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Restaking Is a Symptom: How to Build a Locate Quality System That Actually Works

Restaking costs $300-800 per incident, but it’s just the visible symptom of inconsistent locate quality. Learn how to build a quality system that prevents restaking, protects contracts, and gives you documented proof of performance.

The Hidden Cost of Managing Field Crews by Phone

Operations managers at locate contractors spend hours each day on phone calls tracking crew status. Learn the hidden costs of managing without real-time field visibility and what changes when you eliminate the information gap.

Could You Survive a Locate Audit Tomorrow?

When a damage claim arrives, the first thing investigators want is documentation. Learn what a proper locate audit trail looks like, what happens when you don’t have one, and how to build one automatically.

The Locate Data Your Utility Is Throwing Away Every Day

Thousands of locates happen on your network every year, but almost none of that field data updates your GIS records. Learn how to close the locate-to-record gap and build a GIS that gets more accurate over time.

How Leading Locate Contractors Handle 40% More Tickets Without Adding Headcount

Ticket volumes are up 30-40% but locate crews haven’t grown. Learn how leading contractors are handling more work with the same team by eliminating paperwork and automating documentation.

Understanding GPS Quality: How to Know If Your Position Data Is Reliable

Understanding GPS Quality: How to Know If Your Position Data Is Reliable

Better Together: Why Desktop Research and Field Precision Both Matter in Utility Management

Better Together: Why Desktop Research and Field Precision Both Matter in Utility Management

Bridging Field and Enterprise: How Purpose-Built Tools Support Large-Scale Esri Implementations

The $30 Billion Problem: How Much Utility Strikes Actually Cost Your Business

The Digital Twin Revolution: Why Utilities Can't Modernize Without Accurate Base Data

GPS-Enabled Locating: Best Practices for Accurate Records and Efficient Workflows

Digitizing Your Utilities: From As-Builts to Locates

Understanding Coordinate Systems and Datums

Understanding GPS Accuracy and Correction Services

Secure Energy Services Enhances Landfill Operations with TerraFlow Geomatic's Surface Scanner Software

To modernize its landfill management Secure Energy purchase TerraFlow’s Surface Mapper software to measure cut-fill levels.

Projection Support

The list of EPSG codes and the projection name associated with it.

Transfer ArcGIS Online Feature Data

ArcGIS Online has a new function that enable you to subset data in an active hosted feature class called a Hosted View.

Web Service with FME – OpenWeatherMap

This blog post shows a very simple FME process which connects to OpenWeatherMap to get the weather for a city and writes it to an Esri shapefile.

DevOps

DevOps is a fascinating topic

GIS vs IT

In the world of Information Technology, GIS is a unique beast.

Birds in flight

Incredible photographs from Barcelona

Marriage of GIS and BIM (Barry Kelly)

Post by Barry Kelly of Esri Canada discussing the future of GIS and BIM

European Space Agency to Launch Navigation Satellites in 2015

Benefits to Canadian operators who use Galileo capable receivers

Satellite Lamps – An Exploration of GPS

Satellite Lamps which attempts to illustrate the unseen presence of GPS in modern life.

GPS Tracking

Garrett Miller and Eric Fischer of Mapbox loaded a host of information from RunKeeper to visualize in excess of 1 million walks, runs and bike rides.

40 Years of Landsat

Landsat 1 was launched exactly 40 years ago.

Russians to turn off GPS?

Posting from Russia – Russia has threatened to turn off GPS stations in Russia

Surface Height Management

Using geographic and engineering data to optimize the design to as-built process

Railways + Terraflow

Using geographic data to map Canada’s railways and fix issues sooner.

Premier Locates Enhances Locate and Mapping Efficiency with TerraFlow's Utility Mapper Software

Quickly and seamlessly gather information about your overhead world with best-of-breed laser range finders, GPS and mobile technology.