1. Jenny Willbourn
GIS Consultant - Atkins
A Renewable Energy Resource Assessment -
Making Impossible Timescales Reality

2. Atkins Geospatial
GIS
Data Capture
& Data
Management
Mobile GIS
& GPS
Navigation
Solutions
Internet
Mapping &
Web Portal
Spatial
Analysis &
Modelling
3D
Visualisations
GIS Systems
Design &
Implementation
Aerial Surveys
& Remote
Sensing

5. Establish the extent to which renewable
energy forms are utilised, are thought about
and are accessible to the Kenyan people.
Project Aim
Renewable energy resource
planning, policy review and
policy development.

6. • 9 weeks
• 75 questions per survey
• 10000 responses required
• 44 counties
• 1 full time geospatial member of
staff
Main Problem

7. Solution
Solution
Survey123 for ArcGIS

8. Total number of
Surveys: 10,455
Total attributes:
1,129,140

9. • Locational information
• Easy to learn
• Time frames, storage and data packets
• Integration with Pro and Arc Online
Survey 123 – key points
For international and/or
remote working

13. No support – could be without phone signal
for a few days
Easy to Learn
Surveyors very used to mobile
technology but had never done
anything like this

14. • Uploading to one central database
• WIP data at the end of every day
• Verified data every week
• Regional and local conclusions drawn
continuously
Storage

17. Solutions –
For international and/or remote working
Key Lessons
• Write manuals
• What is your communications platform?
• Cross checking
• Monitor errors and mistakes
• Anonymity
• Team spirit

18. What's App
Messages:
Non technical group – 3492 (1373 were photos)
Upload group – 1098
Error continuing group – 498
Error resolved group – 146
Direct to Jenny from individuals group – 1158
Videos - 6
What's App
Messages:
3492
Non technical group
(1373 were photos)
1098
Upload group
146
Error resolved group
498
Error continuing group
1158
Direct to Jenny from
individuals group
6
Videos

19. VIDEO

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