Systems and methods for visualization of flow direction in a distribution network

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing thereon sequences of computer-executable instructions that control a hardware device to perform a method for visualizing flow direction in a distribution network, the method comprising:

• receiving, over a communication network on the hardware device including a processor, Geographic Information System (GIS) data corresponding to the distribution network from a GIS database, the distribution network including equipment to facilitate distribution of a commodity over a distribution area, and the GIS data including information relating to distribution of the commodity;
• receiving, on the hardware device over the communication network, sensor data from one or more sensors in the distribution network, the sensor data including first sensor data and second sensor data;
• generating, on the hardware device, commodity vectorized measurement (CVM) data indicative of at least a direction of a flow of the commodity over the distribution area based, at least in part, on the GIS data and a comparison of the first sensor dta and second sensor data;
• dynamically displaying, by the hardware device, the CVM data on a geographic map display of a client display device, the geographic map display including imagery representative of the distribution network contained in the GIS data, wherein the CVM data is represented by an animation on the geographic map display, the animation including the flow direction of the commodity and a flow rate of the commodity;
• controlling, over the communication network by the hardware device, one or more control devices coupled to the equipment to facilitate the distribution of the commodity over the distribution area to control at least one of the flow direction of the commodity or the flow rate of the commodity over the distribution area indicated by the CVM data;
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• subsequent to controlling the one or more control devices to control at least one of the flow direction of the commodity or the flow rate of the commodity over the distribution area indicated by the CVM data, dynamically displaying, by the hardware device, second CVM data on the geographic map display of the client display device.