Electric Utility Field Inventory

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Electric Utility Field Inventory
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Electric Utility Field Inventory

• 1) Location of poles, cabinet, and meters
• 2) Identification of components (units)

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Time vs. Accuracy

• 100,000 locations _at_ 30 second savings
• Over 100 work days saved

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Location using GPS

• Real-time GPS to quickly gather GPS
• Sub-meter accuracy

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Laser Rangefinders

• Calculate horizontal distance and bearing
• GPS objects from a distance

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GPS Laser Rangefinder

• Truck, tablet or backpack mounted GPS
• Measure distance and bearing from GPS to object

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Why would we use this method?

• Time savings rarely have to leave the truck
• Road shoulder provides less interference with
  trees
• No need to worry about accessing private property

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Tablet/Laptop PCs

• Allow the user to run more robust software apps
• Becoming more common in utility trucks
• Larger data storage capacity

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Drawbacks

• Lower accuracy than survey-quality GPS
• More equipment required GPSLaserTablet PC