Introduction to distribution management geographic information system

Distribution automation is an important part of the urban distribution network modification.Applying Geographic Information System(GIS)to distribution management,the devices in substations and distribution stations as well as those on distribution network can be managed based on the geographic map.There are some distribution management geographic information systems developed recently,including those based respectively on ARC/INFO,MAPINFO,AM/FM/GIS or solely on language C.These softwares facilitate the automation of distribution management.