your pipeline networks by sharing linear referenced data using ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Online.

Report

Use your linear referenced data to support annual Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) and other ad hoc reporting.

SUCCESS STORY

Merging models to better manage gas infrastructure

Enbridge Gas merged transmission and distribution data into a combined enterprise model, greatly improving pipeline safety and workflow efficiency.

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SUCCESS STORY

Data management solution improves operations

Crestwood uses ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing to efficiently edit and maintain pipeline assets.

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A pipeline integrity management solution

Integrate with ArcGIS Utility Network

Deploy ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing with Utility Network in a single system to take advantage of both linear referencing and connectivity modeling capabilities such as tracing on your pipelines.
Coordinate workflows

Coordinate complex workflows involving your linear referenced data using ArcGIS Workflow Manager. Streamline every step of repeatable processes such as route and event editing, data loading, analysis, and quality control.
Automate quality control

Benefit from a complete data validation system with automated and visual review tools in ArcGIS Data Reviewer. Data Reviewer and attribute rules can be used together to assess, document, correct, and verify the overall quality of your spatial data.
Extend ArcGIS

Extend the reach of Pipeline Referencing by leveraging REST services to build applications to edit and analyze your linear referenced data. Take advantage of Esri partner solutions built on top of ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing for additional tools and capabilities.

Part of ArcGIS

ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing provides a services-based GIS to maintain and edit data in any application, such as ArcGIS Pro or other web apps. You can interact with data; analyze sophisticated network models; and present and share the results in beautiful, color-coded maps.

ArcGIS Enterprise

Experts across your enterprise can edit linear referenced data using ArcGIS Enterprise.

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ArcGIS Pro

Efficiently manage your pipeline network by loading and editing linear referenced data in ArcGIS Pro.

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ArcGIS Online

Share linear referenced data with your entire organization to support decision-making and analysis.

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ArcGIS Field Maps

Collect linear referenced data in the field using ArcGIS Field Maps and manage it in ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing.

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Resources

Access documentation, system requirements, and demo videos to learn more about ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing.

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ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing

Superior linear referencing

Information models

Integrate enterprise data in an authoritative LRS

Maintain

Share

Report

Merging models to better manage gas infrastructure

A pipeline integrity management solution

Integrate with ArcGIS Utility Network

Coordinate workflows

Automate quality control

Extend ArcGIS

Part of ArcGIS

ArcGIS Enterprise

ArcGIS Pro

ArcGIS Online

ArcGIS Field Maps

Resources

ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing: An Introduction

ArcGIS Enterprise documentation

ArcGIS Pro documentation

ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing REST API documentation

ArcGIS Pro system requirements

ArcGIS Enterprise system requirements

ArcGIS Pro installation guide

ArcGIS Enterprise installation guide

Introducing Pipeline Referencing Foundation

Unified Utility Network and Pipeline Referencing implementation

Technical enablement workshop