If you just need to collect point data, Advenza PDF map will works well. It available for iOS and Android. I've used in the field to collect data on new invasive species populations. It will store the data in a CVS format for easier exporting to ArcMap, GRASSGIS, or QGIS. I'd also recommend a phone with a receiver capable of tracking and processing both GPS(NAVSTAR) and GLONASS GPS signals.
Damian M. Smith > On Jan 13, 2016, at 11:54, Laura Steger <ldste...@gmail.com> wrote: > > ---------------------- Information from the mail header > ----------------------- > Sender: "Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news" > <ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU> > Poster: Laura Steger <ldste...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Feasibility of field data collection using Cell Phone > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --001a11444c24386bb205293a055f > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Hi Qiang, > > > I started using GIS Cloud > <http://www.giscloud.com/apps/mobile-data-collection> in the beginning of > last year and was very impressed with the accuracy, off-line data capture, > design, and ease of use. Here is a quick list of pros and cons I found with > this app: > > > *Pros:* > > - Very easy to design custom field forms. Form has options for dependencies > and rules, and allows you to create custom drop-down lists, etc. > > - Field forms allow you to take and store pictures and audio recordings. > > - Very precise GPS locations using Verizon on my Droid RAZR. Note: GIS > Cloud states that precision can depend on mobile/tablet device. > > - Offline data capture =E2=80=93 ability to capture data when there is no c= > ell > service. > > - App settings allow you to automatically upload to your online database > using your cell carrier or wait to upload through WiFi. > > - Ability to view data in list or map format online or data can be exported > in a .csv > > - After using for a year, I haven=E2=80=99t lost any data. > > - It=E2=80=99s free but =E2=80=9Climited to one device and public map=E2=80= > =9D. There is a premium > plan for $20/month but I don=E2=80=99t know what that entails. > > -Easy to make edits to field form entries while in the field or back at the > office. > > *Cons:* > > -Sometimes the field form gets a little cranky. However, I=E2=80=99ve never= > had it > mess up or lose data. I just close out and reopen the app. > > - It doesn=E2=80=99t appear that photos or recordings can be exported out o= > f GIS > Cloud. I believe you can only view/listen while in GIS Cloud. > > > > Hope this helps. Good luck to you! > > > > Laura Steger > Chicago Botanic Garden > >> On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 6:34 AM, Mark Frey <runca...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Anna >> >> We have shifted our data collection to mini tablets with no data plan >> outfitted with an external GPS device. We use iPad minis and a Bad Elf Pr= > o+ >> but there are many other options. Having no data plan means no monthly co= > st >> but requires WiFi to upload data which can be a pain if the WiFi is down = > at >> the office. We use ArcCollector on the tablets. We have had just as good >> luck with ArcCollector on smart phones although the smaller screen size >> means data collection is more challenging. >> >> Mark Frey >> National Park Service >> >> On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 11:44 PM, Anna Patterson <an...@nevada.unr.edu> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Qiang-- >>> >>> As part of my Masters I did a comparison study between the Android G1 >>> (1st Android smartphone) and A Trimble Juno. The G1 (on pure GPS mode, n= > o >>> cell service or assisted GPS) performed more "truthfully" than the Trimb= > le. >>> I have it written up here: >>> >>> >>> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285698231_Smartphones_in_the_fi= > eld_preliminary_study_comparing_GPS_capabilities_between_a_smartphone_and_d= > edicated_GPS_device?ev=3Dprf_pub >>> >>> This is ONLY for Android, and technologically dated. I have no research >>> data for iPhone (at the time iPhone only offered aGPS and I wanted >>> stand-alone GPS for comparison to the Trimble) >>> >>> At conference presentations I often received audience stories of how the= > y >>> found anecdotally the phone to be more reliable than the stand-alone GPS >>> (my favorite being the researchers in Greenland). I have several colleag= > ues >>> who have switched to deploying smartphones for fieldwork, as well as >>> individuals at state gov't agencies. >>> >>> As for apps, it depends if you're what you're interested in doing... >>> >>> Hope that helps some =3D) >>> >>> -Anna Klimaszewski-Patterson >>> Ph.D. Candidate >>> Department of Geography >>> University of Nevada, Reno >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 6:23 PM, Qiang Zhou <zhouqian...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear colleagues, >>>> >>>> Does anyone have experience in using Cell Phone GPS and Google map for >>>> field work? >>>> It seems that iCloud is a plus for data safety. But I am not sure about >>>> the data quality. >>>> If anyone had tried this before, would you please let me know: is there >>>> any APP for the task, and what to be careful? >>>> >>>> Thank you very much. >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> >>>> Qiang Zhou, Land Change Scientist >>>> ASRC Federal InuTeq, contractor to USGS EROS >>>> 47914 252nd Street >>>> Sioux Falls, SD 57198 >>>> tel: 605-594-2843 >>>> fax: 605-594-6529 >>>> qz...