Methods and apparatus for dispensing marking material in connection with underground facility marking operations based on environmental information and/or operational information

A marking method for facilitating a marking operation to indicate a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility, the method comprising:

• A) electronically acquiring marking information relating to the marking operation, the marking information including at least one 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;
• B) dispensing a marking material to mark the presence or the absence of the at least one underground facility;
• and
• C) controlling B) based at least in part on the marking information acquired in A).

At least one computer readable storage medium storing processor-executable instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, perform a method for facilitating a marking operation to indicate a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility, the method comprising:

• A) electronically acquiring marking information relating to the marking operation, the marking information including at least one 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;
• B) dispensing a marking material to mark the presence or the absence of the at least one underground facility;
• and
• C) controlling B) based at least in part on the marking information acquired in A).