https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/recommendation-for-external-gps-for-surface-pro-7/m-p/1148782#M40894 <P>Can someone recommend or provide their experience using an external GPS receiver with S123 on a Surface Pro 7+ device?&nbsp;</P><P>The accuracy of the GPS is not critical.&nbsp; Something within a meter or so would be plenty accurate.&nbsp; The purpose is to record a reasonably accurate location of assets in the field whilst offline.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P>I know ESRI has a page that defines some GPS high-accuracy receivers but I'm interested in experience of others and, as I said, high accuracy is not a requirement in our case.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://doc.arcgis.com/en/survey123/desktop/get-answers/high-accuracy-use.htm" target="_blank">https://doc.arcgis.com/en/survey123/desktop/get-answers/high-accuracy-use.htm</A></P><P>Also curious of approximate costs of receiver if you know.</P><P><SPAN>Thanks, BKS</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 28 Feb 2022 21:02:24 GMT BKS 2022-02-28T21:02:24Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/recommendation-for-external-gps-for-surface-pro-7/m-p/1148782#M40894 <P>Can someone recommend or provide their experience using an external GPS receiver with S123 on a Surface Pro 7+ device?&nbsp;</P><P>The accuracy of the GPS is not critical.&nbsp; Something within a meter or so would be plenty accurate.&nbsp; The purpose is to record a reasonably accurate location of assets in the field whilst offline.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P>I know ESRI has a page that defines some GPS high-accuracy receivers but I'm interested in experience of others and, as I said, high accuracy is not a requirement in our case.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://doc.arcgis.com/en/survey123/desktop/get-answers/high-accuracy-use.htm" target="_blank">https://doc.arcgis.com/en/survey123/desktop/get-answers/high-accuracy-use.htm</A></P><P>Also curious of approximate costs of receiver if you know.</P><P><SPAN>Thanks, BKS</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 28 Feb 2022 21:02:24 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/recommendation-for-external-gps-for-surface-pro-7/m-p/1148782#M40894 BKS 2022-02-28T21:02:24Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/recommendation-for-external-gps-for-surface-pro-7/m-p/1148942#M40903 <P>Bad Elf makes <A href="https://bad-elf.com/collections/bluetooth-gps" target="_blank">a few different options</A> depending on your needs and budget. They're very simple and reliable to work with.</P> Tue, 01 Mar 2022 04:13:58 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/recommendation-for-external-gps-for-surface-pro-7/m-p/1148942#M40903 jcarlson 2022-03-01T04:13:58Z