A mobile update

We’ve noticed that over the past year, the shift from desktop to mobile browsers has been pretty dramatic.
Using our latest analytics (if you run a web site, you need to take a look at the numbers of your users that are coming in via their phones; if you haven’t looked recently, you should look now. I’ll wait…... Impressive, no?) we have found that the vast majority of our users are coming to this site on their mobile phones. And of that, most users are on iPhones (let’s not turn this into an iOS vs Android discussion – I’m just reporting the facts; 75% of our mobile visitors are on iPhones and about 10% are on iPads. The rest are spread out between Android and Blackberry devices).

If you come to our site on a mobile device, you will see our desktop version, but at the bottom of the page, you will see a link that says “Switch To Mobile Version.” Give it a try and let us know what you think. We will be adding new content to the mobile version over the next few weeks. If you are in charge of running your company’s web site, you may want to start thinking about providing your users with a mobile version.

Hosted Mobile GIS Solution for Pike Electric

Pike is one of the largest providers of Energy Solutions in the U.S., offering engineering, construction and maintenance for distribution and transmission powerlines and substations throughout the country.  Pike and subsidiary engineering company UC Synergetics dispatch many teams of field crews to collect and verify data related to powerline and substation infrastructure.
Seeking a highly streamlined means of providing field auditors with capabilities to collect data using iPads, Pike has engaged the Gartrell Group to implement a centrally managed, hosted data repository and related iPad app. The complete solution will include data collection, management, QA/QC, visualization and reporting, and project setup tools and capabilities.  The iPad app will function in either disconnected or connected conditions.

Performance Atlas goes MOBILE GIS

We’ve had a lot of requests to add Mobile GIS functionality to our Performance Atlas.
You asked. We listened.

Performance Atlas users and prospective users…drop those napkins in your laps and get a bite o’ this.  The oven doors are about to open in the GGroup code kitchen and there’s some mobile mapping deliciousness coming your way.

Some excerpts from the menu:

• Management tools for creating and assigning field work
• Robust disconnected editing capabilities (yes, you can work offline…with a basemap…with multiple zoom levels)
• Simple database and web application syncing (single click submission of field updates so the web users can see how fast your field crew is gettin ‘er done)
• QA / QC data review tools for field-submitted data
• Integrated security framework
• Android and iOS happiness

If you’ve got folks on your back about a full circuit solution for data management, data viewing/reporting, and field collection…then let’s talk.  We can put it on your gear or provide it to you in a fully hosted software-as-a-service (SaaS) format.  It’s easier, faster, and less expensive than you’ve been thinking.