Case Studies

Case studies, user stories, and user conference papers illustrate how ArcPad and mobile GIS make data collection more efficient and accurate.

Case Studies

• Boulder County, Colorado, Sign Maintenance Receives Big Dividends from ArcPad [PDF-1.3 MB, 2 pages]
• City of Riverside, California, Takes Weed Abatement From Paper to Pixels [PDF-474 KB, 2 pages]
• Edgecombe County, North Carolina [PDF-2.0 MB, 4 pages]
• Laurens Electric Cooperative (LEC) [PDF-1.68 MB, 2 pages]
• North Carolina Division of Public Health Uses Mobile GIS to Speed Disaster Relief [PDF-495 KB, 2 pages]
• Pennsylvania Combats the West Nile Virus With ArcPad and the Internet [PDF-830 KB, 12 pages]

User Stories

• Mobile GIS and Digital Photomapping Speed Fieldwork, Reduce Return Visits, ArcUser, April–June 2006
• U.S. Census 2010 Supported by ArcPad Mobile GIS Technology, ArcNews, Summer 2006
• City of Monash, Australia: Tree Inspection with ArcPad Pays Off, Explorer News, Feb. 16, 2005
• Optimizing Multiuser Editing with ArcPad
• ArcPad 7 and ArcPad Application Builder 7
• The Nature Conservancy Uses Mobile GIS Technology in Fight Against Invasive Species
• Geography Lessons: California and North Carolina Use ArcPad for More Efficient Fieldwork, Mobile Enterprise Magazine, Sept. 1, 2005
• Where's the Trash?—Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, dumpster inventory tracking system
• Mobile GIS Enhances Prevention and Response for Texas County
• Mapping an Underground Threat to National Parks With ArcPad
• County Cuts Costs and Improves Response in San Luis Obispo County, California.
• Mobile GIS Helps Fight Desert Dumping in Doņa Ana County, New Mexico.
• Long Island Rail Road uses ArcPad for tracking maintenance and management.
• ArcPad tracks and protects elephant populations in Kenya.
• Fire Hydrant Inventory Made Simple with ArcPad in Elsinore Valley, California.
• ArcPad aids critical field data collection during Dengue outbreak in India.
• Mobile GIS supports incident strategy, fire perimeter mapping, and decision making in combating wildfires in California.
• ArcPad supports historic preservation by helping locate lost sections of the Trail of Tears.

User Conference Papers

• Customizing ArcPad makes ecological field studies more efficient and automated.
• U.S. Census Bureau field-tests ArcPad and mobile GIS for 2010 census.
• Using ArcPad and GPS to automate and streamline site assessments.
• With ArcPad, park inventory and maintenance consumes less time and resources.
• ArcPad integrates with ArcGIS to facilitate identifying and tracking wildlife.