Tablet PCs in the Field

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Tablet PCs in the Field

• Doug Wilder
• George Wright Society
• St. Paul, MN
• 2007

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Choices

• Palm
• Pendragon Forms
• ThinkDB
• others

• Pocket PC
• Pocket Access
• abcDB
• SprintDBPro
• Terrasync
• ArcPad

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Tablet PC

• No middleware
• Take database with you
• In-the-field photo archiving/editing
• GPS wireless or not
• Ad-hoc networking
• Take lots of other things with you other
  databases, reference books, etc.

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CAKN Tablets

• 2004 2 Xplore
• 2005 4 Xplore, 2 CF-18
• 2006 24 batteries
• 3 solar panels (CT Solar)
• 12 pens

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Concerns

• Power batteries, etc.
• Usability
• Transfer to parent
• East of development
• Training
• Screen visibility
• Backup

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• Survey Timer
• Save to Jump
• Capture GPS
• Num. Keypad

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Access and ArcPad sharing data
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Synchronize
Generate Field DB
Collect Data
Field Unit 1
Mother
Field Unit 2
Field Unit 3
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