T
Tom Lenzen
1
APPEARANCES
1
PODCASTS
012
DEC 30
JAN 6
JAN 13
JAN 20
JAN 27
FEB 3
FEB 10
FEB 17
FEB 24
MAR 3
MAR 10
MAR 17
MAR 24
MAR 31
APR 7
APR 14
APR 21
APR 28
MAY 5
MAY 12
MAY 19
MAY 26
JUN 2
JUN 9
JUN 16
JUN 23
JUN 30
JUL 7
JUL 14
JUL 21
JUL 28
AUG 4
AUG 11
AUG 18
AUG 25
SEP 1
SEP 8
SEP 15
SEP 22
SEP 29
OCT 6
OCT 13
OCT 20
OCT 27
NOV 3
NOV 10
NOV 17
NOV 24
DEC 1
DEC 8
DEC 15
DEC 22
DEC 29
JAN 5
JAN 12
JAN 19
JAN 26
FEB 2
FEB 9
FEB 16
FEB 23
MAR 2
MAR 9
MAR 16
MAR 23
MAR 30
APR 6
APR 13
APR 20
APR 27
MAY 4
MAY 11
MAY 18
MAY 25
JUN 1
JUN 8
JUN 15
JUN 22
JUN 29
JUL 6
JUL 13
JUL 20
JUL 27
AUG 3
AUG 10
AUG 17
AUG 24
AUG 31
SEP 7
SEP 14
SEP 21
SEP 28
OCT 5
OCT 12
OCT 19
Oct 21, 2026
Connecting GIS & Visual AI: The Future of Utility Inspections | Buzz Solutions + Esri
21:39
T
2:32Tom LenzenGUEST
So I would agree 100% with what Caitlin said, but I also kind of bring the perspective of having worked with customers for 22 plus years and been in the field with some of the supervisors.
T
2:49Tom LenzenGUEST
One of the biggest changes that's happened now with the ability to do visual AI and visual inspections with drone data capture and those kinds of things is In the past, you think about electric infrastructure, let's take electric transmission structures.
T
3:09Tom LenzenGUEST
It was impossible for them to get a close range look at equipment or insulators or connect points.
T
3:20Tom LenzenGUEST
They were doing it with binoculars or they were doing it with bucket trucks, which didn't happen very often because that was very expensive.
T
3:26Tom LenzenGUEST
They were depending more on trusting the lifespan of the equipment and components that were on those structures.
18 MINS LATER

Kaitlyn AlbertoliGUEST
Maybe one question I would ask for you is, as you're thinking about the impact of AI and as you're thinking about the impact of GIS for utilities who are looking to just get started as they're trying to build an imagery strategy and trying to standardize, what are some recommendations you would give to them as they're in the early stages of figuring out how to put together that strategy, how to think about AI and how to think about GIS collectively?