View sign information

SignMap displays the locations of all traffic signs (directional, warning, regulatory and informatory) on a map background along with the sign face. Access to construction details, site conditions and maintenance records is readily available. Site photographs can be incorporated to form a comprehensive record available to all who need it. If a sign is lost or damaged, all the information required to obtain and install a replacement is immediately to hand.

Generate junction plans

SignMap can generate detailed junction plans, complete with labelled and referenced sign faces and sign schedules for contract documents. The ability of SignMap to distinguish between proposed and existing signs and those to be removed provides clear guidance to designers and those working on site.

Create new signs

For users of SignPlot software for sign design, the completed signs, along with all construction and mounting details, are imported directly, while measuring tools and a zoom facility enable the location of signs to be recorded accurately.

Edit and update existing sign records

For users with password access, maintenance records and sign information can be updated from a series of pull-down menus. The results of site visits, reports and any necessary action can be added to form a full history of the sign.

Generation of reports

The traffic signs database can be interrogated to produce tabulations or summary reports of particular signs, types of signs, or those associated with particular contracts or schemes. SignMap can list the location, illumination details, condition and any other item of interest for all signs of a particular type or TSRGD diagram number. This can facilitate the planning of maintenance or upgrade programmes for signing.

Powerful signs locator

SignMap can interrogate the information on a sign to find, for example, all signs containing a particular route number, destination or times of operation.

Bills of quantity

For major re-signing projects, an optional module enables the production of finished bills of quantity in Method of Measurement for Highway Works form. Additional items can be incorporated into entries generated from new signs and those scheduled for removal.

Open systems

SignMap has facilities to connect to other systems and to link to external data sources. It is a member of the TraffMap suite of traffic engineering systems that enable many types of information to be viewed simultaneously on the same base map. The ParkMap link enables parking plates to be viewed and edited within ParkMap, with any changes automatically appearing in SignMap. Base mapping may be read from most GIS servers without replication or conversion.

Reports and map extracts can be directly transferred into word processing packages for incorporation into contract documents, committee or other reports.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

SignMap runs under Windows 98, 2000, XP or Vista. Microsoft and Citrix “thin client” solutions are also suitable. Network licences for access over a local or wide-area network are available. SignMap will output to any Windows-compatible colour or mono printer using paper sizes from A4 to A0.