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Originally Posted by ABreyen
I know that it's early, but we [our team] wants to get a jump on scouting ideas (and possibly mobile apps) for this year!
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2015 we used paper... Yuck. Given that 2015 was a confusing scouting year, but I believe iPads were easier.
So, I thought that, most students have iPhones or Android devices. Why not use those? (Again, subject to mentor approval) Obviously, devices CANNOT communicate in match and in arena.
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TL/DR: Are any teams planning on making an iOS or iOS and Android 2016 scouting app?
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It's still legal to take advantage of your device's mobile data connection. We are developing Android and iPhone apps that will communicate with an AWS database. (we aren't creating our own network, but taking advantage of one that is already present) A laptop in the pit with a broadband card will keep data updated. In the event that this system fails, the apps also save CSV files with all the data onto individual scouter's phones, which can then be emailed to scouting leadership once the student has access to Wi-Fi. Our app was very successful last season- two teams on Einstein were using it throughout the season
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