Patent Document ID: 20130147637
Application ID: 13758336
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for assessing at least one aspect relating to a marking operation performed by a locate technician, the method based on an electronic representation of the marking operation, the method comprising: A) digitally representing, on a display device, at least one physical locate mark so as to generate an electronic visual representation of the marking operation, wherein: the at least one physical locate mark includes at least one of non-white paint and a non-white flag; and the at least one physical locate mark is applied during the marking operation, the marking operation being performed after generation of and pursuant to a locate request ticket relating to a dig area that is planned to be excavated or disturbed during prospective excavation activities, the marking operation comprising, in response to the locate request ticket, providing at least one visible warning to an excavator performing the prospective excavation activities, using the at least one physical locate mark, of a presence or an affirmative absence of at least one underground facility at the dig area specified in the locate request ticket; B) determining a length associated with at least a portion of the digitally represented at least one physical locate mark; and C) based at least in part on the length determined in B), automatically assessing the at least one aspect relating to the marking operation.