Ipod Touch

[ian mckenzie]

One free app you can get is a virtual spirit level, kinda cool.  It got me thinking though... could someone write an app to make the Ipod Touch into a cave surveying instrument?  Just strap it onto a laser distance finder...

Someday they will be cheap enough so anyone can afford one.  But I bet Suuntos will never come down in price.

 

[ChrisJC]

How accurate is this virtual spirit level? I suspect it's gimmicky rather than a useful instrument.

Chris.

 

[graham]

When it has the accuracy of the distox, the memory capacity of an old PDA running pocket topo and will export data in a format other than a proprietary one owned by Apple, get back to us. 

 

[Huge]

the memory capacity of an old PDA

Do you mean less memory in the Ipod, to reduce costs?

 

[ChrisJC]

It's an iPod, not an Ipod.

Chris.

 

[graham]

It's an iPod, not an Ipod.

Chris.

Either way it's a waste of money. 

 

[ChrisJC]

It's an iPod, not an Ipod.

Chris.

Either way it's a waste of money. 

On that point, I entirely agree 

Chris.

 

[ian mckenzie]

Hm, didn't folks say the same thing about home PCs thirty years ago...

64 gig ain't bad for its size. (or is that gIg ).  And they do get cheaper every year. 
PDAs weren't made to run cave survey programs either.  Maybe...