The Penmap Street Lighting system provides the perfect solution for not only collecting Street Lighting asset information, but also the inspection and maintenance of those assets.

GIS for the Lighting Engineer
Penmap provides a complete field GIS data collection system that allows the engineer to have in a small field unit the complete record of all the lighting stock that he is responsible. This system allows for both the survey of new stock and the maintenance of existing lights.

Identify and record Lighting Faults
Due to Penmaps ablity to store large databases of Street Lighting information the user can take the complete inventory into the field and record faults and generate instructions to maintenance crews. These work tickets can be recorded and even generated on site and can include digital photographs to record physical damage to assets.

Recording lighting condition at night
Because streetlights need to be inspected at night to check if they are functioning correctly, this presents several safety isues to the inspector. Driving a car and operating a computer is not safe and would require constant stopping to enter data. To solve this problem Penmap has added a voice recognition system which allows the inspector to record a bulb being out by just saying the word ?#8364;˜Bulb?#8364;™. When the computer hears the word Bulb it asks a GPS receiver where it is and automaticallly calculates which streetlight in the database is closest to the inspectors position. A work ticket is then automatically generated and the inspector has not had to take his eyes off the road or hands off the wheel. If a difficult conjustion of lights needs to be recorded then the inpector does have the option of stopping and selecting the lights manually.

User Configurable Databases
In Penmap you are the expert in your field, and you decide which data to collect. All databases are configurable by the user. Fields, Databases, Symbols, Layers, and all of the Buttons and Icons are completely configurable by the user without having to do any programming.

Import and Export Directly to GIS
Existing data collection systems require coding on the data collectors, these codes must then be converted into the GIS system. Penmap uses exactly the same data structures and data sets that are used on the GIS. This allows for two-way seamless data communication.

Recording Data Onto Existing Background Maps
Penmap's ability to hold a detailed digital map of an entire city has been found to be especially useful for highway inventory. This means that when an inspector goes to the site, he can have immediate access to any part of the city map. Being able to use the background detail from the digital maps and not having to remeasure existing items of detail reduces the quantity of data that has to be collected.