Or Smartphones HTC G2 5 Megapixel camera Standalone GPS chip Wireless internet Small learning curve Tens of thousands of apps Ability to modify system amp create custom apps Could install phone service to each device ID: 460514
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Field Data Capture Devices
Or…
SmartphonesSlide2
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 deviceSlide3Slide4
Auto-
Geotagged
PhotosSlide5
Data captured
GPS Status & Toolbox app
Jeffrey’s
Exif
ViewerSlide6
GPS TracksSlide7
VideoSlide8
Why?
More for less $
More devices = more participants
User FriendlyCan understand the way people submit dataOpen sourceAutomatically ‘tags’ dataNo special software needed to work with resulting dataSlide9
Accuracy
Just as good (maybe better) than
handhelp
gps unitsSee: “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