This section provides a series of options which allow surveying of various forms as well as acquiring longitudinal profiles and cross sections and making recording for post processing.

 

 

 

The controls and data common to the different menu options have been described below:

 

Number: Number of name with which the next point read will be recorded. This value will gradually be increased automatically as and when points are recorded.

 

Antenna: This box establishes the value of the GPS receiver antenna height. The button  also allows the type of antenna to be changed as well as the measurement mode.

 

Code: Indicates the code with which it is wished to save the next point which is acquired. Multiple codes can be assigned by pressing the button  which allows a new code to be added. A selection can be made from the drop down list which contains data base codes of the application or by entering them manually, in which case, if the code does not exist on said data base, upon acquiring a point it will be stored if the Add codes automatically option is activated (see section Settings > Surveying).

 

The order in which the codes are shown in this box may be alphabetic or in line with their use in the points file or longitudinal (see section Settings > Surveying).

 

To add the suffixes which indicate a break line to the codes there is a drop down list with the following options:

 

 

 

Point: Indicates that the selected code is of the point type.

 

Start: When selecting this option the letter I is added automatically to the end of the code. In this way it is indicated that the point which is going to be acquired is the start of a break line.

 

Line: Indicates that the selected code is of the line type.

 

End: When pressing this button the letter F is added automatically to the end of the code . In this way it is indicated that the point which is going to be acquired is the end of a break line.

 

Closure: By pressing this button the letter C is added automatically to the end of the code . In this way it is indicated that the point which is going to be acquired is the end of a break line and it has to be joined with the first point of this line.

 

 

  allows the recording of the data currently registered in the files associated with each option. Just click this button or press the key programmed to this end (see chapter Settings).

 

 shows a window where the receiver can be viewed as regards all the project components (cartography, points, bases, alignment etc).

 

 

 allows the monitoring of the receiver position. If the latter is not visible, it is centered on the screen. As well as monitoring Automatic Rotation of the drawing can be activated in the Graphic Configuration option of the dropdown menu. The drawing will be rotated in line with the course marked by the receiver.

 

 

          

 

 

 allows the configuration of the work styles to be accessed, allowing the precision parameters to be changed. This option is developed in greater detail in the section Styles on the GPS menu.

 

 affords the possibility of editing the data recorded in the various options.

 

 allows the creation of an empty file of the type associated with each option. 

 

 The graphic part of each option shows a context menu which allows options to be accessed which are used less frequently such as change code, modify work style parameters, enter a new point number etc.

 

Depending on the style configuration and the circumstances under which the reading was carried out, when trying to record a point a screen may appear warning that it does not have the desired precision. In this way the reading can be considered valid or it can be carried out again with greater precision.

 

 

Any data which fails to meet the precision limits established is shown in bold; in the case of the example, this is the horizontal precision (HP).

 

The Surveying and Continuous options will show as break lines the alignments acquired under option Survey Alignment, the longitudinals acquired in the option Longitudinal Profile and the transversals acquired under the Cross Section Profile option whenever the data base file of the application has the codes SAL, SLP, SCP, respectively, and are of the line type. Said codes may only be used in their corresponding options. (See Settings > Code Database > Reserved Codes in order to be able to modify said codes).