Smart Phones Move the Field Forces Forward - 2011 Ohio GIS Conference

Smart Phones Move the Field Forces Forward

Gary Bowen , Mel Meng, Barry Wong,

September 29 - 30, 2011 | Hyatt Regency Hotel | Columbus, Ohio

Construction Service Group

Engineers

Inspectors

Technicians 40

Bottom line • Get more accomplished in the field

• Spend less time processing data

• Improved documentation

Asphalt/soil compaction testing

Write

Form Type

Digital

Automation

Reporting

Billing

Field

Testing

Lab

Testing

Review

Type Type &

Format

The challenge

• Creating accurate

testing and billing

reports for multiple

projects with hundreds

of thousands of testing

records in time

without breaking the

bank

The solution

• Automation

– Enter the data only once

– Automatically generate reports from the data

collected

• Improve Documentation

– Intuitive forms

– Smart user interface limit erroneous data

entries

2005-2010

Sync

$250 ~$200

Workflow

Field Office Review

•Reporting

•Billing

Under the hood

Implementation

Pilot 3

25

1

Month

6

Months

3995 records

Deployment

Cost

$199 iPhone

$700 iPad

$2000/year

for 20 users

$0

In house

programmer

Benefits • Workflow

– Automation

– Improved documentation

– Integration of devices

• Cloud technology

– no capital investment

– low monthly fee

– Flexible plan, add more as you grow

– No need for hardware/software support

• Surprises

– Cool factor – incentive to use the device

Photo GPS Tagging

?

Demo Links

• http://projects.dlzcorp.com/ymeng/dlzphot

o/osuphotov2.html

• https://www.iformbuilder.com/

• http://dlzfusion.appspot.com/