Integrated LiDAR and Imagery Solutions

Within hours of data capture, GeoDigital provides reports on critical conductor clearance issues. These conditions—precise location, description, and photographs—are automatically delivered to the Clearion system for immediate dispatch. This integrated offering provides a powerful solution for electric transmission operators across North America who must comply with the NERC FAC003-1 requirements for vegetation management along high voltage corridors.

Clearion Software and GeoDigital International offer an integrated solution that automates the delivery of aerial LiDAR and high resolution imagery into the Clearion mobile enterprise GIS platform.

After dealing with the immediate critical clearance issues, transmission operators gain additional benefits when GeoDigital delivers locations of non-critical clearance concerns. These points, along with high resolution ortho and oblique imagery for the entire corridor, are accessible through the Clearion applications via a secure web server. This simple access to a rich set of information and work management tools, without the hassle of hosting and serving large amounts of data, enables future line clearing activities to be planned from the office. Furthermore, data can be downloaded as needed and taken into the field for visual verification.

The integration of GeoDigital LiDAR and imagery data with the Clearion mobile enterprise system also provides benefits in the following areas:

• Visual inspection of structures for maintenance concerns
• High precision structure locations delivered in GIS format
• ROW encroachment locations and change monitoring
• Optional PLS-CADD engineering models
• Low-cost re-inspection flights for annual growth assessment and audit of line clearing