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<p class=MsoNormal>I am involved in a project to log boats that visit reefs off
the coast of SE Florida. This will involve nine helicopter flights over the course
of a year. Our current plan is to use equipment/techniques that are familiar to
us based on our past projects. However, we are interested to see if innovative and
new ways (to us, anyway) to do the work exist. Presently, we plan to use a GPS
enabled data logger (e.g., TDS Recon) connected to a laser rangefinder to
record boat locations and their basic characteristics, using ArcPad or
SoloField. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>New ideas we are thinking about, but have never employed: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>We
would like to photograph each boat as we log it and automatically attach the photograph
as an attribute of the logged feature (boat). I.e., the camera would be
connected to the data logger. Has anyone done this? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>We
were wondering whether we could use a GPS enabled tablet PC connected to the
laser rangefinder and camera to log the boats (and take pictures of each boat).
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><br>
Thanks<br>
Bob Swett<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:66.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:6.5pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>____________________________________________________________________________________________________</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><br>
Bob Swett </span></b><span style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>| Coordinator | <b>Florida Sea Grant Boating and
Waterway Management Program </b>| </span><a
href="http://www.flseagrant.org/"><span style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>www.flseagrant.org</span></a><span
style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:66.25pt'><span style='font-size:6.5pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Assistant Professor | <b>Department
of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences </b>| Institute of Food and Agricultural
Sciences–UF <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>PO Box 110405 |
Gainesville, FL 32653 | </span><span
style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:blue'>(</span><span
style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>:</span><span
style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>352-392-6233
</span><span style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:blue'>| Fax: 352-392-5113 </span><span
style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> |
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style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span><a
href="mailto:rswett@ufl.edu"><span style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>rswett@ufl.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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