ATHENS, GA, 13 June 2007 – Tri-Global Technologies LLC will introduce the Tri-Global BarcodeMapper™ Bundle next week at the ESRI International Users Conference in San Diego.
ESRI attendees can enter to win BarcodeMapper Bundle
The new product bundle integrates wireless barcode scanning and GPS-based mobile GIS technologies into a single solution that dramatically improves the efficiency of asset inventory projects for municipalities, utilities, and pipeline operators.
Tri-Global Technologies, which develops and implements innovative GPS/GIS field solutions, invites attendees to visit Booth 1921 in the ESRI Exhibition Hall for a brief demonstration and enter to win a complete BarcodeMapper Bundle. The drawing will be held on Thursday, June 21, and the winner need not be present to claim the prize.
The Tri-Global BarcodeMapper solution establishes a wireless connection between Trimble® GPS-based mobile GIS devices and Baracoda Roadrunner barcode scanners, allowing for quick scanning of asset serial numbers in the field to build or update location-based GIS inventories. The new BarcodeMapper bundle provides users with all of the hardware and software needed to quickly collect sub-meter location data and attribute descriptions for any assets that can be affixed with standard barcode labels.
“The Tri-Global BarcodeMapper Bundle is so flexible that it can be used to perform asset inventories outside in the field or inside large warehouse or refinery facilities where GPS signals can be obtained,” said Dennis Heath, Tri-Global Technologies Managing Partner.
The Tri-Global BarcodeMapper Bundle includes the following:
- Trimble Juno™ ST Handheld GPS Receiver/Mobile GIS device - Baracoda Roadrunner Series Barcode Scanner - ESRI ArcPad Field Software - Tri-Global BarcodeMapper Extension for ArcPad
In a typical application, the user swipes the barcode label with the wireless Baracoda scanner from a distance of one meter or less. The barcode scanner transmits the serial number via Bluetooth® connection to the Trimble Juno ST handheld mobile GIS device, which collects a GPS location point for the feature being scanned. As the ArcPad software accesses or creates a shapefile for the feature, the BarcodeMapper Extension links the scanned serial number to that feature and queries the user to add or update attributes onscreen.
“In the first application of BarcodeMapper technology, a municipality increased the efficiency of a traffic sign inventory project by 300 percent,” said Heath. “Field crews were able to map 25 signs per hour using mobile GIS instead of only seven per hour using manual field mapping methods.”
Headquartered in Athens, Georgia, with offices in Houston and San Antonio, Texas, Tri-Global Technologies LLC provides innovative GPS/GIS field solutions, software engineering and development, customized training, and data collection services to the oil & gas, utility, pipeline, transportation, agriculture, forestry and public works industries. As a Trimble Business Partner, Developer and Factory Service/Repair Center, Tri-Global offers sales and rental of Trimble Mapping and GIS equipment. The firm is also an Authorized ESRI Business Partner.
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