Merav, Another app to try, depending on whether you have access to ArCGIS Online, is Collector. It's available for Windows 10, Android, and iOS I believe. It's from ESRI and is full featured, though maybe a little buggy still. It allows use of custom basemaps, offline editing and synchronization of data from multiple field crews. Also, I was looking into the accuracy of tablet and phone based GPS vs consumer grade handheld GPS units and ran across a few sources which suggested the comparison was quite favourable. I don't have the references handy but found them relatively quickly using Google.
We've used Garmin handhelds for years now in the field and have been quite happy with their durability. I don't like how quickly they seem to retire and change models, and change interfaces but we've managed to live with that. We also just acquired a couple of rugged Android tablets from Cedar Tree (CT7) to use as GPS/data logging devices. So far they seem quite good, this field season will tell for sure though. They are not far off the price of a consumer handheld GPS. http://www.junipersys.com/Juniper-Systems-Rugged-Handheld-Computers/products/Cedar-Products Good luck, Trevor On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 7:17 AM, Howard, Tim G (DEC) <[email protected]> wrote: > Merav, > The open source app Geopaparazzi can do all those things for you. It is > Android only so would work on the Nexus, not the iPhone. You can find it in > the Play Store. > > Cheers, > Tim > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:ECOLOG- > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Merav Vonshak > > Sent: Monday, April 04, 2016 6:25 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [ECOLOG-L] GPS recommendations > > > > ATTENTION: This email came from an external source. Do not open > > attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails. > > > > > > Hi all, > > I would greatly appreciate your input on a handheld GPS device. I’m > looking > > for a GPS device that would allow me to navigate to my field sites, > including > > uploading plot locations from Google Earth or ArcGIS and viewing them in > the > > field, over an aerial photo of the site. I will also need to record data > points. > > I’m considering using an iPhone 6 or a Google Nexus 9 device, wondering > > about the pros and cons of each options and the app I should use in case > I > > choose the iPhone or the Nexus. > > Thank you! > > Merav >
