VIRTUAL WHITE LINES FOR DELIMITING PLANNED EXCAVATION SITES
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1. A method, comprising:
- sending an aerial image to a user via a network;
receiving a marked-up version of the aerial image from the user via the network that includes one or more virtual white lines added to the aerial image that delimit a dig area in which excavation is planned; and
providing the marked-up version of the aerial image, via one of an electronic or tangible delivery system, to another entity.
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Abstract
A method may include sending an aerial image to a user via a network; receiving a marked-up version of the aerial image from the user via the network that includes one or more virtual white lines added to the aerial image that delimit a dig area in which excavation is planned; and providing the marked-up version of the aerial image, via one of an electronic or tangible delivery system, to another entity.
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1. A method, comprising:
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sending an aerial image to a user via a network; receiving a marked-up version of the aerial image from the user via the network that includes one or more virtual white lines added to the aerial image that delimit a dig area in which excavation is planned; and providing the marked-up version of the aerial image, via one of an electronic or tangible delivery system, to another entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling at least one processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
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obtaining an aerial image; receiving user input specifying a location on the aerial image where excavation is planned; visually rendering virtual white lines on the aerial image based on the user input, where the virtual white lines delimit the location where the excavation is planned, in order to produce a marked-up digital image; receiving data that describes details of the planned excavation; and sending the marked-up digital image and the data that describes details of the planned excavation to a server across a network. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A server, comprising:
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a communication interface coupled to a network; and a processing unit configured to; cause the communication interface to send an aerial image to a user via the network, receive a marked-up version of the aerial image from the user via the communication interface that includes one or more virtual white lines added to the aerial image which delimit a dig area, and cause the marked-up version of the aerial image to be provided, via one of an electronic or tangible delivery system, to another entity. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method, comprising:
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providing a dig area marking tool application to a computing device at a client via a network; receiving an aerial image from the client that has been marked up, using the dig area marking tool application, to delimit a dig area on the aerial image; and providing the marked-up aerial image via an electronic or tangible delivery system to an entity. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system comprising:
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means for sending a digital aerial image to a user upon request of the user; means for receiving a marked-up version of the digital aerial image from the user that includes a virtual white line in the aerial image, where the virtual white line delimits at least a portion of a dig area; means for converting the virtual white line to latitude/longitude coordinates or geo- positioning coordinates; means for providing the marked-up version of the aerial image and the latitude/longitude coordinates or geo-positioning coordinates to an entity.
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