I wonder why the electric company won’t release the information.  They don’t 
have it?  They want to charge for it?  They regard it as sensitive information, 
like they don’t want terrorists or competitors to know where the poles are?

 

If you deploy and seek pole attachment rights, they will have to share 
information, and if not, you might want to find out they are going to be 
uncooperative sooner rather than later.

 

But maybe some money would grease the skids?

 

From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Chuck
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 12:50 PM
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] AI Image tools

 

Perhaps the company they use for pole testing would share data.  May take some 
social engineering.

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On Mar 18, 2025, at 11:11 AM, Adam Moffett <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:

 

Neat.  I'll check it out!

 

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From: AF <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > on behalf 
of Cameron Crum <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 12:37 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] AI Image tools 

 

Check http://neonetwerx.com/  

They have a lot of poles mapped for parts of the country. 

 

 

On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM Adam Moffett <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:

I am forbidden to disclose the location or the Elco at this time.  Rules.  I 
don't make them.

 

What brought the idea to mind is a neighboring county has public GIS data 
showing utility pole locations, and it was created last year.  The description 
on the data set says it was created using aerial photography.  I don't know if 
that means they had somebody sit there and click a button on every pole, or if 
they had some kind of tool that did it automatically.  

 

There are also other utilities who are fussy about sharing data or who don't 
have it, as you mentioned.  It would just be convenient to have a fallback 
method for high level planning.  It wouldn't have to be perfect.  It would just 
have to be good enough to estimate how much is aerial vs underground, how much 
is backyard poles vs street side poles, etc.

 

If I do find something, I'll certainly share.  I'm a team player.  

 

-Adam

 

 

 

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From: AF <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > on behalf 
of Cameron Crum <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 11:32 AM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] AI Image tools 

 

They probably don't have gps on every pole. Where is this located?

 

On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM Chuck <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:

I am sure one could be trained to do it.

Sent from my iPhone

 

On Mar 17, 2025, at 2:45 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:



Could one of these fancy AI tools take an aerial image and mark all the utility 
pole locations?

 

I've got an Elco that won't share GIS data on their poles, but I did find 
aerial imagery of the whole area with 3" resolution.

 

-Adam

 

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