If you only need GPS for your tablet (no 3/4G), buying a bluetooth GPS receiver is also an option:
http://androgeoid.com/2010/09/why-use-an-external-bluetooth-gps-receiver-with-an-android-phone/ Thiago -- *Thiago Sanna Freire Silva* Assistant Professor Department of Geography São Paulo State University (UNESP) Rio Claro, SP - Brazil http://thiagosilva.wordpress.com/ Google Scholar Citations <http://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=hpPTEmcAAAAJ> Currículo Lattes <http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/visualizacv.do?id=P315543> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 7:30 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 >
