[Qgis-user] Panasonic Toughbook FZ-G1 and QGIS

[Stéphane Henriod]

Hi

We have been using the FZ-G1 in the field with Win 8 and we were pretty
happy with it (not with Qgis though).

The only down we have identified until now is that the port on which the
GPS is running (COM3 if I remember correctly) sometimes switches off
without any reason... Given that the people who use it in the field are not
always super techy, it can be an issue to switch the port on again...

But we haven't been able to identify in which situation this "bug" (or
whatever that is) happens.

Hope that helps

Stéphane



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2015-03-11 6:41 GMT+01:00 Bo Victor Thomsen <bo.victor.thomsen at gmail.com>:

> I don't have any experience with the FZ-G1, only some older Toughbook
> models. You can't kill them even if you drove over them with a truck :-)
>
> Anyway, the agency I assist with  their Tablet based field solution, is
> now using relatively cheap consumer tablets together with external USB
> based GNNS recievers.
>
> Just keep your option open about the GPS. The market for cheap GPS'es is
> moving very fast, so any built-in GPS will like be outmoded long before the
> rest of the pc is. Keep your options open so it's possible to use a cheap
> and simple external GPS (USB or Bluetooth based).
>
> The GPS I'm using and recommending right now is a HOLUX M215+ (Remember
> the "+") which is a combined GPS/GLONASS receiver. It consistently finds
> around 20 satellites (under a clear sky), has a PDOP under 1.0 and is very
> stable
>
> If you need centimeter or decimeter precision, you're probably better of
> by buying a dedicated professional GNNS reciever in quite another
> price-range
>
> Regards
> Bo Victor Thomsen
> AestasGIS
> Denmark
>
>
>
> Den 09-03-2015 kl. 10:05 skrev Otto Dassau:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> does anybody have experience with the Panasonic Toughbook FZ-G1 (with
>> Windows
>> 8.1 or 7 professional) and QGIS for field work? Especially working with
>> the onboard GPS chip is interesting. Does it work without problems?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Otto
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