ELECTRONIC MANIFEST OF UNDERGROUND FACILITY LOCATE MARKS
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1. A method performed by a device, comprising:
- receiving information regarding a particular geographic area;
retrieving an aerial image of the particular geographic area;
displaying the aerial image;
determining an approximate geographic location of a locate mark denoting an underground facility;
overlaying, on the displayed aerial image, information concerning the approximate geographic location of the locate mark denoting the underground facility; and
storing the aerial image and the information concerning the approximate geographic location of the locate mark denoting the underground facility.
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Abstract
A method performed by a device may include receiving information regarding a particular geographic area; retrieving an aerial image of the particular geographic area; displaying the aerial image; determining an approximate geographic location of a mark denoting an underground facility; overlaying, on the displayed aerial image, information concerning the approximate geographic location of the mark denoting the underground facility; and storing the aerial image and the information concerning the approximate geographic location of the mark denoting the underground facility.
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24 Claims
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1. A method performed by a device, comprising:
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receiving information regarding a particular geographic area; retrieving an aerial image of the particular geographic area; displaying the aerial image; determining an approximate geographic location of a locate mark denoting an underground facility; overlaying, on the displayed aerial image, information concerning the approximate geographic location of the locate mark denoting the underground facility; and storing the aerial image and the information concerning the approximate geographic location of the locate mark denoting the underground facility. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A device, comprising:
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a memory to store aerial images of a plurality of geographic areas; and a processing unit to; receive information regarding a particular one of the geographic areas, retrieve one of the aerial images from the memory based on the received information, receive information concerning an approximate geographic location of an underground facility locate mark located within the particular geographic area, present, on the retrieved aerial image, the information concerning the approximate geographic location of the underground facility locate mark, and store the retrieved aerial image and the information concerning the approximate geographic location of the underground facility locate mark. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system, comprising:
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means for identifying a geographic area; means for retrieving an aerial image of the geographic area; means for displaying the retrieved image; means for receiving input from a user concerning an approximate geographic location of underground facility locate marks that are located within the geographic area; means for presenting, on the displayed aerial image, a marking that identifies the approximate geographic location of the underground facility locate marks within the geographic area; and means for storing the displayed aerial image with the marking that identifies the approximate geographic location of the underground facility locate marks.
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23. A system, comprising:
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a central server to store a plurality of aerial images of a corresponding plurality of geographical locations; and a user device to; identify a particular geographic location, determine whether the user device stores an aerial image corresponding to the particular geographic location, retrieve the aerial image from the central server when the user device does not store the aerial image corresponding to the particular geographic location, retrieve the aerial image from a local memory when the user device stores the aerial image corresponding to the particular geographic location, display the aerial image, receive information regarding an approximate location of underground facility locate marks located at the particular geographic location, present, on the displayed aerial image, a marking that identifies the approximate location of the underground facility locate marks.
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24. A method performed by a device, comprising:
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receiving information regarding a particular geographic area; retrieving an aerial image of the particular geographic area; receiving, from a global positioning system (GPS)-enabled device, information regarding an approximate location of underground facility locate marks; displaying, as a combined image, the aerial image and the information regarding the approximate location of underground facility locate marks; and storing the combined image.
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