After a disaster, electric utilities need to understand where and what assets have been damaged.
Damage Assessment Collector is designed to be used to collect damages using a mobile device. Follow the steps below to understand the software/application requirements and learn to collect a damage using a mobile device and ArcGIS Collector.
Software Requirements
To use Damage Assessment Collector requires specific software and applications for each field technician in your organization. Below is the software required:
- ArcGIS account
- ArcGIS Collector
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Once you have verified that the device you will be using includes the required software and have access to your ArcGIS organization, you can use the Damage Assessment Collector map to collect damage in the field.
To collect a damage in the field, complete the following steps:
- Open Collector for ArcGIS and sign in using your ArcGIS organizational account.
- Once signed in, you will be presented with all the maps that you have access to. Search for damage to find the Damage Assessment Collector map.
- Select the Damage Assessment Collector map's thumbnail to open it. If you have enabled location services, the map will open to your current location.
- Collect a new feature, selecting the damage editing template.
- Update the attributes of the damage.
- Browse to the map and add the location of the asset on the map. If location services is enabled, you can use your current location as the geometry of the asset. You can also add the asset's location by tapping the point on the map.
- When you have finished recording the damage's attributes and geometry, click Submit.