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Precisely Flexible Positioning

Accuracy is also important in augmented reality. Solutions from manufacturers such as New Zealand-based Augview can load the as-constructed data from a utility or municipal GIS database to a tablet or smartphone. Using position and orientation from onboard sensors, the software can superimpose the location of underground utilities onto a georeferenced view of an area as seen by the device’s built-in camera. The solution enables field workers to visualise otherwise invisible objects.
Because augmented reality places digital objects into the view of the physical world, users can quickly spot any errors or inconsistencies in the positioning of objects. If these occur too often, users can lose confidence in the solution. Ironically, many users are unwilling or unable to pay for higher precision. But locating buried objects as well as producing the augmented views requires positioning accuracy beyond the capability of most BYOD solutions. As-constructed data is often collected by survey teams and may be more precise that the capability of handheld devices used by utility field technicians. For many clients, factors such as the cost, size and weight of an external GNSS receiver often outweigh the benefits of more accurate positioning. For these users, the software-defined GNSS receiver is an attractive alternative to using high-accuracy GNSS positions.
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Putting Power in the Surveyor’s Pocket

Going Beyond GIS
A New Zealand firm is going a step beyond GIS data collection. Auckland-based Augview is blending positioning with 3D modeling to produce in-field augmented reality. For example, many utility companies capture the location of their assets during construction and inspection.
Augview can load the as-constructed data from a utility or municipal GIS database to a tablet or smartphone. Using position and orientation from onboard sensors, Augview can superimpose the location of underground utilities onto a georeferenced view of an area as seen by the device’s built-in camera. The solution enables field workers to visualize otherwise invisible objects.
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Augmented reality already a reality for utilities

In November 2014 in See buried infrastructure, with augmented reality we anticipated the application of AR to underground utility location, asking “Can you imagine being able to look down to the ground at your feet and ‘see’ every bit of buried infrastructure, see whether it’s a power cable, gas pipe or a sewer, and how deep it is?”
Just a few months later, in April 2015 in Augmented reality meets underground asset location we reported that augmented reality was becoming a reality, describing how Augview, an app for Android and iOS tablets and smartphones, superimposed images of underground assets on the image of a streetscape captured by the device’s camera.
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Future of virtual reality showcased at Auckland expo

The likes of Pokémon Go and Snapchat’s filters are launching augmented reality into everyday life, while New Zealand-based company AugView is putting it in the hands of construction workers.
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Pokémon Go varsler industrielt gennembrud for augmented reality

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Augview article in the Oct/Nov edition of NZCN

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Augview wins APSEA award for Innovation and Commercialisation

The judges saw that the application of tactical spatial information into the realm of asset management was a significant step forward in the efficient management of expensive assets in the utility sector. It is hoped that Augview will continue to make inroads into the international market.
The 2014 Asia-Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards (APSEA) have recognised some of the most innovative new products and technologies in the market, with augmented reality application Augview taking out the Innovation and Commercialisation Award. This follows Augview’s success at the inaugural New Zealand Spatial Excellence Awards, where the company took out the Supreme Excellence Award and the award for Innovation and Commercialisation. Following this win, Augview, along with other State and Country Spatial Excellence Awards winners from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, made up the finalists who were nominated for the 2014 APSEA Awards. At a Gala Dinner in Brisbane last night, Augview Business Development Manager Melanie Langlotz accepted the award on behalf of the Augview team.
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Augview Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Mike Bundock, said:

“The integration of an augmented reality capability into a mobile GIS application opens up enormous opportunities for utilities, councils and underground asset owners to reduce their operating costs, enjoy efficiency gains and improve health and safety outcomes for their employees.

“We’re thrilled that our technology has been recognised at the APSEAs. Augview is achieving new milestones every week, and the rate at which we continue to develop this technology is rapid.

“We look forward to continuing to provide new and existing customers with this transformative technology which is really changing the way the construction and asset management industries relate to the built environment around them.”

Since being launched into the market, Augview is now being used by utilities, contractors and asset managers all around the world, making the task of spatially locating and identifying underground assets considerably easier, and also enabling in-field capture and maintenance of asset data.

About the APSEAs

The APSEAs are unique, in that they are the only awards for the Asia-Pacific region that recognise, at the same event, the excellent achievements of both individuals and organisations engaged in the spatial information industry across the region.

Hosted jointly by SSSI and SIBA, and in conjunction with Locate15, the awards showcase the technical diversity and innovation evident across the spatial industry. For more information on the award finalists for this year, click here.

About Augview

Augview Limited is an augmented reality software development company specialising in the visualisation of asset data. The company provides utility and telecommunications companies with augmented reality capabilities – equipping field service personnel with cutting edge functionality which provides direct business benefits.

Augview Limited was formed in 2012 in response to a large shift in the IT market. Realising that there were a growing number of businesses who were looking for smart mobile solutions that made their workforce more productive using the hardware and technology that they had already adopted, the company decided to focus on the development of a new augmented reality GIS product.

After researching the mobile hardware market it became apparent that the global workforce was on the verge of a major transformation, shifting away from the office workstation and into something much more agile; smartphone and tablet computing. Augview also realised that many of the limitations which in the past had restricted mobile computing were being solved at a rapid rate. As a result the company decided to use their extensive knowledge of the utility, telecommunications and IT industries to build a product which took advantage of this new technology, and solved problematic issues which have frustrated geospatial businesses for years.

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