How do you take your map* out to the field digitally?
I prefer to use mbtiles format and load it to mobile app to viewing with smartphone/tablet. To convert geospatial data (commonly in shapefile) into mbtiles, Tilemill is quite good. It provides advanced styling called CartoCSS to enhance map's cartographic
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DWG FastView android app
Really hard to see anything on phone out in the sun.
Use for backup when I need to see where points are when in the field and things don't look right.
Typically it is loaded as a base map right in my data collector survey file
I mean how to create base map to use with your preference app.
How do you combine your datasets into single basemap and use it as base map?
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Usually DXF other options are geotif, jpeg, open street map, and shape files. As long as the same coordinate system is used I don??t really see an advantage to combine data sets in cad. Smaller files that you can reference and un refrence make the software work smoother than 1 big file
I prefer the analog method - paper. I can make notes on paper maps, which you can probably do with your digital copies. I can easily scale distances and directions on paper, which you can probably do with digital maps. I can read paper maps in direct sunlight, which you may be able to do with digital maps, depending upon the device you are using.
But...
I can drop a paper map and not worry about it breaking.
Paper maps can be read and used even after the batteries die.
In an emergency out in the woods, I can tear off portions of a paper map that I don't need if I have forgotten to pack a bag of tissues or napkins.
Try that with your I-thingamajig!
To add to Evan's post, I prefer paper maps (drawing with aerial) to a handheld GPS. The mere process of finding myself on the aerial helps with finding boundary evidence. Continually glancing at the ground is far better than staring at a screen while blindly wandering around in circles. 🙂
eapls2708, post: 450455, member: 589 wrote: Try that with your I-thingamajig!
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