Overview

Make your work in the field more efficient and productive with the how-to of location intelligence. A biologist in a rain forest making observations on indigenous frogs, an engineer maintaining utility equipment, or a citizen scientist taking water samples from a creek are all doing fieldwork. Their work is anchored by location. No matter what electronic tools they take into the field, they all take a notebook or a guidebook. As you head into the field along with all your equipment, be sure to include this practical 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 teach you how to Organize and reconcile field data Effectively coordinate and dispatch field resources Refine fieldwork workflows Sync the office with the field Author and Esri product engineer Marika Vertzonis learned about geospatial technology in the field, and she knows what you need to know. This handbook is your friend in the field.

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Author:   Marika Vertzonis
Publisher:   ESRI Press
Imprint:   ESRI Press
ISBN:  

9781589487178

ISBN 10:   1589487176
Pages:   180
Publication Date:   18 April 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table 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

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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.

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