Geotechnologies is launching a user-participation information collection service called “GeoQuestConnect.”

This service utilizes the “GeoQuest” point-earning app operated by the company, and users are asked to post information on infrastructure equipment and facilities across Japan with photos on behalf of companies and local governments, and the collected information is provided.
In addition to the current map information-related quests, users can earn more points by taking on more quests from “GeoQuestConnect.”

This service has been adopted by Chubu Electric Power Power Grid, and a survey campaign (quest) has been launched in the Mikawa region of Aichi Prefecture to prevent power outages caused by bird nests that occur in early spring. Every year, from spring to early summer, numerous “bird nests such as crows” are made on utility poles. The bird’s nests are made from tree branches and wire, and are one of the causes of power outages when the branches and metal come into contact with equipment on utility poles.
Chubu Electric Power Grid inspects the areas around where nests have been found in the past about once every two weeks.
These inspections require a lot of work, so reducing the frequency of inspections has become an urgent issue.

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