eEarth-Mobile

eEarth-Mobile application provides multilingual access to borehole data stored in a national borehole database via a handheld mobile device, e.g. a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). In frame of eEarth project the mobile service was implemented at the Dutch Geological Survey (TNO-NITG, NL), British Geological Survey (BGS, UK)) and Lithuanian Geological Survey (LGT, LT).

Terms & Conditions

Terms and conditions for access and use of the borehole data from a particular national database are published at the corresponding eEarth websites. The websites can be accessed via the eEarth home page . To obtain the application please contact the eEarth-Mobile information desk . You can install the application yourself or ask the information desk for the assistance. The installation procedure is described below. Quick start guide into the application can be uploaded here as a Power Point presentation file.

eEarth mobile installation procedure

Please note: a prerequisite for the application is having access to the Internet on your PDA (via GPRS, UMTS or EDGE). A GPS receiver connected to your PDA is not required, but can be very helpful in finding relevant borehole data.

In order to install the eEarth-Mobile application at your PDA, please complete the following steps:

Step 1: Download the cabinet-file eEarth_PPC.ARM.CAB to the hard disk of your PC

Step 2: Put your PDA in the cradle and use ActiveSync to copy that file from your PC to a directory on the device (e.g. My Device\Temp)

Step 3: On the PDA, use the File Explorer to go to the directory where you copied this file and tap on it

Step 4: The cabinet-file will install the software on your PDA (and will remove itself afterwards)

Step 5: Start the eEarth mobile application

Step 6: On startup the application accesses the 'root url', which will guide the application to the sites of participating geological surveys. If this root url is missed or incorrect, you will be asked to specify the correct one.