ArcPad

On Friday, we worked with ArcPad GPS hand-held when we walked around the neighborhood to find all the problem-properties. ArcPad is the smaller version of ArcGIS because, with ArcGIS we had to type the data to add to a map and on ArcPad we just had to touch the screen to add the data, because on the ArcPad the GPS Tracker already had the data loaded up on the screen. When we pinpoint a problem property on the map, it gave us a survey to see what was wrong with the property such as if the grass was maintained, was it anything wrong with the house, and if there was graffiti, loitering, littering, and drug dealing around the property.

The GPS also had a tracker on it that let us know where we have been and where we were. Sometimes the signal on the GPS would get lost. When we were walking around there wasn't that many problem properties in the neighborhood that we thought it would be. My ideas of the neighborhood change because at first I thought there was a lot of problem properties, but now I see that there are fewer problem properties. Overall the project was fun and interesting to me.