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Something further to try, which may be of interest.
You can have a go at creating your own basemaps for use in gpsmid. For example a simple polyline picked along a geological contact in google earth and then saved as a .kml:
You can convert such vector files to the .osm format gpsmid needs using GPSBabel: http://www.gpsbabel.org/
Then compile the .osm file into a format gpsmid can use with 'osmtogpsmid' and upload it to your phone: http://gpsmid.sourceforge.net/osmtogpsmid.html
You can then use your desk picked basemap as an approximate reference guide while out mapping, or take your mapped data from the previous day to create a reference basemap for the next - kinda like digital penning in. This should make your Nokia pretty useful.
Max
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From: Tectonics & structural geology discussion list on behalf of Ikenna Okonkwo
Sent: Wed 04/05/11 14:52
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Subject: Mapping software for Nokia (5230 symbian) devices
Hi,
I followed avidly the discussion on high-tech field equipment and I got a lot of useful tools which are helping me with my MSc work. I have a nokia 5230 which has a GPS and comes with nokia maps and to which I've added Google maps. Are there any software tools that can adapt the phone into a simple basic GPS device. like a simple Garmin handheld to record tracks, add placemarks, and import data into Gis applications? And yes, free or not too expensive?
Thanks for the anticipated suggestions.
Also, are these mobile phone with GPS good enough for geological mapping?
Ikenna Anthony Okonkwo
Department of Geology
Faculty of Physical Sciences
University of Nigeria
41001, Nsukka
+2347036552097
From: Tectonics & structural geology discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Simon Woodward
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 05:28
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: new thread: high tech field geology--pros and cons.
From Wikipedia:
GRASS is released under the <http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License> GNU General Public License (GPL), and it can be used on multiple <http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_platform> platforms, including <http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X> Mac OS X, <http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows> Microsoft Windows(natively or with optional <http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygwin> Cygwin tools) and <http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux> Linux. Users can interface with the software features through a <http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface> graphical user interface (GUI) by using the internal GUI with <http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System> X Window System or by "plugging into" GRASS via <http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_gis> Quantum GIS
And its free
Best Regards, Simon Woodward
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On 16/04/2011, at 11:36 AM, "Brandon, Mark" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I have found that the Windows version of ArcGIS v10 works very well on my MacBook Pro. I use Vmware Fusion to provide the Windows emulation (plus 8 Gb of memory on my MacBook Pro).
Best,
Mark
From: "Niemi, Nathan" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:20:17 -0400
Subject: Re: new thread: high tech field geology--pros and cons.
Despite the transition of Macs to an Intel architecture, I wouldn't hold my breath for ArcGIS natively on the Mac anytime soon.
ArcGIS within Parallels on a Mac is a workable, if not elegant, solution, provided you have access to ArcGIS.
Nathan
From: Tectonics & structural geology discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Elisabeth Nadin
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 1:57 PM
To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: new thread: high tech field geology--pros and cons.
Since we're on the subject of software, does anyone know of tools similar to ArcGIS that are written for Mac? Will ArcGIS ever become available for Mac?
The ILWIS website suggests running the software through the open-source program Wine, but I am not yet comfortable with the idea of running Windows applications on my Mac.
Elisabeth
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 9:51 AM, WRChurch <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Christian Hibsch at UHP-Nancy has just kindly written to me to say that in order to avoid the expense of an ArcGIS license they use the free ILWIS GIS program - http://www.ilwis.org/ - in conjunction with ETrex, Excel, GPS, and Corel. He says that ILWIS can be launched from a USB key without installation.
Does anyone else out there have any experience with ILWIS? Pros and cons? Low, medium high tech?
Bill C.