{"id":583,"date":"2010-07-13T10:37:46","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T07:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/?p=583"},"modified":"2010-08-25T10:44:36","modified_gmt":"2010-08-25T07:44:36","slug":"geoadvice-model-comparator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/2010\/07\/13\/geoadvice-model-comparator\/","title":{"rendered":"GeoAdvice Model Comparator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When working with hydraulic models, especially of large networks, the user often face a problem when he wants to compare two versions on the model to see what changes were made. The <strong>GeoAdvice Model Comparator<\/strong> by <a href=\"http:\/\/geoadvice.com\">GEOAdvice<\/a>\u05b2\u00a0aims to assist in this task.The program is an Excel Addon (requires Excel 2007) and currently can compare models from the following software:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>InfoWater<\/li>\n<li>InfoSewer<\/li>\n<li>H2OMap Water<\/li>\n<li>H2OMap Sewer<\/li>\n<li>EPANet<\/li>\n<li>WaterCad<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/-7oeCzvQneQ\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/-7oeCzvQneQ\"><\/embed><\/object>\u05b2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I have received an evaluation copy of the program and tested it on a small, 126 nodes, network we used for the <a title=\"BWSN\" href=\"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/about\/bwsn\/\">BWSN<\/a>. I have made\u05b2\u00a0acopy of the\u05b2\u00a0original model and made a few changes to it: removed a few junctions and pipes and\u05b2\u00a0added new ones, changed some water quality and time parameters, changed some tank date numbers and\u05b2\u00a0changed a control rule setting.<\/p>\n<p>The installation\u05b2\u00a0process was very simple and without and issues,\u05b2\u00a0like opening an Excel file. The first stage is to select the modelling software:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_591\" style=\"width: 329px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/geoadvice-model-comparator-select.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-591\" class=\"size-full wp-image-591\" title=\"geoadvice-model-comparator-select\" src=\"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/geoadvice-model-comparator-select.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"271\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-591\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Select modelling software<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u05b2\u00a0Then you are prompt to select the two models you want to compare (click images to enlarge):\u05b2\u00a0\u05b2\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_592\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/geoadvice-model-comparator-select-models.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-592\" class=\"size-full wp-image-592 \" title=\"geoadvice-model-comparator-select-models\" src=\"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/geoadvice-model-comparator-select-models.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"389\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Select models to compare<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u05b2\u00a0At this point you may select what data you want to compare. I just selected everything:\u05b2\u00a0\u05b2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_595\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/geoadvice-model-comparator-select-data.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-595\" class=\"size-full wp-image-595  \" title=\"geoadvice-model-comparator-select-data\" src=\"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/geoadvice-model-comparator-select-data.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"389\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Select data to compare<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Once you press the &#8216;Compare&#8217; button you get two new sheets in the Excel workbook. One with a summary of the run and the other with a list of model differences:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_597\" style=\"width: 587px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/geoadvice-model-comparator-model-differences.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-597\" class=\"size-full wp-image-597 \" title=\"geoadvice-model-comparator-model-differences\" src=\"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/geoadvice-model-comparator-model-differences.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"577\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">List of model differences<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u05b2\u00a0At first the program didn&#8217;t find all the differences I made to the model but after a few days the GEOAdvice team sent me an updated version that did (there is still a small issue with time parameters which I guess would be fixed in no time).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My overall impression is that the <strong>GeoAdvice Model Comparator <\/strong>is a simple to use tool which might come handy to many people who work with different versions of a model. Just think of a case of a team working together on a model and everyone is making changes. It could be very difficult to keep a record of all changes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The program is not free.\u05b2\u00a0The EPANet version costs range from 495 $CAN for 1,000 pipes to 1,495 $CAN for an unlimited pipes\u05b2\u00a0version. For the commercial programs like InfoWater, H2OMap and WaterCAD the prices range from\u05b2\u00a0995 $CAN for 1,000 pipes to\u05b2\u00a02,995 $CAN for an unlimited pipes\u05b2\u00a0version. The higher price of these versions is because their data structure is more complex and there are more data sets to compare (like scenarios).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A free, open source,\u05b2\u00a0alternative for comparing EPANet INP files could be a program like <a title=\"WinMarge\" href=\"http:\/\/winmerge.org\/\">WinMerge<\/a>\u05b2\u00a0which can compare both folders and files, presenting differences in a visual text format that is easy to understand. Using WinMerge on the two networks I compared was easy and quick.\u05b2\u00a0\u05b2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_599\" style=\"width: 566px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/WinMerge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-599\" class=\"size-full wp-image-599 \" title=\"WinMerge\" src=\"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/WinMerge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"556\" height=\"421\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Using WinMerge to compare INP files<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When working with hydraulic models, especially of large networks, the user often face a problem when he wants to compare two versions on the model to see what changes were made. The GeoAdvice Model Comparator by GEOAdvice\u05b2\u00a0aims to assist in &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/2010\/07\/13\/geoadvice-model-comparator\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">GeoAdvice Model Comparator<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,2],"tags":[102,81,100,98,97,96,99,101],"class_list":["post-583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commercial-software","category-epanet-related","category-water-simulation-packages","tag-bwsn","tag-epanet","tag-geoadvice","tag-h2omap","tag-infosewer","tag-infowater","tag-watercad","tag-winmerge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1025,"href":"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions\/1025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}