For existing Macrilon customer teams: a company-provided account and an assigned job are required — there is no sign-up in the app.
Macrilon Field App is the utility pole survey app for crews working make-ready, joint-use and fiber construction jobs on the Macrilon platform. Walk the line, photograph every pole, and record what is on it. It is built for places with no cell service: the app itself is on your iPhone, so it opens and works where your phone has no signal at all.
SURVEY A POLE
• Take pole, wire span and surroundings photos with the iPhone camera. Mark a span as a drop (secondary service or communication drop) and choose its crossing type, such as over roadway.
• Each pole has one capture board: whole pole, pole tag, birthmark, guy wires, anchors, equipment, wire span and surroundings, plus an optional Comm tags tile for the tags on communication cables. The next photo is lit up; tap GO to take it.
• Most photos save by themselves; tap Add another for one more. No guy wires or no equipment? One tap on None, no photo needed.
• Record the pole ID, pole tag, equipment (transformer, arresters, riser, streetlight, capacitor, recloser), communication companies and the owner of each line, and notes. Companies are remembered for the whole job.
• Mark a pole you couldn't reach and choose the reason.
ON A PHONE THAT CAN MEASURE (IPHONE MODELS WITH A LIDAR SCANNER)
Ruler: walk up to the pole, tap its base (a magnifier shows exactly where you're tapping), then step back to fit the whole pole in the picture. Marks every 4 ft from 2.5 ft up to 34.5 ft, those in the picture, are saved with the photo. They are an on-phone check, not a surveyed height.
If the Ruler can't read the ground, the Macrilon logo still takes the photo; it is saved with no Ruler height.
After a Ruler photo, one quick question asks you to tap where the pole meets the ground. It helps us improve height accuracy and never blocks you: Skip or Base hidden.
The map pin can move from where you are standing to the pole face, using the direction and distance from the phone.
Stick photo: put the physical stick in the frame. Phones that cannot measure use this path.
BEFORE YOU LEAVE
• Download your job while you have signal: its poles go onto your iPhone.
• The Day readiness check reports what it can measure before you go — room for photos, which jobs are downloaded and how old they are, work still waiting to upload, when your sign-in ends, whether camera and location are allowed, and battery. It shows estimates and says so, and it does not guarantee an all-day run.
IN A DEAD ZONE
• Open the app, pick your downloaded job, and keep surveying: capture, pole details, notes, the pole list, the map and the guides all work offline.
• Photos you save wait on your iPhone. They upload automatically while the app is open, connected and signed in; anything that needs attention is shown in the upload status at the top of the screen.
• The map shows the job's poles, and your position when location is allowed and a fix is available; satellite imagery needs signal.
LOCATION FOR EVERY CAPTURE
• Your iPhone's location is recorded with each photo while the app is open, when you have allowed location and a usable fix is available. Saving never waits for GPS: a rough location is marked approximate.
• The app compares it with the pole on record — from your download, so this works offline — and asks you to review a mismatch.
• Adjust the pin on satellite imagery when you're standing away from the pole.
• Locate me waits for a good GPS fix and warns you when the GPS signal is weak.
SEE THE JOB
• Poles sorted by distance, showing which ones already have photos. Planned poles show their SCID on the list and the map; pick one and its SCID fills in the Pole ID.
• The photos already uploaded for the job (needs a connection).
LANGUAGES
• 33 languages (beta): the app follows your iPhone's language.
Ratings & Reviews
5.0
out of 5
1 Ratings
• Try it in 3 steps: look at a sample pole, measure one near you, and get it checked free.
• Measured a pole in Try it? Tap "Get this pole checked" and we email you the result. One free pole per email address.
• Two-photo pole height (iPhone Pro models): a close-up of the base, then step back for the whole pole, then an optional angle photo. Drag the Base and Mark markers onto their spots.
• Camera coaching: hints to fill the frame, the photo waits until the phone is steady, and a quick check flags blurry or dark photos so you can retake them.
• Request company access right in the app.
• Heights in the demo are calculated by Macrilon from the photos.
Version 1.0.16
The developer, TEAM Corp, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Location
Contact Info
User Content
Identifiers
Surroundings
Other Data
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Seller
Telecommunications Engineering And Architecture Management, LLC
Size
27.8 MB
Category
Business
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.