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caver.adam wrote:I'm wondering whether anyone has used a DistoX with a Windows laptop or tablet. I see software for the Android and old windows PDA, but haven't seen much about using it with a windows 8 tablet.
Extremeophile wrote:One advantage of using a Windows tablet over a Pocket PC, Palm or Android device is the ability to run Compass, Walls and Illustrator. PocketTopo is very nice for interfacing with the DistoX and is a good simple digital sketch tool, but the data collection is only designed to work with TopoRobot. For those who prefer to use Compass or Walls, you can input the data directly as you survey. most mobile devices have the ability to store and display PDF files, so you can carry digital copies of existing sketch notes to help with navigation, locating leads, tie-ins, etc.
Extremeophile wrote:I should make some follow-up points too, since I did a fair amount of research on devices and some of the differences in tablet technology may not be obvious. Most modern tablets have capacitive touch screens and this includes all iOS devices, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Kindle Fire, most smart phones, etc. If you wish to use a tablet for electronic in-cave sketching then you need to find one with an active digitizer.
lleblanc wrote:If by "active digitizer" you mean resistive screen, they're rare and disappearing; you only find them on cheap tablets. All capacitive screens can use a special - easy-to-find and cheap - capacitive stylus, but AFAIK, the minimum size is 4mm, which is coarse for sketching.
lleblanc wrote:it's probably easier on the tablet battery to input your numeric data and sketch in a PDA running Auriga (some PDAs last over 20 hours on a single charge). Back at (underground?) camp, you can export it all to your tablet through a memory card or a Bluetooth transmission in Compass (DAT) or Walls (SRV) and SVG files, and then refine your sketches in Illustrator.
Martin Sluka wrote:lleblanc wrote:it's probably easier on the tablet battery to input your numeric data and sketch in a PDA running Auriga (some PDAs last over 20 hours on a single charge). Back at (underground?) camp, you can export it all to your tablet through a memory card or a Bluetooth transmission in Compass (DAT) or Walls (SRV) and SVG files, and then refine your sketches in Illustrator.
As allways, Luc, you forgot mention Therion. As export from Auriga, which I hope, works well so possibility to edit exported data in Therion what is 10 times faster then in Illustrator.
lleblanc wrote:The Therion folks are lucky to have you patrol forums to make sure Therion gets mentioned every time it should (and sometimes shouldn't ;) even if 7 months late…
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