Patent Document ID: 20120019380
Application ID: 13190138
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for generating an accuracy-referenced electronic record of a locate and/or marking operation performed by a locate technician, the locate and/or marking operation comprising locating and/or identifying, using at least one physical locate mark, a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility within a dig area, wherein at least a portion of the dig area may be excavated or disturbed during excavation activities, the method comprising: A) digitally representing, on a display device, a location of the at least one underground facility and/or the at least one physical locate mark so as to generate an electronic visual representation of the locate and/or marking operation; B) digitally representing, on the display device, an accuracy of the represented location using at least one accuracy indicator overlaid on the electronic visual representation of the locate and/or marking operation so as to generate an accuracy-annotated representation of the locate and/or marking operation; and C) electronically transmitting and/or electronically storing information relating to the accuracy-annotated representation of the locate and/or marking operation so as to generate the accuracy-referenced electronic record of the locate and/or marking operation.