Typically when I send our crew out we send them with a laptop so he can pull the csv of points off the D.C. bring in to Carlson for calculating look for or set points (this PC is a SIT). Then we review back in the office at the end of the day. On difficult jobs we have him upload the data to google driven so we can review and talk through the issues while he is in the field.
We are in the process of promoting another party chief. I don't want to pay for another laptop with Carlson or really a laptop in general. There are some jobs that we don't need a return trip so i want to review the data before they leave the job.
What's a good way to get csv file from the field to office?
Can you Bluetooth the data to your iPhone? What about a cheap tablet?
Export points to thumb drive. Plug thumb drive into laptop, phone, tablet and then email. Spectra Precision offers a cloud that is constantly updated when the Ranger is connected to WiFi. Your survey coordinator can be the admin of the cloud and access all the Rangers in the fleet in near real time.
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All of my crews have an iPad with a data plan for remote coordination between the office and the field. It works okay but the way iOS sandboxes data within apps frustrates me, I'm hoping iOS 11 makes this a little better. Looking back I wish I had gone with Samsung tablets. They have a built in SD card reader so the guys could pop the SD card out of the DC and into the tab to transfer files. The tabs work great for viewing point plots, construction plans and taking site documentation pictures. We're nearly 100% paperless between the office and field.
Export points to csv file on the data collector
Email file direct from collector
The answer to that will depend on what you're using to collect the data. With my Trimble tablet (running Windows7) I've installed Dropbox and I export files to the Dropbox folder. If I have WiFi the files upload instantly.
For everyone using phones or tablets to upload, I'd look at a bluetooth connection between the dc and tablet/phone if possible or one of the new thumb-drives that have standard USB on one end and Apple lightning or micro-USB on the other.
Thanks for all of the responses. Kinda seems like a stupid question now. We are using TSC3's. I had no idea that there was an adapter from USB to a phone
TXSurveyor, post: 447801, member: 6719 wrote: I had no idea that there was an adapter from USB to a phone
I'm a nerd, so I browse the electronics section at the office supply store and the big box electronics store from time to time. Makes my wife crazy that the only time I will shop is for survey toys or electronics, otherwise I'm a man on a mission....Get what I need and get out.:D
Export points to csv file on the data collector
Email file direct from collector
What is your data collector ?, that sounds like the ticket
Robert
TXSurveyor, post: 447793, member: 6719 wrote: Typically when I send our crew out we send them with a laptop so he can pull the csv of points off the D.C. bring in to Carlson for calculating look for or set points (this PC is a SIT). Then we review back in the office at the end of the day. On difficult jobs we have him upload the data to google driven so we can review and talk through the issues while he is in the field.
We are in the process of promoting another party chief. I don't want to pay for another laptop with Carlson or really a laptop in general. There are some jobs that we don't need a return trip so i want to review the data before they leave the job.
What's a good way to get csv file from the field to office?
Can you Bluetooth the data to your iPhone? What about a cheap tablet?
We use ProfiMail on a TSC3 and a Gmail account to email back and fourth. Free and fast.
Q: How is every one getting field data from the field to the office?
A: Pick-up truck and/or Jeep depending on what vehicle the data collector is in 😉
James Fleming, post: 447849, member: 136 wrote: Q: How is every one getting field data from the field to the office?
A: Pick-up truck and/or Jeep depending on what vehicle the data collector is in 😉
Since I'm solo, I use the same dependable method as James (2003 Ford Ranger in my case). My storage devices are ATA flash cards for the GPS receivers and a Rite-In-The-Rain field book for my traverses. 🙂
If you're using a TSC3 with a data connection, you can set up email and send a point file directly from the DC, no other device necessary.
Field Tablets via Pony Express.
Sometimes via Telegraph, IF the crew is near the Railroad.
😉
If you are talking about getting the csv out of the data collector and sending it to another location (office), yes, I've exported the file to csv, then "beamed" (aka Bluetooth) from data collector to my phone. From my phone I used my personal email to send it to office. And vise versa for calcs sometimes. The problem is, some data collectors and phones are very finicky doing this. Sometimes it's trial and error, turning off and on both Bluetooth connections, ensure it's "visible", etc. The worst case was when we did this on a different windows phone. It took the file, but good luck finding it to send. An hour later I think I hand wrote them out and emailed a pic, and it was a hugh pain. I'd highly recommend testing this out in office first prior to expecting someone to do it per instruction.
Robert Locke, post: 447841, member: 340 wrote: Export points to csv file on the data collector
Email file direct from collector
What is your data collector ?, that sounds like the ticketRobert
TSC3 with cell modem
If you go with a USB drive to transfer to phone or tablet, one option is the OTG (on-the-go) connector/cable. They work great on most Android devices and you can use any old USB drive you might have already. I bought some for less than $5 each.
They don't work with IPhones or Ipads even though you can find them. For the party chiefs with IPhones I had to buy a special USB drive with lightning connector on the other end.
Using a Carlson RT3 tablet. It's a full fledged windows 10. Runs both Carlson survpc and autocad. It has built in LTE slot which we use to upload/download files from our cloud server. Only complains are that screens are too small for drafting, nothing a cheap HDMI cable and hotel tv screen can't fixed.
All the TSC3 I've used have wireless capability, so you could link up to any hot spot and send data direct from the collector. I've also used ones with a cellular data card, works great. Either way send emails to/from the TSC3 direct.
Anyway, a laptop that is capable of accepting files and emailing needn't cost more than about $300 these days. I'm not sure just what your guys are doing with Carlson on these laptops. If you need them to do some data manipulation before sending the csv files in that's a very different thing.
BTW - to surveyors csv files are not data. CSV files are the product of data. Raw measurements - angles, distances, vectors - these are the data. If you are not capturing that you are letting opportunity escape. CSV files are data to the engineer, but not to the surveyor.
