Fieldwork Handbook: A Practical Guide on the Go
Make your work in the field more efficient and productive with the how—to of location intelligence.

A biologist in a rain forest making observations on indigenous frogs, an engineer maintaining utility equipment, or a citizen scientist taking water samples from a creek are all doing fieldwork. Their work is anchored by location. No matter what electronic tools they take into the field, they all take a notebook or a guidebook. As you head into the field along with all your equipment, be sure to include this practical fieldwork guide.

Fieldwork Handbook gives you tips, best practices, and activities that make your work in the field more productive and successful. No matter how you use location intelligence in the field, you can up your game with this book and improve your experience. Covering preparation, equipment, workflows, and data, this book will teach you how to

  • Organize and reconcile field data
  • Effectively coordinate and dispatch field resources
  • Refine fieldwork workflows
  • Sync the office with the field

Author and Esri product engineer Marika Vertzonis learned about geospatial technology in the field, and she knows what you need to know. This handbook is your friend in the field.

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Fieldwork Handbook: A Practical Guide on the Go
Make your work in the field more efficient and productive with the how—to of location intelligence.

A biologist in a rain forest making observations on indigenous frogs, an engineer maintaining utility equipment, or a citizen scientist taking water samples from a creek are all doing fieldwork. Their work is anchored by location. No matter what electronic tools they take into the field, they all take a notebook or a guidebook. As you head into the field along with all your equipment, be sure to include this practical fieldwork guide.

Fieldwork Handbook gives you tips, best practices, and activities that make your work in the field more productive and successful. No matter how you use location intelligence in the field, you can up your game with this book and improve your experience. Covering preparation, equipment, workflows, and data, this book will teach you how to

  • Organize and reconcile field data
  • Effectively coordinate and dispatch field resources
  • Refine fieldwork workflows
  • Sync the office with the field

Author and Esri product engineer Marika Vertzonis learned about geospatial technology in the field, and she knows what you need to know. This handbook is your friend in the field.

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Fieldwork Handbook: A Practical Guide on the Go

Fieldwork Handbook: A Practical Guide on the Go

by Marika Vertzonis
Fieldwork Handbook: A Practical Guide on the Go

Fieldwork Handbook: A Practical Guide on the Go

by Marika Vertzonis

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Overview

Make your work in the field more efficient and productive with the how—to of location intelligence.

A biologist in a rain forest making observations on indigenous frogs, an engineer maintaining utility equipment, or a citizen scientist taking water samples from a creek are all doing fieldwork. Their work is anchored by location. No matter what electronic tools they take into the field, they all take a notebook or a guidebook. As you head into the field along with all your equipment, be sure to include this practical fieldwork guide.

Fieldwork Handbook gives you tips, best practices, and activities that make your work in the field more productive and successful. No matter how you use location intelligence in the field, you can up your game with this book and improve your experience. Covering preparation, equipment, workflows, and data, this book will teach you how to

  • Organize and reconcile field data
  • Effectively coordinate and dispatch field resources
  • Refine fieldwork workflows
  • Sync the office with the field

Author and Esri product engineer Marika Vertzonis learned about geospatial technology in the field, and she knows what you need to know. This handbook is your friend in the field.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781589487178
Publisher: Esri Press
Publication date: 03/05/2024
Pages: 200
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Marika Vertzonis is a product engineer at Esri focusing on the research and development of field apps. After studying environmental engineering at the University of Newcastle, Australia, Marika spent the early part of her career working in local government, regional water authorities, and engineering consulting as a GIS professional. Her own time in the field has made her a passionate advocate for using the most suitable technology available, in scientific and engineering fieldwork.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction

101 What is fieldwork?

102 What is GIS?

103 What is a field GIS?

104 Styles of fieldwork

105 Capture

106 Validation

107 Inspection and monitoring

108 Validation

109 Awareness

Part 2 Preparation

201 Trial and pilot fieldwork

202 Risk assessment

203 Field office setup

204 Training fieldworkers

205 Allocating tasks

Part 3 Equipment

301 Devices

302 Apps

303 Paper notebooks

304 GMSS receivers

305 Bluetooth

306 Memory

307 Cameras

308 Rangefinders

4 Data

401 Location measurement

402 Tracking

403 Coordinate systems

404 Basemaps and operational layers

405 Network datasets

406 Uniquely indentifying records

407 Photos and other documents

408 Machine learning

409 Results on the run

410 Changing data collection

411 Reconciling data

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