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No matter what electronic tools you take into the field, everyone takes a notebook or a guidebook. Along with all your equipment, be sure to include this fieldwork guide.
Fieldwork Handbook gives you tips, best practices, and activities that make your work in the field more productive and successful. No matter how you use location intelligence in the field, you can up your game with this book and improve your experience. Covering preparation, equipment, workflows, and data, this book will show you how to
- Organize and reconcile field data
- Effectively coordinate and dispatch field resources
- Refine fieldwork workflows
- Sync the office with the field
This handbook is your friend in the field.
List of contents
Part 1 Introduction
101 What is
fieldwork?
102 What
is GIS?
103 What
is a field GIS?
104 Styles
of fieldwork
105 Capture
106
Validation
107
Inspection and monitoring
108 Validation
109
Awareness
Part 2 Preparation
201 Trial
and pilot fieldwork
202 Risk
assessment
203 Field
office setup
204
Training fieldworkers
205
Allocating tasks
Part 3 Equipment
301
Devices
302 Apps
303 Paper
notebooks
304 GMSS
receivers
305 Bluetooth
306
Memory
307 Cameras
308
Rangefinders
4 Data
401
Location measurement
402
Tracking
403
Coordinate systems
404
Basemaps and operational layers
405
Network datasets
406 Uniquely
indentifying records
407 Photos
and other documents
408
Machine learning
409
Results on the run
410 Changing data collection
411 Reconciling data
About the author
Marika Vertzonis is a product engineer at Esri focusing on the research and development of field apps. After studying environmental engineering at the University
of Newcastle, Australia, Marika spent the early part of her career working in local government, regional water authorities, and engineering consulting as a GIS professional. Her own time in the field has made her a passionate advocate for using the most suitable technology available, in scientific and engineering fieldwork.
Summary
Fieldwork Handbook gives you tips, best practices and activities for using location intelligence in the field to make your work more productive and successful.
