Town of Cave Creek

In 2020, EMS was tasked by Cave Creek Water to build a functional, scalable and cost-efficient GIS WebMap.

As a leading GIS company in the state with emphasis on wet utilities database development and custom software deployment, EMS used BikeRac technology and As-Builts along with Bad Elf Software to accurately collect and display over 5500 water assets.

With innovative geospatial solutions, EMS was able to save the Town of Cave Creek hundreds of thousands of dollars while completing their goal. 

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City of Chandler

In Q1 2022 EMS was retained by Ameresco, INC to provide field asset collection using our proprietary BikeRAC asset collection technology. In less than two months, EMS collected over 38,000 lamps providing both a dashboard and an ESRI WebApp Builder site for Ameresco Engineers to design the system. Ameresco field personnel used ESRI FieldMaps to update installation status throughout the project. Ameresco managers used the dashboard as a collaboration tool with the City to reconcile field issues. Field installation is expected to be fully completed by March of 2024. 

In the past, such a large project would require the hiring of a dozen or more temporary workers to walk every street to pinpoint the lighting. But such an approach was inefficient, time consuming, and expensive. Also, with no pictures to document the audit, it was impossible to go back and review the data.

The EMS solution was to use our RACV technology, outfitting a Kia Soul automobile with a PC, multiple GoPro cameras, and proprietary mapping software. The vehicle was then wired with safety flashers, and a driver simply followed the route laid out by the software. The camera system accurately recorded the needed data, which was then fed directly to the car-mounted laptop and plotted on pre-configured maps with an accuracy of less than one foot. The software tracked the vehicle’s current location while also leaving a digital “bread-crumb trail” to show what areas had been covered. Using automated mobile devices resulted in efficient and accurate collection of field information while also providing data collectors with a safe environment. Monitoring software also let the driver know if a camera went offline so that no data would be lost. As a result, EMS completed the mapping in just over two months with the final field data delivered in less than three months.

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City of Tolleson

The City of Tolleson, AZ retained EMS to digitize their Storm assets using our proprietary BikeRAC technology. EMS surveyed the streets to locate all storm-related features to supplement the existing Water and Sewer features EMS has maintained for the City for over 20 years. Tolleson field crews use these maps in the field for operations and maintenance as well as BlueStake (call before you dig) and access to engineering plans.

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Town of Fountain Hills

Using state of the art RTK GPS technology, EMS visited and collected positional data within an inch of it’s true ground position for manholes in the Town of Fountain Hills. This data was transmitted immediately to the ESRI Cloud Server and stored for the editing. EMS also captured camera imagery that was made available on the FHSD GIS website, which can be used for a variety of applications. A final map was provided displaying manholes, gravity mains, laterals and lateral annotation.

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City of Broken Arrow, OK

In 2023, EMS was tasked with collecting Roadway Assets for Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Specializing in fast, accurate and cost-efficient asset collection, EMS collected and reviewed assets such as Sidewalk, Curb, Road Striping and Marking in QGIS before converting the information into a Web Map.

Sidewalk and curb assets are created in two stages; first we draw the asset over the top of aerial photography and then we perform a systematic review of all the survey photos to edit and attribute each sidewalk or curb link. The survey photos are a four-photo array around the vehicle. During the review, we choose a photo and image positioning that best represents the asset.

By selecting an asset, the client is provided with several attributes for each individual asset. For example, selecting a Sidewalk asset would provide the type of sidewalk, the material, the condition (Poor, Fair or Good), width, any obstructions and the shape length. This information can be used to plan out and execute large city wide projects.

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Sidewalk

Curb

Striping and Marking

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