How to Organise, Document & Link to your Fieldwork by using MapBuddy – PatchMap
Highly useful capabilities have just been added to PatchMap DisPatch – MapBuddy. * Will the program be harder to run? … of course not, many will not even notice a difference. * Will the program look significantly different? … of course not, scaring our present users is a bad idea. * Will the program allow users to […]
Did you know? … SAR = PatchMap
Did you know? … Any Search and Rescue Organization within the areas of PatchMap get everything we have for FREE … trouble is, if you give it away, people think that it’s not worth anything … as only a handful have taken us up on the offer … maybe if we start charging them for […]
Did you know? … 911 should use PatchMap
Did you know? … 911 has some of the crappiest maps of the hinterlands available to man. Those crisis management ladies are the most levelheaded people I could imagine knowing … no tools and still not panicking … absolutely amazing. Why they don’t have access to PatchMap is a mystery … it is the exact tool […]
Did you know? … Never Lost
Did you know? … 98% of all field staff have been lost before (2% liars), 70% in the last year and that might be conservative if people were to be honest with you when you asked them … definitions of ‘lost’ are suddenly important, etc. OK, we will use the terminology ‘temporarily misplaced’ … […]
Did you know? … Province State
Did you know? … PatchMap has teamed up with Province and State Permitting to offer a complete routing product that advises of road restrictions and allows a direct link to applying for a permit if that is required. This is available through two different computer versions of PatchMap and your vehicle tracking company too ! […]
Did you know? … STARS or PatchMap
Did you Know? … calculating how long STARS will take to fly to your landing site can be done faster with PatchMap-Web than even STARS can do it? plus you can do this calculation before the project begins … like right now! Yup, PatchMap-Web is the routing tool of choice … on the ground or […]
Did you know? … Safety Hands
Did you know? … only 20% of company safety hands have even heard of PatchMap … a world class tool for correct information for their Emergency Response Plans among many other things. If there’s one tool that is underutilized in the O&G safety world, it’s PatchMap. Every single safety hand should have a GPS version […]
Did you know? … End Users
Did you know? … 88% of PatchMap SD cards are sold directly to end users? That’s a fair chunk of change for an end user to shoulder … why would that be? … and why won’t the office buy it for them? Well, they buy PatchMap so that they can be comfortable knowing that no […]
Did you know? … Rig Chasers
Did you know? … 70% of the sales reps that are chasing the rigs, when they finally get to the location are heard to say “and there it is … GONE!” (well, mostly it’s more colorful than that) … so they pull out a map to figure where they’re off to next. They know that […]
Did you know? … First Aid Vehicles
Did you know? … that less than 1% of the First Aid Vehicles working in the oil and gas industry use PatchMap? (we would know) … this is one of my pet peeves. Most First Aid Companies working in the field for oil & gas operations supply one qualified person per vehicle to contain […]
Did you know? … Service Companies
Did you know? … 60% of service companies overcharge on their mileage? Why do they do that? … because they can … it’s difficult to call them on it … and it might be your fault … (I’m pissing in my own pond here). But not anymore … PatchMap-Web is here. Verify distances … and […]
Did you know? … Logistical Planners
Did you know? … There’s a tool for oil & gas field logistic planners that has a one day ROI ? I know you are wondering … So is this a typical exaggeration? … well not according to one Project Manager who got thrown a large remote project at the last minute, without local knowledge, including […]
New Calgary Office !
Finally … an office in Calgary ! Just like all of you, we have been waiting for our office in Calgary to materialise … well finally it’s here! T. Joseph Maylan has stepped up to represent SkyBase Solutions and especially our various PatchMap products from his office downtown. There must have been some hunger out […]
Off the Grid! | Delorme InReach SE Review
Love To Be Off the Grid! – Delorme inReach SE In this industry a large percentage of our clientele consists of those who can’t wait to get away from it all. We serve everyone from Bush Pilots to Mountain Bikers and everyone in between. The common thread they share is the enjoyment of being off […]
