Cheap 10.1" android tablet to replace maps

[Suspect99]

Hi guys

My uncle is looking to buy a cheap 10.1 inch tablet for use on sit with his survey team.
He currently sends them out with reams of paper maps which they then have to sift through and fax back to him in rural areas. (which obviously cost a fortune)

His idea was to get a cheap tablet and split the maps into pdfs and replace the paper.

Any suggestions about tablets he could buy? (sub R2000 preferably) . He does not want too expensive models as it will be on site and it might be damaged easily.

A camera would be a plus but not a necessity.

I have checked on have2have and am currently looking on toaboa. there are some very cheap tablets on taoboa but the range is overwhelming

Any help would be appreciated

 

[P3wP3w]

I haven't tried this site, but perhaps you could give it a shot: www.pandawill.com Tons of tablets etc.

 

[Suspect99]

I haven't tried this site, but perhaps you could give it a shot: www.pandawill.com Tons of tablets etc.

Thanks. I tried it but it says its under maintenance. Ill try again later

 

[Suspect99]

OK the pandawill site is very useful. Loads of options. are there any similar sites?

 

[Suspect99]

I'm going to try http://ipadalternative.com also. ANybody use them?

 

[BigAl-sa]

Why not spend a bit more, and get one with a GPS. Get offline GPS software such as Navigon or Sygic, then you don't have to worry about pdf maps and you are independent of the cellphone network too.

 

[Suspect99]

Why not spend a bit more, and get one with a GPS. Get offline GPS software such as Navigon or Sygic, then you don't have to worry about pdf maps and you are independent of the cellphone network too.

Hes a surveyor, so the sites he goes to don't have maps. They are actually going out to make them. The pdfs are site plans that have to be field checked

 

[Lawnchairman]

Theres a 10' Sansui tablet from Hi-Fi Corp for R1700.

 

[Suspect99]

can you please tell me where you saw this as i can only see a 7 " and a 8" for 2999 http://www.hificorp.co.za/prods/555/office-automation/tablets/android-tablets/

 

[Vis1/0N]

http://www.zones.co.za/ has a 9.7 for R2499 and a 10.1 for R1999.

 

[Suspect99]

Ok I have spoken to him and he is willing to go up to R3000. The Acer Iconia a500 tablet at makro looks like a good deal at R2700. The point of view at zones also looks decent for the price. I cant find any info about the sansui though. Not sure if it is still on sale.

The acer does have a GPS and a decent camera. Only thing I'm worried about is sunlight legibility

 

[P3wP3w]

Regardless of which tablet you get, sunlight legibility is going to be a pain.

 

[BigAl-sa]

Hes a surveyor, so the sites he goes to don't have maps. They are actually going out to make them. The pdfs are site plans that have to be field checked

I suppose it depends on the scale you're looking at. There are 1:50000 maps available for the whole country (if the government printer still knows about them). Those maps took me to some pretty remote places in SA and SWA.

FWIW, I would rather use jpegs than pdfs - much easier for editing.

 

[Suspect99]

I suppose it depends on the scale you're looking at. There are 1:50000 maps available for the whole country (if the government printer still knows about them). Those maps took me to some pretty remote places in SA and SWA.

FWIW, I would rather use jpegs than pdfs - much easier for editing.

He could consider using jpegs. It would be much easier to edit.

We have used those government maps before but if you have to go out and find individual rock or tree or manhole including their levels with a high level of accuracy the 1:50000 maps are not going to do it.