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Re: 2016 Scouting Ideas/Apps

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Originally Posted by evanperryg View Post
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 .
We've been using a similar solution. For those who are interested we have white papers on the technical implementation.
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