Tablet for Surveying

[jim11]

Hi, any ideas on a good tablet for surveying? Needs to be weather resistant etc and have GPS. We will be using if for trees, Tomograph software and surveying for Ecology.

 

Any help would be great as I live overseas and there isn't much available in East Asia.

 

Many Thanks

[ArthurBottlesworth]

There is company in StAlbans

They do software for tablets

So you can take photo on tablet,

It automatically records date, time, location etc

 

The example they described to me was for staffchecking Lifebelts on scottish lochs

They have record that they ave been checked, by who and when plus a photo

 

Obviously lots of other uses for this software ......

 

They normally deal with organisationsrather than individuals though

[Paul Barton]

Take a look at the tablets that Camtech sell. The motion tablets are pretty good and will do what you need.

 

Avoid the CL900 though, I found the battery powered stylus to be unreliable, particularly in the rain.

[Paul Barton]

E.g http://www.camtechsystems.co.uk/semi-rugged-tablet-pc/motion-j3500-detail

[Paul Barton]

At the more expensive end of the market for fully rugged tablets there is this kind of thing, but I haven't used them. http://www.rugged-systems.com/products/rugged-windows-tablets/toughpad-fz-g1.html

[sloth]

I've heard good things about the Motion range. I use a fully rugged handheld Getac and am very happy with it, they also make both Windows and Android tablets (which I haven't used).

Good luck with whatever you choose...