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Field Data Capture Devices

Field Data Capture Devices. Or… Smartphones. HTC G2. 5 Megapixel camera Standalone GPS chip Wireless internet Small learning curve Tens of thousands of apps Ability to modify system & create custom apps Could install phone service to each device. Auto- Geotagged Photos. Data captured.

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Field Data Capture Devices

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  1. Field Data Capture Devices Or… Smartphones

  2. HTC G2 • 5 Megapixel camera • Standalone GPS chip • Wireless internet • Smalllearning curve • Tens of thousands of apps • Ability to modify system & create custom apps • Could install phone service to each device

  3. Auto-Geotagged Photos

  4. Data captured GPS Status & Toolbox app Jeffrey’s Exif Viewer

  5. GPS Tracks

  6. Video

  7. Why? • More for less $ • More devices = more participants • User Friendly • Can understand the way people submit data • Open source • Automatically ‘tags’ data • No special software needed to work with resulting data

  8. Accuracy Just as good (maybe better) than handhelpgps units See: “SMARTPHONES IN THE FIELD: PRELIMINARY STUDY COMPARING GPS CAPABILITIES BETWEEN A SMARTPHONE AND DEDICATED GPS DEVICE”, Klimaszewski-Patterson, Anna, Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences (2010) 33: 270-279, http://nevada-reno.academia.edu/AnnaPatterson/Papers/318871/Geographic_Fieldwork_Preliminary_study_comparing_GPS_capabilities_between_smartphones_and_dedicated_GPS

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