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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2007
Paul Robin Manson, Christchurch, NZ;
Bruce Stephen James, Christchurch, NZ;
Michelle Lynn Frye, Christchurch, NZ;
Robert Murie Allan, Christchurch, NZ;
John Francis Rogers, Christchurch, NZ;
Peter Glen France, Christchurch, NZ;
Paul Robin Manson, Christchurch, NZ;
Bruce Stephen James, Christchurch, NZ;
Michelle Lynn Frye, Christchurch, NZ;
Robert Murie Allan, Christchurch, NZ;
John Francis Rogers, Christchurch, NZ;
Peter Glen France, Christchurch, NZ;
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention recite a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data collection network. In one embodiment, the present invention comprises a mobile electronic device that was not originally intended for use as a GIS data collector. The present invention further comprises a data dictionary forwarding device communicatively coupled with the mobile electronic device and a GIS data management component communicatively coupled with the data dictionary forwarding device for receiving GIS data collected by the mobile electronic device.