MobileMapper 6 GPS/GIS for Yunnan Power Grid China

Yunnan Power Grid maintenance personnel will use the MobileMapper 6 units to navigate to wired poles and towers, check and record the pole and tower conditions, and download the data into the corporation's GIS management system. The addition of the mobile mapping technology will improve GIS accuracy and maintenance team reactivity for Yunnan Power Grid. It will also increase the quality of the GIS database and as a consequence improve asset management efficiency for Yunnan Power Grid.

"Following a rigorous competitive evaluation, the Ashtech MobileMapper 6 was chosen by Yunnan for its superior performance in four principal areas," explains Beijing TATO Digital Co, Ltd., the Ashtech GIS dealer in this region. "The MobileMapper 6 offers an open platform architecture (Windows Mobile 6) that permits Yunnan to install its own proprietary mobile GIS application software. The unit is rugged and waterproof to the IPX7 standard; it is easy to use and it delivers the required real-time accuracy Yunnan needed, even in difficult work environments," they added.

"The increasing use of mobile mapping technology by companies such as Yunnan Power Grid demonstrates the maturity of the GIS sector in China." said Eric Moisset, Ashtech GIS Product Marketing Manager. "The growing use of GIS, in private and government organizations, permits central information databases to be established more quickly and completely. GIS and mobile mapping provide better resource management, and lead to more informed decision making in sectors, such as the utilities asset management and natural resources management," added Moisset.