GIS data collection network
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1. A Geographic Information System (GIS) network comprising:
- a mobile electronic device that was not originally intended for use as a GIS data collector;
a data dictionary forwarding device communicatively coupled with said mobile electronic device;
a GIS data management component communicatively coupled with said data dictionary forwarding device for receiving GIS data collected by said mobile electronic device; and
wherein said data dictionary forwarding device is further for determining a version of a data dictionary resident upon said mobile electronic device is not a current version of said data dictionary and for automatically forwarding said current version of said data dictionary to said mobile electronic device if said version of said data dictionary resident upon said mobile electronic device does not comprise said current version of said data dictionary.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention recite a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data collection network. In one embodiment, the present invention comprises a mobile electronic device that was not originally intended for use as a GIS data collector. The present invention further comprises a data dictionary forwarding device communicatively coupled with the mobile electronic device and a GIS data management component communicatively coupled with the data dictionary forwarding device for receiving GIS data collected by the mobile electronic device.
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43 Claims
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1. A Geographic Information System (GIS) network comprising:
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a mobile electronic device that was not originally intended for use as a GIS data collector; a data dictionary forwarding device communicatively coupled with said mobile electronic device; a GIS data management component communicatively coupled with said data dictionary forwarding device for receiving GIS data collected by said mobile electronic device; and wherein said data dictionary forwarding device is further for determining a version of a data dictionary resident upon said mobile electronic device is not a current version of said data dictionary and for automatically forwarding said current version of said data dictionary to said mobile electronic device if said version of said data dictionary resident upon said mobile electronic device does not comprise said current version of said data dictionary. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A Geographic Information System (GIS) network comprising:
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a legacy mobile electronic device configured for use as a GIS data collector; a data dictionary management component for assigning a data dictionary to said legacy mobile electronic device based upon an assigned membership of said legacy mobile electronic device to a workgroup; a GIS data management component for assigning said legacy mobile electronic device said workgroup; and wherein said data dictionary management component is further for determining a version of a data dictionary resident upon said mobile electronic device is not a current version of said data dictionary and for automatically forwarding said current version of said data dictionary to said mobile electronic device if said version of said data dictionary resident upon said mobile electronic device does not comprise said current version of said data dictionary. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A Geographic Information System (GIS) network comprising:
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a mobile cellular GIS data collection device that was not originally intended for use as a GIS data collector; a data dictionary management system communicatively coupled with said mobile cellular GIS data collection device; a GIS data management component communicatively coupled with said data dictionary management system for receiving GIS data collected by said mobile cellular GIS data collection device; and wherein said data dictionary management system is further for determining a version of a data dictionary resident upon said mobile cellular GIS data collection device is not a current data dictionary and for automatically forwarding said current data dictionary to said mobile cellular GIS data collection device if said version of said data dictionary resident upon said mobile cellular GIS data collection device does not comprise said current version of said data dictionary. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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