GeoAce vs Macrilon Field App

GeoAce is a super-easy-to-use surveying application, for both surveyors and non-surveyors, who want to accurately collect geospatial data or locate (stakeout) such data on-site. GeoAce turns your smartphone or tablet into a precise, centimeter-accurate surveying system, without the need to use GNSS receivers or total stations. It uses Visual SLAM positioning and Augmented Reality technology to accurately determine the position of your smartphone/tablet in space and collect 3-dimensional data at the same time directly in the video stream. It doesn’t rely on GNSS positioning, so it can be used also indoors, under tree coverage and even in underground mining. You can connect external GNSS receivers to further increase the versatility of the application and accuracy. You can upgrade your GNSS receivers from Leica, Trimble, eSurvey, Stonex, Emlid and others with GeoAce to an Augmented Reality rover working everywhere, even in areas where GNSS usually wont work. The results are ready to use drawings in PDF and standard CAD & GIS formats. GeoAce doesn’t require a network connection and all processing and exporting is done on the device. Key Features: • 2D MapView with more than 245 Overlay Map Layers • Offline Maps • 3D Augmented Reality view • Data collection in 3D Augmented Reality view • Visual Stakeout (points and polylines) • Feature and Layer manager • Apple Watch support • Import GeoJSON, Esri SHP, DXF, DWG, DGN, GPX, OSM, CSV, KML/KMZ files • Export GeoJSON, Esri SHP, DXF, DWG, DGN, customizable CSV with QA report, Penmap, KML/KMZ • Georeference a survey by using WMS, WFS, imported CAD or GNSS files • Survey sketch PDF export with linear and chain & offset dimensions • Assign tasks to specific users • Sync data between multiple devices • Photo documentation of results • World-wide coordinate system and geoid support • Connection to external GNSS receivers • Quality (RMS) and status information Subscription types: 1. Free Subscription functionality: • Import: all formats • Overlay imported data on top of Apple maps • Precise GNSS surveying and CSV export • Free 7 days trial of all “Survey" subscription features Paid subscription: 2. "View" Subscription, all features of the Free subscription, plus • Visual stakeout with external GNSS in Augmented Reality • Apple watch support • WMS, TMS and WFS, offline maps • Export: PDF, GeoJSON, Esri, DXF • Sync between devices 3. "GIS" Subscription, all features of the "View" subscription, plus • Visual SLAM data collection in Augmented Reality • Georeferencing 4. "Survey" Subscription, all features of the "GIS" subscription, plus • GNSS data collection in Augmented Reality with eBubble and tilt compensation • Export: DWG, DGN • Teamleader reporting Purchase of a GeoAce subscription allows you to run the GeoAce App on all supported platforms, with your tasks and projects being automatically synchronized between your devices. Subscription payments will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew unless you cancel your subscription or turn off auto-renewal at least 24-hours prior to the end of the current subscription period. A cancelled subscription remains active until the end of the current period, at which time your account reverts to the “Free" subscription functionality. Customers selecting the Free Trial will enjoy “Survey" subscription features for a period of 7 days, after which they can elect to purchase a paid subscription. In the absence of a purchase, their account will revert to “Free" subscription functionality. For further information: • GeoAce Privacy Policy: https://its-geo.eu/Privacy.html • GeoAce Terms of Use: https://its-geo.eu/terms-of-service.html

For existing Macrilon customer teams: a company-provided account and an assigned job are required — there is no sign-up in the app. Macrilon Field App is the utility pole survey app for crews working make-ready, joint-use and fiber construction jobs on the Macrilon platform. Walk the line, photograph every pole, and record what is on it. It is built for places with no cell service: the app itself is on your iPhone, so it opens and works where your phone has no signal at all. SURVEY A POLE • Take pole, wire span and surroundings photos with the iPhone camera. Mark a span as a drop (secondary service or communication drop) and choose its crossing type, such as over roadway. • Each pole has one capture board: whole pole, pole tag, birthmark, guy wires, anchors, equipment, wire span and surroundings, plus an optional Comm tags tile for the tags on communication cables. The next photo is lit up; tap GO to take it. • Most photos save by themselves; tap Add another for one more. No guy wires or no equipment? One tap on None, no photo needed. • Record the pole ID, pole tag, equipment (transformer, arresters, riser, streetlight, capacitor, recloser), communication companies and the owner of each line, and notes. Companies are remembered for the whole job. • Mark a pole you couldn't reach and choose the reason. ON A PHONE THAT CAN MEASURE (IPHONE MODELS WITH A LIDAR SCANNER) Ruler: walk up to the pole, tap its base (a magnifier shows exactly where you're tapping), then step back to fit the whole pole in the picture. Marks every 4 ft from 2.5 ft up to 34.5 ft, those in the picture, are saved with the photo. They are an on-phone check, not a surveyed height. If the Ruler can't read the ground, the Macrilon logo still takes the photo; it is saved with no Ruler height. After a Ruler photo, one quick question asks you to tap where the pole meets the ground. It helps us improve height accuracy and never blocks you: Skip or Base hidden. The map pin can move from where you are standing to the pole face, using the direction and distance from the phone. Stick photo: put the physical stick in the frame. Phones that cannot measure use this path. BEFORE YOU LEAVE • Download your job while you have signal: its poles go onto your iPhone. • The Day readiness check reports what it can measure before you go — room for photos, which jobs are downloaded and how old they are, work still waiting to upload, when your sign-in ends, whether camera and location are allowed, and battery. It shows estimates and says so, and it does not guarantee an all-day run. IN A DEAD ZONE • Open the app, pick your downloaded job, and keep surveying: capture, pole details, notes, the pole list, the map and the guides all work offline. • Photos you save wait on your iPhone. They upload automatically while the app is open, connected and signed in; anything that needs attention is shown in the upload status at the top of the screen. • The map shows the job's poles, and your position when location is allowed and a fix is available; satellite imagery needs signal. LOCATION FOR EVERY CAPTURE • Your iPhone's location is recorded with each photo while the app is open, when you have allowed location and a usable fix is available. Saving never waits for GPS: a rough location is marked approximate. • The app compares it with the pole on record — from your download, so this works offline — and asks you to review a mismatch. • Adjust the pin on satellite imagery when you're standing away from the pole. • Locate me waits for a good GPS fix and warns you when the GPS signal is weak. SEE THE JOB • Poles sorted by distance, showing which ones already have photos. Planned poles show their SCID on the list and the map; pick one and its SCID fills in the Pole ID. • The photos already uploaded for the job (needs a connection). LANGUAGES • 33 languages (beta): the app follows your iPhone's language.