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Page 1: ...MobileMapper Pro User Manual...

Page 2: ...ION ON CONTRACTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SALE OF GOODS Some national state or local laws do not allow limitations on implied warranty or how long an implied warranty lasts so the above limitation may no...

Page 3: ...RE HEREBY DISCLAIMED AND IF APPLI CABLE IMPLIED WARRANTIES UNDER ARTICLE 35 OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON CONTRACTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SALE OF GOODS Some national state or local laws do not a...

Page 4: ...T THE CUSTOMER S STATUTORY RIGHTS UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS IN FORCE IN THEIR LOCALITY NOR THE CUSTOMER S RIGHTS AGAINST THE DEALER ARISING FROM THEIR SALES PUR CHASE CONTRACT such as the guarantees in Fr...

Page 5: ...or Area Feature 21 Logging GIS Data on a Preset Grid Feature 22 Changing the Parameters of a Grid Feature Before Logging GIS Data 25 Closing a Job 26 GPS Accuracy 27 GPS Quality Indicators 28 Revisiti...

Page 6: ...Screens 61 Coord System 61 Map Datum 63 Elev Mode 63 Time Format 64 Units 64 Alarms 65 North Reference 66 Daylight Saving 67 Power Off Timer 67 Contrast 68 Light Timer 68 Beeper 68 Clear Memory 69 NM...

Page 7: ...vii Defining a User Map Datum 80 a and f of Frequently Used Datums 81 Glossary 82 Index 85...

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Page 9: ...is an office software suite that interfaces the MobileMapper Pro receiver with your GIS system Mo bileMapper Office allows you to prepare GIS jobs feature li braries and waypoint files build backgroun...

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Page 11: ...ver selecting targets to navi gate to and various GIS logging features PWR button Turns on and off the unit Also turns the back light on if you hold it down for two seconds until the backlight level c...

Page 12: ...ertight seal Note You may see a gap between the battery compart ment door and the receiver This is normal and does nto mean your receiver is not waterproof The waterproof gas ket is on the receiver ar...

Page 13: ...f the unit at the end of the countdown sequence Pressing the PWR button again will turn off the unit immediately Pressing ESC will cancel the Power Down sequence NOTE It is important to close any open...

Page 14: ...he less you use the back light the longer your batteries will last Setting the Units To change the units that MobileMapper Pro will use Press MENU Use the up down arrows to highlight Setup and press E...

Page 15: ...he view of the sky is poor due to buildings heavy foliage or other obstructions the satellite signals can be blocked and the receiver may take longer to compute a position fix Your receiver will have...

Page 16: ...i tion it calculated and use it the next time it is turned on to quickly estabish a first fix In most cases therefore Mo bileMapper Pro does not need to be initialized when it is turned back on Howeve...

Page 17: ...your general region and press ENTER Again use the up down arrows to highlight your area and press ENTER 5 The cursor appears in the Time field waiting for you to input your local time Please enter the...

Page 18: ...r of the screen see also page 36 Initialization is now complete and you can proceed to your job Satellite Position Graph Satellite Signal Strength Chart Battery Life Indicator Satellite Positions W fo...

Page 19: ...nu style where the attribute values are words or phrases that you pick off a list e g a list of values for the attribute Condition might include Good Needs Repair etc see opposite Numeric style where...

Page 20: ...ighlight 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 displ...

Page 21: ...been saved in the job You can also stay more time on the feature to let the receiver determine several positions This will give an even more accurate position for the feature as MobileMapper Pro will...

Page 22: ...asing the logging interval you can increase the level of detail in your maps By increasing the logging interval you can save memory In general you should set the logging interval to the smallest setti...

Page 23: ...feature describe the feature by describing the different attributes pertaining to the feature When the description is finished you can start walking along the line feature When you arrive at the end o...

Page 24: ...logging interval see 3 above The only difference between a line and area feature is that for an area feature the first and last position calculated by the receiver are connected when you close the fea...

Page 25: ...ved not flat feature 5 Pausing a Feature When you are recording lines or areas it is sometimes impossible to walk or drive the entire length of the feature because of obstacles in your way such as fen...

Page 26: ...press ENTER to close the fea ture 7 Nesting a Feature When you are logging GPS positions to a feature you may find another feature that you also want to log Rather than log the entire feature and com...

Page 27: ...ture Press MENU highlight Resume feature name and press ENTER This takes you back to the Logging screen from which you can normally finish the logging of this feature 8 Offsetting a Point Feature Some...

Page 28: ...ion on a flat area Enter a value for Vert Distance as described above for Bearing When you are done press ENTER again Then press ESC to return to the Logging screen This writes the offset into memory...

Page 29: ...ffset screen on which you should enter the following parameters Direction Location of the feature with respect to your actual path To input a value for Direction press ENTER choose one of the two opti...

Page 30: ...orthogonal grid This utility assures that you gather measurements made using field sensors such as chemical detectors depth sounders and magnetometers at an evenly distributed set of loca tions This...

Page 31: ...cribing the grid If you opened an existing job press LOG to take you to the New Feature screen Then select the grid feature type listed on the screen Usu ally the term grid is included somewhere in th...

