Patent ID: 9208464
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: G01C,G06Q

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for automatically assessing a quality of a first locate and marking operation performed by a field technician using locating equipment to identify a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility at a work site of proposed excavation so as to facilitate mitigation of damage to the at least one underground facility during subsequent excavation activities performed at the work site, the first locate and marking operations being performed by the field technician in response to a locate request ticket that specifies the work site of the proposed excavation, the apparatus comprising: at least one piece of locating equipment; a memory storing processor-executable instructions; at least one I/O interface; at least one display device; a processor communicatively coupled to the at least one piece of locating equipment, the memory, the at least one display device, and the at least one I/O interface, wherein upon execution of the processor-executable instructions, the processor: