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ArcPad®: Mobile GIS
An ESRI ® White Paper • September 2004

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ArcPad: Mobile GIS
An ESRI White Paper
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Introduction........................................................................................... Mobile GIS............................................................................................ ArcPad: Mobile Mapping and GIS...................................................... Many Potential Applications................................................................. Key Features ......................................................................................... Standard Data Formats.................................................................... Spatial Index of Features ..........................................................Projections................................................................................. Datums ...................................................................................... Display and Query .......................................................................... Map Navigation ........................................................................Query......................................................................................... Display ...................................................................................... Editing and Data Capture................................................................ Form Creation Wizard .................................................................... GPS Support................................................................................... Supported GPS Receivers ......................................................... Find GPS......................................................................................... GPS Data Capture ..................................................................... ArcPad Tools for ArcGIS Desktop ................................................. Internationalization and...