@usgs.gov > > --001a11444c24386bb205293a055f > Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > <div dir=3D"ltr"><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Hi Qiang,</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"= >> <br></p> > > <p class=3D"MsoNormal">I started using <a href=3D"http://www.giscloud.com/a= > pps/mobile-data-collection">GIS Cloud</a> in the beginning of last year and > was very impressed with the accuracy, off-line data capture, design, and ea= > se > of use. Here is a quick list of pros and cons I found with this app:</p> > > <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><br></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b>Pros:</b></p><p cl= > ass=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"text-indent: -0.25in;">-</span><span style= > =3D"font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'= > ">=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"text-indent: -0.25in;">Very easy to design cu= > stom field forms. Form has > options for dependencies and rules, and allows you to create custom drop-do= > wn > lists, etc.</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"text-indent: -0= > .25in;">-</span><span style=3D"font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-famil= > y:'Times New Roman'">=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"text-indent: -0.25= > in;">Field forms allow you to take and store pictures > and audio recordings.</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"text-= > indent: -0.25in;">-</span><span style=3D"font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;= > font-family:'Times New Roman'">=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"text-ind= > ent: -0.25in;">Very precise GPS locations using Verizon on my Droid > RAZR. Note: GIS Cloud states that precision can depend on mobile/tablet dev= > ice.</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"text-indent: -0.25in;"= >> -</span><span style=3D"font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'= > Times New Roman'">=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"text-indent: -0.25in;">Of= > fline data capture =E2=80=93 ability to capture data > when there is no cell service.</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style= > =3D"text-indent: -0.25in;">-</span><span style=3D"font-stretch:normal;font-= > size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">=C2=A0</span><span style=3D= > "text-indent: -0.25in;">App settings allow you to automatically upload > to your online database using your cell carrier or wait to upload through W= > iFi.</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"text-indent: -0.25in;"= >> -</span><span style=3D"font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'= > Times New Roman'">=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"text-indent: -0.25in;">Ab= > ility to view data in list or map format > online or data can be exported in a .csv</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><= > span style=3D"text-indent: -0.25in;">-</span><span style=3D"font-stretch:no= > rmal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">=C2=A0</span><spa= > n style=3D"text-indent: -0.25in;">After using for a year, I haven=E2=80=99t= > lost any data.</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"text-indent= > : -0.25in;">-</span><span style=3D"font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-f= > amily:'Times New Roman'">=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"text-indent: -= > 0.25in;">It=E2=80=99s free but =E2=80=9Climited to one device and public > map=E2=80=9D. There is a premium plan for $20/month but I don=E2=80=99t kno= > w what that entails.</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"text-i= > ndent: -0.25in;">-</span><span style=3D"text-indent: -0.25in;">Easy to make= > edits to field form entries while > in the field or back at the office.</span></p><p class=3D"" style=3D"text-i= > ndent: -0.25in;"></p> > > <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b>Cons:</b></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style= > =3D"text-indent: -0.25in;">-</span><span style=3D"text-indent: -0.25in;">So= > metimes the field form gets a little cranky. > However, I=E2=80=99ve never had it mess up or lose data. I just close out a= > nd reopen > the app.</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"text-indent: -0.25= > in;">-</span><span style=3D"font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:&= > #39;Times New Roman'">=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"text-indent: -0.25in;= > ">It doesn=E2=80=99t appear that photos or recordings can > be exported out of GIS Cloud. I believe you can only view/listen while in G= > IS > Cloud.</span></p><p class=3D"" style=3D"text-indent: -0.25in;"></p> > > <p class=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0</p> > > <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Hope this helps. Good luck to you!</p> > > <p class=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0</p> > > <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Laura Steger</p> > > <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-ser= > if">Chicago Botanic Garden</span><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><= > div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 6:34 AM, Mark Frey <span = > dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:runca...