Success Stories

Podcasts | Case Studies | Articles | UC Papers

Success stories illustrate how ArcPad boosts mobile productivity and makes data collection more efficient and accurate.

See examples [PDF] of application areas and industries where ArcPad is used.

Featured Podcasts

What's New in ArcPad 8
Jian Lange, ArcPad product manager, and Elvin Slavik, lead ArcPad developer, talk about new capabilities, performance improvements, and quality enhancements in ArcPad 8. Listen or download. [MP3]

Customizing ArcPad Applications for the Utilities Industry
Alan Girten, project manager for Utility Data Contractors, discusses the customization of ArcPad for utility inventory and field inspections. Listen or download. [MP3]

Developing Mobile Solutions with ArcPad
Chad Yoder, mobile GIS developer and project manager at Electronic Data Solutions, talks about the mobile applications his company develops using ArcPad. Listen or download. [MP3]

Case Studies

• Weed Abatement—From Paper to Pixels [PDF]
  City of Riverside, California
• Cut Field Mapping Time in Half Using Mobile GIS [PDF]
  Edgecombe County, North Carolina
• Mobile GIS Improves Asset Inspections and Cuts Costs [PDF]
  Laurens Electric Cooperative (LEC), South Carolina
• Mobile GIS to Speed Disaster Relief [PDF]
  North Carolina, Division of Public Health
• West Nile Virus Surveillance System with ArcPad [PDF]
  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Articles and User Stories

• Mobile GIS Speeds Inventory City of Seattle, Washington, takes sidewalk and curb inventory using ArcPad—ArcUser
• Mobile GIS and Digital Photomapping Speed Fieldwork, Reduce Return Visits—ArcUser
• U.S. Census 2010 Supported by ArcPad Mobile GIS Technology—ArcNews
• Optimizing Multiuser Editing with ArcPad—ArcUser
• The Nature Conservancy Uses Mobile GIS Technology in Fight Against Invasive Species—ArcNews
• Where's the Trash? Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, dumpster inventory tracking system—ArcUser
• Mapping an Underground Threat to National Parks with ArcPad—ArcUser
• Mobile GIS Helps Fight Desert Dumping Doña Ana County, New Mexico—ArcUser
• Long Island Rail Road Uses ArcPad for Tracking Maintenance and Management—ArcNews
• ArcPad Tracks and Protects Elephant Populations in Kenya—ArcUser
• Mobile GIS Supports Incident Strategy, Fire Perimeter Mapping, and Decision Making in Combating Wildfires in California—ArcUser

User Conference Papers

• ArcPad Field Tests and Mobile GIS for 2010 Census
  U.S. Census Bureau, Field Division [PDF]
• Park Inventory and Maintenance Consumes Less Time and Resources
  City of Battle Creek, Michigan [PDF]