A Grand Junction-based software company has announced the integration of its flagship product into cable and pipe locating devices.

ProStar integrated its PointMan software into Rycom Instruments Pathfinder devices to find, record and share the location of buried utilities and pipelines.

Page Tucker, the founder and chief executive officer of ProStar hailed the effort.

“The mission of ProStar is to increase the company’s global footprint and distribution network through the creation of strong business partnerships with all of the leading equipment manufacturers, including Rycom Instruments,” Tucker said. “I would like to thank Rycom Instruments and note the partnership with Rycom Instruments is not only a strong indication that the construction industry is entering into a digital transformation, it is also evident that PointMan is leading it.”

The integration of PointMan into Rycom devices means the software is now used by almost every major manufacturer of electromagnetic cable and pipe locating devices as well as ground-penetrating radar and Global Positioning System and Global Navigation Satellite System receivers.

Doug Reitz, executive vice president of Rycom, also praised the partnership. “We recognize PointMan as best in class. And combining it with Rycom’s Pathfinder means that underground utility infrastructure buried anywhere in the world can now be precisely located and the critical location data quickly and efficiently recorded, displayed and shared with anyone from a standard mobile device.”

ProStar provides mobile and cloud precision mapping software designed to locate, map and manage underground utilities and pipelines as well as roads, railways and other infrastructure.