adjust.IT Utility Network Conflation

Utility Network Conflation Benefits

• Accuracy: Aligns and corrects utility data
• Analysis: Improves connectivity and flow modeling
• Operations: Enhances planning, safety, and coordination
• Savings: Cuts costs and field verification
• Decisions: Supports smarter infrastructure planning
• Integration: Enables unified GIS and smart city solutions
• Compliance: Meets mapping and regulatory standards

adjust.IT boosts spatial accuracy and network performance through advanced conflation and analytics.

Patent US12488403B2: AI Pattern Matching for Cadastral Map Conflation

Problem Solved

When property boundaries update, organizations must manually reposition infrastructure assets (utilities, roads, signals) on new maps – a process taking weeks per jurisdiction with 5-15% error rates.

Solution

AI-powered automated matching of parcels across cadastral map versions using:

• Geometric signatures (area, shape, orientation)
• Spatial relationships (neighbors, directions)
• Voronoi tessellation for precise adjustments

Key Benefits

Efficiency

• 95% time reduction (weeks → hours)
• 12× capacity increase (same team processes more jurisdictions)

Accuracy

• <1% error rate vs. 5-15% manual
• Handles subdivisions, consolidations, deformations automatically

Risk Mitigation

• Prevents excavation accidents from misplaced utilities
• Maintains regulatory compliance
• Auditable, defensible process

Competitive Advantage

• Patent protection (competitors can’t copy)
• Unique capability in market
• Enables premium positioning

Target Customers

• Utilities (electric, gas, water, telecom)
• DOTs and municipalities
• Smart city/digital twin vendors

Use Cases

Electric Utility: Update 10,000 parcels across jurisdiction

• Manual: 6 analysts × 3 weeks
• Automated: 2 hours review
• 99% labor reduction

Telecom: Fiber routes misaligned after cadastral update

• Impact: 6-month construction delay
• Solution: Repositions 500 km of routes accurately
• Project back on schedule

Market Position

Value Proposition: “Eliminate 90% of cadastral update effort while improving accuracy”

Differentiation:

• Only patented AI solution for cadastral conflation
• Purpose-built vs. generic GIS tools
• Proven on real-world data

Opportunity:

• 2,500+ U.S. jurisdictions update every 2-5 years
• Major utilities operate across 10-100+ jurisdictions
• Global market (every developed nation has cadastral systems)

Bottom Line

Transforms a multi-week manual crisis into a 2-hour automated task, providing nfoldROI with defensible IP for a persistent market problem affecting every utility, DOT, and municipality.