Fast, accurate data collection drives costs way down
In Public Works departments, knowing the location and inventory of all your fixed assets is critical for planning and responding to service requests each day—yet budgets are tight.
So how can you easily and cost effectively enable GPS collection in the field and immediate, seamless transfer of collected data to your enterprise GIS?
Re-purposing your smartphones is the budget-smart solution
Use Freeance Mobile on BlackBerry, Android and iPhone and equip your field workers with an inexpensive, multi-purpose GPS data collection device—complete with digital camera—that’s connected live to your ESRI GIS data.
Freeance Mobile provides easy-to-use custom forms that you create in-house so your field workers can quickly collect field data that’s complete with GPS location, digital photos and any critical attributes.
Now you can finish asset collection projects under budget and ahead of schedule, with no more wasted time or effort transferring data at the start or end of the day. Freeance Mobile is proven to reduce labor costs and the number of people needed to deliver service.
The Numbers Don’t Lie: Measurable Time and Costs Savings at Nova Scotia Power
"Freeance Mobile on BlackBerry allowed us to avoid the need for collectors to travel to local utility depots for data uploads each day. Two hours saved per day for each of the 14 collectors, translates into nearly $200,000 worth of labor savings," says Brian Shannon GIS Connectivity Project Manager, Nova Scotia Power Inc.
Richard Janega, Executive Vice President and COO, agrees: "Freeance on BlackBerry has provided an integrated business solution for our utility, by improving speed and accuracy throughout our processes, including data collection in the field, updating the GIS system and approving system changes."
View the complete case study, to see how Nova Scotia Power completed a province-wide asset collection project within a mandated timeline which seemed impossible.
Freeance Mobile software is a proven solution running at large federal organizations, global energy companies and public works departments throughout North America.
See For Yourself
Electric Distribution company field maps construction units with BlackBerrys and Freeance Mobile – GPS, digital photos and detail notes directly to ESRI GIS.
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