At OHM Advisors' October 2015 Asset Management Planning Workshop in Midland, MI, Mike Cousins, GISP, presents new, more efficient, and cost-effective methods of field data collection. Using tablets and specialized software, information can be collected on various assets three times faster with greater accuracy.

1. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
SYSTEMS (GIS)
FOR INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET MANAGEMENT
OHM Advisors
LUNCH & LEARN
October 27, 2015
MIKE COUSINS, GISP

2. • ESRI
• ArcGIS Online
• Collector for ArcGIS
• Operations Dashboard
• Trimble
• Trimble TerraFlex
• Trimble Geo7x Receiver
Points of Discussion

3. GIS
Trends

4. Old Method of Data Collection
• Digital Camera
• Only used for special circumstances
• Required confined space entry
GPS Unit
Pen and Paper
Tedious Data Transfer Step

5. Old Method of Data Collection

6. • Samsung Galaxy Tab S or iPad Air
• Garmin GLO External Satellite Receiver
• Verizon mifi Mobile Hotspot
• Trimble TerraFlex Software
• Collector for ArcGIS Software
New Method of Data Collection

7. Pros/Cons - Old Method
Pros
• Accuracy – sub-foot
Cons
• ~5-10 mins just to turn on and open
• ~5 mins to lock onto satellites
• Post process data
• Manually tie photos to points
• $$$$ - Total package is over $12,000!
• Not including man hours on the backend

8. Pros
• Quick, easy data collection
• Nice forms
• Easy to hand place points if GPS signal is not great or if it
is not safe to collect a point onsite
• Ties photos directly to points
• No post processing
• Limited time on the backend
• Nice exports (KML-Google Earth, CSV -Excel, GIS GDB)
• $$$$ - Total package with 2 tablets ~$1,000
Cons
• Accuracy - 1-3m
Pros/Cons - New Method

9. Collector For ArcGIS

10. Operations Dashboard

11. Operations Dashboard

12. ArcGIS Online

13. Trimble TerraFlex

14. Trimble TerraFlex

15. DEMO

16. Q&A