Project Title: 3D Personal Coverage Check (3D PCC)

Client: T-Mobile

Platform: ArcGIS ArcGlobe, ArcGlobe, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Virtual Earth, and ArcGIS Web Mapping Service

Summary: T-Mobile is a national provider of wireless voice, messaging, and data services capable of reaching over 268 million Americans where they live, work, and play. Recently T-Mobile has been praised for its “Personal Coverage Check” initiative, which is aimed at giving customers a clear picture of their local coverage. Keeping in line with this initiative, T-Mobile wanted a mechanism that would give its customers a more interactive experience, similar to Google Earth, and a high level of accuracy when they checked their local coverage. As a result, T-Mobile partnered with its software vender, Integral GIS, to design, implement, and deploy an interactive personal coverage check kiosk that would give its customers a fun and interactive personal coverage check experience. This personal coverage check kiosk features a dual screen globe application developed with Microsoft’s C#.NET and ESRI’s ArcGlobe technology. The hardware consists of a 32 inch HP flat panel plasma TV, a 15 inch HP touch screen, and a mid to high end HP Workstation with Intel’s Duo Core 2 technology. The GIS data, such as the T-Mobile coverage, nation wide street coverage, and nation wide aerial photography are all web services hosted and maintained by T-Mobile, and are consumed in a service oriented architecture model.

Result: To see how strong your coverage is with a Personal Coverage Check. T-Mobile is connecting in more places then ever. Being able to confirm your coverage from coast to coast and also, check your coverage right down to street level.