Digital Data Collection In the Field. Project Goals Collect plant and site attribute data with a GPS and Pocket PC Produce spatial and tabular data Create.

Digital Data Collection

In the Field

Project Goals

Collect plant and site attribute data with a GPS and Pocket PC

• Produce spatial and tabular data

• Create maps that are compatible with ArcGIS

• Enable easy data transfer into GRIN

• Reduce transcription errors and time

ESRI software-compatible

Microsoft Office-compatible

Tables in dbf format

Ease of data transfer

Extended battery life

Lightweight and portable

System Requirements

Project Hardware

HP iPAQ with ESRI ArcPad software

Cruxview Bluetooth GPS

Expansion sleeve for iPAQ for data backup and added battery

Notebook Computer with ESRI ArcGIS software

Begin with paper data collection form

• Serves as model for data fields in digital customized form

• In our digital form, data is entered from drop-down lists, typed in or entered later

Create the Digital Collection Form

Date Site_Photo

Site_# Vegetative_Notes

Accession_# Scientific_Name

Collector1 Local_Name

Collector2 #_Plants

Directions Area_sq_m

Anthropogenic_now Distribution

Anthropogenic_past Abundance

Incline Habit

Aspect Flower_Color

Light Plant_Photo

Soil Accession_Notes

Soil_Sample X_Longitude

Moisture Y_Latitude

Landform Z_Elevation

Fields chosen for the digital form

Appearance on the iPAQ

Locate and Prepare Spatial Data

Gather thematic map layers

Derive additional map layers

Trim spatial data to area of interest

Prepare plant collection attribute tables

Add data-collection forms tp map layers

Export select map layers to ArcPad

Autosync script and attribute files on iPAQ

Available Map Layers

County Boundaries

Previous Collection Areas

Digital Elevation Models

Digital Ortho Quads

Digital Raster Graphics

Ecoregions

Fire History

Hydrography

Precipitation

Surface Geology

Transportation

Vegetation

Activate the GPS and Bluetooth Open the ArcMap project on the iPAQ

Enter attribute dataCollect a GPS point

Collect Data in the Field

Transfer map and attribute table to PC and ArcMap

GRIN Compatibility

Accession data can be collected in the field

Habitat Coordinates Locality Elevation

Other Benefits

• Forms easy to create and customize

• Can incorporate GRIN fields into forms

• .dbf tables easy to upload into GRIN

• Maps immediately ready for ArcGIS

• Data can be used for GIS analysis

• GIS data available at no cost on the web

• Reduces data entry from paper forms

Hardware Information

• ArcGIS Desktop Overview

http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/about/desktop.html

• ArcPad System Requirements

http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcpad/about/sys-reqs.html

• ArcGIS Desktop System Requirements

http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=knowledgebase.systemRequirements.gateway

• ArcView System Requirements http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=knowledgebase.systemRequirements.matrix&pName=ArcView&productID=15&pvName=9.0&versionID=38&PID=15&PVID=184

• Issues with Windows XP SP2 and ArcGIS 9.1 products

http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=knowledgebase.techArticles.articleShow&d=28655

Software List

ESRI: ArcGIS 8.3.

ESRI: ArcPad 6.0.3.

CeToolbox: Pocket Screen Capture 1.0. cetoolbox.com

Greenwald: ArcPad Form Creation Wizard. arcscripts.esri.com

LeProwse: Add X, Y, Z Values to Table. arcscripts.esri.com

Microsoft: Excel 2000. www.microsoft.com