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Line information for infrastructure projects: simple, secure and fast in a digital plan

18.04.2026

The planning of new infrastructure projects requires reliable information about existing lines – but it is precisely this that is often difficult to access. A lack of central registers, a large number of responsible operators and inconsistent data formats make pipeline information a complex and time-consuming process. The following article sheds light on the central challenges and shows which approaches and developments can help to bring more transparency, efficiency and security into planning.

Do you actually know where electricity, gas or fiber optic lines are?

This question sounds banal at first – but in practice it is decisive for any planning of new infrastructure. Because before a route is built, can be thought of at all, one thing is needed above all: resilient Information about existing lines, widely known as Line information, plan information or train path information.

Especially when connecting new wind turbines to existing substations, it quickly becomes apparent how complex the reality is, namely that many competent authorities and operators must be involved, to get the full picture.

40 line inquiries, 30 answers with plan information in 15 different formats

Anyone who needs line information is often faced with several Challenges:

Who are the responsible infrastructure managers?
In the absence of a legal pipeline register, no one can answer this question for you. in a really reliable way.  Building authorities keep old lists and Routing slips, private providers databases throughout Germany for a fee. By nationwide transmission system operators to local producers of renewable energy Energies - through the many networks such as electricity, gas, water, district and local heating & broadband, the list quickly becomes very long.

How do you reach these owners?
Each operator has developed its own inquiry process: by its own online portal, collection portals, forms, by e-mail, telephone or even Apply by post - an exchange standard? Out of place

How do I get the network information?
Just as the grid operator recorded them: in sketches, bad or good PDF plans, CAD, GIS or Google Earth files. In different Accuracies, scales, coordinate and display systems.

Overall, it is a complex system of many stakeholders and information.

From an innovative and intuitive online map from the company Trassify, at the touch of a button the formats: dxf, shape, geopackage, kml and PDF .

For construction projects, this has the following advantages:

  • Less Manual, in-house processing
  • Direct Availability of data
  • Higher Certainty in decisions
  • A Single point of truth
  • Risk minimization due to less network damage
Digital and central solution as the new standard - this is how the Inquiry

You don't even need to register - give us a name simply your project, and we will take care of the rest:

  • Research and listing of relevant infrastructure operators
  • Inquiries of the information points, obtaining the portals
  • Documentation Communication and answering queries
  • Filing of pipeline information in a sensible place
  • Presentation of the networks in online map
  • Submission of line information in all common formats.

Feel free to talk to the experts on the topic line information directly.

Trassify GmbH ( www.trassify.de ) by mail info@trassify.de or phone: +49 151/67466164