User manual TRIMBLE TERRASYNC 3.30 GETTING STARTED GUIDE REV A

[. . . ] GETTING STARTED GUIDE TerraSyncTM software North & South AmericA Trimble Navigation Limited 10355 Westmoor Drive Suite #100 Westminster, CO 80021 USA europe & AfricA Trimble GmbH Am Prime Parc 11 65479 Raunheim GERMANY ASiA-pAcific & middle eASt Trimble Navigation Singapore PTE Limited 80 Marine Parade Road #22-06 Parkway Parade Singapore, 449269 SINGAPORE www. trimble. com GETTING STARTED GUIDE TerraSyncTM software Version 3. 30 Revision A December 2008 F Trimble Navigation Limited 10355 Westmoor Drive Suite #100 Westminster, CO 80021 USA www. trimble. com Legal Notices Copyright and Trademarks ©2000--2008, Trimble Navigation Limited. Portions of the software are copyright © 1995-2008 LizardTech, Inc. For STL support, the software uses the Moscow Center for SPARC Technology adaptation of the SGI Standard Template Library. Copyright © 1994 Hewlett-Packard Company, Copyright © 1996 1997 Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc. , Copyright © 1997 Moscow Center for SPARC Technology. [. . . ] In the Data Dictionary Editor window, select File / Exit. TerraSync Software Getting Started Guide 121 5 Tutorial: Collecting Data Importing data from a GIS into the GPS Pathfinder Office software Before going into the field, transfer the required information from the GIS to the TerraSync software. The Import utility in the GPS Pathfinder Office software converts data from a GIS data format into the SSF format required by the TerraSync software. Start the GPS Pathfinder Office software and then open the TerraSync Tutorial project. In the GPS Pathfinder Office software, select Import from the Utilities menu. The Import Utility dialog appears: 3. The Shapefiles that you exported at the end of the data collection part of the tutorial appear in the Selected Files list. If they do not appear, click Browse and locate the folder GPS Projects\TerraSync Tutorial\Export. From the Choose an Import Setup drop-down list, make sure that Sample ESRI Shapefile Setup is selected. 4. 1 22 TerraSync Software Getting Started Guide Tutorial: Collecting Data 5 5. Change the import setup properties: a. The Import Setup Properties - Sample ESRI Shapefile Setup dialog appears. d. In the Type of Data to Import group, select the Features with External Data Dictionary option. Select the Coordinate System tab and then click Change to change to the coordinate system the GIS data uses. You must import GIS data using the same coordinate system that the GIS data is already stored in. TerraSync Software Getting Started Guide 123 5 Tutorial: Collecting Data e. Make sure that Latitude/Longitude is selected in the System field, and that WGS 1984 is selected in the Datum field. Make sure that the Height Above Ellipsoid option is selected in the Altitude Measured From group. The settings should look the same as those shown: Click OK to return to the Import Setup Properties dialog. In the Output group, make sure that the Combine input files into one output file option is selected. The default filename is in the format YMMDDHHR. imp. Note ­ A . imp file is a file in SSF format that was created by importing from a GIS, CAD, or spatial database. It is the same as an . ssf file, but has a different filename extension to distinguish it from data files created in the field. Click Close to close the message box. The file Starfish. imp is created from the selected Shapefiles. The next step is to transfer this file to the field computer. 1 24 TerraSync Software Getting Started Guide Tutorial: Collecting Data 5 Transferring data to the field computer You need to transfer the imported Starfish data file to the field computer, so that you can use it in the field to update existing data. Use the Data Transfer utility to transfer data between the office computer running the GPS Pathfinder Office software and the field computer running the TerraSync software. Turn on the field computer and the office computer and connect the two computers. If the field computer is a laptop or Tablet PC, for example, make sure that there is a network connection between it and the office computer. If the TerraSync and GPS Pathfinder Office software are installed on the same computer ( for example, a laptop PC), you must still transfer files between the TerraSync software data folder and the GPS Pathfinder Office project folder. [. . . ] The data stored by the TerraSync software is not synchronized by ActiveSync technology. Use the Trimble Data Transfer utility to transfer data to and from the TerraSync software. For more information, refer to the ActiveSync Help and the Data Transfer Utility Help. tracking true north UTC The process of receiving and recognizing signals from a satellite. A bearing that is relative to true north uses the north celestial pole as its north reference. [. . . ]