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tablet, or even interactive glasses. is probably the niost important W‘ kl ‘ _“ ‘‘l?b°“:‘‘.’'‘ f""‘d °_ I
Technology that allows us to see the reason l feel the augmented reality "‘"‘ “E” W‘ E " "“’“‘ "“ my °

. . . * , . d report to the C.1Ss-taff. This
location of underground utilities is solutions will not replace the current ?“ “"
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exciting but is it going to ohange the locate process. Even it all ui the . .

locate request process? I dun'I think underground intrastructure was °°“‘“‘ "2 “Z”: ‘°.;""“:‘°‘ :"""““}‘1g

so, at least not any time soon, and the mapped with sutticient accuracy to "‘°°°“”‘”' “ W‘ ““ “P “E 2"‘
reason is data, data, data. truly support these applications, the ln conclusion, recent advances in
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in e deem meme an d Paper maps utility rlata ts privately held and etticiency and data accuracy, liutl

. maintained and not publlcly shared feel that some may be putting the cart
will not work with an augmented .
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reality application, at least not easily . . . . . . .
h . . _ h expznzncz, the lack of data availability new visualization teohnologies instead
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. . _ is the primary reason augmented of the fundamentals of old-tashioned

do have digital maps do nothave all 1 1. e. _ U I d e H I d . I

of me” ieemee mu de d m dde den] rea ity app ica ions wi no a a co ec ion an inain enance. .

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