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Subject: RE: Grabbling google map (et al) images out in the field
Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 09:52:48 -0700
From: Edward Sullivan <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]>
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Plus Android tablets (avbl at heavily
discounted prices, as Samsung is rolling out its next generation of
tables in the U.S. now) have a screen cap virtual button as a standard
feature. I'm just an end-user; no financial, professional, or other
links with the company or to its products.
There are also a large variety of GIS/GPS/Orienteering/Tracking apps
available for the Android platform (in addition to Google Maps/Earth),
AND a working and improvements-in-progress beta port of the open source
Quantum GIS 'desktop' GIS package to Android. Several of the mapping
apps can download base maps and 'tiles' for offline use in the
field/away from wireless uplink capability, and can download and upload
personal tracks and points of interest in multiple formats.
See:
http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/12452/list-of-gis-applications-fo
r-android-tablets
http://androgeoid.com/
http://hub.qgis.org/projects/android-qgis
Edward A. Sullivan, III
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From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Subject: Grabbling google map (et al) images out in the field
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Grabbling google map (et al) images out in the field
Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 01:27:22 +0000
From: Weessies, Kathleen <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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A colleague of mine is involved in bicycling advocacy. He wants to
choose a device that has wireless and has ample storage of maps and
other images so he can share maps of random places with people when he
is out and about.
He is trying to decide between an ipad or laptop, and he wants to be
able to capture Google maps images.
I've never touched an ipad, so I can't talk about their actual
functionality. It seems like the better choice, it would be lighter and
more portable.
When you pull up a google maps image and try to print it, the satellite
view doesn't go with it --- all you get is the street map. There is an
app, however, that will allow you to capture the actual view --- mac2pic
http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2011/11/capture-google-maps-screensh
ot.html
http://www.map2pic.com/en/
Any experience with this or other suggestions?
Kathleen Weessies
Geosciences Librarian
Head, Map Library
Michigan State University
517-884-0849
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