Does arcpad have the function to enable the mapping of habitats by tracking around the area, say a patch of seagrass and saving the resulting track as a polygon?

StevenDalton

We wish to map the area of seagrass in estuaries by navigating around the perimeter of the seagrass patches whilst arcpad software installed onto a field device, magellan explorist pro 10, maps these areas that will then be used to determine area of seagrass cover. Can this be done?

Your comments are appreciated

Steve

FreddieGibson

ArcPad is essentially designed to collect feature/attribute data in the field. You could collect the polygons using the GPS or you could digitize them with a pen on the screen.

Steps to create polygon features with a GPS

http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/arcpad/10.2/app/#/Steps_to_create_polygon_features_with_a_GPS/00s1000000qp000000/

Creating a polygon feature using the Rectangle, Ellipse, Circle, or Freehand tool

http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/arcpad/10.2/app/#/Creating_a_polygon_feature_using_the_Rectangle_Ellipse_Circle_or_Freehand_tool/00s1000000t0000000/

Creating a polygon using the Polygon tool and the pen

http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/arcpad/10.2/app/#/Creating_a_polygon_using_the_Polygon_tool_and_the_pen/00s1000000rm000000/