Spectra Precision Survey Pro v5.2 - Manual (Page 5)

Survey Pro User Guide Release Notes, October 2012
The content of this new Survey Pro User Guide reflects the changes and en-
hancements made to Survey Pro 5.2 compared to Survey Pro 5.1. The following
changes and add-ups have been introduced:
General:
1. You can now create a multitude of survey reports on your data collector
using the
Job>View Report function (see Chapter 3, Creating a Job,
Generating Survey Reports section).
2. You can now share your files over the Internet using the File > Share function
(see Chapter 3, Creating a Job, Sharing Files Over the Internet section).
3. Survey Pro now accommodates Snap-To functions to help you make auto-
matic point selections on the map (see Chapter 2, Introduction to the Sur-
vey Pro User Interface, Map View section). We also added a description of
the Zoom buttons in this section.
4. Survey Pro now offers a new stakeout routine called “Stake Skew Line”.
The new routine is introduced in Chapter 7, Stakeout Routines, Other
Stakeout Routines section.
Optical:
5. Backsight and foresight targets are now indifferently managed in a single
database. This is discussed in the Appendix Chapter, Managing Smart
Targets section.
6. Station setup on unknown point (resection) has been modified so that the
station location can be solved more accurately. This relies on a new
computation process using data you set on the
Precision tab, now part of
the settings of optical instruments. This impacts Chapter 5, Optical
Surveying, Instrument Setup, Station Setup on Unknown Point, Resection
Method section).
GNSS:
7. The definition of what a receiver profile is has been extended so that
connecting to a GNSS receiver can be quicker and simpler. This is
discussed in Chapter 4, Connecting Survey Pro to an Instrument,
Connecting Survey Pro to a GNSS Receiver section). This also impacts the
Starting an RTK Base and Starting an RTK Rover sections in Chapter 6 and
the Appendix Chapter, Memo for GNSS Users section. Network profiles are
also described as a specific section in Chapter 4.
8. Post-processing survey functions have been merged with RTK survey
functions. This impacts Chapter 2, Introduction to the Survey Pro Interface
and Chapter 4, Connecting Survey Pro to an Instrument at different
locations.
9. A reference station database is now created to easily retrieve and use all
the reference stations you have used previously (see Chapter 6, GNSS
Surveying, Managing Reference Stations section). This impacts the
workflow when setting up an RTK rover (see Starting an RTK Rover section
in Chapter 6 as well).
10. You can collect data without the need for starting a survey. This is now pos-
sible using the Autonomous Rover mode. This is discussed in Chapter 6,
GNSS Surveying, Collecting Data out of a Survey section.