From healthmaps@attbi.com Wed Dec 19 07:12:06 2001 Received: from mailscan6.cac.washington.edu (mailscan6.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.14]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.10) with SMTP id fBJFC5n170762 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 07:12:05 -0800 Received: FROM mxu2.u.washington.edu BY mailscan6.cac.washington.edu ; Wed Dec 19 07:12:05 2001 -0800 Received: from rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51.attbi.com [204.127.198.38]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW01.12) with ESMTP id fBJFC43F032689 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 07:12:04 -0800 Received: from Molly ([12.229.21.48]) by rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20011219151204.NNGW19716.rwcrmhc51.attbi.com@Molly> for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 15:12:04 +0000 From: "Healthmaps" To: Subject: RE: ArcPad? Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 07:12:04 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 In-Reply-To: <3C20A8DF.CEBFC228@sph.emory.edu> Use Maptitude www.caliper.com Costs $500, allows GPS connection, full GIS capability, stable, works, there is a Spanish version, fine on a laptop, very user friendly. Also when he returns all the data can be converted to other GIS formats if he wanted to. I have used Maptitude in international setting with good success. There is good tech support, and a friendly user listserve. He will be able to import ESRI, MapInfo, other coverages with no problem and export to those formats if needed. With ArcPad he will run out of capacity very quickly, but Maptitude is a real GIS. I have used it with GPS a lot - simple to use. For the same money you get a complete GIS, not an add-on. Dick Hoskins Spatial Epidemiology Office of the Assistant Secretary Epidemiology, Health Statistics and Public Health Laboratories WA State Dept of Health Olympia, WA (360) 236-4270 richard.hoskins@doh.wa.gov GMT -8 "The Department of Health works to protect and improve the health of people in Washington State." -----Original Message----- From: WAPHGIS-owner@u.washington.edu [mailto:WAPHGIS-owner@u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Lance Waller Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 6:49 AM To: waphgis@u.washington.edu Subject: ArcPad? Dear WAPHGISers: A medical anthropology student just dropped by. He is going to Guatemala in a few weeks to start a 2-year research program and was wondering about ArcPad for mapping his data. I haven't used ArcPad but told him I would check with WAPHGIS to see if there were any words of wisdom regarding field use of ArcPad. I seem to recall some discussion on ArcPad on the list in the last year, but don't recall any of the items discussed. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Lance .