Author(s)

Muhammad Luqman^1*, Sajid Rashid Ahmad¹, Samiullah Khan¹, Farkhanda Akmal¹, Usman Ahmad¹, Ahmad Raza¹, Muhammad Nawaz², Asif Javed³, Hamad Ali⁴

¹Institute of Geology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
²Department of Space Science, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
³Punjab Group of Colleges, Kasur, Pakistan.
⁴Punjab University College of Information Technology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

This paper provides a proposal of implementation of latest technologies in photovoltaic installation and management system. Punjab Government Cooperative Housing Society was selected to find out suitability for photovoltaic installation and its management after that. Google Earth imagery and scanned maps were selected for the preparation of spatial and attribute data of buildings in the study area by using ArcGIS software. In first stage data were digitized and suitability and potential for each building were estimated. In second stage all the tabular data which consisted of owner information, panel information, its potential and location were linked to each other for management purpose. Selected area for solar panels installation was linked to building information for query and visualization.

Photovoltaic (PV), Asset Management, Google Earth Imagery, ArcGIS 10, Geographical Information System (GIS)

Luqman, M. , Ahmad, S. , Khan, S. , Akmal, F. , Ahmad, U. , Raza, A. , Nawaz, M. , Javed, A. and Ali, H. (2015) GIS Based Management System for Photovoltaic Panels. Journal of Geographic Information System, 7, 392-401. doi: 10.4236/jgis.2015.74031.