1. Mobile GIS @
Maui Electric Co.
Co-Administrators:
Carol Kennedy & Jamie Legsay

2. 1987

3. Single Line Drawings

4. GIS
In House
Usage

5. GIS
In House
Usage Field Crews

6. GIS
In House
Usage Field Crews

7. Shopping for a mobile solution
Off The Shelf??? $$$$$$
Support???
Local???
Hardware??? Custom???
Wireless??? Software???
Life Span ??? Mainland Firm???

8. 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

9. Hardware Considerations
1. Appeal
2. Weight and Size
3. Vehicle Mounted or Free Standing
4. GPS
5. Cost

10. 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

11. 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

12. GO! Sync Mapbook – Mobile GIS

13. Functionality
• Ease of Use
• Centrally Managed
• Occasionally Connected

14. 2 Way Communication

15. Map Navigation
• Gestures
• Zoom toolbar
• Searches
• GPS

16. Types of Searches
Facility Search
Quick Search
Intersection Search

17. Locate, Locate, Locate
• GPS allows user to plot their
current location on the map
• Options
– Show Location
– Follow Me
– Rotate Map
– Scale By Speed

18. A Wealth of Information
• Labels on map document
• MapTip Tool
• Identify Tool

19. Tracing

20. To Image or Not to Image…

21. Types of Inspections
Sketch Transformer Pole Switchgear
New, In GIS In GIS In GIS
Moved or Database Database Database
Removed

22. Sketch

23. Inspections
• Enter data in form
• Click Save button to save the
inspection
• Click Cancel button to exit the
inspection

24. Inspection Cycle of Life
Copy of
User Creates Inspections
Inspections Cached on
Field Device
Completed
Inspections are
extracted to Lifecycle
File Geodatabase
Copy of
Inspections
Server Uploaded to
Archives copy Server
of inspection & via FTP
writes inspection
record into SDE
Database

25. Progress Diagram
Get Ready
Get Setup GO & Train
For Delivery
Train Users
Server & Client Administrative
software installed Updates Devices are
deployed

26. MAHALO