Title :
A tree tour with radio frequency identification (RFID) and a personal digital assistant (PDA)
Author :
Hoyt, Sean ; John, Doug St ; Wilson, Denise ; Bushnell, Linda
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Washington Univ., Seattle, WA, USA
Abstract :
A popular tree tour at the University of Washington campus has been automated via RFID and a PDA. The previous 81-tree hardcopy tour has also been updated to include more information on each tree, including digital photos. A survey conducted demonstrates the updated, electronic tree tour is easier to navigate, full of better visuals, and results in less false identifications.
Keywords :
notebook computers; terrain mapping; University of Washington campus; digital photos; personal digital assistant; radio frequency identification; tree tour; Buildings; Forestry; Gray-scale; History; Personal digital assistants; Photography; Radio navigation; Radiofrequency identification; Robustness; Usability;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics Society, 2003. IECON '03. The 29th Annual Conference of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7906-3
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.2003.1280556
