Birds-eye view drives cost savings at Western Power MESOTHELIOMA LAWYER

MESOTHELIOMA LAWYER Utility saves shoe leather and costs with nearmapRohan Pearce (Techworld Australia) 09 September, 2013 12:53 Comments Government-owned WA electricity company Western Power has cut the cost of manually checking on swathes of its infrastructure by feeding up-to-date high-resolution aerial imagery into the company's GIS (geographic information system) setup.

In the first half of this year, the utility company broadened its use of imagery provided by Sydney-based nearmap, which delivers a Google Maps-esque Web service for enterprises and small business but at a significantly higher resolution