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ArcPad - Mobile GIS and Field Mapping Application

ArcPad is a software for mobile GIS and field mapping applications using handheld and mobile devices. It provides field based personnel with the ability to capture, analyze, and display geographic information. This article discusses the features and advantages of ArcPad, as well as its integration with GPS receivers and the ability to create customized forms using the Application Builder.

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ArcPad - Mobile GIS and Field Mapping Application

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  1. EDIT ATBI-data recording with ArcPad (ESRI) Alexander Kroupa Museum für Naturkunde Berlin TDWG 2009 Annual Conference Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009

  2. Product from ESRI Inc. ArcPad is a software for mobile GIS and field mapping applications using handheld and mobile devices It provides field based personnel with the ability to capture, analyze, and display geographic information Can also integrate input from GPS receivers Application Builder for creating forms ArcPad – What is it? TDWG 2009 Annual Conference Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009

  3. Data recording – ArcPad GPS Settings Tools. For setting up GPS Activity in the Application The select Edit Layer menu. The Selected Layer will be editable Feature Attribute Tool. Opens the Custom Form, or Attribute Table of a selected feature for editing Capture GPS point, for capturing point data TDWG 2009 Annual Conference Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009

  4. Data recording – Locality form Locality code: A unique code for this locality. Locality name: The full description of the locality Country: drop down pick list Macrohabitat: Relevant remarks on the dominant habitat(s) of the locality. Remarks: Any other remarks that are relevant for this specific locality TDWG 2009 Annual Conference Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009

  5. Latitude: automatically Longitude: automatically Accuracy: automatically Radius: The radius in meters around the recorded geo-reference Altitude: Minimum value is set automatically by the creation of the event Coord. Sys.: The geographic datum (drop down pick list) Data recording – Locality form TDWG 2009 Annual Conference Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009

  6. List of all events for one locality Events are listed chronological to the start of the event Delete: all attached species to this event will be deleted as well Data recording – Event form TDWG 2009 Annual Conference Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009

  7. Event code: A unique code for this event. Event start: is set automatically by the creation of the event [dD.mM.YYYY HH:MM] Event end: [dD.mM.YYYY HH:MM] Collector: full name of the recorder/collector Recording method: drop down pick list Event remarks: Remarks to this particular recording event. Data recording – Event form TDWG 2009 Annual Conference Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009

  8. Select a species from the list (here Lepidoptera) Chose the sex of the recorded species Chose the number of individuals Press button „Add“ The species will be added to the species list for this event Data recording – Species form TDWG 2009 Annual Conference Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009

  9. List of all species for one event and one locality In brackets are the number and the sex of each record (f female; m male; ? unknown) Each record is for one species and one sex (stage) Data recording – Species form TDWG 2009 Annual Conference Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009

  10. dbase authority files: allspecies.dbf coordinatesystems.dbf: countries.dbf methods.dbf sex.dbf dbase data files: localities.dbf events.dbf taxonomy.dbf Relevant files TDWG 2009 Annual Conference Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009

  11. Export Connection with ActiveSync Transfer the data files Edit the data e.g. with Excel Store the data in a database WDPA TDWG 2009 Annual Conference Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009

  12. Advantages: Prepare a customized user interface with ArcPad Application Builder (creating forms) Configuration file in xml (editable with text Editor) Export in the same format as the ATBI guidelines (external data tables) (see www.atbi.eu) Easy exchange of authority lists (e.g. lists of species) Supports *.jpf files as background maps Disadvantages: Expensive; for each mobile device is one licence necessary No good documentation available For creating forms is the Application Builder necessary → cost intensive Advantages and disadvantages of ArcPad TDWG 2009 Annual Conference Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009

  13. European commission supported the Research and Development through the Sixth Framework Programme Dominik Mikjewicz created the jpf-maps Jim Dabrowski, who developed the Applet „SpeciesPicker“, which was used as basis for this development Acknowledgment TDWG 2009 Annual Conference Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009

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  15. Map for NP Mercantour and NP Alpi Marittime for mobile field tools optimized. On the map are two localities viewable (●). - borders of NP Mercantour Background maps Format of the maps is *.jpf TDWG 2009 Annual Conference Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009

  16. Detail of the map from NP Mercantour with Russian labelling Background maps TDWG 2009 Annual Conference Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009

  17. Configuration file for the ATBI data recording Includes one vbs-file Includes 3 forms - locality data (4 pages)- event data (1 page)- species data (3 pages) ArcPad – Application Builder TDWG 2009 Annual Conference Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009

  18. Mobile fieldtools Trimble Nomad Trimble Nomad Mobile phonewith GPS Mobile Mapper TDWG 2009 Annual Conference Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009

  19. Same configuration file, XML code ArcPad – Application Builder TDWG 2009 Annual Conference Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009

  20. ArcPad – System Requirements TDWG 2009 Annual Conference Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009

  21. allspecies.dbf: list of species which can be added to the event data (for each group a customized list) coordinatesystems.dbf: list of all relevant coordinate systems (e.g. WGS 84) countries.dbf: list of countries methods.dbf: list of recording methods sex.dbf: list of sex or life stages Relevant files – dbase authority files TDWG 2009 Annual Conference Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009

  22. ArcPad.apm: an xml-file where all relevant data of the project are stored. All data that are necessary by the start of the project. E.g. which layers have to be loaded, the symbology and the toolbars. In the root directory this file will be executed automatically by starting ArcPad localities.shp: this Is the editable layer, where the georeferenced localities are stored localities.vbs: file with the complete VBScript code for the whole project Relevant files – system files TDWG 2009 Annual Conference Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009

  23. localities.dbf: in this file all the data of the created localities will be stored events.dbf: in this file all the data of the created events, with a relation to the localities, will be stored taxonomy.dbf: in this file all the data of the selected speices will be stored, with the relation to the according event Relevant files – dbase data files TDWG 2009 Annual Conference Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009

  24. Connect the mobile tool to the desktop or laptop PC ActiveSync is needed for the communication between PC/Laptop and mobile tool Copy the dbf-files localities.dbf, events.dbf and taxonomy.dbf to PC/Laptop Open these files with Excel, edit them and save them in the Excel-format Export TDWG 2009 Annual Conference Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009

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