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.
Strategic Planning Aboard the GGroup Yacht
The 2013 ESRI User Conference began auspiciously with a 3 hour tour of Mission Bay in the good company of Amy Esnard (City of Portland, OR) and Karen Stewart (ESRI Canada). Tacks, jibes, chart reading — check. Next time we’ll check the tides too! 