If they had access to the data then they could make more informed decisions. They are often working on solar powered lap-tops. Fully relational development environment. Notes could be used for replication, but is not relational. Good Rapid Application Development, Dave's experience is that it is much quicker than the large databases.
Replication is record based.
Partial replication for each field site, which is a feature of MS Access 97. Partial replication will take place to a local database, and then full indirect replication to the remote site. This allows restricted views for general querying to be created. Encrypted links for sensitive locations. Code names used for sensitive projects.