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ATBI-data recording
with ArcPad (ESRI)
Alexander Kroupa
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
TDWG 2009 Annual Conference
Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009
ArcPad – What is it?
• Product from ESRI Inc.
• ArcPad is a software for mobile GIS and
field mapping applications using handheld
and mobile devices
• It provides field based personnel with the
ability to capture, analyze, and display
geographic information
• Can also integrate input from GPS
receivers
• Application Builder for creating forms
TDWG 2009 Annual Conference
Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009
Data recording – ArcPad
GPS Settings Tools. For
setting up GPS Activity in
the Application
The select Edit Layer
menu. The Selected Layer
will be editable
Feature Attribute Tool. Opens
the Custom Form, or
Attribute Table of a selected
feature for editing
Capture GPS point, for
capturing point data
TDWG 2009 Annual Conference
Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009
Data recording – Locality form
Locality code: A unique code for this
locality.
Locality name: The full description
of the locality
Country: drop down pick list
Macrohabitat: Relevant remarks on
the dominant habitat(s) of the
locality.
Remarks: Any other remarks that are
relevant for this specific locality
TDWG 2009 Annual Conference
Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009
Data recording – Locality form
Latitude: automatically
Longitude: automatically
Accuracy: automatically
Radius: The radius in meters
around the recorded georeference
Altitude: Minimum value is set
automatically by the creation
of the event
Coord. Sys.: The geographic
datum (drop down pick list)
TDWG 2009 Annual Conference
Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009
Data recording – Event form
• List of all events for one
locality
• Events are listed
chronological to the start
of the event
• Delete: all attached
species to this event will
be deleted as well
TDWG 2009 Annual Conference
Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009
Data recording – Event form
Event code: A unique code for this
event.
Event start: is set automatically by
the creation of the event
[dD.mM.YYYY HH:MM]
Event end: [dD.mM.YYYY
HH:MM]
Collector: full name of the
recorder/collector
Recording method: drop down
pick list
Event remarks: Remarks to this
particular recording event.
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Data recording – Species form
1. Select a species from
the list (here
Lepidoptera)
2. Chose the sex of the
recorded species
3. Chose the number of
individuals
4. Press button „Add“
5. The species will be
added to the species list
for this event
TDWG 2009 Annual Conference
Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009
Data recording – Species form
• List of all species for one
event and one locality
• In brackets are the number
and the sex of each record
(f female; m male; ?
unknown)
• Each record is for one
species and one sex (stage)
TDWG 2009 Annual Conference
Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009
Relevant files
dbase authority files:
• allspecies.dbf
• coordinatesystems.dbf:
• countries.dbf
• methods.dbf
• sex.dbf
dbase data files:
• localities.dbf
• events.dbf
• taxonomy.dbf
TDWG 2009 Annual Conference
Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009
Export
Connection with ActiveSync
Transfer the data files
WDPA
Edit the data
e.g. with Excel
Store the data
in a database
TDWG 2009 Annual Conference
Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009
Advantages and disadvantages of ArcPad
Advantages:
• Prepare a customized user interface with ArcPad
Application Builder (creating forms)
• Configuration file in xml (editable with text Editor)
• Export in the same format as the ATBI guidelines
(external data tables) (see www.atbi.eu)
• Easy exchange of authority lists (e.g. lists of species)
• Supports *.jpf files as background maps
Disadvantages:
• Expensive; for each mobile device is one licence
necessary
• No good documentation available
• For creating forms is the Application Builder
necessary → cost intensive
TDWG 2009 Annual Conference
Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009
Acknowledgment
• European commission supported the
Research and Development through the
Sixth Framework Programme
• Dominik Mikjewicz created the jpf-maps
• Jim Dabrowski, who developed the Applet
„SpeciesPicker“, which was used as basis
for this development
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Presenter’s
institution logo
[email protected]
TDWG 2009 Annual Conference
Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009
Background maps
Format of the maps is *.jpf
Presenter’s
institution logo
[email protected]
Map for NP Mercantour and NP Alpi Marittime for mobile field tools optimized.
On the map are two localities viewable (●). - borders of NP Mercantour
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Background maps
Detail of the map from NP Mercantour with Russian labelling
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ArcPad – Application Builder
• Configuration file
for the ATBI data
recording
• Includes one vbs-file
• Includes 3 forms
- locality data (4 pages)
- event data (1 page)
- species data (3 pages)
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Mobile fieldtools
Trimble Nomad
Trimble Nomad
Mobile Mapper
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Mobile phone
with GPS
ArcPad – Application Builder
Same configuration file, XML code
TDWG 2009 Annual Conference
Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009
ArcPad – System Requirements
Processor
ARM-based processors, including the following
 Intel® (StrongARM®, XScaleT)
 Samsung
 Texas Instruments (OMAP)
 Atmel
Operating System
Windows Mobile:
 2003, 2003 Second Edition, 5.0, or 6.0
Windows CE:
 4.2 or 5.0
Memory
64 MB RAM
Free Storage Space
Approximately 9 MB to install ArcPad 7.1
Approximately 512 MB or less for optional additional
components
Desktop
Synchroniszation
Software
Microsoft ActiveSync 4.5 (or higher)
Microsoft XML
(MSXML) Parser
MSXML 4.0 Service Pack 2
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Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009
Relevant files – dbase authority files
allspecies.dbf: list of species which can be
added to the event data (for each group a
customized list)
coordinatesystems.dbf: list of all relevant
coordinate systems (e.g. WGS 84)
countries.dbf: list of countries
methods.dbf: list of recording methods
sex.dbf: list of sex or life stages
TDWG 2009 Annual Conference
Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009
Relevant files – system files
ArcPad.apm: an xml-file where all relevant data
of the project are stored. All data that are
necessary by the start of the project. E.g.
which layers have to be loaded, the symbology
and the toolbars. In the root directory this file
will be executed automatically by starting
ArcPad
localities.shp: this Is the editable layer, where
the georeferenced localities are stored
localities.vbs: file with the complete VBScript
code for the whole project
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Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009
Relevant files – dbase data files
localities.dbf: in this file all the data of the
created localities will be stored
events.dbf: in this file all the data of the
created events, with a relation to the
localities, will be stored
taxonomy.dbf: in this file all the data of
the selected speices will be stored, with
the relation to the according event
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Export
• Connect the mobile tool to the desktop
or laptop PC
• ActiveSync is needed for the
communication between PC/Laptop and
mobile tool
• Copy the dbf-files localities.dbf,
events.dbf and taxonomy.dbf to
PC/Laptop
• Open these files with Excel, edit them
and save them in the Excel-format
TDWG 2009 Annual Conference
Monday 9th - Friday 13th November 2009