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Logging New GPS/GIS Data
Prior to starting logging GIS data, be sure MobileMapper is
computing your position when you stand near the first fea-
ture you want to log.
Press NAV until you display the Map screen. If an arrow is
displayed at the center of the Map screen and you can see
that your position on the screen is the expected one, then you
can start your job. Follow the instructions below to log GIS
features.
1. Creating a Job and selecting a Feature Library
- Press the LOG button
- Select the
Create New Job option and press ENTER.
The screen displays the Job Name field in which you
should enter the name of the new job. A keyboard is
displayed underneath to let you enter this name.
To use the keyboard, press the arrow keys to move
the cursor over the keyboard. For example, if the job
name is “JB010”, highlight “J” using the arrow keys
and press ENTER. Then select “B” and press
ENTER, etc.
- When you have finished entering the name, highlight
the OK key on the screen and press ENTER. A new
screen is then displayed listing the feature libraries
stored in MobileMapper
- Use the down/up arrow to highlight the library you
want to work from and press ENTER. The screen
now lists all the features available from the selected
feature library.
2. Logging and Describing a Point Feature
- Choose the type of feature you want to log from this
list. You can tell by the name of this feature whether
it is a point feature, a line feature or an area feature.
- Highlight a point feature (you are supposed to be near
one of these features) and press ENTER. This starts
feature logging.
Entering a job name
The keyboard is fitted
with special keys such as
the CLEAR key to clear
the job name field, the
Shift key to switch
between upper and
lower-case, the back-
space key to delete the
last entered character
and a space key.
Note that a “Generic”
library containing
default features is cre-
ated in MobileMapper at
power on. This library
contains a point feature,
a line feature, an area
feature and a grid fea-
ture. Each of these fea-
tures has a single text-
style attribute. Use this
library only as “backup”
library.
MobileMapper uses a
fixed, time-based log-
ging interval (1 second)
when you log a point fea-
ture. The logging interval
parameter cannot be
accessed when you log a
point feature.