Utility Inspections Without the Chaos
Your crews already deal with weather, tight timelines, and aging infrastructure. The last thing they need is a tool that fights them. Mapalyze swaps clipboard-and-camera workflows for a single mobile app that captures forms, photos, and GPS coordinates — even when the signal drops to nothing.
Field teams waste 4+ hours/week re-entering data from paper forms
What a Rural Pole Run Actually Looks Like
Your crew gets dispatched to inspect 117 distribution poles along a 43-mile stretch of rural corridor. Half the route winds through valleys and wooded hills where cell service just dies. The inspection protocol demands they document each pole's condition, snap at least four geotagged photos per structure, log GPS coordinates, and fill out a standardized condition-assessment form. It is a long day before they even touch the paperwork.
With a paper-based workflow, the crew scribbles notes on clipboards, takes photos on personal phones, and tries to match everything together back at the office. By then, some photos are mislabeled, the handwriting from the afternoon rain is smeared, and a dozen data points never make it into the GIS system. The back-office team burns hours reconciling the mess, and the whole inspection cycle takes twice as long as it should.
This is the problem Mapalyze was designed to solve.
How Mapalyze Solves It
Offline That Actually Works
Your crew collects form responses, GPS coordinates, and photos for an entire shift — or an entire week — without a single bar of signal. Everything lives on the device first. When the truck rolls back through a coverage zone, data syncs automatically in the background. No manual upload step, no forgotten records. The offline-first architecture treats connectivity as a bonus, not a requirement.
Photos That Stay Linked
Every photo your crew takes is automatically tagged with the GPS location, timestamp, and the inspection record it belongs to. No more matching loose camera-roll images to spreadsheet rows at the end of the day. Capture multiple photos per pole and keep moving — they batch-upload in the background while the crew walks to the next structure. Photos and form data stay linked. Always.
One Form, Every Inspector
Build condition-assessment templates with drop-downs, conditional logic, and repeatable sections for multi-component structures. When the inspection protocol changes, update the template once and push it — field crews get the latest version on their next sync. Old submissions stay tied to the form version they were collected under, so your audits and compliance reviews are never in question.
Straight Into Your GIS
Export inspection records as GeoJSON or Shapefile — the formats your GIS team already works with. Every record includes the GPS point, all form fields, and photo references. Load exports directly into QGIS, ArcGIS, or your utility asset management system. No middleware, no format conversion scripts. Learn more about GIS data capture capabilities.
Built for Utility Crews
True Offline Mode
Not a degraded fallback. Offline is how it runs. Data is stored locally and syncs when you have signal again.
Batch Photo Upload
Upload dozens of photos at once. Background sync handles the transfer while crews keep collecting at the next pole.
GeoJSON & Shapefile
Open GIS formats that work with QGIS and ArcGIS. No enterprise upgrade required. Included on every plan.
Form Versioning
Update templates without breaking historical data. Each submission is tied to the version it was collected under.
Want to see the full list? Visit the features page for a complete breakdown, or learn how Mapalyze compares as a field data collection app.
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