you can also get a Lighting to USB adapter from Apple and connect your iPad directly..
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Bailey, Andrew <[email protected]> wrote: > If you use data loggers that allow standard file-based access to data via > USB port, you might consider access to them via something like the > HyperDrive iUSBPort. Any USB storage device can be made accessible via an > ad-hoc WiFi hotspot or added to an existing WiFi network. That's how I > access USB drives from my IPad. > > http://www.hypershop.com/HyperDrive/iUSBport/ > > -- > Andrew D. Bailey - Data Manager > Wildland Fire Management RD&A > Rocky Mountain Research Station - DOI OWF > National Interagency Fire Center, Boise ID > o. 208-387-5248 > c. 208-407-6711 > > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 4:30 AM, Brian - UVM <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > We have had great luck with iPad minis in Lifeproof cases, using > FileMaker > > Pro databases for data entry. The system is extremely robust, waterproof, > > good screen size and sensitivity, and resistant to shocks at a price > point > > well below most field computers (~$600 for 4g cellular model with case), > > although FileMaker will cost a few hundred more (to develop databases; > the > > app is free). We get the cellular model for the on-board GPS, and > generally > > don't get a cellular plan with it (upload through mobile hot spots on our > > phones). Depending on how much screen real estate you need, an > iPhone/iPad > > would also work (with Lifeproof case). The only down side after two years > > on multiple projects (iPad minis and iPhones) is that we can't download > > data loggers that use USB/serial connections. > > > > Brian > > > > -- > > Brian R. Mitchell > > Program Manager > > Northeast Temperate Inventory and Monitoring Network > > National Park Service > > 54 Elm Street > > Woodstock, VT 05091 > > (802) 457-3368 x37 > > > -- Jorge A. Tomasevic PhD Candidate, Wildlife Science School of Environmental and Forest Sciences College of the Environment Box 352100 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-2100 USA http://students.washington.edu/tomasevi Find me on ResearchGate <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jorge_Tomasevic/?ev=hdr_xprf> or Google Scholar <http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bpDK6GQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra> And please read (and hopefully practice) the Fixer's Manifesto <https://sugru.com/manifesto> for a better society and environment
