# Mobile forms

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A '''mobile form''' is an electronic or digital form application that functions on a [smartphone](/source/smartphone) or [tablet device](/source/Tablet_computer). Mobile forms enable users to collect [data](/source/data) using [mobile device](/source/mobile_device)s, and then to send the results back to the source. Mobile forms exist to replace paper forms as a more productive means of [data collection](/source/data_collection), eliminating the need to [transcribe](/source/Transcription_(linguistics)) or scan paper data results into a back office system.

Depending on the [mobile form](/source/mobile_form) [application](/source/App_(computing)) provider, some mobile form solutions allow offices to dispatch data to mobile form applications. In addition, other mobile form applications can be connected with various [cloud service](/source/cloud_service)s, [servers](/source/Server_(computing)), and [social media platform](/source/social_media_platform)s.

Depending on the business, the motivating factors to deploying mobile forms may vary. Some businesses implement mobile forms to speed up processes, while others institute mobile forms with field users to reduce [cost](/source/cost)s associated with transporting paper forms back and forth. Furthermore, [green-minded businesses](/source/Green_business) implement mobile forms in order to be more environmentally friendly, thus reducing their reliance on paper, ink printing, and subsequent waste.

Advanced mobile form features include [signature](/source/signature) capture, [bar code](/source/bar_code) capture, photo capture, [GPS](/source/GPS) location form info, time form info, and skip logic.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}

== Location-based Mobile Forms ==

Location-based mobile forms are [application](/source/App_(computing))s that associate a specific [GPS](/source/GPS) location to the form data. Theses types of application fall into the category of [data collection system](/source/data_collection_system)s and are used by field personnel to collect data at precise locations in the field. Data collected with these applications is [georeference](/source/georeference)d and is can be transferred to [geographic information system](/source/geographic_information_system)s for further [data analysis](/source/data_analysis). Location-based mobile forms act as a bridge between field personnel and [geomatics](/source/geomatics) specialists.

Uses for mobile forms include:
* [Safety inspection](/source/Safety_inspection)s
* [Work order](/source/Work_order)s
* [Expense report](/source/Expense_report)s
* [Inventory](/source/Inventory) reports
* [Merchandise](/source/Merchandise) requisition
* [Invoicing](/source/Invoice)
* [Environmental surveying](/source/Environmental_surveying)

Category:Mobile technology

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