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Sasa Ivetic wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Yeah, I definitely agree. So long as data input is minimal (and really, user interaction should be kept to minimal for certain applications anyway, they'd rather not spend half their time entering data/choosing options/etc).
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Well I guess the notion of building something in a generic manner would
mean that Keyboardd support will need to be included.<br>
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bobb<br>
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From: Blammo <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bob.basques@ci.stpaul.mn.us"><bob.basques@ci.stpaul.mn.us></a>
Date: Thursday, August 3, 2006 12:55 pm
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mobile GPS - really low cost hardware platforms for this?
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<pre wrap="">I think the problem is that in the field they may not want to
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<pre wrap="">carry a keyboard. It gets quite awkward to try to walk and type
on a keyboard at the same time. When using a touchscreen device,
they can walk and enter information at the same time (using the
stylus). So I'm not too sure how good this device would be for
field use.
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<pre wrap="">In the past I've deatl with this on the application level and kept
the
data entry to a minimum where possible, free flowtext input is the
hardest though, I agree, but you can do wonders with a set of
multiple
choice questions. :c)
bobb
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<pre wrap="">However, as it is quite cheap, it may work well for places where
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<pre wrap="">end-users are able to utilize a keyboard/mouse/etc.
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<pre wrap="">Also I see that you can plug in 1 USB device, and with the
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<pre wrap="">expansion board you can use up to 4 USB devices. That could come
in quite handy.
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<pre wrap="">I found a couple of references to KeyBorad hacks using a PALM
Keyboard.
There were also some folks who have already gotten Bluetooth to
work.
Don't know how stable though, but it would allow for Keyboards.
bobb
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