Case Study: Guilford County GIS Department achieves streamlined GPS data collection and reduced device management costs with SOTI MobiControl

SOTI MobiControl puts Guilford County GIS Dept ‘on the map’ for optimal GPS Data Collection

Guilford County GIS Department, which provides countywide GIS planning, data creation and support, needed a better way to manage a fleet of Trimble GeoXT GPS units and Panasonic Toughbooks used for field data collection. Manual data transfers, software deployment and device support were time-consuming and costly, limiting productivity for water resources and environmental health field teams.

The department deployed SOTI MobiControl (with SOTI’s Pocket Controller-Pro for training) to enable centralized, remote device management, automated data synchronization, policy-based provisioning and real-time helpdesk support. The solution cut device management costs, saved significant man‑hours, improved data availability and ROI, and streamlined mobile operations into an efficient, reliable GPS data-collection workflow.

Guilford County GIS Department

Derrick Davis

GIS Analyst and Geodatabase Administrator