| Category |
Type |
Activities |
Contact |
| Field Mapping |
Advanced Technology |
Discussions with NRCS and University of California – Davis, for the
application of advanced technology in the mapping of Pinnacles National
Monument. |
Pete Biggam
NPS
National
pete_biggam@nps.gov |
| Field Mapping |
Pedon CE |
PedonCE is an application that runs on the Pocket PC operating systems on personal
digital assistants (PDA). This application is used to electronically
collect sites, pedons, and transects on these
small, light-weight devices in the field. Data from the PDA can then be
imported into NASIS, eliminating much of the need for keyboard data entry in
the office. The installation package can be downloaded from: http://nasis.usda.gov/downloads/ |
Alan Price
NRCS
Colorado
alan.price@co.usda.gov |
| Field Mapping |
ArcPad on PDAs |
Using ArcPad on PDAs with GPS for realtime location. We currently have
iPAQ PDAs as well as two different models of PDA/GPS combo instruments. |
Alan Price
NRCS
Colorado
alan.price@co.usda.gov |
| Field Mapping |
EMI and GPS |
Electro Magnetic Induction (EMI) and GPS connected to a PDA to
simultaneously collect EMI and location data for soil survey and soil
investigations. |
Alan Price
NRCS
Colorado
alan.price@co.usda.gov |
| Field Mapping |
Tablet PCs |
Tablet PCs to take ArcGIS to the field. These tablets can also be
connected to EMI and GPS like the PDAs. |
Alan Price
NRCS
Colorado
alan.price@co.usda.gov |
| Field Mapping |
Data Loggers |
Data loggers and sensors to collect soil temperature data. |
Alan Price
NRCS
Colorado
alan.price@co.usda.gov |
| Field Mapping |
Data Loggers |
Experimenting with sensors and data loggers to collect soil moisture
data. |
Alan Price
NRCS
Colorado
alan.price@co.usda.gov |
| Field Mapping |
Windows CE Pedon |
We met several times in the last two weeks with ESRI, the contractor who
is creating the pedon entry form. They have provided an installation disk
with the prototype of the software to record pedon descriptions on a Windows
CE device. Although I am very encouraged by the progress thus far, I want to
reiterate that it is a prototype at this stage of development. In other
words, we are not ready to start distribution of the software for general
testing. The input forms need more design work as well as more data elements
need to be programmed. We successfully imported data from a pedon entered in
the Windows CE device into Windows Pedon. This means that data can be
exported to NASIS. ESRI has shown proof of the concept of data entered
electronically in the field can be imported into NASIS. We are therefore,
currently negotiating with ESRI to complete the next version of what we are
now calling PedonCE. |
Alan Price
NRCS
Colorado
alan.price@co.usda.gov |
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