Pathfinder

Pathfinder makes complex projects easier by combining spatial data and user know-how with our modelling on the cloud. Generate multiple scenarios and compare them quickly to find the best fit based on your parameters.

A simple workflow makes Pathfinder easy to use.

Identify project data,
Set project parameters
Define multiple scenarios and generate results

Compare route alternatives with a heat map
2D and 3D visuals
Analytics

Review, edit, and share routes with the team
Export results

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Benefits

Save up to 6 months in planning process

Reduce project planning costs up to 30%

With 5× faster analysis

Fast

Instant analysis of economic, engineering, environmental, human, regulatory data
Quickly generate as many scenarios as you need and find the best option
Share analysis with teams and suppliers for feedback

Easy

Install, import, and export data on the cloud
Integrate into tools you already use with a simple workflow
Create, edit and share routes without spatial data expertise

Smart

Customize parameters to find the optimal route based on your criteria
Get precise quantitative scenario comparison and path analytics for KPIs
Present realistic 2D and 3D visuals that update with edits

PATHFINDER FEATURES

Direct access through the internet, no installation required
Easy user-friendly – NO previous GIS knowledge required
Guided setup of project region
Easy setup of scenario parameters and planning rules
Easy GIS layer classification of land suitability
Fast routing algorithm (+10 times faster) and scenario generation
Flexible and custom creation of complex spatial-mathematical modeling
Easy quantitative comparison of multiple scenario results
Collaborative multi-user platform for easy exchange of scenarios setup among users
Sharing of scenarios with other users
Interactive analytical tools included – no need to purchase any additional extensions
Easy export of simulation results and analytics compatible with GIS & CAD tools
Automated hybrid planning (overhead & underground and tunneling) options – a special mathematical algorithm
Multiple and custom cost calculation models available (CAPEX, cost per layer, cost per km, etc.)
3D Visualization and Inspection with multiple visualization of 3D object options (pylon, substations, etc..)
Custom report generation in PDF

Spatial Data Management

Route Optimization Engine

Results Visualization

Analytics

On the Cloud

Spatial Data Management

Compatible with GIS, CAD and other planning software formats with little behavior change or support needed.

Environmental

Natural habitats
Bird protection
Flora & Fauna protection
Bodies of Water

Technical

Linear infrastructure
Flood areas
Geology
Slope and elevation model

Regulatory

Distances to residential areas
Electromagnetic field
Bundling
Right of way

Input output data management pathfinder scheme

Route Optimization Engine

Customized optimization engine developed with more than 10 yrs of development and testing.

Customized planning and design rules, constraints and regulations for each project

Set project parameters for overhead, underground and tunneling infrastructure

Generate multiple corridors and routes for each scenario in a single project

Automated pylon spotting based on technical constraints

Save your settings to be used in other projects or to share with other users

Substation siting

tunneling — Overhead and underground combination

Results Visualization

Visualize your project in 2D and 3D.

2D and 3D visualization integrated into one solution

Risks and heat map of interaction with critical elements of the landscape

Easy spatial data visualization

Interactive visualization when editing path or pylons position

Visualization of overhead and underground infrastructure

Manual adjustment of the path in 3D

Hybrid planing underground overground — Hybrid planning

Pylon editing — Interactive visualization with path and pylon editing

Analytics

Pathfinder allows to compare scenarios with analytics to support decision maker in identifying the best routes.

Custom geoprocesses to model specific constraints (visual impact, slope and terrain analysis, bottom valley, etc.) to be included into the routing algorithm

Calculate CAPEX, OPEX with custom functions,

Assessment of the environmental and social impact

Interactive analytics when editing path

Generate and export reports and charts automatically

Sag line clearance analysis

Path elevation profile analytics

On the Cloud

On the Cloud

No installation required

Automatically updated with the latest features

Secure data management and easy access to data

Multi-user organization accounts

High-performance processing

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Pathfinder Platform

Accelerate complex projects by combining spatial data and user know-how with our modelling on the cloud. Generate multiple scenarios and compare them quickly to find the best fit based on your parameters. Let our route optimization engine provide the analytics and visualization needed to help you to get more done.

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