Re: [ECOLOG-L] GPS recommendations

Hey, I just went through this for my grad project. We decided on running Collector on an IPad mini 4. Theoretically you could run that on a IPhone 6 or a Nexus and use it for data collection as well as navigation but I bet that screen would be small. In the past I have used Trimble Juno 5's that

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] water use in making chocolate.

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] GPS recommendations

Malcolm's comments are super important if you are concerned about sub-10m accuracy. By chance I was just lecturing my Wildlife Students today about this very topic. We have always used Trimble (not "Trumble") units with their software (even though both can be ENORMOUSLY irritating,have

Re: [ECOLOG-L] GPS recommendations

On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 2:48 PM, Thiago Silva wrote: > chips are enabling cheaper consumer products as well: > http://bad-elf.com/pages/be-gps-3300-detail (I have no affiliation or > previous experience with this specific product). > Your correction of terminology is much

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] GPS recommendations

My 2c on the matter: 1) GPS (Global Positioning System) is a specific set of satellites, from the US. But there's also GLONASS, from Russia, and others are planned for the future, such as GALILEO (Europe) and BeiDou-2/COMPASS (China). The general term for "satellite-based positioning method" is

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] GPS recommendations

when using apps, if you are doing research-quality spatial analysis, it will be important for you to know whether the app is reporting an average or the first reading it gets. I know that several of the hobby-grade GPS units report an average but do not provide an estimate of dispersion (e.g. SE,

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] GPS recommendations

I’m finding fewer and fewer uses for a standalone GPS unit. The internal GPS in smartphones works well enough for nearly all purposes. And when coupled with the right mobile app, the smartphone GPS can outperform most standalone units. I recently compiled a list of mobile mapping and other

Re: [ECOLOG-L] GPS recommendations

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

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] GPS recommendations

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- >

Re: [ECOLOG-L] GPS recommendations

Choosing a GPS is not always a simple task. It depends a lot on what you intend to do and the conditions under which you are doing it. Generally, the quality of GPS range from hobbiest to survey-quality devices. For most stuff that does not require exact point accuracy and precision, most of your