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VT Geospatial Forum 2015: Mobile Field Data Collection with Fulcrum

VT Geospatial Forum 2015: Mobile Field Data Collection with Fulcrum

Slides from a presentation I gave at the Vermont Geospatial Forum on 6-2-2015 in Montpelier, VT.

Bryan McBride

June 02, 2015
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  1. In this Age of Information, data is an increasingly valuable

    form of currency. The demand for fresh, actionable data is skyrocketing- across all industries. The Opportunity...
  2. spatial technology + data + analysis global scope, grassroots scale

    understanding local environments interpreting to reveal patterns we build software tools to support ground-level data collection and reporting
  3. Hosted Software as a Service Web-based admin console with drag-and-drop

    form designer Native mobile clients for Android & iOS What is Fulcrum? Flexible platform for building structured data collection apps
  4. 2011 Fulcrum for iOS launched at GEOINT in San Antonio

    2012 Developer API released Android app launched 2013 Web app improvements, additional field types Ramping up cloud infrastructure (PostGIS) Android & iOS 2.0 updates Data versioning Webhook notifications
  5. 2014 One-to-many record relationships Rewrite of data importer/exporter Automatic record

    conflict resolution & data merging SpatialVideo Data share functionality Map Embeds Tile Server Support App icons & App dashboard Barcode & QR code scanning
  6. 2015 Custom text validation with regular expressions Min/max restrictions Calculated

    fields Zapier integration SpatialAudio support Mobile app URL actions (mobile intents) Android Material Design update Mobile sync improvements
  7. Fulcrum introduces a proactive approach to the field data collection

    process... The act of sitting down and visually building out your data collection app forces users to think through the design of the data structure before ever heading out into the field. Better tools encourage better processes!