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Clemson Startup: PinPoint GeoTech Receives Innovision Technology Award

Submitted by: Jim Oswald on Nov 12, 2007 at 8:01 pm Tagged with: GPS, Municipal Public Works Software Source:

For Immediate Release
Clemson, South Carolina
Monday November 12, 2007
PinPoint GeoTech, LLC

Clemson Startup: PinPoint GeoTech Receives Innovision Technology Award

PinPoint GeoTech, a Clemson South Carolina based technology company, received one of the highest awards in the Technology Industry in South Carolina.

The Innovision Technology Awards are held each year in South Carolina to “1) Honor and highlight organizations and individuals that develop or apply technological innovation, 2) Advance technical collaboration and innovation among organizations and individuals, and 3) to Honor and encourage participants and programs that engage youth in the areas of science, math, and technological innovation honor. The award is sponsored by international consulting group Deloite and Touche.

The City of Clemson recently solicited the assistance of Jim Oswald and Taji Richardson of OA Technology Group in an effort to reduce costs and improve the efficiency of debris removal.

The solution came in a technology now called PinPoint-Public Works. With this technology, each sanitation truck is equipped with simple and inexpensive GPS data collection devices customized for their specific tasks.
Sanitation truck drivers can now quickly and easily report anything that needs attention—from piles of debris, to overhanging limbs, to missing street signs. Drivers report data directly to the public works office via the touch-screens mounted in their vehicles. The Public Works Office Administrator can then simply and instantly create a map containing unique icons for all marked points during that day. The locations are automatically matched to a street address and displayed in report format as well as mapped format.

Savings realized by the employment of this new system include a reduction in the cost of fuel, manpower, maintenance, equipment, and infrastructure wear and tear.

PinPoint-Public Works is now being marketed nationally to City and County Organizations as well as FEMA and the State Emergency Management Divisions.

Jim Oswald, Co-Developer and Marketing Director said “Winning the Innovision Award for Small Enterprise is like winning the SuperBowl of Technology Awards in South Carolina. Considering our competition, we are not only thrilled but we are stunned to have received the award!”.

PinPoint GeoTech,LLC is a new company being spun off from the OA Technology Group of technology innovators and has cities across the US and Canada contemplating the deployment of the PinPoint – Public Works system.

PinPoint GeoTech is a privately held company in Clemson, SC. Its principals can be reached at info@pinpointgeotech.com or by calling Jim Oswald at 864-650-0057. The Innovision Awards Winners and Finalists can be seen at www.innovisionaward.org