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Field data capture provides a true representation of the resources owned or maintained by an organization. Physically verifying existing resources in the field guarantees the most up-to-date graphic information possible. Integrating the use of GPS technology, laser range finders, and ASI’s specialized field inventory software provides an even more accurate view of your assets.

ASI has also gone to great lengths to develop new technologies to make the data capture process and cost-effective and efficient as possible. We developed the industry-leading OUTFIELD field data entry software application, for example, to give field inventory personnel the tools they need to enter and convert facility and map data at its source. This software incorporates rules which ensure that required data associated with features such as poles, conductors and transformers are recorded completely and correctly. OUTFIELD also supports the interface of GPS, facilitating the recording of facility location coordinates. It provides the added benefits of reducing re-verification requirements, improving quality by capturing the data at the source, eliminating paperwork and increasing field crew productivity during the field inventory process. That, in turn, reduces your operating costs.

ASI’s extensive array of field data capture and verification services ranging from the manual verification and/or update of existing records to complete automated field data capture. These services include:

Manual verification/update

• Performing field checks of existing maps to bring these manual records up to date

Verification and update of existing digital data

• Downloading existing digital data to hand-held computers and verifying and/or updating this data to reflect true field conditions

Complete automated field data capture

• Collecting and geo-referencing field attribute data to enable bulk loading of accurate information to a target GIS system