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Geoinformatics_04-2009
article a calm day for aleutian island weather. one minute the sun was extremely bright, then the next minute you found yourself in a mini snow squall brushing the snow off the mobilemapper 6 keys. dancy. king uses the magellan professional mobilemapper 6 gps/gis receiver data collector with integrated camera to snap and tag photos of the mapped obstructions. the mobilemapper runs arcpad software and is loaded with both orthographic and topographic maps. it s connected via bluetooth to a laser technology, inc. (lti) trupulse 360 reflectorless rangefinder, which provides the necessary raw values to calculate a remote gps location, for mapping offsets of otherwise inaccessible points. with the mobilemapper 6, king continuously tracks and keeps a complete log of where he has been. with its 2-5 meter realtime and sub-meter post-processed performance, the mobilemapper offers the accuracy king requires. when mapping inaccessible obstacles, such as hard-to-reach obstructions across rugged and steep terrain, king logs the bottom and top of the obstacle with the trupulse 360, which provides object height and distance data fed via bluetooth to the arcpad database onboard the mobilemapper 6. for redundancy he also takes and logs a photo of the obstruction with a text description using the mobilemapper 6 and its integrated camera. robert wick robertwick@verizon.net for more information, have a look at: http://pro.magellangps.com mobilemapper 6 is made for intensive outdoor use, it provides a complete set of all necessary features required by a mapping device for anyone who needs productive data collection and efficient asset management in the field. since mapping and collecting obstruction data in the remote areas surrounding the airfields can be a major undertaking, it s important that the collected gis data be right the first time. maintaining accurate air corridor maps is one of the jobs of matt king, manager of rnp development for alaska airlines. when king goes into the remote areas to make a full ground obstacle assessment, he requires highly reliable equipment that can collect the data completely, accurately and with redun- mapping all the obstacles around the runway is critical for the airport security.
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