Tomorrow's Technology and Site Assessments

© 2012 Environmental Data Resources, Inc.

Paul Schiffer

Vice President, Product Development, EDR

Tomorrow's Technology and Site Assessments

• United States business is heavily invested:

• Verizon forecasts 4G for its entire 3G footprint by end of 2013

• Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 billion

• Google buys Motorola for $12.5 Billion

Big Business is Driving Technology Change

• President signs an Executive Order in November 2011

• Commits Federal Agencies immediately to transition to a digital government

• Directs the Federal government to update records management policies and practices for the digital age.

• Plan for how to archive materials • Work towards a more open government • Assign roles and accountability within agencies

Government is Driving Change

• Executive Order “Presidential Memorandum -- Managing Government Records”

• The government will need to account for massive amounts of digital data

• New archival file types?

• New storage technologies?

Government is Driving Change

• Apple’s IPhone revenue larger than Microsoft’s entire revenue

• Microsoft launches its tablet computer “Surface”

• Forrester Research predicts tablets will become the primary computer device by 2016

• IDC and Gartner show PC sales falling by 8% last quarter compared to last year (both desktop and laptop)

Consumers are Driving Change

Consumers: Trend in Screen Sizes

• Screen size converging at 5½” to 6½” • Easy to “consume” information• Less expensive than laptop computer or tablet

• LG Optimus G: 5.5”• Samsung Note II: 5.5”

• Potential impact how you collect and present information

Consumers: Trend in Screen Sizes

• Will adoption of mobile data capture and sensing technology impact your employees? (yes / no)• 79% - Yes

• Will “virtualization” substantially improve your company’s operational efficiency? (yes / no)• 82% - Yes

• Will the adoption and use of new technologies be a burden to--or free up--your workforce?• 78% - Free up workforce

Property Assessment Leadership Survey 2012

• Project Managers

Mobile Device Adoption Surveys

2010 2012 Trend

Smartphones 81% 81%

IPhone 28% 54%

Android 10% 27%

Blackberry 44% 19%

Other 18% 0%

Tablets -- 21%

IPad -- 86%

Android -- 14%

Mobile Device Work Related Activities

Function 2010

Email 96%

Voice 92%

Calendar 71%

Navigation & directions 60%

Text messaging 56%

Document review 55%

Photography 49%

Finding a place to eat 32%

Locate research facilities 24%

Note taking 19%

Tracking time allocation 13%

Video 10%

• Site Visit• Records Review• Reporting

How Mobile Technology Change Can Impact Your Business

Site Visit

• Google Maps arrived in 2005• 2007: Street View• 2009: Google Maps Navigation• Today: 50% of Google Maps traffic comes from mobile phones

• “Microsoft Maps” arrived in 2005• Today: Finished aerial photos of the entire US at high resolution

• Apple’s Mapping arrived 2012• 2012: Becomes the largest company in US history• Today: Apologizes for its mapping

“Map Wars” Will Drive Innovation

• Focus on • Building interiors• 3 dimensional model of the world• Augmented reality• Continuous information on location

Future Map Wars

• Mobile Phone built in GPS means you can:

• Capture your path• Marks points of interest• Upload and save

Google “My Tracks” Mobile Application

“Glympse” Mobile Application

• Mobile Phone Internet connection means you can :

• Send you location to others• Track progress on Web page and Phone• Observe progress of colleagues• Perform “fleet management”

“Skitch” Mobile Application

• Larger screens, high quality graphics and UI means:

• Capture Site Photos and Maps• Draw on top while on site• Create diagrams• Upload results

“Smart Measure” Mobile Application

• Phone camera means:• You can take horizontal and vertical measurements

• Unified Data Collection App

• Photos• Notes• Voice Recording• Upload

“Field Assets” Mobile Application

• Video• Collaboration• “Augmented Reality”

Mobile Video Conferencing

• UAV technology is rapidly advancing• Recon with quadcopters• Structurally unsafe building?• 10,000-acre site?• Alligators and hobos?

• FAA drafting rules for UAV in US airspace• Privacy a big issue, but limited legal framework

Mobile Aerial Reconnaissance

Records Review

• Quick image capture• Automatically Crop• Save and Build PDF

“Genius Scan” Mobile Application

• Tablet and Mapping Application Demo (click here)

Interactive Records Review

Reporting

Data with Maps• Upload Photos with

locational information

• Onto a map• Into PDF archives

• Microsoft 365• Google Drive• Dropbox

Device Independent Electronic Documents

• Today’s assessment documents are optimized for print….• 8 ½ x 11, paginated, Table of Contents, etc.• But they generally are not printed!

• The proliferation of small devices may alter documents• Users will prefer documents optimized for their screens• 8 ½ x 11 document layout will increasingly become irrelevant

Print Independent Documents

• Mobile software applications divide their content into hierarchical sections

• Assessment reports divide their content into hierarchal sections

Print Independent Documents

1. Those that leverage mobile to save themselves time

2. Those that save their customer’s time

3. Those that optimize information for devices customers use

• Does it make sense to optimize for print?

What Firms Will Have an Advantage?

Thank You!

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