TY - JFULL AU - N. Rezaee and M Nayeripour and A. Roosta and T. Niknam PY - 2009/1/ TI - Role of GIS in Distribution Power Systems T2 - International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering SP - 2313 EP - 2318 VL - 3 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/13968 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 36, 2009 N2 - With the prevalence of computer and development of information technology, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have long used for a variety of applications in electrical engineering. GIS are designed to support the analysis, management, manipulation and mapping of spatial data. This paper presents several usages of GIS in power utilities such as automated route selection for the construction of new power lines which uses a dynamic programming model for route optimization, load forecasting and optimizing planning of substation-s location and capacity with comprehensive algorithm which involves an accurate small-area electric load forecasting procedure and simulates the different cost functions of substations. ER -