Date post: | 13-Jul-2015 |
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Co-Administrators:
Carol Kennedy & Jamie Legsay
Mobile GIS @ Maui Electric Co.
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Single Line Drawings
GIS
In House
Usage
GIS
In House
Usage
Field Crews
GIS
In House
Usage
Field Crews
Shopping for a mobile solution
Local???
Mainland Firm???
Hardware???
Software???
Custom???
Off The Shelf??? $$$$$$ Support???
Life Span ???
Wireless???
Software Priorities
1. Must be Easy for End User
2. Two-way Communication
3. Reasonable Cost
4. Frequent Information Updates
5. Off-the-Shelf
6. Good Support
7. Compatible with Software Updates
Hardware Considerations
1. Appeal
2. Weight and Size
3. Vehicle Mounted or Free Standing
4. GPS
5. Cost
And the Winner is…
• GO!Sync
– TC Technology
– Carlsbad, California
• HP Slate 500
– Running Windows 7 Professionals
– Intel Atom CPU 1.86 GHz
– Pen and Touch Input
– 60 GB HDD
– 2 GB RAM
– 8.9 inch screen
Lessons Learned
• Internal GPS would be valuable
• Screens difficult to read in bright sunlight
• Single Line Drawings can be made
available
• Battery life is limited
• Breakage is yet to be evaluated
• Stepping stone to future
GO! Sync Mapbook – Mobile GIS
Functionality
• Ease of Use
• Centrally Managed
• Occasionally Connected
2 Way Communication
Map Navigation
• Gestures
• Zoom toolbar
• Searches
• GPS
Types of Searches
Intersection Search
Facility Search Quick Search
Locate, Locate, Locate
• GPS allows user to plot their current location on the map
• Options – Show Location
– Follow Me
– Rotate Map
– Scale By Speed
A Wealth of Information
• Labels on map document
• MapTip Tool
• Identify Tool
Tracing
To Image or Not to Image…
Types of Inspections
Sketch Transformer Pole Switchgear
New,
Moved or
Removed
In GIS
Database
In GIS
Database
In GIS
Database
Sketch
Inspections
• Enter data in form
• Click Save button to save the inspection
• Click Cancel button to exit the inspection
Inspection Cycle of Life
Completed Inspections are
extracted to File Geodatabase
User Creates Inspections
Copy of Inspections Cached on
Field Device
Copy of
Inspections
Uploaded to
Server
via FTP
Server Archives copy of inspection &
writes inspection record into SDE
Database
Lifecycle
Progress Diagram
Get Ready
For Delivery Get Setup GO & Train
Server & Client
software installed
Administrative
Updates
Train Users
Devices are
deployed
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