Collecting Field Data with a smartphone

Collecting Field Data with a smartphone

5 NOV 2017 / By Right Click Orbit  /     0 Comments

The ideal solution for this kind of fieldwork is to use Mobile Data Collection as it provides a fast and straightforward collection and inspection functions. Further analysis of collected data can be done in Map Editor.

To collect information it was necessary to tour the tram stations of the observed tram lines. Assets included in the mobile survey were the existence of displays, shelters, benches and the map of all tram lines at tram stations. Tram stations with benches or displays were categorized by its condition and maintenance necessity.

The first step was to create a collecting project with an appropriate survey form in GIS Cloud web application. It is important to emphasize that the form and structure of the project can be easily changed in every moment.

The next step was to collect the data in the field using a mobile survey; for all the stations on tram lines 5, 6 and 8, that is 128 tram stops altogether. Those tram lines were chosen because they spread in all directions and include the busiest part of the city as well as the wider city center. The collected data also includes photos of tram stations provided by an advanced tool available in Mobile Data Collection.

Visualizing The Tram Station Data On An Online Map Fieldwork took about 20 hours, and after the data was collected, it was edited and visualized in GIS Cloud Map Editor. This application allows you to classify data by a particular attribute and display the differences between features in the map using different symbology. In this case, the goal was to have a simple overview of the classification by many attributes, so the perfect solution was the use of GIS Cloud Map Portal, where you can publicly display interactive maps. Using App Builder to create a Map Portal, it is possible to display up to 5 maps in a single portal, and quickly switch between them.

For this use case, we enabled switching between 4 different maps:

1. map of displays.
2. map of shelters.
3. map of benches and.
4. map of bench condition.

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