Patent Document ID: 20090238416
Application ID: 12355272
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for facilitating detection of 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) electronically processing at least one marked-up digital image of a geographic area including the dig area, the at least one marked-up digital image including at least one indicator to delimit the dig area, wherein electronically processing includes: A1) converting the at least one indicator in the at least one marked-up digital image to a plurality of geographic coordinates representing the delimited dig area, the method further comprising: B) electronically transmitting and/or electronically storing information relating to a locate request ticket identifying the dig area to be excavated, the locate request ticket including image data and non-image data associated with the dig area, wherein: the image data includes the at least one marked-up digital image of the geographic area surrounding the dig area; and the non-image data includes the plurality of geographic coordinates representing the delimited dig area.