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Esri User Conference - 2024
Bad Elf made a big splash at the Esri User Conference 2024, showcasing high-accuracy GPS solutions like the Bad Elf Flex and Flex Mini. The Flex delivers centimeter-level precision with RTK support and multi-band GNSS capabilities, while the Flex Mini offers sub-meter accuracy, perfect for mobile GIS applications. The team enjoyed meeting customers, taking Bad Elfies, and discussing innovative geospatial solutions. Inspired by the plenary session, Bad Elf is excited for the future of GIS. Check out our products and more on the Bad Elf website and webstore. -
Work Smarter, Not Harder
Esri Workforce is an effective tool for managing field operations in facility management, optimizing task assignments, and enhancing communication. It integrates seamlessly with other Esri apps and high-accuracy GPS devices like Bad Elf GNSS receivers, ensuring precise data for critical tasks. Despite some costs and connectivity dependencies, its real-time updates and user-friendly interface make it a top choice for improving efficiency and coordination.
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Enhancing Accuracy with ESRI ArcGIS and High-Accuracy GNSS Receivers
In the realm of land surveying, traditional paper methods are giving way to digital innovations like ESRI ArcGIS and high-accuracy GNSS receivers. By integrating ArcGIS with GNSS technology, surveyors can achieve unmatched precision and efficiency. This synergy streamlines data collection, providing real-time insights and improving overall data integrity. Embrace the future of land surveying with ESRI ArcGIS and GNSS receivers, where accuracy and efficiency redefine the landscape of the industry.
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Hitting the Target: Setting Ground Control with Bad Elf Flex
Setting ground control targets with the Bad Elf Flex GNSS significantly enhances the accuracy of drone data collection. This method ensures aerial survey data is precise, reliable, and aligns with real-world coordinates.
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Bad Elf’s Flex Base & Rover Solution
The Bad Elf Flex Base and Rover solution leverages advanced GNSS technology to ensure superior positioning, increasing reliability and accuracy in diverse and challenging environments. -
Evolution of Land Survey Techniques - From Analog to Digital
The Bad Elf Flex and Flex Mini GNSS receivers epitomize the transition to digital surveying, offering unparalleled precision, efficiency, and ease of use for modern surveying professionals. These devices support multiple GNSS constellations and provide real-time correction capabilities, revolutionizing land surveying and GIS applications. -
NAD27 - We’re Not in Kansas Anymore
Embark on a geodetic odyssey from the heart of Kansas to the cutting-edge of mapping technology. Discover the saga of NAD27, a foundational datum born from meticulous triangulation and an unassuming point in Meades Ranch, Kansas. Witness its evolution into NAD83, enhancing precision with advanced ellipsoids and satellite data, and anticipate the future with the upcoming NATRF2022. -
Digging Up the Past with High-Tech Pizzazz: How Bad Elf GNSS Makes Me a Geolocating Indiana Jones
Forget lugging around clunky base stations – Bad Elf's base and rover solutions allow our team to collect high-accuracy data with remote ease. No more wrangling miles of cable in the Gobi Desert heat – just wander, waggle that nifty little antenna, and voila! Our finds are precisely tagged for posterity.
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One Size Fits All: The Flex GNSS Family
The Bad Elf Flex family line of GNSS receivers meet all your various geospatial needs.
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Geospatially Enabling Young Organizations
Young NGO, big dreams, zero GPS clue. Paper maps crumple in sweaty hands, data scattered like leaves in a hurricane. Enter the Bad Elf GET team, geospatial ninjas dropping in with tech that's sleek, not clunky. Drones buzz, smartphones sing, data flows like a digital dream. Boundaries mapped, resources pinpointed, communities empowered. From scribbles to systems, impact takes flight. No more time lost, GET mapping today. The future's green, and it's geo-enabled.
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The Rise of GPS: From Burger Antennae to Pocket Rockets
From cheeseburger antennae to pocket rockets, GPS has come a long way. Gone are the days of agonizing waits and robot voices barking directions. Bad Elf's sleek, versatile units prove precision doesn't have to be bulky or break the bank. So, ditch the McRib-antennae and get ready to navigate the world, oyster and all, with a GPS in your pocket.
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Ditch the Two-Fisted Tango: One-Handed Geospatial Magic with Bad Elf and Your Phone
Bad Elf's Universal Paddle Mount lets your phone and Flex Mini tango in one hand, freeing the other for field freedom and geospatial magic.
