Thread: Scouting Sheet
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Unread 25-01-2014, 00:42
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Re: Scouting Sheet
The one way you could make your way work for you is to use them locally then during down times (breaks for lunch, etc) have them taken out to the team trailer where you can power up a hotspot away from the arena. Mobile hotspots usually have a very small radius.

Michigan though does have people wander around checking. We developed an app last year that saved the data to the ipad then when we got back to the hotel we synced them all together to our cloud. While it worked great, this year we are doing it a bit different. Either syncing via wifi to a laptop server or via bluetooth. That way we can turn on an ad hoc quick network for 30 seconds or so, do the sync then switch it off. Plan to take the laptop out into the lobby or parking lot if we have to.