User manual TRIMBLE TERRASYNC 2.20 OPERATION GUIDE REV A

[. . . ] TM TerraSync Operation Guide Version 2. 20 July 2002 Revision A Trimble Navigation Limited Mapping & GIS Division 645 North Mary Avenue Post Office Box 3642 Sunnyvale, CA 94085 U. S. A. Phone: +1-408-481-8940 1-800-545-7762 Fax: +1-408-481-7744 www. trimble. com Contents Using the TerraSync Operation Guide OVERVIEW Introduction System requirements TerraSync documentation INSTALLATION Installing TerraSync on a CE device Installing TerraSync on a PC TerraSync Updater utility TUTORIAL Preparing for data collection Data collection Processing the data Preparing for data update Data update ADVANCED FUNCTIONS Advanced data collection Coordinate systems REFERENCE General operation The Map section The Data section The Navigation section The Status section The Setup section TROUBLESHOOTING GLOSSARY INDEX LEGAL INFORMATION TerraSync Operation Guide Contents 1 Using the TerraSync Operation Guide More. . . Click the left mouse button to go to the page containing the highlighted topic. indicates a link to a Web page, ftp site, or e-mail address. TerraSync Operation Guide Using the TerraSync Operation Guide 2 Document Conventions This font and color represents information that you enter in a software screen. This font and color represents messages displayed on the screen of the field computer. [. . . ] log positions for a new feature as soon as you begin the feature. You can pause and resume logging at any time. When Log Now is selected, a bullet ( · ) appears beside it in the option list. More. . . TerraSync Operation Guide Reference The Data section 335 Use this option . . . pause logging of positions for a new feature until you tap Log in the attribute entry form. When Log Later is selected, a bullet ( · ) appears beside it in the option list. If the sensor is configured to fill in an attribute value, the specified attribute's value is updated with the sensor message. NOTE This option only appears if the sensor is configured to provide data when requested. To do this, in the Sensor Properties form set the Receive Mode field to Requested, and set the Request Intervals field for the feature type to Trigger. This option does not appear in the TerraSync Standard edition software. NOTE More. . . TerraSync Operation Guide Reference The Data section 336 Use this option . . . You can stop logging a line or area feature, record other features on or near it, then use Continue to return to logging the line or area feature without beginning a new feature. Select the Continue option to open the Continue feature form, where you can select a feature to continue. When you select a feature, the attribute entry form for the last line or area feature you logged opens, and logging resumes from the last position. In the line or area feature, the last position logged and the new positions are joined up automatically. For more information, see Continuing line and area features. TerraSync Operation Guide Reference The Data section 337 Attribute entry form Data / Collect Features / Create To add a new feature, select it from the Choose Feature list in the Collect Features screen and tap Create. Use the attribute entry form to enter attribute values for the feature. The method of data entry you use will depend on the availability of physical or virtual keyboards, and on the type of field selected. To finish data entry on a field, either select another field, or use the Enter key on the real or virtual keyboard to move to the next field. When you have entered all the attribute data and collected positions for the feature, tap OK. More. . . TerraSync Operation Guide Reference The Data section 338 TIP You can also use the End Feature button in the Map screen to close the current feature. You can also tap Options to view the Feature option list, or use Log, Pause, and Resume to start or stop logging GPS positions. For more information, see Pausing and resuming logging. TerraSync Operation Guide Reference The Data section 339 Pausing and resuming logging Data / Collect Features / Create / Pause/Resume or Data / Update Features / Begin / Pause/Resume When the TerraSync software is logging GPS positions, the logging icon appears in the status bar. While paused, TerraSync stops logging GPS positions and the pause icon flashes over the logging icon in the status bar. [. . . ] You can open this file as a data file or as a background file. Web map server An Internet site that lets users download GIS data, background, and other files for a specified geographical area. The TerraSync software can download raster background files from a Web map server. TerraSync Operation Guide Glossary 687 WGS-84 WGS-84 is an abbreviation for World Geodetic System 1984. WGS-84 has superseded WGS-72 as the datum used by GPS since January 1987. The WGS-84 datum is based on the ellipsoid of the same name. TerraSync Operation Guide Glossary 688 # ABCDE FGH I J K LMNOPQRS T UVWX Y Z Index Symbols and Numerics . bmp files deleting using as background files . cse files . imp files . jpg files deleting using as background files . shp files . sid files deleting using as background files . ssf files . tcf files, deleting . wav files customizing deleting . wld files 3D GPS position TerraSync Operation Guide Index 689 # ABCDE FGH I J K LMNOPQRS T UVWX Y Z A About screen accelerator keys ActiveSync. [. . . ]