Hawaii Pacific GIS Conference 2012: Mobile GIS - Mobile GIS at Maui Electric Company

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

MAHALO