Use Iphone or Android GPS For Classroom Field Data Collection: Fulcrum App Review
Student projects at Skidmore are extensive. However, the use of field mapping tools to enhance these endeavors is limited. In this review, we investigate whether the “cloud-based mobile data collection tool” Fulcrum can pave the way for field based projects here at Skidmore. Instead of arbitrarily prodding through the app’s features, we’ll put Fulcrum to...
Field Mapping on an iPad 2 (Part 2)
Imagine you’ve just tracked an awesome trail on your GPS and are dying to share it with your friends. You want them to not only visualize the trail, but to also have the track ready to go in case they want to experience it themselves. In part 2 of our 2 part blog post, we’ll...
Field Mapping on an iPad 2 (Part 1)
Apple iPads are growing in popularity not only for recreational purposes, but also as a tool for students to enhance their learning experiences. iPads are particularly useful for students interested in projects that require visual analysis and immediate access to information. Here, I am conducting a GIS/GPS related field project using the iPad not only...
Indoor WiFi Mapping
With the advent of the iPhoneTracker, mobile device location has been brought back to the forefront of our minds. A Skidmore Faculty member compiled several versions of iPhoneTracker from GitHub, and one of these pulled the locations determined from WiFi positioning from the consolidated.db database. This meant that locations determined from WiFi proximity/triangulation were displayed...
