GAS LINE LOCATE SOFTWARE
A miss on a gas main is a safety event, a regulatory event and a liability event at the same time. And afterwards, the locate record is the only account of what was found.
On most gas locates that record is a form, a photo and a memory. It says the locator was there. It doesn't say where the main was.
One is a memory. The other is a measurement.
A paper record says: we located and marked the gas main.
For example, a TerraFlow record says: the gas main was found at 42 inches (107 cm), at these coordinates, by direct connect at 86% signal, at 10:47 on March 14, by this locator, with the receiver reporting RTK fixed.
Nobody has to remember anything.
What each gas locate records
Connect the locator and the GPS receiver. Locate the way you always do. Each point captures:
- Position, with the fix type and accuracy the receiver reported
- Depth, read from the locator
- Utility type, set to gas, with subtype, material and size where known
- Method and signal strength
- Locator and time, per measurement
- The sketch, drawn to scale from the points you just captured
It works offline. The moment the tablet has signal, the office sees the locate. If something's missing, it gets fixed while the crew is still on site.
For gas utilities
What you need from your locate program is a record you can query: every locate, with position, depth and time, across your whole territory.
That's what arrives when contractors submit through TerraFlow. And every locate either confirms your maps or corrects them. After a year, you know where the field and the records disagree, from work you were paying for anyway.
Works with your kit
Radiodetection, Vivax-Metrotech and Rycom locators. Trimble, Eos, Emlid, Juniper and Bad Elf receivers. Nothing to buy.
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