HANDHELD PORTABLE DIGITAL GEOGRAPHIC DATA MANAGER

• Main Author: ALEXANDER, JOHN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 12.03.1998
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; ACOUSTICS; ADVERTISING; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND,DEAF OR MUTE; CALCULATING; CINEMATOGRAPHY; COMPUTING; COUNTING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; DIAGRAMS; DISPLAY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; GLOBES; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; HOLOGRAPHY; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; NAVIGATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; PLANETARIA; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; SEALS; SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SURVEYING; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TESTING

The subject invention provides devices and methods for efficiently and accurately gathering image and other field data using a handheld portable Geographic Data Manager (GDMs). The subject GDMs can utilize a combination of GPS antennas and receivers, digital compasses, inclinometers, gyroscopes, and digital cameras to gather, process, and/or store data which can provide the position and other geographic data and information pertaining to objects of study. The subject GDMs can have application to fields including environmental sampling, surveying, agriculture field data collection, property appraisal, law enforcement, and construction inspection. Cette invention concerne des dispositifs et des procédés permettant de collecter de manière efficace et précise des données d'image et de terrain à l'aide d'un gestionnaire de données géographiques portable et tenant dans la main (GDG). Le GDG de cette invention peut utiliser une combinaison d'antennes et de récepteurs du système de positionnement global (GPS), de compas numériques, d'inclinomètres, de gyroscopes et de caméras numériques pour collecter, traiter et/ou stocker des données qui peuvent donner la position et d'autres informations et données géographiques relatives aux objets à examiner. Les GDG de cette invention peuvent être utilisés dans des domaines tels que la surveillance et l'échantillonage de l'environnement, la collecte de données relatives à l'agriculture, l'évaluation des biens, l'application de la loi et l'inspection des constructions.