4. July 2018
PIX Viewer – Bauprojekte unter Dach und Fach
The PIX Viewer archives photos of completed construction projects - a practical module for research, image sharing and data backup.
Order is half the battle
“Where was that again…?” Unfortunately, some image searches quickly turn out to be a search for a needle in a haystack. Although the saying goes “Seek and ye shall find”, we live in an era in which the flood of images is constantly increasing due to the lightning-fast use of mobile phones – who wants to waste their precious time trawling through confusing databases? For image-heavy construction companies, it is downright economically damaging if employees waste too many working hours in this way. Companies that organise their photographic material sensibly and follow the principle of order are much more efficient: Ongoing projects remain in the system and completed projects are filed. edr software has made provisions for both: in addition to the PIX image management solution, the PIX Viewer has now also been launched, creating a prime example of modern archiving. After all, the long-term, clean storage of photo data is more than advisable, both from a legal point of view and for documentation, e.g. in consortiums or in construction supervision.
PIX Viewer – the digital drawer for PIX data
The PIX solution demonstrates its organisational talent throughout the entire construction phase: authorised team members feed the photos taken via app or manually into the central data pool with keywords, so-called tags, as well as image and plan links, in order to make them accessible and findable for all users in no time at all via the cloud. Once a project has been completed, the viewer created from copies of the PIX solution provides pure structure: the ease of use of this simple browser solution makes searching for, displaying and transferring photo material, including all associated media data such as title, file name, date, etc., child’s play. The intuitive structure of the database is self-explanatory and is already familiar to PIX users thanks to the adopted tree structure. There are two simple ways for the user to search for images: Either they activate the “filter” search function (example 1) or they can visualise the photos directly at their respective position via pinned plans (example 2).
On the browser, get set, go!
Why complicate what can be done simply? The PIX Viewer is designed as a convenient browser application that runs smoothly on any platform and in any operating system without internet access. Customers simply click on the index file provided by edr software and the clearly organised digital filing system opens.
Because the module is stored and executed centrally in the browser, you do not need to install it locally in advance or install updates at regular intervals. The only system requirement is a browser, which is a standard feature of every computer these days. Whether PC, tablet or mobile phone – the independent archive can be accessed from any end device via the secure, certified and encrypted connection.
From the cloud to the USB stick
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words and the construction sector also benefits from this. Photographic documentation is a tried and tested means of transparently presenting completed construction phases, e.g. in joint ventures and for clients, or providing experts with precise insights in the event of a legal dispute. With the PIX Viewer, everyone is quickly in the picture, as the relevant images can be shared in no time at all via storage media such as USB sticks, DVDs, external hard drives, cloud solutions or email links. The archive provided is completely self-supporting, i.e. the recipients do not need to be in possession of the underlying PIX module in order to access it. The browser application is simply transferred one-to-one via a data carrier so that the recipient can also utilise all search functions to their full extent. Whether in a meeting, during site visits, in court or on the road – the storable image project files give PIX users and their external partners the advantage of having all the necessary files from past jobs at their fingertips at all times, regardless of the Internet.
Safe is safe
Experience has shown that data backup is one of the most neglected topics in many companies. But if you don’t want to tread on thin ice from a business perspective, you should give it the attention it deserves by taking sensible precautions. With the PIX Viewer, which can be easily transferred to storage media, we have developed an uncomplicated way to store photos quickly and easily for “data loss emergencies” and for eternity.
