Andrea Antonello,Silvia Franceschi,Mauro De Donatis
BeeGISdigital field mapping that just works
Foss4G, Cape Town 01/10/2008
GIS
Advanced Geographic Information System for environmental
analysis and planning.
MOBILE
A mobile tool capable to be connected to GPS and possibly to
other measurement tools.
DIGITAL NOTES
An application able to deal with maps as well as notes and
images.
GIS ADVANCED
MOBILECONNECTED
DIGITALNOTEBOOK
BeeGIS
is an application developed for tablet pcs and ultramobile
pcs
is a nmea gps-enabled application
is thought mainly for Geologists and Engineers
is not a lightweight application, the aim is to use the same
application during the survey and for the following analyses in the
office
is not for PDAs
works on Windows,
Linux and Macosx
BeeGIS, the bittersweet history
Map It was developed at the University of Urbino by Prof. De
Donatis together with a commercial company and based on proprietary
software developed with VB
after a very successful start the partnership broke and Map It
couldn't be developed from the academic part and wouldn't be
developed by the company
Map It is death, lot's of good scientific work is lost
De Donatis didn't stop and agreed to start over again, basing on
GFOSS -> BeeGIS
BeeGIS, the key features
Geonotes
GPS
Annotation layer
Geonotes, stick your post-it on the map
select the geonotes tool, the geonotes layer will be loaded
automatically
click on the position of interest on the map
a note will pop-up, ready to be filled with informations of any
kind
the position of the note is projection dependend, i.e. if you
change projection, also the geonotes are properly reprojected
Geonotes
Geonotes
geonotes can quickly be changed in color
Geonotes
geonotes can quickly be changed in color
and in size
Geonotes
geonotes can quickly be changed in color
and in size
more settings and general info are hidden behind a double-click
on the title
Geonotes
geonotes can quickly be changed in color
and in size
more settings and general info are hidden behind a double-click
on the title
geonotes support three types of
information
Geonotes: paint
the paint tab supports drawing and writing with the tablet's
pen
basic properties can be changed, as stroke width, color and
transparency
Geonotes: text
the text tab supports insertion of text through a keyboard
Geonotes: media
the media tab is a storage tab for any type of document
it supports drag & drop
Geonotes: media
the media tab is a storage tab for any type of document
it supports drag & drop
by double-clicking on an item, the default application for that
type will open it
Geonotes: media & images
an exception is done for images (once the geonote was saved
once), which are opened in their own editor
Geonotes: media & images
an exception is done for images (once the geonote was saved
once), which are opened in their own editor
if saved, the drawn layer is saved as a separate layer
The annotation layer, draw free on your map
select the annotation layer tool, the annotation layer will be
loaded automatically
a properties view is opened, inside which stroke width, color
and transparency can be set
just draw free
The annotation layer
The GPS tool
GPS settingscenter view on GPS position
automatically add points to layer
turn on GPS
manually add point to layer
add a geonote at the GPS position
The GPS tool: settings
NMEA serial port connected GPS are supported
an interval for automatic data insertion can be configured
a distance threshold can be defined to avoid continuous data
acquisition when standing in one point
with Start Gps, BeeGIS connects to the device and starts
background data acquisition
The GPS tool: settings
After chosen the port and started the GPS, in the textarea an
information about the data read is given.If to the selected port a
GPS is connected, some NMEA strings appear.
The GPS tool: position and view
Once the GPS is turned on, the gps position is visible on the
map and a view reporting the available GPS informations is
opened.
The GPS tool: position and view
BeeGIS puts the acquired GPS data on the map depending on the
selected layer type
every time a the GPS is turned on, the user has to decide
whether to start a new feature or continue from the last created on
the layer
hint: if you do not see the GPS point, you are probably out of
view. Use the center on GPS view button to set the view.
The GPS tool: adding to point layers
points can be added manually or automatically
The GPS tool: adding to line layers
lines can be added manually or automatically
in order to be able to create separated lines, the user is
prompted whether he wants to continue from the last drawn feature
or instead create a new one
The GPS tool: adding to polygon layers
polygons can be added manually or automatically.
as for lines, also separate polygons can be created
CONTROL OVER COLLECTED DATA
DATA PRECISIONTRANSCRIPTION ERRORSDATA VALIDATION
DATA ACQUISITION TIMEONE SINGLE TOOLDATA ARE ALREADY
DIGITALIZED
Why BeeGIS?
BeeGIS is available at http://www.beegis.org
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ydroloGIS
nvironmental
ngineering
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www.hydrologis.com
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