METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING MARKING MATERIAL IN CONNECTION WITH UNDERGROUND FACILITY MARKING OPERATIONS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION AND/OR OPERATIONAL INFORMATION

摘要

Methods, apparatus, and systems for facilitating a marking operation to indicate a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility. Marking information relating to the marking operations, including one or both of environmental information representative of at least one environmental condition of an environment in which the marking operation is performed, and operating information representative of at least one operating condition of a marking device used to perform the marking operation, is electronically acquired. A marking material is dispensed to mark the presence or the absence of the at least one underground facility is dispensed, and the dispensing is controlled based at least in part on the acquired marking information.