Bad Elf, LLC envisions, designs, and manufactures niche hardware and software with an emphasis on Apple's MFi ("Made for iPhone/iPod/iPad") program. Bad Elf began developing handheld GNSS receiver accessories for the aviation and marine markets. As more and more GIS customers began adopting our products for mobile field collection, we have pivoted to a more GIS-centric operation. Our team spans the USA geographically and shares over a decade of shared work and personal history. The Bad Elf team mixes decades of experience and expertise in embedded hardware, firmware, middleware, and application software.
Hi @MosesGreen-6c ! Thanks for watching. Civil3D and ArcGIS Pro were used to digitize all of the original site and septic plans that were obtained from the county clerk of Medina County. Apglos Survey Wizard was used to collect the GPS data in the field for its ability to record observations natively in a local state plane coordinate system and export directly to a .dxf Pix4D was our choice of software for collecting and processing all of the drone data. Finally, civil 3D was used to create the final maps. This process included surface creation from the point cloud shot by the drone. We were also able to shoot topographic check points & Ground Control Points that we used to Geo reference and Q/C the surface created by the drone. Thanks again for your question. If you would like to have a more intimate conversation about mapping techniques and technology then please reach out to the Bad Elf Geospatial Enablement Team at get@bad-elf.com ! Have a great weekend. 🙌
Hi there! I am a GIS Analyst down in SA. So glad to have run across your content. Thanks for the good information! I’m working through making a custom base map for use on AGOL with my GPS equipment. I loathe Web Mercator.
Hi @Garnetdarnit ! Thanks for watching. Did you know that the Bad Elf Training office is actually located just north-west of you in Boerne, Texas? Be sure to catch up with ChrisTheBadElf and Dr.Nik from our Boerne office at the conference! A little bad elf told us that Chris will be hosting a presentation on Field Maps Tips and Tricks! Hope to see you there! 🙌 Check out the conference here: www.aagis.org
Hi, I have a custom Xamarin Forms Android app and would like to connect to the Bad Flex device to capture GPS cordinates. Is that possible? Maybe using mock location app?
same Question..... Just got my Flex mini my pc can't even RECOGNIZE it.. and some how download via Bluetooth is much slower then my old Badelf GPS Pro plus
How do I know when to use WGS84, NAD83(2011) or NAD83 No Trans. I have a topcon base, rover setup but sometimes i just use the rover on the cors network.
@@littlenel17 With base/rover, it depends on what you're using as your reference point. If you use a "here" point, or the position your GPS thinks it is without being connected to a network or using a reference point, then you'll use WGS84. Otherwise you'll use NAD83(2011) for most applications, but it depends on what you're using for your base point. For the CORS network, it's almost always in NAD83(2011).
Chirst Thanks for you sharing knowledge and field surveying And the gudiline Should share or mention how to extract data to arcgis Whic is you mention the beggining of the video
Hello! Thanks for your kind words and sorry for any for oversight by Chris. Apglos supports saving collected data files directly to your mobile device in a variety of different formats. These can then be shared to your desktop for making maps like the one you see at the end of the video. Hope this clears things up and happy mapping!
Ortho everywhere has been great when it works, but we have been experiencing problems with the workflow. When a point is logged on the bad elf with autoflow on, data is not consistently transferred into Fieldmaps. Sometime it is and sometimes it isn't. When it doesn't transfer the BadElf Flex App seems to hang. Has anyone found a solution for this?
I cannot figure out where this name comes from. The German word "elf" means "eleven" in English, and "bad" means "bath".... Bath Eleven? I don't get it!
The founders were enjoying a few drinks in Germany while discussing the new company name, which is going to be based off the word eleven, or elf as you said. A local suggested "Band Elf", which was misheard as "Bad Elf", and the rest is history!
Good question Dibya. Though you can collect points to use as control for georeferencing in QField, the georeferencing itself will have to be done in QGIS.
