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| Subject: | Re: GISList: Handheld GIS |
| Date: |
08/23/2001 05:44:41 AM |
| From: |
Chris Coberly |
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Thanks for the info.
The accuracy of the unit we are working on is up to two meters when WAAS is
enabled, four meters when WAAS is unavailable or disabled.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Wolfenden" <bwolfenden@louisberger.com>
To: "John Koles" <micron@global.net.au>: "Charlene Howard"
<charlene_howard@mwcog.org>: "'Chris Coberly'"
<christopher.coberly@madisonriv.com>: <gislist@geocomm.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 7:41 AM
Subject: Re: GISList: Handheld GIS
> I am curious as to what the accuracy of these small gps units would
> be? We have used a trimble pathfinder pro for submeter accuracy. I
> have seen some small gps units which have accuracies of about 80
> meters, which seems pretty rough for locating places or mapping
> purposes.
> Bryan
>
> From: "John Koles" <micron@global.net.au>
> To: "Charlene Howard" <charlene_howard@mwcog.org>,
> "'Chris Coberly'" <christopher.coberly@madisonriv.com>,
> <gislist@geocomm.com>
> Date sent: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 21:21:50 +0800
> Subject: Re: GISList: Handheld GIS
>
> > Charlene, We are embedding a GPS chipset the size of your thumb into
ruggedised PDAs. We also manufacture wearable GPS systems for GIS data
capture. We pioneered firemapping in real-time from a helicopter to a ground
GIS (arcView) Also I have an interesting research project that reads the
speed
> of horses as well as other biosensors.
> > What is your application? Do you need better than 0.5Miles per hr.
> > If not then you can use a device such as an iPAQ with a Pharos GPS and
ArcPad software mounted between your handlebars. This also allows you to
load informative colour maps as guidance to your position.
> > John Koles
> > Micronics
> > www.micronicsgps.com
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Charlene Howard" <charlene_howard@mwcog.org>
> > To: "'Chris Coberly'" <christopher.coberly@madisonriv.com>:
<gislist@geocomm.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 7:30 PM
> > Subject: RE: GISList: Handheld GIS
> >
> >
> > > I would be interested in such a device for my bicycle research. I have
been
> > > doing a little light internet searching on small GPS units / PTU's
(personal
> > > travel devices) to determine if these data capture devices would be
accurate
> > > enough and practical to use with my intended subjects (cyclists). I
would
> > > like to be able to either mount the device to a bike and/or enable the
> > > person to carry it on their person. If anyone has such an instrument
out
> > > there, I am willing to be a guinea pig for some testing of the unit!
Please
> > > keep me in the loop on any further discussion on this, thanks.
> > >
> > > Charlene
> > > --------------------------------------------------------
> > > Charlene Howard
> > > Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
> > > Washington, DC
> > > (202) 962-3384
> > > charlene_howard@mwcog.org
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Chris Coberly [mailto:christopher.coberly@madisonriv.com\
> > > Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 4:02 PM
> > > To: gislist@geocomm.com
> > > Subject: GISList: Handheld GIS
> > >
> > > I am wondering how much interest you think there might be in a
handheld data
> > > capture device? It would be fairly accurate but I hope much chaeper
amd more
> > > simple to use.
> > >
> > > Let me know.
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > >
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> > >
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>
> Bryan J. Wolfenden
> Senior Environmental Planner
> The Louis Berger Group, Inc.
> 295 Promenade Street
> Providence, RI 02908
> Tel. 401.521.5980 Fax. 401.331.8956
> Email: bwolfenden@louisberger.com
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