Patent ID: 8965700
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for generating an electronic record of at least one environmental landmark at or near a work site of a marking operation to mark on ground, pavement, or other surface a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility, the apparatus comprising: an actuator; at least one input device to provide landmark information regarding the at least one environmental landmark; a memory to store processor-executable instructions and the electronic record; a processor coupled to the memory, the at least one input device, and the actuator, wherein upon execution of the processor-executable instructions by the processor, the processor logs in the electronic record, in response to at least one actuation of the actuator, at least some of the landmark information provided by the at least one input device; and a mode selector device to facilitate selection of a landmark mode for the apparatus, wherein the processor is configured to log in the electronic record, in response to at least one actuation of the actuator, the at least some of the landmark information provided by the at least one input device when the apparatus is in the landmark mode.