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INTEGRATED GIS AND GPS
DO YOU NEED TO TAKE MAPS AND DATA TO THE FIELD?
Have you ever shuffled through a stack of paper maps on your car hood? In a dust storm?
Or blocked the view from your helicopter with a large paper map?
Have you ever watched the contour lines on a paper aeromagnetic map wash away in the rain?
Is it sometimes difficult to find your position on your field maps, even using a GPS?
Do you spend too much time in the office preparing printed reports and presentations, when you could get better answers by taking your digital data to the field for final analysis and interpretation?
Then you need ----
THE REALIZED VIRTUAL REALITY VEHICLE- RVRV
TM,SM, which consists of:
1. Panasonic Toughbook CF-27 computer.
Field comparison with 3 competitors shows this to be a great computer, with the best sunlight visibility available. The computer can be used in the rain and dust and has been tested to withstand 26 consecutive drops onto all faces, edges, and corners from a height of 3 feet (91.4 cm). It has a carrying handle.
Includes Pentium 300 MHz MMX Processor, 512K L2 Cache, upgrade to 96 MB RAM, 10.4" active matrix screen with factory no-glare, 4GB HDD, 3.5" floppy drive, ruggedized magnesium casework, 3 year warranty.
2. Garmin III Plus 12-channel GPS.
Extensive field testing in the RVRV shows this to be an excellent GPS. It is comparable to the Trimble previously used in the RVRV, except that it lacks the capability for post-processing differential corrections.Includes serial and power cable for external 12 volt power and connection to PC and PCX5 software for transferring track and map files between GPS and PC and conversion of track files to .dxf format for use in ER Mapper. One year warranty.
3. ER Mapper 6.2 PC.
Includes one year support and upgrades, plus other software necessary for the RVRV.4. Installation, systems integration, setup with a working sample of client's data sets, and 2 days on-site training.
Price: $12,500.
Options available for Toughbook CF-27 include CD-ROM, extra battery pack, external charger, 12.1" screen, port replicator, vehicle mount, shoulder strap, and wireless modem.
Options for GPS include case, Garmin MapSource CD's for US and worldwide vector map data, and RTCM receiver for real-time differential corrections in areas where RTCM signals are available.
Travel and expenses for on-site training are extra. Additional training beyond the initial 2-days are available at $600 per day, plus expenses. Prices subject to change without notice in case of manufacturers' price increases.
The Realized Virtual Reality Vehicle, or RVRV, is a mobile, integrated Geographic Information System (GIS) and Geodetic Positioning System (GPS).
GeoPeregrino uses the RVRV to support its consulting services in the field analysis of geospatial data.
The unique service that GeoPeregrino offers using the RVRV is to take geospatial data and interpretations of those data to the field in a mobile computer with integrated GPS navigation so that data can be displayed, analyzed and interpreted and hypotheses tested in situ, using field observations.
One component of this service may be the automatic collection of georeferenced field observations, such as magnetic intensity, magnetic susceptibility, radiometric intensity, electromagnetic parameters, and gravity. However, these techniques are commonplace in geophysical data collection systems. What is unique about the service provided by the RVRV is the in situ display of data and their interpretations for analysis, interpretation, and hypothesis testing in the field.
As the RVRV travels through the real world, the GPS position is displayed as a moving cursor in the virtual world of the ER Mapper image. The view can be at any scale, and the operator can zoom from a global overview to a detailed local image at the touch of the mousepad. The operator navigates to the field site, interpreting the view outside the windows of his vehicle in light of the moving image displayed on the computer screen. Upon reaching the field site, the computer can be undocked and taken on a foot traverse, still using the GPS for navigation. GPS vehicle tracks and geological and geophysical of observations keyed to position can be recorded, automatically and by operator intervention, for incorporation in GIS files and reports. The ability to overlay and combine multiple data layers, both raster and vector, provide the field geologist an effective means to make an intelligent interpretation of the world around him together with the data brought to the field in his computer.
Docked on a pedestal between the driver and passenger seats of a sport utility vehicle. The computer is internally protected against shock and vibration from the roughest off-road vehicle use.
Mounted to the instrument panel of a helicopter, or carried in a passenger's lap.
The computer has a handle and optional carrying strap which work well for most field work. The LCD panel can be closed and opened without turning off the computer.
Mobile field-office or conference room. RVRV-1 is the prototype, installed in a 15-passenger van. A large CRT monitor gives a clear view of the roving image to 8 passengers behind the driver's seat. The CRT could be replaced by a large-format flat-screen display. Your geologists and geophysicists can work together in the field, analyzing geophysical data and their interpretations in light of what they discover in situ. What better way for management to evaluate an oil or mineral property than to see it for themselves in the light of previously acquired, processed, and interpreted data?
REALIZED VIRTUAL REALITY VEHICLE -- RVRVTM,SM
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