Case Study: CommUniverCity achieves rapid, accurate illegal-dump mapping in 3 days with Trimble TerraFlex

TerraFlex Helps San José Ready for Famed Football Rivalry

Trimble’s TerraFlex field data-capture solution partnered with San José and San José State University’s CommUniverCity to tackle widespread illegal dumping ahead of the 50th‑anniversary Big Game. With only weeks to plan and funds approved late, the city needed a fast, accurate way to identify and document dumping “hotspots” across four square miles while minimizing staff and equipment.

Using TerraFlex on mobile devices, crews captured geo-referenced photos and standardized form data that auto‑synced to the cloud, enabling quick map creation for haulers and real-time project tracking. In three days the team documented nearly 800 sites (vs. weeks using traditional methods), cut resource needs by about 50%, and produced a centralized dataset that improved productivity and serves as a baseline for future cleanup and enforcement.

CommUniverCity

Galadriel Burr

Project Coordinator