[Qgis-user] raspberry as a data logging platform for qgis

[Noli Sicad]

Start building your R Pi tablet.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/26/adafruit-wants-to-help-you-hack-your-raspberry-pi/

Noli


On 5/3/12, David Delorme <dmdelorme100 at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> I have been thinking about and have ordered a Raspberry Pi.
> I have been looking for a low cost open source tough light solution for data
> gathering in the field.
> My work for many years was in forestry and mineral exploration. I used
> arcpad in the past on a hardened ipaq ie able to with stand getting beat
> around a bit and with stand -40 - +40c rain snow ice mud real life stuff it
> held up well considering the abuse i put it though. My  gis system at the
> time was Mapinfo/Grass with a postgresql back end. to hold points and other
> data and some GPS soft ware for data correction filtering.
>
> I would like to try to do this with a Raspberry, small screen, input device,
> Gps, possible a camera packaged in a tough case running Qgis.
> many areas i have worked are far from cell phone coverage some times 1000km
> so the cell thingy is not a option. i want a Linux response to Arcpad
>
> I would like to hear and thoughts or suggestions.
>