Mobile and Field GIS
Author:Caitlin Dempsey 
• 4/21/10 • Categorized as Link Library,Spatial Analysis
Mobile GIS is a growing technology. More and more choices are becoming available for field spatial data collection.
LBS – Location Based Services
Location Based Services is a growing technology field that focuses on providing GIS and spatial information via mobile and field units.
ArcPad
ESRI’s handheld mapping software runs in the Windows CE environment using ArcView shapefiles.
FieldWorker
Variety of products supporting field GIS functions. Uses Oracle 8i Lite as the database engine.
Fugawi
FUGAWI,used in combination with almost any popular handheld GPS receiver and a download cable turns your PC, laptop, Pocket PC or Palm PDA into a navigation and mapping system.
HGIS
StarPal is the creator of HGIS, a handheld GIS solution that can run on Windows CE, 2000, 98, 95, and NT Notebook, Handheld, and Pocket computers with export options to .mif and .shp files.
MapXtend
MapInfo® MapXtend™, Java™ Technology Edition is a developer tool for creating location-based applications running on wireless Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs).
Palm OS GIS Software
Links to finding GIS and mapping software for your Palm and Visio PDAs.
MapFrame
Developers of mobile mapping/GIS-Based software with the suite of FieldSmart products.
PocketGIS
Field GIS data capture software which can display and edit map geometry and attributes. PocketGIS runs on Microsoft Windows CE for the Handheld PC, Windows CE Handheld PC Professional Edition, and Windows CE for the Palm-size PC.
More articles by: Caitlin Dempsey
Article originally published: 4/21/10
Dear author,
May I propose our open-source project on Mobile GIS, it is named JVNMobileGIS at homepage: http://code.google.com/p/jvnmobilegis
Regards,
anyone know any gis software that runs on the symbian phones eg e90 that can take advantage of the inbuilt gps eg like the way terrasync takes advantage of windows mobile devices with gps
Does anyone know where to obtain todarmal software mentioned on this site as a free handheld gis program by jtmaps. clicking on the link goes nowhere.
Have a look at our competitive mobile GIS software, DigiTerra Explorer which can be run on Ashtech, Trimble, Topcon and even Leica handheld devices here: http://www.digiterra.hu/en/products/digiterra-explorer.html
Hi Caitlin,
There is a number of Mobile GIS software products available at http://www.cmtinc.com. Field CE GIS and Field CE SURVEY will work on PDAs running Windows Mobile 6.
The newly released iCMTGIS is a free professional GIS data collection application for use on the Apple iPAD. It can be downloaded from iTunes.
Regards,
Lydia Lin