1. Gadgets Hardware

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1. Gadgets (Hardware Software) FUN!
Two Subjects
2. Standards and Requirements NOT FUN! But
Heres where the heavy lifting gets done!
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Importance
Gadgets SORT OF.. Standards and
Requirements VERY IMPORTANT!
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Global Positioning Systemand Mobile GIS
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Everything we do has a WHERE? and WHEN?
attribute.
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GPS can answer the questions.

• Where?
• When?

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Goals for enterprise data collection

• Standard data collection methodology
• Data standards in databases that meet basic
  requirements
• Efficiency

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The way to meet those goalsDigital Mapping and
Data Collection(Mobile GIS)

• Interchange background maps and data
• Real-time data validation
• Quick identification of GPS user blunders
• Efficient in-field development of GIS ready
  spatial data and databases.

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• GPS
• The Real-World Digitizer

Use the Mobile GIS tool to realize its full
potential
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GPS The Real-World Digitizer
Field
Office
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Hardware
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Commonly Used GPS Receivers
Garmin V
Garmin III
PLGRII
Garmin Map 76
PLGR96
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Common Mobile Mapping System GPS Receiver Field
Computer ArcPad Digital Mapping Capability
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GPS-Enabled Handheld ComputersDisplay Computer
GPS Receiver
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Handheld ComputersAll Shapes and Sizes
Points to Consider

• After one or two long traverses, size and weight
  do matter.
• Ruggedness? increase cost by 2x
• Screens color, size, daylight viewable?
• Memory removable and size?
• Keyboard Needed?
• Battery - power usage, removable?
• Software and CPU chip compatibility and speed?
• Display of multiple vector files and image
  backgrounds?
• Quick on off?

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Software
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Windows CE or Palm OS?
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Windows CEComes in two basic flavors.

• Windows .Net
• Cheaper for manufacturer
• More Windows like
• Not as many free applications
• Gives users more control over file management

• Windows Pocket PC or Mobile
• Often more stable applications
• Less Windows like
• More free applications
• Less control over file management

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Palm OS

• Can be used on lighter weight hardware than CE
• Application programming usually tighter
• Has less software applications available
• Hardware is less powerful
• Very little ruggedized hardware
• Software applications usually lighter weight
• Cannot run ArcPad or more powerful apps

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Mobile Data Collection Applications
Some Points to Consider

• Can it be customized easily?
• Does it fit with your enterprise solution?
• Easily deployed?
• Cost?
• Is it powerful enough to meet your needs?
• Can it run on the devices that you use?
• Multi-platform?

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Focus on Standards and Requirements!
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Some Points to Consider

• Be careful about required geo-spatial accuracies
• Sub-meter requirements mean expensive equipment
  and higher trained personnel
• Sub-meter (2-sigma, 95) not likely in heavy
  canopy
• Develop systemwide standards and requirements
• Assets are being wasted due to lack of
  coordination
• Dont re-invent the wheel!
• Take advantage of expertise and other assets in
  NPS

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Mobile Applications Examples
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A Tom Patterson Production
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From Chris Ulrey at Blue Ridge Parkway
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From Everglades National Park
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Contact Information

• Tim Smith, GPS Program Coordinator
• GISD - OCIO
• National Information Systems Center
• [phone]
• [phone] cell
• http//www.nps.gov/gis/gps
• Joe Gregson, Division Chief
• GISD-OCIO
• National Information Systems Center
• [phone]
• http//www.nps.gov/gis