Introduction: The proposed project runs for 8 months and is a two phase project. The technical innovation will develop and demonstrate RouteShoot technology, a product that combines the video and GPS capabilities of a consumer mobile “smart” phone with the capabilities of modern Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to plot a route from the video asset taken by the phone and project onto a map. The scope of the project is to determine the legal position and trade union acceptance, which is the first phase of the project and then to configure the route-walk system and determine the choice of camera for the system, conduct field trials and produce system and procedure documentation.

Objectives:

To field test this new technology with WWU operatives to test its functionality and operational benefits and to provide a summarised report.

Expected Benefits: To collect a body of evidence to support this new technology, produce a GPS enabled video that has been tested in the field and that is at a stage to be transferred to business as usual for all networks advantage.