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What Is TruckMap*™

Field Information System™ Architecture

Software Components

GIS Software Support

Hardware Platforms

Communications Platforms

Database Support


What Is TruckMap*™

  • Out-of-the-Box Fleet Automation
  • Creates Maps Dynamically
  • Integrates Seamlessly to Existing Databases
  • Table Driven Application Development
  • GPS Enabled
  • Supports Wireless and Stand-Alone Environments

TruckMap*™ Field Software and TruckMap* Office Software comprise the TruckMap*™ product line. It is multi-tier software that implements state of the art systems for mobile and dispatch applications using industry-standard, handheld computer platforms. Together, the TruckMap™ Field and Office Software provide off-the-shelf, plug-in, pre-integrated software components for every aspect of field services computing.

The software is easy to use and configure using your own data, displays, and reports - without extensive programming. The software was designed for rapid implementation both as a stand-alone in the field or integrated with your existing applications. TruckMap™ provides "drag and drop" configuration, minimal organizational impact, and 30-60 day deployment. With our Field Information System™, your company can:

•  Achieve Operating Excellence: simultaneously improve customer service and reduce costs of service.

•  Improve Field Productivity: reduce wasted time, eliminate paper in the truck, improve communications, and eliminate delay with wireless.

•  Deploy Workforce Management to the Field: make it easy to use, quickly accepted, collaborative, and secure. Supports multiple field platforms with Gloves On™ No Typing for ease of use. Standardize the user interface for multiple field applications, including trouble call, field design, job reporting and estimating.

•  Provide Timely and Accurate Field Data: integrate field crews with enterprise data: trouble calls, network data, company applications, communications, current facility status, and large amounts of dynamic geographic data.

•  Use Location Based Services for Field Crew Optimization: automated vehicle locations, crew locations, scheduling, addressing, GPS, routing and location query.

•  Accelerate Payback: deploy projects quickly, leverage existing data, incremental implementation, reduce development risks, and standardize platforms for multiple field applications. www.har-gis.com/calculator.html

The following sections describe the Field Information System™ architecture, software, hardware, communications and database platform.

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TruckMap™ Field Information System™ Architecture


TruckMap™ Software Components

TruckMap™ Field CE provides all functions to the field crews using a variety of inexpensive Windows CE handheld computers and PDA's. TruckMap™ Field PC provides information to field crews using powerful Windows mobile and tablet computers.

TruckMap™ Office integrates field crews and supervisors with database, communications and enterprise systems.

Table 1, TruckMap™ Field, describes the software available for both Windows PC and Windows CE platforms. Table 2, TruckMap™ Office, includes all the features of TruckMap™ Field, and adds data management, data logging and communications.

Table 1

TruckMap™ Field Software Components

GeoIllustrator™ dynamically generates different facility network maps, records and drawings at a variety of scales from multiple GIS data sets.

GeoQuery™ provides real-time, two-way integration to relational databases with maps and provides field access to customer data.

GeoNotes™ provides one-touch field notes, markups, map sketch, site photos and voice notes. Links to any Windows compatible application.

GeoRouter™ provides instant address location, shortest routes between multiple destinations, turn-by-turn driving directions, and thousands of landmarks to guide crews to unfamiliar locations.

GeoTracker™ implements Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Automated Vehicle Location (AVL) to your map displays. Enables other TruckMap™ components to capture accurate locations, locate your equipment, and navigate to distant locations.

GeoForms™ offers quick, accurate and efficient field data entry with user-definable forms. Rapidly implement field applications, such as equipment inspection and inventory, use existing maps and data, update and verify the information in the field, then load it into your database.

CAD Viewers and Editors view your existing AutoCAD™ detail drawings by clicking on a point. CAD Editor provides your crew with 2D and 3D designs using familiar CAD tools.

GeoImager™ rectifies and displays aerial photography, satellite photography, ortho-photographs and scanned maps as background images within GeoIllustrator™.

GeoTracer™ automatically traces your facility network to identify connected devices, circuits and customers. Quickly locates shutoff valves, protective devices, and connected services.
GeoFilter™ automatically customizes your display based on attributes, such as circuit, material, manufacturer, owner, pressure, etc.

Table 2

TruckMap™ Office Software Components

GeoConfigure™ provides a suite of graphic tools to quickly create and customize your map displays, themes and data dictionary without programming.

GIS Interface loads spatial data from your Geographic Information Systems, including ESRI ArcGIS™, AutoDesk™, Intergraph™, GE Network Solutions / Smallworld™, and Trimble Pathfinder Office™.

