Thursday, July 31, 2008

PDA-GIS field methods




As part of our field sampling we load satellite imagery and develop random sampling points to the PDA through a laptop. Pictured here is Ian and I working to create a random sample that is specific to our field location for the day. We setup shop in a spot of shade so we could see our monitor on the laptop. As part of this work, we are using the new Magellan Mobile Mapper 6 loaded with ArcPad 7.1. Once we have a sampling scheme setup, we navigate to each site with the GPS, then mark our proximity to the random sample we are navigating to, and capture our data attributes. The second photo shows Ian at work navigating to a sampling site.

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