gps

[aitch]

I'd recommend Arc its a lot more logical for the user, we're just switching over to it. I've heard good things about the Arcpad as well. I've got a hand held unit based on Digiterra which was about £900 which is accurate but digiterra is rubbish. I have to transfer everything over to MapInfo when i get back to the office. The hand held gps units won't be great in the woods as the canopy cover stops the signal but easy to use if all you need is a grid ref. If its saying its 3metres accurate that mean you've got within a 6m radius of where you need to be though.

[David Dobedoe]

I have a second hand garmin that I picked up for £20. Was hoping to use it to mark up compartment boundaries. I have found its not really accurate enough. Old fashioned map reading and compass bearings seems better. The sat navigation has however proved great for geo caching with my daughter! :-)

[Paul Barton]

I have recently bought and trialled the iOS app GIS Kit to use on iPhone or iPad. It's pretty handy; you can create your own survey forms or use one of the templates and it streams lots of different maps including Google aerial photos. If you can't get 3G on site you can cache the maps before you leave the office. The app is £60 which is expensive for an app but about a tenth of most GIS software.

[tree79]

I have recently bought and trialled the iOS app GIS Kit to use on iPhone or iPad. It's pretty handy; you can create your own survey forms or use one of the templates and it streams lots of different maps including Google aerial photos. If you can't get 3G on site you can cache the maps before you leave the office. The app is £60 which is expensive for an app but about a tenth of most GIS software.

 

 

Is this only for Apple products?

[Paul Barton]

Is this only for Apple products?

 

 

Yes, iOS only.