State and Local government has the responsibility for nearly everything that can be seen from the public right-of-way. The expectations of modern-day customer service often translate to increasing demands for ‘discovery process’ field visits that can outpace available resources.
GEOSPAN helps address the need for costly ‘feet on the street’ by creating a virtual geographic presence at the desktop. A video survey conducted at highway speeds results in a video database that allows employees to ‘drive around town’ and view and inspect any location on their desktop PCs.
Specific advantages include:
- Issues are addressed and decisions are made without making a trip to the field just to understand the problem.
- Many items can be discussed with constituents and colleagues on the first call.
- The productivity of meetings is enhanced in terms of the quality and unanimity of decisions.
- Costs are reduced.
- Time is saved.
Asset management is a critical application for Public Works managers. The answers to the questions like how many signs do we have, where are they and what do they say, directly impact the safety and mobility of those who live and work in a community. Historically, for entities with hundreds of thousands of signs, creating an inventory to answer these questions has been impossible. Hand held GPS wands or other real time surveying methods fall short on these big jobs.
By periodically obtaining a video survey of the asset data, it becomes possible to easily validate the accuracy of the data. For example, if a sign is registered in the database, but is not seen in the video, it has been removed. This could represent a serious liability issue if it was not removed intentionally. Any signs registered in the database will appear in the video. Besides showing that assets may be missing, assets can also be easily registered into the database using the survey-accurate video.
Product: GEOVISTA® 360º Visual Surveyor
GEOSPAN has developed
GEOVISTA 360º Visual Surveyor software to locate and validate asset attributes from spatially accurate video collected at posted speed limits. You can use your own personnel or contract with
GEOSPAN to extract the desired information from the imagery. The visual mapping and validation API brings the imagery and the capability to view and survey signs into common GIS systems for display and surveying by end users.
Services: Point-In-Time Inventory
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GEOVAN easily collects the panoramic imagery and delivers a database of survey accurate video that not only includes all the signage, but also the total geography of the urban streetscape. With
GEOVISTA desktop surveying and automated data extraction technology, the inventory process is done at the desktop without interference from traffic, weather, and other elements from the real world.
Use our services to obtain a fast and efficient Point-In-Time survey to get you jump-started on your asset management project.
GEOSPAN can provide all of the attributes that can be seen in the video. Location attributes such as distance-down-block and offset are fully automated.
GEOSPAN offers high-level video indexing that gets you right to a specific asset or to a nearby intersection or address.
GEOSPAN will help you create a workbook establishing all of the rules and procedures required to ensure a complete and accurate survey.
Once an accurate Point-In-Time Inventory has been completed, the cost of performing future video surveys and asset validation will be greatly reduced. Your 360º virtual desktop will provide valuable on-going support in the complete life-cycle management of your transportation assets.