World's 1st Android Survey Software!
GeoMax launches X-Pad Android Survey Software
The world’s 1st Android Survey Software has arrived! GeoMax has just released X-Pad Android Survey Software, a field solution for TPS and GNSS surveying. This means it can run on ANY Android device, from Rugged Tablets like the Getac Z710 tablet to an Android smartphone.
X-Pad for Android on the Z710 tablet can be used for all GeoMax Zenith GNSS antennae as well as manual and motorised GeoMax Zoom Total Stations
X-Pad presents a new way of working, based on Android – the most evolved and technologically advanced platform for mobile devices. For the first time, software designed for topographic survey and stake out in the field, is available on Android, with a wide range of user-friendly features. Partnered with GeoMax survey instruments, X-Pad for Android will change your way of surveying forever.
About X-Pad for Android
Android is the most technologically advanced platform for mobile devices and allows applications to take advantage of features and ways of working previously unthinkable. Because of this, Android has become easily the most popular platform for mobile devices today, with millions of devices and over 700 thousand applications. For this reason we created X·Pad for Android, to open up this world for professionals in surveying and construction.
In addition to our well established Windows® Mobile version of X-Pad, the Android version brings additional benefits that improve, simplify and speed up all surveying activities in the field:
Google® Maps: X-Pad allows you to integrate Google® Maps in every phase of the work – in survey, in stake out and in graphic CAD.
Augmented Reality: X-Pad uses the camera of the data logger to display the points and draw using augmented reality. Panning the camera around, you can see where the design elements and the points to be plotted are, even if they are under the ground (cables, pipes, utilities, …).
Integrated electronic bubble: view your bubble on the screen for greater speed and accuracy of measurement or simply let X-Pad warn you when storing points without the pole being vertical.
Camera: document your work by photos taken in the field and associate them with measured points and add notes and sketches.
Jobs map and calendar: don’t remember the job name you used? Simply find your job via the calendar or the job location in Google® Maps.
Graphics HQ and Pinch zoom: graphic elements of the drawing are drawn with HQ technology that ensures high visibility and clarity in all conditions. Use two fingers to pinch-zoom fast and accurate.
Point cloud data exchange & sharing: load and save any type of file on the most popular cloud platforms like Google® Drive, Microsoft® SkyDrive and Dropbox®. With X-Pad the real-time sharing of data between field and office becomes reality.
Weather info: directly from X-Pad you can obtain the weather forecast for the next hours or days, allowing you to plan the remainder of the job.
Auto update: X-Pad checks every day to see if an update is available, then downloads and installs it automatically. So you always know you are working with the latest version.
The above Android features come on top of the proven functionality of X-Pad. In a single onboard software you find GPS as well as manual and motorised total station survey and stake out with all the topographic and cadastral functions that until now were available only on desktop PC software.
Field ready software: tired of field software with small characters, multi-coloured and barely visible icons, tiny buttons in awkward positions, impossibly small virtual keyboards? Look at X-Pad … you can do everything with a single touch of a button and reading is guaranteed in all light conditions due to large characters and high contrast icons. So simple to use you will think you are using your favourite smartphone!
CAD at your fingertips: with optimised layout and smart functionality that works in the field, X-Pad is a field CAD software designed for compact handheld devices. X-Pad makes the most of the available display space, with innovative auto-hiding zoom buttons, automatic control avoiding the overlapping of points labels, and contextual functions based on the selected object. With X-Pad your notebook can remain in the office!
Surveying and drawing at the same time: thought that surveying and obtaining a drawing automatically was a mere fantasy? Not with X-Pad: the innovative automatic drawing system using feature codes allows you to see the survey drawing being composed point by point. Long, complex coding has been replaced by practical buttons and intuitive default schemes.
Getac Z710 Android Tablet
GeoMax have chosen the compact, powerful new Android-powered Getac Z710 tablet to provide the flexibility to work in nearly any environment. The Z710 allows you to get the maximum benefit of all the new features integrated in the GeoMax XPad software:
Compact: built to house a brilliant 7” display, the Z710 weighs only 800 grammes and is small enough to hold in one hand.
Built to survive: the Z710 was designed from the inside out to be sleek, thin and tough. The Z710 is specifically engineered to be protected against 2m drops, shocks, spills, vibration and more. Equipped with tempered glass and a working temperature range of -20° to +50°C, the Z710 is ready for whatever you put it through.
Glove-friendly touch screen display: the use of ultra-sensitive multi-touch technology allows the screen to respond effortlessly to touch, press, drag and even input from a gloved hand.
Sunlight readable: the LumiBond® technology reduces the layers that reflect sunlight. Combined with an anti-reflective coating on the surface glass, the Z710 is designed to produce an extremely high contrast display, delivering excellent visibility even in direct sunlight.
Dual Cameras: the 5 megapixel cameras capture images or video from the field and allow you to use the XPad augmented reality feature to maximum benefit.
Built in GPS, E-compass and 3-axis accelerometer: combined with an E-compass and 3-axis accelerometer, the Z710 is the perfect device for anyone using GPS data in the field.
Comprehensively connected: delivering 3.5G WWAN with both data and voice capabilities, WIFI, Bluetooth 2.1 Class 2, as well as antenna pass-through for in-vehicle use; providing faster and more reliable speeds for better data delivery in real time. You can be connected 24/7 wherever you are, allowing you to improve your productivity.