¶ ChargeLine® Introduction/Tutorial
Hello, and welcome to the Aegion-Corrpro CIS Application titled ChargeLine®.
In this simple introduction, we will go over the features of the application.
We assume a basic level of Corrosion Protection knowledge for the understanding of this basic manual, but please contact us at aip@aegion.com if you have any issues, comments or questions.
¶ A. Login
Login to AIM at http://aip.aegion.com with your already provided username and password.
Please contact aip@aegion.com if you have any login issues.
NOTE: The use of Internet Explorer is not recommended as it is no longer being supported by Microsoft. Microsoft Edge, Chrome and Firefox browsers are suitable alternatives.
Please let us know if you experience any issues.
¶ B. Choose Application
Please choose the ChargeLine® application as shown below
¶ C. ChargeLine® Features
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Create Project
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Export Report
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Export DataKML/KMZ/Excel
¶ 1. Create Project
The first page of ChargeLine® shows the projects you created in the past. From here you can rerun those prior projects in order to retrieve a report, or create a new project by clicking on the “New Project” Button.
To setup a new AC Analysis, after clicking on “New Project”, on the next page, type in your desired project name (as shown below):
Choose the relevant kml or shape file to upload and click “Open”:
Limitations: ChargeLine® can only process a maximum of 350 miles of pipeline within each kmz, kml or shape data at a time.
The Line must also contain less than 10500 data points.
Confirm the shape as shown by the ChargeLine® application (Click “Yes”) for ChargeLine® to Find Overlaps. If the shape isn’t correct, click “No” to reselect your kmz, kml or shape file and retry the upload.
The map allows navigation (zoom and pan) and the selection of features on the map. Click left mouse to pan and use scroll wheel to zoom in or out.
You can also turn layers on or off and change the Basemap as shown below:
ChargeLine® will display a Risk Map, circling the pipeline powerline crossings and coloring the areas along your pipeline that are at risk, with green representing POTENTIAL risk, yellow showing ELEVATED risk, and red as SEVERE risk.
Hit “Continue” for ChargeLine® to prepare a downloadable PDF Report or “Prev” to return to the pipeline shape confirmation page.
¶ 2. Export Report
Click the “Get Report” button to download the automated ChargeLine® report that has been created for your pipeline
¶ 3. Export Data
Click the “Export As” button to download the automated ChargeLine® KML, KMZ or Excel containing the geographical powerline crossing information for your pipeline.
