Expect Everything - Remote Location and Remote Measurement
From a mobile GIS solution that uniquely integrates hardware and software to provide game-changing capability.Click below to explore how ikeGPS delivers dramatic productivity benefits.
Locate AND Measure Targets Remotely
Experience the only mobile GIS device that meets remote location and remote measurement challenges.
With ikeGPS, each shot of a target not only locates (GPS) the point of interest, it also locks together a calibrated image of the target from which many complex measurements can be simply made. This location and measurement data is recorded with every point captured. The user can decide how the location data and images are used, measured and mapped.
Complex Measurements Made Easy
Making the impossible possible.
Not only can you accurately geo-tag, photograph and map any target up to 1,000 meters away with ikeGPS, you can now easily measure anything in the images captured – heights, widths, surface areas, attachment points, wire span heights and much more. This is thanks to the ikeAnnotate, the advanced but intuitive ikeGPS photogrammetry and augmented reality platform.
To make measurements, simply select a mode from the icons on the ikeGPS screen:
- TrueSize photo mode: for measuring heights, widths, surface areas, volume and more from any TruSize image captured.
- Span height mode: for real-time measurement of wire span height, building heights and more. See the points measured and results burnt into the image captured.
In the field or on a desktop computer back at the office, taking the measurements is as simple as it looks! And each and every measurement is verified by an image that is geo-located by a point on any map.
See how customers are using ikeGPS measurement capability in the power and telecommunications industry to reduce costs by more than 50%.
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Remote Data Capture
Means fast, safe and verifiable work practices.
Speed and safety are the core benefits of being able to capture location and measurement information without needing to be physically at the point of interest. Stay off the road, behind the legal boundary, on your side of the river, out of the ditch or simply out of sight. Locking together a verifiable image of every target is the icing on the cake.
With a single click ikeGPS captures:
- The target GPS position
- The distance to the target via the laser rangefinder
- The bearing and relative altitude of the object via a 3D compass
- A high resolution photo of the target, with cross hairs embedded in the image to verify the exact point of measurement
- A TrueSize image of the target that can be measured via on-board photogrammetry software
- Multiple data file types that integrate into ESRI, Google Earth and all other major mapping and backend systems
See why the US Army Corps of Engineers and US Military have deployed 100’s of ikeGPS to work quickly and stay safe in demanding environments.
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Simplest In-Field Work Practices
The most advanced GIS data capture capability meets the simplest in-field operation.
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Any Back End System. Any Work Flow
Enjoy advanced data capture capability that plays with any back end system and fits into any work flow - right out of the box.
Unlike a lot of other data capture devices, ikeGPS natively captures data in multiple common file types. Every data point captured by ikeGPS is stored as a jpeg file (with the Exif header populated), a KML file (for easy Google Earth integration) and a simple CSV file. ikeGPS captures Shapefiles for ESRI ArcPad and ArcGIS Mobile applications and works seamlessly with the other major GIS back end systems.
That means no proprietary software, additional cost or hassle to import data and images into your back end system.
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Totally Integrated Hardware and Software
Means unique capability, lower cost and less errors.
The hardware components within ikeGPS include sub-meter GPS, 5MP digital camera with 10x zoom, best-in-class 3D compass, laser range finder with up to 1,000 meter range and a Windows mobile computer wrapped in an IP67, mil-spec tough chassis. These components are seamlessly integrated by ikeGPS software - software that also provides complex measurement capability via proprietary photogrammetry and augmented reality platforms. No one else integrates a unit like ikeGPS.
Comparable systems typically comprise two or three pieces of equipment and require two or three manual steps in the field to capture a point. More than just difficult in-field work flow, multi-component systems are often less accurate because of the offset error between the rangefinder, camera and GPS, present less than half the Mean Time Between Failure and ultimately require both a higher up front and total cost of ownership.
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No other combination of mobile devices in the market can provide the remote measurement capabilities of ikeGPS. This is enabled by the unique hardware integration and the powerful ikeGPS measurement software engine.