Which GPS to use ?

 
 

We often get calls from foresters and natural resources professionals who are looking for a good working GPS package at an affordable price.

We mentioned previously that the trend is for positioning devices to become less and less expensive. Indeed, GPS devices with very good performance are now available at affordable prices.

Another piece of good news is that the prices of rugged Windows Mobile PDA's and Windows tablet PC's have come down quite a bit.

The software to organize and interpret the data is a critical part of the entire GPS system. Our Field CE GIS with PC-GIS PRO is hands-down the most powerful and affordable combination of field and PC software for GIS professionals. Our customers are pleased that this softare package comes with all the essential functions that they need to do their job - no need to purchase additional extensions for this or that. They happily discover that these software programs are intuitive and easy to learn.

Therefore, you can actually put together a complete functional package, including a rugged PDA, good GPS, and the powerful Field CE GIS and PC-GIS PRO, without breaking your bank.

If, instead of a PDA, you would like to use a Tablet PC as the data collector and enjoy the benefit of its larger display screen, then you could get the CMT PC-MAPPER software. This all-in-one software package will let you collect GPS data, navigate to a destination or along a route, as well as work with GIS mapping functions. PC-MAPPER can receive NMEA 184 signals from an external GPS receiver.

Many people now own an iPhone or an iPad devie. You can turn your iPhone or iPad device into a GPS/GIS data collector by installing our iGPSGIS II (for iPhone), iCMTGIS II (for iPad), iCMTGIS III or iCMTGIS PRO. You can pair your device with a Dual XGPS-150A, a Bad Elf 200 or a Garmin GLO to obtain 2 - 5 m horizontal position accuracy. For applications requiring high accuracy, such as RTK data collection or RTK surveying, you will need to invest in a high-precision GNSS receiver, such as the SXBlue Platinum or the EOS Arrow Gold.

 
     
     
 
 

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