Comments on: Developers: Tell us what you need http://blog.epa.gov/data/2011/07/developers-tell-us-what-you-need/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=developers-tell-us-what-you-need A Place to Discuss EPA Data and Developer Resources Tue, 21 May 2013 18:56:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Brad Eaton http://blog.epa.gov/data/2011/07/developers-tell-us-what-you-need/comment-page-1/#comment-42380 Brad Eaton Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:07:38 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/data/?p=559#comment-42380 Dr Cutting, my company has developed an app that seems to fit your description exactly. I would like to talk to you for a few minutes and find out more about your requirements. Please give me a call directly at (800-900-4945×401).

Thanks,
Brad Eaton
Chief Product Officer
a la mode, inc.

]]> By: drh http://blog.epa.gov/data/2011/07/developers-tell-us-what-you-need/comment-page-1/#comment-38442 drh Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:15:46 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/data/?p=559#comment-38442 Dr Cutting, Where have you been?

Just “google” soil testing software, GIS, GPS. There are TONS of applications available. Digitized GPS location of grid samples, tissue samples, etc has been a staple of Precision Agronomy for at least five years and in some less accurate situations going back nearly a decade.

The same practices and capabilities utilized in Agriculture are available in customization for nearly any industry that requires geo-located and referenced data.

The availability and connectivity of the Android and IOS platforms is now being recognized and their capabilities successfully addressed. WIN based applications with bluetooth connected or integrated GPS have been available for ten years.

]]> By: Dr Jamie Cutting http://blog.epa.gov/data/2011/07/developers-tell-us-what-you-need/comment-page-1/#comment-38421 Dr Jamie Cutting Tue, 09 Aug 2011 09:29:31 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/data/?p=559#comment-38421 The professional enviromental testing industry lacks a standardised app for logging samples for chemical analysis at the point of collection. Maybe an app that utilises the GPS and barcode reading capabilities of iphones / android could be used to captuire information on site and send directly back to testing labs – i.e. capture time, date, location of sample and link to analytical requirements from sample containers barcode. This could all be automatically transferred back to laboratory LIMS systems, streamlining the whole process and improving data integrity – mislabled / mis read samples cost the industry millions! Such an app would be useful for contaminated land investigation / remediation validation, environmental monitoring (waters / soil & air), mining and agricultuiral testing communities. Time to set a benchmark?

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