Patent ID: 8907980
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G09G

Abstract:
1. A method for managing and displaying information relating to a marking operation to mark a presence or an affirmative absence of at least one underground facility, the method comprising: A) electronically storing first information relating to a first electronic rendering of the marking operation, the marking operation being performed after generation of and pursuant to a locate request ticket relating to a dig area, wherein at least a portion of the dig area is planned to be excavated or disturbed during prospective excavation activities, the marking operation comprising, in response to the locate request ticket, providing at least one visible warning to an excavator performing the prospective excavation activities of the presence or the affirmative absence of the at least one underground facility at the dig area using at least one physical locate mark that includes at least one of non-white paint and a non-white flag; B) accepting from at least one user interface at least one user input relating to a modification of the first electronic rendering; C) electronically storing second information relating to a second electronic rendering of the marking operation, wherein the second electronic rendering is based at least in part on the at least one user input relating to the modification of the first electronic rendering; and D) providing for independent enabling or disabling for display, via the at least one user interface, of (i) at least one first layer constituting at least part of the first electronic rendering, and/or (ii) at least one second layer constituting at least part of the second electronic rendering.