“ The fact that the images captured are digital means we can upload entire images from the street-scene”
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Once footage and pictures have been taken in the field, the images can be analysed and transferred to‘ asbuilts’ in the office
Google Maps- both feature a‘ street view’ mode where, at street level, the viewer can move up and down the road to see homes, trees and any other object in the vicinity. The Trimble camera works in a very similar fashion to record and measure the street scene as part of the process of mapping out the street view, ahead of any potential utilities or construction works.“ The technology is fantastic, it allows for some of the most accurate mapping of the street and the surroundings before we even start to move on any construction, or next stages,” said Mick Webb, one of John Henry Group’ s Programme Directors, who has been overseeing the implementation of the technology into the John Henry Group workstreams.“ We’ re able to map the entire surroundings with the Trimble camera at a fraction of the cost of the traditional planning methods used.“ It also means we can perform surveying much quicker than with a measure technician and the accuracy is brilliant.“ The fact that the images captured from the Ford KUGA SUV are digital, means that we can upload entire street images to a hard drive back at John Henry Group’ s head office before we get started on the planning for where the fibre route could go- from here, we are able to insert route maps and design a superbly accurate as-built for our clients.” Once back at John Henry Group’ s head office specially modified computers have been upgraded to allow digital mapping of the photographed route to be analysed, providing a full Google-like street view of
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“ The fact that the images captured are digital means we can upload entire images from the street-scene”
the route for the design and build teams to analyse.“ We’ ve also noticed that the footage is helpful to mitigate against risks, particularly fixed penalty notices( FPNs).“ This means that pictures which have been captured before and after works by our survey vehicle allow us to plot and portray where we have been working and evidence good working practice as to how we may have left the street scene.” The survey team is working in conjunction with the John Henry Group national planning teams, both based at the company’ s national planning office near Brighton and at several regional offices in Cheshire, London, Cambridgeshire and Berkshire. As well as offering the survey vehicle with its turnkey solution, John Henry Group is also able to deliver a purpose-driven survey and design solution on a consultancy basis. For more information on the survey vehicle, visit Johnhenrygroup. co. uk or search for the survey vehicle on YouTube. You can also watch more by scanning the QR code below and see the vehicle in action on your smart phone or tablet device.
Scan here to see the digital survey vehicle in action on John Henry Group works.