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Title: Maps By Wire-Getting Maps Into The Field . . . Fast
Author: George m. Taylor
Source: American Gas Association 1982
Year Published: 1982
Abstract: In 1973, Alagasco implemented a new communications program. Prior to that time, requests for information such as line locations went by way of radio from the field to the dispatcher. The dispatcher called the Engineering Department and relayed the request, received instructions, contacted the field again by way of radio and relayed the message. The problem was the breakdown in communications that occurred in going from a technical person to a nontechnical, to a technical person and back again. It left a lot of room for error, Under the new plan, direct radio communications was installed between the field and Engineering, eliminating the middleman, The system was a vast improvement. However, certain communications problems still cropped up from time to time. Problems like numerous underground utility lines which made the pipe locating equipment ineffective and difficult to describe on the radio. And in many of these cases, the sites were far enough away to make it impractical to drive a map there.

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