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Mobile GIS with Digital Pen and Paper

ADAPX Solutions for Turning Ink into Action [PDF]

Capturx for ArcGIS Desktop is a powerful, simple, digital data collection solution that empowers ArcGIS Desktop users to collect GIS data with pen and paper.

GIS users can continue using paper maps by converting pen and paper data into digital data. When ESRI ArcGIS Desktop 9.2 is used, the Capturx for ArcGIS Desktop extension is the ideal way to create, import, edit, share, and act on paper-based data in and between GIS systems.

With Capturx for ArcGIS Desktop, users can collect feature class data using a digital pen and update the data directly into ArcGIS Desktop 9.2. From the field, users get fully digitized GIS data from paper maps automatically.

Users simply select what they want to create from the map's legend and place it on the map by drawing its location. When the digital pen is connected to the desktop using the included USB dock, users can review the new features and add them directly to the geodatabase.

Here's how it works, directly from ArcGIS Desktop 9.2, in just three easy steps:

1. Print the digital paper maps directly from the geodatabase using Capturx for ArcGIS Desktop.
2. Use the Adapx digital pen to collect feature class data on the printed paper maps.
3. Dock the digital pen to upload data directly into the geodatabase using the Capturx for ArcGIS Desktop extension.
Now data can be edited and reviewed in ArcGIS Desktop 9.2. Never manually rekey or retype field data again!

Capturx Workflow [PDF]

Capturx for ArcGIS Desktop solution includes Capturx for Microsoft Office OneNote 2007, one complete solution that enables users to collect digital GIS data from paper maps and create digital field notes in weatherproof journals. Simply write notes or sketches in the journal and dock the digital pen; paper-based notes are uploaded into Microsoft Office OneNote automatically.

Get more information about Capturx for Microsoft Office OneNote at www.adapx.com/images/pdfs/OneNoteDataSheet.pdf.