BGS Sigma 2012 open source user guide

Bow, J.; Adlam, K.A.M.; Turner, P.. 2013 BGS Sigma 2012 open source user guide. Edinburgh, UK, British Geological Survey, 52pp. (OR/13/021) (Unpublished)

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Abstract/Summary

The British Geological Survey began developing digital field mapping systems in 1989. However, it was apparent that the commercially available hardware was not suitable at that time. In 2001, we revisited the topic under the System for Integrated Geoscience Mapping (SIGMA) programme. By 2003, BGS had developed a PDA (personal digital assistant) field system, which was superseded in 2005, when we began deploying a beta system on rugged Tablet PCs. The Tablet PC system, which we called BGS•SIGMAmobile was used by BGS in mapping projects across the UK as well as overseas. It first became available in Open Source form, in June 2009 via the BGS website, www.bgs.ac.uk, under an agreement which stipulates that updates and modifications must be supplied to BGS in order to stimulate further developments. In 2011/2012, BGS•SIGMAmobile was rewritten in .NET and combined with our office based mapping software BGS•SIGMAdesktop within ArcGIS 10.x to create BGS•SIGMA 2012. It is envisaged that future releases will be made available from the BGS website incorporating new modules, modifications and upgrades supplied by BGS and external users of the system. This document has been written to guide users through the installation and use of BGS•SIGMA 2012 (mobile and desktop), which is the third free release. We are happy to receive feedback and modifications emailed to sigma@bgs.ac.uk.

Item Type:	Publication - Report
Funders/Sponsors:	NERC
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	This item has been internally reviewed but not externally peer-reviewed
Date made live:	05 Sep 2013 15:02 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503133

Item Type:

Publication - Report

Funders/Sponsors:

NERC

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

This item has been internally reviewed but not externally peer-reviewed

Date made live:

05 Sep 2013 15:02 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503133