Where we come in along the geodata cycle
Infrastructure projects rarely fail for lack of data. Planners, GIS analysts, network operators and public authorities work in different data languages, and every interface creates media breaks, manual handovers & loss of information.
Every use case on this page belongs to a phase of the geodata lifecycle. Find your case via the phase in which your dataset is stalling today:
1 · Capture · 2 · Validate and prepare · 3 · Understand and decide · 4 · Implement and improve
How we capture field data
Phase 1 · Capture. Structured field data decides speed and quality on site. In a usability assessment based on UEQ-S (FH Technikum Wien, 2026), MoversSurvey scores +1.70, placing it in the category “good”.
For overhead line construction and installation teams
Paper forms, lost notes and days of re-digitisation cost time every day in overhead line construction. Tower locations, line routes and installation areas have to be georeferenced and documented with photos, often without mobile coverage on site.
Use case: MoversSurvey captures geo-objects, photos and questionnaires offline directly in the field, in a maximum of 3 clicks. As soon as a connection is available again, the data syncs into the system.
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For environmental consultants
Environmental impact assessments require complete, georeferenced evidence, often produced by external consultants who should not have full system access.
Use case: MoversSurvey documents environmental restrictions with time stamp and GPS coordinates and exports them as PDF for the permit documents. Differentiated roles ensure that external consultants can view everything but change nothing.
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For planning offices & municipal infrastructure operators
Planning offices and municipal operators want to capture field data in a structured way without requiring prior GIS knowledge or extensive team training.
Use case: MoversSurvey works standalone, no existing GIS is required. Project leads see the field data on the same day instead of days later and export directly as GeoJSON, PDF or Excel for further planning.
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For network operators & asset managers
Asset data sits in the CAFM system, inspection data comes from the field, and risk assessments require several sources to be reconciled, often by hand.
Use case: MoversSurvey captures inspection data offline and structured, directly into your geodatabase. Building on this, Kermit GeoAI answers operational questions in phase 3 such as “Which line sections have not been inspected for more than three years and lie in areas of elevated risk?”, with a complete chain of evidence.
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For extensive areas without mobile coverage: the data stream
Some areas cannot be visited regularly because they are too extensive, too steep or too remote. A one-off capture is not enough there, and mobile coverage is often missing exactly where the data originates.
Use case: VirtualShepherd captures continuously instead of at single points: LoRaWAN sensors report location and condition over kilometres, even without mobile coverage. The ongoing readings become maps, movement patterns and alerts. Tested in alpine pasture farming on the Zeiselalm in Lower Austria and the Lorenzalm in Carinthia, transferable to machines, equipment and installations. Often it is the data stream that shows a site visit with MoversSurvey is needed.
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MoversSurvey MDE: field data in your GIS the same day
For each object, MoversSurvey provides an individual questionnaire, so the information gets from the site visit to the office quickly and quality-checked. MoversSurvey can be licensed directly in our shop. The monthly field licence costs EUR 89.90 gross per month (as of October 2026) and includes map data for one federal state of your choice in DE or AT, extendable with map packages & map updates.
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How we validate and prepare data
Phase 2 · Validate and prepare. Only validated data counts. The reference point is sample geodata: a standard-conformant reference model with fixed layer naming & symbology that keeps your holdings readable across project boundaries.
For GIS analysts
You manage layers, coordinate systems and WFS/WMS interfaces and spend much of your time on recurring quality checks instead of the actual analysis.
Use case: Based on a shared data model, MovingLayers automates quality checks for completeness, topology & attribute conformity. Whatever fails validation is kept, flagged and reported without becoming part of your valid data.
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For public authorities & administration
You check standard distances, permit documents and environmental requirements, often on the basis of data submitted in very different quality and structure.
Use case: A shared, open data basis built on QGIS and OGC standards makes submitted geodata comparable and verifiable, regardless of the submitting office or system. On behalf of BOKU Vienna, MovingLayers has operated waldbrand.at since 2026, the Austrian information platform for forest fire risk and early warning, translating geodata analysis directly into a public basis for decisions.
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How we prepare decisions
Phase 3 · Understand and decide. Kermit GeoAI adds an analysis layer to your existing GIS and does not replace it. Its foundation is cleanly captured and well-prepared geodata from phases 1 and 2.
For route & access planning
Whether a site or construction area can be reached via the existing road network depends on many factors at once: load capacity, curve radii, bottlenecks and restrictions such as protected areas or crossings. Compiled by hand, such a check quickly takes several hours.
Use case: As a defined recipe in Kermit GeoAI, the access analysis takes minutes instead of hours, traceably documented and repeatable at any time. Kermit plans the complete analysis sequence, evaluates the network against all criteria and delivers the result with an unbroken chain of evidence.
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For planners & BIM managers
You work with IFC models, LOIN requirements and a CDE, your project partners with geodata, asset systems or permit documents. Every handover to another domain costs time and data quality.
Use case: MovingLayers connects your BIM model to a shared geodata basis on PostGIS and QGIS, so that planning states, asset data and permit requirements are reconciled on the same foundation instead of in separate tool worlds. In the FFG project ABM4EnergyTransition, this produced an interactive web application with maps, dashboards and scenario control for municipal heat planning.
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For specialised procedures in authorities & municipalities
Kermit GeoAI is particularly suited to specialised procedures with a strong spatial reference, high review density and many affected parties. Standardised workflows automate laborious review steps and relieve staff:
- Plan approval procedures: quickly identify conflicts with protected areas, infrastructure and ownership structures
- Line & route permits: automatically check routes for energy, telecommunications and utilities for conflict zones
- Building & installation approvals: assess site factors such as land use, protected areas and existing infrastructure
- Environmental & nature conservation reviews: detect conflicts with protected areas and sensitive environments early
- Owner & affected-party analyses: determine affected plots and owners for participation and hearings
- Infrastructure & crossing checks: automatically detect crossings with lines, transport routes or other networks
- Regional planning & land use checks: review projects in the context of existing planning and zoning
- Transport & infrastructure projects: digitally assess route alternatives and affected areas
- Pre-screening of permit applications: give incoming applications a quick, well-founded first assessment
From our case studies: impact analysis of land parcels along planned power line routes, evaluation of prospective building land by zoning type and cost estimation of alternative routes, each with automated analysis and graphical evaluation by Kermit GeoAI.
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How we follow measures through
Phase 4 · Implement and improve. A decision only changes something once the measure has been carried out and evidenced. In doing so, it also writes the capture brief for the next cycle.
For real estate & asset management
Damage and conditions have to be documented on site, handed over to the trades carrying out the work and evidenced again after repair, often across several parties and appointments and with photos as proof.
Use case: With MoversSurvey, each object gets a structured questionnaire that shows only the relevant fields. Damage is recorded on site with photo and location; the handover to tradespeople and the subsequent documentation of the repair, again with a photo, are attached to the same object. The result is a continuous, traceable history from the first finding to the completed repair, even without GIS knowledge.
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How we get started together
Three ways in, depending on how far along you are:
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