Documentation of Existing Facade Condtions in the Field
A Comparison of Two Methods



  • Relatively high capital costs vs. direct labor costs that apply to individual projects as they are completed.
  • Job site security, electronic equipment failure, damage, theft.
  • A laptop computer vs. hand-written field notes on paper: a small office set up on site is required for each job.
  • Logistical complications such as:
  • Back up to a one-gigabyte microdrive twice a day.
  • iPAQ hand-helds are synched to the laptop between each drop.
  • Battery life management and care.
  • Version management.
  • Ephemeral nature of data (bits and bytes vs. paper)
  • PocketCAD no longer supporting the ESA program