[Qgis-user] QGIS on tablets

[Jésahel Benoist]

Hi,

We bought some years ago the Dell Rugged Extreme tablet and I want to say :
test before buy !

Even if QGIS works flawlessly with big projects, the Windows "tablet"
environment is just a pain, especially the virtual keyboards (plural form
as Microsoft has been unable to give something polished so we're using two)

Add to this that this real computer needs a lot of power, batteries, so is
so heavy that that you need a necklace to handle it all day.

But the worst is the "Rugged" definition. Could you imagine that there's
fans, that they are accessible behind plastic to the most common and
dangerous thing for fan on earth : dust. Look on the fourth picture to see
the fan grid.

https://www.dell.com/fr-fr/shop/ordinateurs-portables/latitude-7220-rugged-extreme/spd/latitude-12-7220-tablet/xctol7220emea

You see the point. Good luck and please share your finds.

J. Benoist

Le ven. 17 févr. 2023 à 14:50, Richard Duivenvoorde via QGIS-User <
qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> a écrit :

> I'm (just playing) with this tablet: ThinkPad X1 Tablet Gen3
> It comes with Windows, but I run Debian Testing on it and I really like
> it, even the use of the pen.
> Not sure about ruggedized cases for it though.
>
> I'm afraid you will end up with the normal ruggedized Windows tablets
> which are available (and pretty expensive)?
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Duivenvoorde
>
> On 2/17/23 14:43, Chiz Harward via QGIS-User wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am looking for suggestions/spec for a Windows* tablet** that can run
> QGIS during data collection and recording on archaeological sites (dusty,
> sometimes damp). The work is recording simple attributes and short text
> comments onto shapefiles of e.g. wall elevations (up to 20,000 polygons,
> although these could be split up). There will be geo-tif orthophotos of the
> wall elevations/plans as well, although these could be lo-res. All
> processing and analysis will be done in office on a desktop, tablet is just
> for recording.
> >
> > Need a tablet that can work rapidly without beachballing between
> commands or when pan across mapping. SSD, 8GB RAM enough? Any advice
> appreciated,
> >
> > *QField is not suitable for this project
> >
> > **must be a tablet that can fit in a ruggedised case, laptops are no
> good for the work
> >
> > Best wishes
> >
> >
> > Chiz
> >
> >
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