Patent ID: 8766638

Claim:
A device for use in a locate operation to detect a presence or absence of an underground facility, the device comprising: at least one of: transmitter circuitry to generate an applied signal to be applied along the underground facility; and a receiver antenna configured to detect a magnetic field from the underground facility; a memory to store processor-executable instructions; at least one communication interface; and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the at least one communication interface, and the at least one of the transmitter circuitry and the receiver antenna, wherein upon execution of the processor-executable instructions, the processor: controls the at least one communication interface to receive environmental information regarding at least one environmental condition of an environment in which the device is located; and stores at least some of the received environmental information in the memory, wherein the device further comprises a location tracking system configured to provide to the processor an indication of a location of the environment in which the device is located, and wherein upon execution of the processor-executable instructions, the processor: controls the at least one communication interface to receive the environmental information regarding the at least one environmental condition of the environment based on the indication of the location provided by the location tracking system.