Layering, Data playback (advanced), 3d mapping and plotting (advanced) – Ag Leader SMS Basic and Advanced Manual User Manual
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SMS Basic and Advanced Manual
How to import a GeoTIFF image file.
How to import an ESRI Shape, MapInfo Mid/Mif,
How to set a map background(s).
Layering
The software allows you to create multiple layers of data on a map. This means you can create a map with a yield
layer, a boundary area, and an imported soil type map all stacked on top of each other, in the order you want. The
choice is yours.
The software also allows you to edit the name of a layer in the Layer window, change its order in the list of layers,
make a copy of the current layer in the active map, or remove the layer from the Layer window and map completely.
To access these options move your cursor over the layer button in the Layer window and click your right mouse button
and then make a selection from the menu that appears. You can also go to the Map menu and select Organize Layers
or select the Organize Layers icon on the Map toolbar to access the same function as above.
Select a topic below on layering:
Organize Map Layers
Layer and Attribute/Property Options
How to adjust layer and attribute/property options.
Data Playback (ADVANCED)
The software provides the ability to playback your logged data in real time or an accelerated time. This means that
your map will display each point that you logged in the order it was logged. This gives you a view of actually how your
field was worked, which can be very valuable if you aren't operating your machinery and want to know what was going
on during field operations. You can even see a playback summary that shows, in real time, the values being logged
for each log point as you are running the playback. The playback summary displays the instantaneous, average, and
total values for selected attributes.
Any dataset that you have read into the system that contains swath width and date/time information can be run in the
Dataset Playback tool. To access the tool, create a map of the data to be played back and select the Dataset Playback
icon from the Map Toolbar or from the Map menu.
Select one of the following to see more information on this topic:
Dataset Playback
3D Mapping and Plotting (ADVANCED)
The software allows you to view data in different ways to a help you better visualize the data you have collected or
imported. Two such ways are the 3D Terrain view and 3D Plotting.
3D Terrain View
This is an option for viewing your data for any dataset that you have mapped that has a reference to a 3D grid. A 3D
grid is must be manually generated (in previous releases this was automatically generated). Any point data read into
the system or imported that contains latitude, longitude, and elevation data can be used to generate a 3D grid surface
using the Regenerate 3D Grid option in the Management Tree. Using the Batch Command Regenerate 3-D Grid you
can generate the 3D grid surface for multiple fields.
This option for data display is called the 3D Terrain view because it only displays the data based on the topography,
i.e. the elevation information. So what you see is an accurate, depending on the accuracy of the data used to build the
3D grid, depiction of the actual lay of your land. You can then add as many dataset layers onto the 3D surface as you
want to better visualize how your data might be affected by terrain.
The 3D terrain view can be toggled on and off from the Map Toolbar or menu. It can also be rotated as well as
zoomed. In addition, tooltips do still function in 3D but there can be an offset at times from what is displayed as a
value(s) vs where it appears the cursor is located, which is due to the rotation angle of the map. Also, the Query tools
do not function when the 3D Terrain view is toggled on.
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