Utility Pole Numbering Scheme
Utility Pole Numbering Scheme
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I am looking for any articles, standards or links for information on developing a utility pole identification scheme, for a small electric utilty. any help?
thanks
Rick
thanks
Rick






RE: Utility Pole Numbering Scheme
a number of 2/34 would indicate the second pole or tower in the 34th mile or kilometer from the source.
In communities using the "Hundred Block" system of house numbering, 2/34 would indicate the first pole on the even side of the street.
With hundred block numbering, the poles on the "odd" side of the street are numbered 1,3, 5, etc. The poles on the even side of the street are numbered 2, 4, 6, etc.
Bill
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RE: Utility Pole Numbering Scheme
If you have a GIS system, it would be simplest to start with 1 and number sequentially in the order that you GPS the poles. You can let the GIS database sort things out.
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RE: Utility Pole Numbering Scheme
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Pick a suitable point south and west of your system edge and call it 00000/00000 (number of digits determines by the geographic size of your system).
If a particular pole is 1200m north and 12345m east of this origin, then its number is 12345/01200.
We have yet to find a case where two distinct structures (as opposed to a 2-pole platform or a pole in the process of being changedout) were within ~10m (30') of another. This is well outside the location errors of most GPSs today.
A GPS can be coerced into using this 'relative' coordinate system to give you your pole 'numbers', and most have a 'locater' feature to move you to a particular real-world location given a corrdinate.
If your base-maps are georeferenced (i.e. in the 'right' place in the real world), you can get the coordinates from your CAD or GIS system.
This system is infinitely updateable as you move poles or fill in new ones.
We only physically tag a portion of our poles. At the moment, it's one-in-ten, or anywhere we have something important like a recloser or GO switch.
Other equipment, like padmounts, etc get assigned values using the same system.
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