Tablet PC Better than Paper Pencil

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Tablet PC Better than Paper Pencil

Jim Vanides says Tablet PCs are better than using paper and pencils in the same geology field study class. Tablet PCs

- automatically plot their location in arcGIS software;
- record features as they find them; and
- make measurements on the electronic map, and then immediately compare to measurements they are making in the field.

With a wireless network set up in the field, students can communicate with each other by voice, and let the team leader know where they are automatically (a...

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