BYOD-Data collection
Bring your own device From Wikipedia Bring your own device (BYOD) (also called bring your own technology (BYOT), bring your own phone (BYOP), and bring your own PC (BYOPC)) refers to the policy of permitting employees to bring personally owned mobile devices (laptops, tablets, and smart phones) to their workplace, and use those devices to access privileged company information and applications.
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Advantages Its not a way for employers to cut spending True flexibility Consumer to professional Small screen or large Fast deployment Fast return of field data Universal KML and CSV export options
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Consideration GPS Performance Screen size Connectivity Export / Import formats Durability of Hardware Requirements of source data Flex and Sync both compatible with NEW Geo7 series with Flightwave
Growth More flexible platform Version 1.5 about to be released – Support for Geo 7x – Real-time correction via IP or SBAS SBAS is available in the PI Real-time over IP is available in Samoa now Coming – Support for local data and imagery