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Esri is making several name changes within ArcGIS. These changes will take effect with the release of ArcGIS 10.1. The reason for these modifications is to reinforce the fact that, regardless of where and how ArcGIS is used, it is the same system. Here are the main changes being made:
According to the announcement, ArcPad includes advanced GIS and GPS capabilities for capturing, editing, and displaying geographic information quickly and efficiently. Critical data can be checked in and out of a multiuser or personal geodatabase and shared throughout an organization. The improved customization capabilities in version 10.0.2 let people more easily add, delete, or modify standard ArcPad tools.
Magellan Announces Rugged Handheld GPS for GIS Professionals
Written by Saturday, 16 April 2011 05:12
Magellan announced it's re-entering the GIS market with the eXplorist Pro 10, a rugged, lightweight and waterproof GPS handheld device specifically designed for GPS/GIS data collection.
According to the announcement, featuring a vibrant 3-inch, WQVGA transflective color touchscreen, 533MHz processor and 128MB RAM, the eXplorist Pro 10 packs the power needed to work with maps and large data sets into a compact-handheld form factor. It comes with 4GB of onboard storage and is expandable with up to 32GB via MicroSDHC card slot, enabling large data sets such as aerial photos to be loaded easily.
Geneq Inc. featured an integrated DGPS beacon receiver on its product SXBlue II GPS.
The SXBlue II-B expands SXBlue GPS II GPS sub-meter mapping performance on regions with DGPS beacon broadcasting, currently around 38 countries.
Ricoh enhances 500SE GPS-enabled digital camera
Written by Loggerhead Navigation Tuesday, 14 July 2009 07:54
At the ESRI User Conference in San Diego, Ricoh America is enhancing their 500SE GPS-equipped digital camera with a new SE-2 GPS module line.
The new modules, SE-2c and SE-2g, will allow for additional GPS features including a 3-axis compass for directional information, faster GPS fix times and significant power saving capabilities.
Ashtech MobileMapper 6 GIS ArcPad GPS Differential
Written by Loggerhead Navigation Monday, 13 July 2009 11:25
Loggerhead Navigation will be the first partner in California to offer the newest Ashtech Mobile Mappers with ESRI’s ArcPad version 8 along with GPSDifferential for increased accuracy.
GPSDifferential for ArcPad adds the power of post-processing to your ESRI ArcPad software on MobileMapper6. This extension software offers seamless integration of your ArcPad software and the included MobileMapper Office suite to provide reliable, sub-meter, post-processed positioning data results.
GPSDifferential for ArcPad automatically logs raw GPS measurement data in the field for easy post-processing back in the office. With GPSDifferential for ArcPad you can always acquire the most accurate data for all your GIS and mapping needs even where real-time differential corrections are not available. All without the extra costs and hassles of additional equipment.