Landbase map being developed for excavators
Source: Mississippi 811 Magazine
Finally, Mississippi 811’s landbase map is being developed for excavators.
Mississippi 811’s landbase map is recognized as one of the best in the state, primarily because it receives updates daily, so it is constantly evolving and changing to more closely represent the real world.
This landbase map is also the heart of the ticket software, GeoCall. Mississippi 811’s commitment to accuracy has helped the membership to more accurately place their facilities within a buffered zone to provide protection to their facilities while eliminating unnecessary notices, a problem that plagues many notification systems.
Mississippi 811 is pleased to offer such world class benefits to its membership, and has been willing to share its resources with other organizations that want to help keep Mississippi a safer place to live and work. So when Jackson State University wanted access to the database for a homeland security project to also help protect the citizens of Mississippi, granting the request was an easy decision.
The Mississippi 811 team knew that the 811 landbase maps could be further developed to provide great benefit to the excavators calling in the proposed work. That led GIS Coordinator, Amanda Russell, to ask the Jackson State team about the possibility of creating a special portal that would allow excavators access to the maps while performing an electronic locate request. Her idea is to allow the excavator to more accurately determine the physical address of a work site as well as mark the scope of the request. According to Russell it would be “a special excavator globe” tied directly to the GeoCall landbase information.
“The people at Jackson State were very receptive to the idea,” said Russell. “They think they can have something for us to see in the near future and we’re excited about the possibilities.”
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