New software for UKPMS CVI, DVI and FNS surveys

16 March 2010, Leamington Spa, UK: Yotta DCL, the UK's largest surveying company is pleased to announce the launch of its new data capture software, NotaVia. Designed with the data collector in mind, NotaVia is faster and more reliable than any other handheld surveying software on the market.

 Intelligent and intuitive, NotaVia builds on the success of DGEN, Yotta's widely used data capture tool. It features an easy-to-use interface that includes a built-in relationship between inventory, surface material and associated defects. NotaVia also holds key survey details freeing the surveyor from tedious data entry whilst also enabling cross-referencing of surveyed sections against network information.

 The built-in mapping feature ensures that the right section is surveyed in the required direction with visual indicators to help keep track of what's been completed. Once the survey is complete, all the data can be transmitted over a mobile network on to a server or to a specified email address. The output data can then be presented schematically for validation or be directly converted to UKPMS compatible HMDIF Format.

 "NotaVia is an exciting new software development for Yotta. The beauty of it is once your survey is completed you can upload the data from your handheld device direct to your server, at the push of a button," commented Simon Phillips, operations manager at Yotta DCL. "It improves the efficiency of the survey from beginning to end, because the data is only entered once."
 

Other key features of NotaVia include:

Intuitive visual feedback

Inbuilt edit functionality

Timestamp for survey records

Custom output-formats (on post-processing)

Diagrammatic visualization of surveyed section

Designed for Mobile devices

Ability to connect to external devices

About Yotta DCL

Yotta DCL is at the forefront of highway technology and services. The company's surveyors cover hundreds of miles of roads collecting all types of data every day to help transform highway surveys into solutions with real benefits. Its broad experience working with local authorities enables Yotta DCL to provide a range of survey solutions for councils to efficiently manage and maintain their highway assets.

 Surveys from Yotta DCL include Coarse Visual Inspections (CVI), Detailed Visual Inspections (DVI), machine scanning using its high tech Scanner vehicles and asset inventory surveys. It also develops and supports a wide range of software such as MARCHpms the industry renowned and respected pavement management system, Nano the user friendly asset management software and NotiVia, its new data capture tool.

 Yotta DCL's consultancy services team offers bespoke and scheduled training seminars, UKpms expertise and data analysis to customers of all pavement management systems. Customers include the Welsh Assembly Government, Southampton City Council, Nottingham City Council, Hampshire County council and Northumberland City Council.

 Yotta DCL is part of the OMG plc group of companies. Founded in 1984, OMG is a successful British technology company and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. OMG is one of the world's leading suppliers of image understanding systems, with customers all over the world.