GeoMessenger™ shares real-time status for jobs, crews, facilities, incidents, outages, dispatching, messaging, customer calls, job status, field notes, truck locations, crew assignments, and equipment status.

GeoUpdater™ automatically synchronizes field data with your enterprise GIS databases. Overnight, your crews automatically receive just the areas that have been changed.

Street Network Interface™ loads commercially available street network data from Geographic Data Technologies, Navigation Technologies, TeleAtlas/ETAK, or Census TIGER. SNI creates and maintains your address database and street maps without costly digitizing.

Facility Network Interface™ loads your existing facility network data model using a simple ASCII data format. The FNI preserves tracing and connectivity of your original data.

Relational Database Interface™ provides industry standard query and reporting using your relational database management system. RDI supports all industry standard ODBC, ADO and SQL compliant databases, including Microsoft, Oracle, and Informix.

Application Server Interface™ extends existing corporate applications (including GIS, CIS, WMS, and SCADA) to the field crews by providing TruckMap™ services across your corporate Internet. IASI implements World Wide Web standard XML and SOAP client services.

GeoLocker™ provides security, encryption and control over your valuable asset records and TruckMap™ data.


GIS Software Support

TruckMap*™ quickly and easily distributes your GIS and Database tables to your field crews, and automatically updates all crews with changes, even if the data has not been included in a GIS. The system supports several GIS data sets simultaneously, including:

  • ESRI ArcGIS and ArcMap
  • GE Network Solutions Smallworld GIS and Power On
  • Autodisk AutoCAD and Vision
  • Intergraph FRAMME and DGN
  • Orthophotos and Scanned Maps
  • Database records from customers, facilities, operations, and SCADA

We are a certified ESRI Business Partner, and have substantial experience developing in all the above platforms.

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TruckMap™ Hardware Platforms

All TruckMap™ components work together seamlessly and support all industry-standard computers, GPS and wireless communication protocols, with the latest industry-standard hardware and software platforms. You choose what you want on each field platform - Microsoft Windows PC or Windows CE - and it works.

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Windows CE 3.0 and CE.Net, PocketPC™,
HandheldPC Professional™, Pen Tablet •

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Windows XP Pen Tablet™, Windows XP, Windows 2000™,  Windows NT™,    Windows 98 SE™ •

TruckMap*™ supports all industry-standard GPS, including NMEA 0183, SiRF and TSIP interfaces, including Trimble Pathfinder Pocket, Pharos GPS, and many others.

image 8har*GIS LLC now offers Trimble's GeoExplorer™ series Windows CE computers, a rugged, sub-meter accurate GPS. The combination provides accurate field data capture, integrated with your facility records, addressing/routing and spatial GeoQuery™ in one convenient package.

har*GIS LLC provides Trimble's ruggedized Recon data collection computer.Trimble Ruggedized Recon Data Collection Computer

We offer field computers from Advantec, Trimble Navigation, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard, iPAQ, Panasonic ToughBook, and others. We include free software and data installation with these computers. Other customer-supplied equipment may require TruckMap*™ certification or integration services.


TruckMap™ Communications Platforms

TruckMap*™ supports most industry-standard WAN/LAN/WLAN Internet Protocol communications, including CDPD, CDMA/1xRTT, GSM/GPRS, AMPS/TDMA/CDMA, 900 Mhz and 1.8 Mhz cellular, Wireless Ethernet (WiFi, 802.11a, 802.11b, 80211.g), Ricochet high-speed wire-free Internet, and digital cellular phones, including NexTel.

har*GIS LLC is an authorized dealer for Richochet (176kbps Internet), and for NexTel.

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TruckMap™ Database Support

TruckMap*™ supports all relational databases compliant with ODBC, ADO and SQL, including Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, Oracle and Informix.

har*GIS LLC provides street navigation database from Navigation Technologies and Geographic Data Technologies.

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TruckMap*™ integrates a highly compressed spatial database that provides very rapid performance with large amounts of geographic data. For instance, streets, addresses and driving instructions for the entire state of Colorado occupy less than 70 MB of storage. The spatial database includes a simple ASCII interface to load a selected area from multiple GIS sources, and one to dump an area back into the ASCII format.

For free configuration consultation and product specifications, please contact Sales at (303) 220-0253, your local TruckMap*™ dealer, your Trimble Dealer, or email info@har-gis.com.

 

Last Updated on Wednesday, December 15, 2004 5:17 PM

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