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•Accurate monitoring of water resources through GPS identification of wells and septic systems. <br />Who Is Mobile Computing <br />- North Carolina Highway Patrol (since 1997) <br />• Panasonic Toughbook <br />• Itronix <br />- Guilford County Inspections (2005) <br />• Panasonic Toughbook <br />- Progress Energy Corporation <br />• Itronix <br />- Greensboro City Inspections <br />• Panasonic Toughbook <br />- Chapel Hill Police (2004) <br />• Panasonic Toughbook <br />- (REA) Piedmont Energy Corporation (10 months) <br />• Xplorer Units <br />- Hillsborough Police Department (6 months) <br />• Panasonic Toughbook <br />Inspections Budget Data <br />•Inspections revenue projected to be approximately $709,800 for fiscal year 200512006. <br />•From July 2005 through December 2005, taking amid-year revenue snapshot, the Inspections <br />Division is $51,000 above projected revenues. <br />•Current fiscal year revenues are up 14% from same period last fiscal year. <br />•In nine out of the last thirteen years, the Inspections Division has exceeded budgeted revenue <br />projections. Fiscal year 2003-2004 Inspections Division exceeded budgeted revenues by <br />$165,000. <br />Savings <br />Increased Productivity Savings With Current Staffing Levels• Integration of existing software to <br />Orange County's web-based GIS for location maps in lieu of ArcView licenses per workstation <br />(50 workstations @ $ ~, 200 per license) <br />•Design and implementation of mobile inspection software in-house <br />•In-house savings far support, training, and upgrades <br />Startup Costs <br />•(9) Rugged laptop computers with vehicle /desk docking and integral GPS ($5,400 per unit) <br />•10 Mobile Vehicle Mounted Printers ($500 per unit} <br />•Trade-in of {6) IBM ThinkVision Desktop Computers (2 years old; preloaded with required <br />software) <br />•Total Startup Costs <br />The Future Is Now <br />•GPS structure coordinates for EMS (911) <br />