IHTMaps: maps, forms and inspection evidence together

Get started with a 30-day free trial

IHTMaps now makes it easier to get started with a 30-day free trial, beginning when your organisation’s signup is approved.

Sign up for a free trial with your organisation details, email address and a password to request your workspace and first administrator account. We review your signup request and send you an email once it is approved. You can then sign in and start exploring IHTMaps with your organisation’s own inspection data.

After your trial ends, your data remains available to view and export.

Create your own map features and inspections

Create your own map features and inspections with step-by-step guidance for placing points, drawing lines and areas, or using GPS. Your team can map the locations it needs to inspect and build records around the work on the ground.

Complete the inspection where the work happens

Find a property or asset on the map, open its inspection form and record the outcome. Existing paper or electronic forms can be converted into configured fields that reflect the way your inspectors work.

Keep photos with the inspection record

Add multiple photos and comments to the inspection. Images can come from the device camera or be uploaded, keeping evidence attached to the record rather than scattered across camera rolls and email.

See what has been inspected

The inspection list and map use configurable status colours to help staff distinguish recently inspected items from those still needing attention. This gives the office a view of progress without rebuilding the inspection history from separate notes.

Configure a workflow for your team

Firebreaks, gates, water tanks, property checks and asset inspections are examples of location-based workflows that can be configured. Start with your actual form and map data so the pilot represents the work staff need to do.

Organisations use consistent inspection forms across their teams while keeping their records separate from other organisations.

We discuss the required fields, evidence, inspection stages and reporting before configuration. Read about council inspection pilots.

Browse and add WA Government SLIP WMS layers

IHTMaps includes a layer browsing interface that lets you browse available SLIP WMS layers and choose which to include on your inspection map. Bring government mapping into the same view as your inspection locations and records, giving field and office staff more context for the work.

SLIP (Shared Location Information Platform) is the WA Government’s platform for sharing location information, managed by Landgate. It brings together mapping from different data custodians, with themes such as boundaries, roads, environmental information and imagery. SLIP provides public services as well as services that require approved access or a subscription.

WMS (Web Map Service) is a standard way to display map images supplied over the internet. IHTMaps requests the selected layers for the area you are viewing and overlays them on the map, so you can use the provider’s mapping without maintaining a separate copy of the underlying dataset.

For flood-related inspections, SLIP’s Water service includes flood extent mapping, flood level points and historical flood information. Relevant layers can provide context alongside the locations and evidence your team records in IHTMaps.

Explore searchable Western Australian SLIP government map layers, including flood mapping. Your selected layers and last map position are remembered for each user, so you can pick up where you left off when you sign in again.

We can help select suitable layers for your inspection workflow. Layer availability, permissions and any required subscriptions depend on the SLIP service you choose.

Add your own WMS map layers

Add your own compatible WMS services by URL, so your team can bring mapping from other providers into the inspection map alongside SLIP layers. Enter a service URL to discover its available layers and choose which to include in the same layer picker.

If a service blocks layer discovery from the browser, you can enter the layer name manually. Custom services and selected layers are saved to each user’s account, so their map choices follow them when they sign in from another browser. Access will still depend on the provider’s permissions and service settings.

Connect IHTMaps to your existing systems

IHTMaps uses PostgreSQL with PostGIS to store inspection records and spatial data. This established database platform makes it straightforward to connect with integration tools your organisation already uses, rather than re-entering information into a separate inspection system.

FME supports reading and writing PostgreSQL and PostGIS data. We can configure workflows to bring property or asset information into IHTMaps, synchronise spatial data and send inspection results back to other systems. Other integration tools can connect through supported database connections, APIs or import and export workflows.

We provide custom consulting and integration development to connect IHTMaps with your council’s existing GIS, property, asset management and reporting systems. We work with your IT and GIS teams to understand the current setup, agree the data flows and build and test the connections around your inspection workflow.

We agree the source systems, fields, update schedule and access requirements around your existing processes. See our GIS development and spatial integration services for wider mapping and data integration work.

Connectivity and hosting

IHTMaps runs in a browser on internet-connected devices such as tablets and laptops. Plan for a working data connection in the field; offline operation is not included in the workflow described here.

Cloud or on-premises hosting can be discussed, along with compatible basemaps such as OpenStreetMap, Nearmap or Google Maps. Required map subscriptions and integration work are scoped separately.

Book a demo, then scope a pilot

In a practical demo, we look at one inspection process and walk through capture, photo evidence and status review. The next step is a pilot scoped around your forms, map layers, users and hosting requirements.

Configuration, training, support and ongoing costs are agreed in the proposal. Download the existing product brochure for additional screenshots and background; contact us using the current details on this page.