Patent ID: 8400155

Claim:
An apparatus for providing on a display device an electronic rendering of a locate operation to detect a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility, the apparatus comprising: a memory to store processor-executable instructions and locate information, the locate information including: magnetic field information based on a magnetic field detected by at least one receiver antenna of at least one locate device used for the locate operation; geographic information indicating at least one location of the at least one locate device during the locate operation; and ticket information relating to a locate ticket, wherein the ticket information comprises location information for a work site at which the locate operation is performed; and a processor coupled to the memory and the display device, wherein upon execution of the processor-executable instructions, the processor: A) displays in a display field of the display device at least one electronic detection mark based at least in part on the locate information stored in the memory, wherein at least one characteristic of the at least one electronic detection mark is based on the magnetic field information, and wherein at least one position in the display field at which the at least one electronic detection mark is displayed is based on the geographic information; and B) displays, on the display device, an aerial image representative of at least a portion of an area in which the locate operation is performed, wherein the at least one electronic detection mark appears in an appropriate position overlaid on the aerial image, based at least in part on the geographic information.