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Yeah, I've "been there and done that" for sure. I've spent the last 15 years working with GIS and trying to encourage linecrews to use it. For those linemen (and, yes they are the younger men that have been around a computer more) that have started using the applications - they now DEMAND access to them. Even some of the older guys that I used to work with are beginning to use GIS as they see how much it can help. If nothing else "a picture is worth a thousand words" seems to work. I've taken the time to personally draw some of the men aside and show them small thing that they can find and let them know that all they have to do is ask and I'll help them some more. I reckon it works because they do start understanding what a great tool it is. One of the results of doing this is that the crew members can return some damn good ideas to the engineers. Good practical field experience can be displayed on drawings very easily and when that man sees his work on a piece of paper the result is "job pride". It ain't easy but it is damn sure worth it at the end of the day. I'll be glad to give you a hand in any way that I can.
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I wish I had the educational background to write the very long list of how GIS can make life easier for everyone in your organization from bottom to top. I worked line construction starting from grunt to lineman to foreman to safety supervisor to right-of way coordinator over a 30 year span. After retirement I continued work within the same utility working on data installation on a ESRI/ArcFM system. I'm hoping that some of the other members of this forum will contact you with a list of things that can happen when using GIS. Good luck - it sounds like you've got a great start.
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Just wondering if ya'll have ever developed a method of working out your problem. If you only started out with it I would appreciate a direction so I may pass the idea along to our in-house tree trimming section. We, of course, use private contractors for the actual work but it would really make everybody's job easier if we could use to information available on our GIS mapping. Thanks from sunny Floirda
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As a new participant on this forum and new to ArcPAD - I send a "Thank You Very Much" to the folks at ESRI. I only wish that we could receive the same service from our local Trimble dealer. Where did he go after the sale?
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