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The integration of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology into mobile devices provides them with an awareness of their physical location. This geospatial context can be employed in a wide range of applications including locating nearby places of interest as well as guiding emergency services to incidents. In this research, a GPS-enabled Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) is used to create a computerised tree inventory for the management of arboriculture. Using the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), GPS information and arboreal image data are sent to a web-server. An office-based PC running customised Geographical Information Software (GIS) then automatically retrieves the GPS tagged image data for display and analysis purposes. The resulting application allows an expert user to view the condition of individual trees in greater detail than is possible using remotely sensed imagery.
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Tait, R.J., Allen, T.J., Sherkat, N., Bellett-Travers, M.D. (2009). An Electronic Tree Inventory for Arboriculture Management. In: Allen, T., Ellis, R., Petridis, M. (eds) Applications and Innovations in Intelligent Systems XVI. SGAI 2008. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-215-3_12
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