“The combination of GeoNav’s custom utility data solutions combined with Wireless Matrix’s fleet management solutions, all integrated on Garmin PNDs, has proven to be an invaluable tool for all utilities managing distributed infrastructure.”
Guner Gardenhire, President GeoNav Group International, Inc. GeoNav Group International specializes in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software and hardware integration and implementation. Its line of GIS solutions includes Utility Navigator, which augments the native data in a Garmin Personal Navigation Device (PND) with custom distribution infrastructure data from utility companies. By adding this custom information, GeoNav enables utility companies to accurately display their poles, meters, transformers and other infrastructure data on a Garmin PND, allowing them to more efficiently and quickly repair outages.
By combining TechConnect™, Wireless Matrix’s in-cab navigation and messaging solution for FleetOutlook, with the GIS overlay information from Utility Navigator, utility companies can:
- Search for the nearest vehicle to a specific distribution asset or outage
- Send the location of an outage and assign a work order directly to the nearest technician to an asset or outage via the GeoNav enhanced Garmin
- Provide technicians complete visibility into their infrastructure by displaying their entire physical plant map on the in-vehicle Garmin device
- Provide the technician turn-by-turn directions to the asset or outage, using the native Garmin navigation functionality.
In addition to allowing utility companies to dispatch and route technicians directly to distribution assets and outages, TechConnect provides utility companies real-time, two-way messaging between their technicians and dispatchers, making a joint Wireless Matrix, GeoNav solution a powerful productivity improvement tool for utility companies.
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