Latest Contributions by RichAsh

Hey John, can I ask you what part of FL you are in? We are planning some Collector with High Accuracy GPS/GNSS workshops and/or meetings in the near future and would love to connect with you about these types of questions you have been posing.  Great stuff!  If you want to take this offline you can email me at rich@geomobileinnovations.com Thanks!   Rich Ash ... View more

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Thanks Dan, I think there are a number of reasons why Collector cannot entirely replace ArcPad (for many but not all users), at least at this time. GPS robustness and awareness is certainly one of them.  I am anxious to see future roll outs of Collector and if/how they improve on that. ArcPad as we know it will never be ported to a smart phone app. I know I am against the party line in saying so,  but ArcPad will have to continue to  be the "go to" tool for many of our clients due to effective sensor integration (not just GPS), extensible framework  and rock sold disconnected workflow. With that said and in regards to the topic you brought up, even ArcPad does not have an effective GPS/GNSS Geoid/MSL implementation. Its not practical to manually input a Geoid separation value for every GPS point you take in a project. GeoMobiile wrote an extension called GeoBullseye for ArcPad (GeoBullseye for ArcPad | GeoMobile Innovations  )that solves this problem (and other GNSS issues) and provides Geoid 12a support for accurate on the fly MSL elevations. It would be cool to see  this type of functionality make its way into the new "mobile landscape" but at the end of the day we simply encourage our clients to understand their use case and use the right tools for the job. Rich Ash GeoMobile Innovations ... View more

Hi Dan, Although I can see  many projects where one would be only concerned with high accuracy horizontal , I am completely in agreement with you that the ability to capture a high accuracy elevation is an important feature for many when using a piece of GNSS survey equipment (centimeter level).  I'm curious if you care the reference of the "precise" Z value; are you fine with taking the HAE values from the receiver or you looking for a Geoid adjusted "MSL" value. I don't have any fix for you with Collector (I wish it was extensible!)  but we are interested in this topic as well. Thanks, Rich Ash GeoMobile Innovations ... View more