@gmail.com"; target=3D"_blank">run= > ca...@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" = > style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><di= > v dir=3D"ltr">Anna<div><br></div><div>We have shifted our data collection t= > o mini tablets with no data plan outfitted with an external GPS device. We = > use iPad minis and a Bad Elf Pro+ but there are many other options. Having = > no data plan means no monthly cost but requires WiFi to upload data which c= > an be a pain if the WiFi is down at the office. We use ArcCollector on the = > tablets. We have had just as good luck with ArcCollector on smart phones al= > though the smaller screen size means data collection is more challenging.</= > div><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><div><br></div><div>Mark= > Frey</div><div>National Park Service</div></font></span></div><div class= > =3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"= > gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 11:44 PM, Anna Patterson <span dir=3D"= > ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:an...@nevada.unr.edu"; target=3D"_blank">annap@ne= > vada.unr.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" sty= > le=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div d= > ir=3D"ltr">Hi Qiang--<div><br></div><div>As part of my Masters I did a comp= > arison study between the Android G1 (1st Android smartphone) and A Trimble = > Juno. The G1 (on pure GPS mode, no cell service or assisted GPS) performed = > more "truthfully" than the Trimble. I have it written up here:=C2= > =A0</div><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"https://www.researchgate.net/public= > ation/285698231_Smartphones_in_the_field_preliminary_study_comparing_GPS_ca= > pabilities_between_a_smartphone_and_dedicated_GPS_device?ev=3Dprf_pub" targ= > et=3D"_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285698231_Smartphone= > s_in_the_field_preliminary_study_comparing_GPS_capabilities_between_a_smart= > phone_and_dedicated_GPS_device?ev=3Dprf_pub</a></div><div><br></div><div>Th= > is is ONLY for Android, and technologically dated. I have no research data = > for iPhone (at the time iPhone only offered aGPS and I wanted stand-alone G= > PS for comparison to the Trimble)</div><div><br></div><div>At conference pr= > esentations I often received audience stories of how they found anecdotally= > the phone to be more reliable than the stand-alone GPS (my favorite being = > the researchers in Greenland). I have several colleagues who have switched = > to deploying smartphones for fieldwork, as well as individuals at state gov= > 't agencies.</div><div><br></div><div>As for apps, it depends if you= > 9;re what you're interested in doing...</div><div><br></div><div>Hope t= > hat helps some =3D)</div><div><br></div><div>-Anna Klimaszewski-Patterson</= > div><div>Ph.D. Candidate</div><div>Department of Geography</div><div>Univer= > sity of Nevada, Reno</div><div><br></div></div><div><div><div class=3D"gmai= > l_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 6:23 PM, Qi= > ang Zhou <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:zhouqian...@gmail.com"; tar= > get=3D"_blank">zhouqian...@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote c= > lass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;= > padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default"><div class= > =3D"gmail_default"><font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dear colleag= > ues,</font></div><div class=3D"gmail_default"><font face=3D"arial, helvetic= > a, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class=3D"gmail_default"><font face=3D"= > arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Does anyone have experience in using Cell Pho= > ne GPS and Google map for field work?=C2=A0</font></div><div class=3D"gmail= > _default"><font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">It seems that iCloud = > is a plus for data safety. But I am not sure about the data quality.</font>= > </div><div class=3D"gmail_default"><font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-ser= > if">If anyone had tried this before, would you please let me know: is there= > any APP for the task, and what to be careful?</font></div><div class=3D"gm= > ail_default"><font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><= > div class=3D"gmail_default"><font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Tha= > nk you very much.</font></div><div class=3D"gmail_default"><font face=3D"ar= > ial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div></div><div><div><div dir=3D"lt= > r"><font face=3D"comic sans ms, sans-serif">Sincerely,<br><br>Qiang Zhou, L= > and Change Scientist<br>ASRC Federal InuTeq, contractor to USGS EROS<br>479= > 14 252nd Street<br>Sioux Falls, SD =C2=A057198<br><span>tel: =C2=A0<span ti= > tle=3D"Call with Google Voice"><a href=3D"tel:605-594-2843" value=3D"+16055= > 942843" target=3D"_blank">605-594-2843</a></span></span><br><span>fax: <spa= > n title=3D"Call with Google Voice"><a href=3D"tel:605-594-6529" value=3D"+1= > 6055946529" target=3D"_blank">605-594-6529</a></span></span><br><a href=3D"= > mailto:qz...@usgs.gov"; target=3D"_blank">qz...@usgs.gov</a></font></div></d= > iv></div> > </div> > </blockquote></div><br></div> > </div></div></blockquote></div><br></div> > </div></div></blockquote></div><br></div> > > --001a11444c24386bb205293a055f--
