Trail Sustainability
PEC Trail Sustainability Overview
TRAIL SUSTAINABILITY
The Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) is committed to sustainable trail maintenance as a crucial piece of our outdoor recreation portfolio. Today, maintaining existing trails is equally as important as building new trails, and PEC is deeply involved in both of these efforts across the state. Read on below for additional information on some of PEC’s leading initiatives related to trail sustainability and maintenance.
TRAIL OPERATIONS MANAGER (TOM)
PEC has recognized the challenges trail managers and organizations face sustaining trails and their accompanying infrastructure and amenities over the long haul. In response, a need was recognized for a cheap, effective and intuitive tool to assist in inventorying, assessing and tracking maintenance as part of a healthy management and operations ecosystem. The Trail Operations Manager (TOM) is a combination phone application and web-based desktop program which allows users to easily, accurately, and quickly collect data related to their trails and trail features. This tool allows users to plot points in real time in the field on a GIS map to document trail features, evaluate the feature’s condition, provide a photograph, and add text notes.
PEC’s TOM is intended for use by trail planners, managers, and maintenance teams to streamline their trail maintenance processes. The TOM is powered by an ESRI application called Field Maps that users are able to download to their phones and use with or without a data connection. The phone app is complemented by a desktop version holding all catalogued trail data, allowing users to archive, filter, manipulate, and share information as they wish via the TOM or by exporting to a spreadsheet.
Additionally, the TOM offers users the following features:
Real-time cataloguing and prioritizing of trail features, amenities, and maintenance needs
Geo-location services for catalogued data, with or without a data connection, allowing users to accurately locate issues logged in the field from the office or for a return trip
The ability to update and maintain a unique, private, and customizable map of your organization’s trail or trail network
TRAIL SUSTAINABILITY
The Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) is committed to sustainable trail maintenance as a crucial piece of our outdoor recreation portfolio. Today, maintaining existing trails is equally as important as building new trails, and PEC is deeply involved in both of these efforts across the state. Read on below for additional information on some of PEC’s leading initiatives related to trail sustainability and maintenance.
TRAIL OPERATIONS MANAGER (TOM)
PEC has recognized the challenges trail managers and organizations face sustaining trails and their accompanying infrastructure and amenities over the long haul. In response, a need was recognized for a cheap, effective and intuitive tool to assist in inventorying, assessing and tracking maintenance as part of a healthy management and operations ecosystem. The Trail Operations Manager (TOM) is a combination phone application and web-based desktop program which allows users to easily, accurately, and quickly collect data related to their trails and trail features. This tool allows users to plot points in real time in the field on a GIS map to document trail features, evaluate the feature’s condition, provide a photograph, and add text notes.
PEC’s TOM is intended for use by trail planners, managers, and maintenance teams to streamline their trail maintenance processes. The TOM is powered by an ESRI application called Field Maps that users are able to download to their phones and use with or without a data connection. The phone app is complemented by a desktop version holding all catalogued trail data, allowing users to archive, filter, manipulate, and share information as they wish via the TOM or by exporting to a spreadsheet.
Additionally, the TOM offers users the following features:
Real-time cataloguing and prioritizing of trail features, amenities, and maintenance needs
Geo-location services for catalogued data, with or without a data connection, allowing users to accurately locate issues logged in the field from the office or for a return trip
The ability to update and maintain a unique, private, and customizable map of your organization’s trail or trail network
TOM TOOL
Explore the Pennsylvania Environmental Council’s (PEC) new simple, cost-effective trail maintenance tool. PEC’s Trail Operations Manager (TOM) provides users with a platform to catalogue features on the trails they manage, allowing them to prioritize maintenance concerns and streamline their teams’ workflows, all through an inexpensive, easy-to-use, hassle-free downloadable application.