Android: Your Next Surveying Instrument H.A. Nandalal, T.T.L.S. Sunday 5th May, 2013 Android: Your Next Surveying Instrument

Android: Your Next Surveying Instrument Android is an Open Source Operating System designed for, but not restricted to, Touchscreen Mobile Devices. What is “Android”?

Android: Your Next Surveying Instrument What Does Android Run On? SmartPhones

Android: Your Next Surveying Instrument What Does Android Run On? Tablets

Android: Your Next Surveying Instrument What Does Android Run On? Large Screen Displays

Android: Your Next Surveying Instrument What Does Android Run On? Mini PC Boxes for HiDef TVs

Android: Your Next Surveying Instrument Why Should Land Surveyors be Interested in Android? Let’s Look at an Example …

Android: Your Next Surveying Instrument A Typical Surveying Exercise: Obtaining Azimuth from Solar Obs. What Do We Need? Solar Obs. (Theodolite) Geodetic Position (Ward Sheet/Map/Handheld GPS) Time (Watch) Sun’s Declination (Almanac/Calculator) Computations (Log Book/Calculator/Computer) An Example of Multiple Instrument Use +

Android: Your Next Surveying Instrument Obtaining Azimuth from Solar Obs. What Do We Need? Theodolite (Obs.) Android (Location/Time/Declination/Comps) Now… with Android +

Android: Your Next Surveying Instrument How Established is Android Globally? venturebeat.com Android 68.4% iOS 19.4% Other 12.2%

Android: Your Next Surveying Instrument How Established is Android on Tablets?

Android: Your Next Surveying Instrument Alarm Clocks / Watches AM/FM Radios Cameras / Video Cameras / Voice Recorders CDs / DVDs / Blu-Rays / Film / Prints Computers / Calculators / Modems Hard Drives / Pendrives Flashlights Handheld GPS / Compass Hardcover / Paperback Books / Newspapers Dictionaries / Encyclopedias Kindles / e-Readers Landline Phones MP3 Players / CD Players / DVD Players / Blu-Ray Pagers Printed Maps Scanners / Fax Machines TVs / Cable TV / Satellite TV Walkie-Talkies What Items Have Been Made Obsolete by Android Devices?

Android: Your Next Surveying Instrument Central Processing Unit (CPU) Read-Only Memory (ROM) Random Access Memory (RAM) Camera (Still/Video Imagery) GPS Chip / Antenna Touchscreen (I/O) Communication Chips (I/O) SD Card (Removable Mass Storage) What Components Are Found in Android Devices?

Android: Your Next Surveying Instrument Run Apps (Programmable using Java Language) Execute Computations / Draw Graphics Obtain Absolute Location (GPS) Make Phone Calls (SIM Card Enabled Devices) Send/Receive Texts (SIM Card Enabled Devices) Send/Receive (Wi-Fi / 4G Network) Upload / Download Data from Internet (Wi-Fi / 4G) File Management (Save / Copy / Delete) Import / Export / Store Files (SD Card Mass Storage) What Can Android Devices Do?

Android: Your Next Surveying Instrument What is Java? Java is a Computer Programming Language. It is the underlying technology that powers state-of-the-art programs including web browser applets and consumer electronics. A Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is a program which executes Java Programs. JVMs are often implemented to run on existing operating systems like Windows but can also be implemented to run directly on hardware like Smartphones. Android runs on an Implementation of a JVM called “ Dalvik”. Dalvik, Iceland: Population 1800

Android: Your Next Surveying Instrument How Do JVMs Work? JVMs are Installed on Different Hardware Devices Identical Java Apps Run on All with no Modification

Android: Your Next Surveying Instrument Applying Android to Surveying Some Simple Applications GPS Fix GPS/SMS Text HP48 EmulatorWard SheetCalculators

Android: Your Next Surveying Instrument Applying Android to Surveying Some More Complex Applications Google Maps Excel Spreadsheet AutoCAD WS

Android: Your Next Surveying Instrument AutoCAD WS (Web Service) AutoCAD WS is a free Website/Cloud Drive Service & Android App for Opening/Storing AutoCAD DWG/DXF Files

Android: Your Next Surveying Instrument AutoCAD WS is Geographically Aware The AutoCAD WS GPS function allows you to position yourself within the Drawing and use the built-in GPS functionality of your Smartphone or Tablet to Track Your location on the Design. As you move around, you can add Contextually relevant comments at Precise Geographic Locations. The advantage of this over Google Maps is you can physically position yourself within a Proposed Design using Android on a Site that has not yet been Setout or Mapped.

Android: Your Next Surveying Instrument Android Brings Mobility to Surveying Digicel’s T&T 2G/4G Network Coverage

Android: Your Next Surveying Instrument Blink Wi-Fi vs Digicel 4G Download = 1791 kbps Upload = 631 kbps Download = 5143 kbps Upload = 1274 kbps 0.64 MB/sec 0.22 MB/sec

Android: Your Next Surveying Instrument 4G Means Fast Access to Data Web Browsers Download Apps Google Maps Cloud Drives AutoCAD WS PDF Files Cadastral Plans…

Android: Your Next Surveying Instrument