Page 32: ...available with your MobileMapper Pro The Arrival alarm is disabled when navigating to grid way points It is best to note your distance to the next way point and stop when this value goes to zero When...

Page 33: ...d returns you to the New Feature selection screen where you may either log data to another feature even to another grid or close the entire job 11 Changing the Parameters of a Grid Feature Before Log...

Page 34: ...rameters use the up down arrows to move the cursor to each of these fields press ENTER use the up down arrows to increment decre ment the highlighted figure use the right left arrows to highlight the...

Page 35: ...d systems such as Coast Guard beacons or your own privately broadcast RTCM Type 1 or Type 9 corrections Just use the se rial cable to connect your MobileMapper Pro to a differential correction receive...

Page 36: ...e you a good indication of how accurate your po sitions should be The first is the number of satellites that the receiver is track ing The second number is the Positional Dilution of Precision PDOP wh...

Page 37: ...e below to update the job or to ap pend more data to it Press the LOG button select the Open Existing Job option and press ENTER MobileMapper Pro lists all the jobs present in its memory Press the dow...

Page 38: ...eld is highlighted at the bottom of the screen Press ENTER to ask MobileMapper Pro to guide you to this feature If you simply press ENTER you will make the selected feature your destination and all th...

Page 39: ...ted on the Map screen do the following after you have arrived at the feature and the Selected screen showing all the feature s attributes is dis played Press MENU select the Update Position option and...

Page 40: ...you record fea tures into a new job 4 Closing the Job To close the job all you have to do is open up another job or turn the receiver off To open another job use the Open Job op tion after pressing th...

Page 41: ...er Because it is tied to the serial number of your MobileMap per Pro receiver the activation code is valid only for one receiver Enabling the Post Processing Option Press MENU Use the up down arrows...

Page 42: ...K key on the screen and press ENTER A new screen is then displayed listing the feature libraries stored on the receiver s SD card Highlight the library you want to use and press ENTER A new screen is...

Page 43: ...leMapper Pro displays the Welcome screen Highlight Reference Station and press ENTER The Site ID screen is now displayed Enter a Site ID there is a four character limit as you would enter a job name h...

Page 44: ...tion and then the Nav Screens option Select either On or Off for each screen until you see the Setup menu once more Note that you must cycle through all the screens in order to put your selections int...

Page 45: ...de you are provided with a cross hair cursor that can be moved on the map with the arrow keys At the bottom of the display is the information for the position of the cursor rel ative to your present p...

Page 46: ...select Setup and then select Map Setup The screen that appears contains two tabs the Format and Display tabs On the Format tab you can set the following parameters Orientation You can change how the...

Page 47: ...ared Track history disabled in MobileMapper Pro Pos Dest Line line connecting current position to destina tion Depart Dest Line line connecting initial position to destina tion Check the items you wan...

Page 48: ...o be moving to be computed Invalid data is indicated by dashes Icon representing destination Displayed outside the com pass when you are using the Goto function This provides you with the direction yo...

Page 49: ...le information can be read with ease The Large Data screen contains the following information from top to bottom In the title bar destination name if you are using the Goto function Data Fields custom...

Page 50: ...rmation on the current status of the GPS receiver portion of the MobileMapper Pro see table below Message Description Searching 1st sat Searching for 1st satellite Searching 2nd sat 1st satellite foun...

Page 51: ...s de scribed below The first of these context sensitive functions is prompted when you press the MENU button while a Position screen is displayed Some of these functions also exist in the Setup menu C...

Page 52: ...ields see Customize option below Some of the data displayed requires you to be moving to be computed Invalid data is indicated by dashes Compass Displays your heading in a familiar compass for mat Roa...

Page 53: ...the screen is occu pied by a compass providing your heading The Data screen contains the following information from top to bottom In the title bar destination name if you are using the Goto function...

Page 54: ...o be moving to be computed Invalid data is indicated by dashes Speedometer Displays your speed using a familiar speed ometer display The scale of the speedometer is not adjustable but will change dyna...

Page 55: ...ollowing procedure Press NAV repeatedly until the desired navigation screen is displayed Press MENU Highlight Customize and press ENTER For the Map screen first highlight Select Map Info and press ENT...

Page 56: ...ing the MARK function This type of point is stored as a User Point of Interest POI Any point of interest POI pre loaded in MobileMapper Pro Selecting a GIS Feature as the Destination Point Press NAV u...

Page 57: ...IN you are taken to the alphabetical list with the point you began typing at the top of the display Anytime you are viewing the list of points you can re access the keyboard by pressing ESC Alphabetic...

Page 58: ...ormats you should use MobileMapper Office s Feature Library Editor to create a Waypoint feature type You can then log a waypoint as a point feature while recording a job file Creating a Waypoint With...

Page 59: ...ypoint you want to edit delete Press ENTER again This opens the User Waypoint screen on which you can see the definition of the waypoint coor dinates comments At the bottom of the screen are three com...

Page 60: ...saved in memory When you turn your Mo bileMapper Pro off and then back on the GOTO route is gone You need to create a new GOTO route if you intend on com pleting the route Multi leg Route A multi leg...

Page 61: ...hlight the Save Route field on the Create Route screen and then press ENTER to save the route 2 Activating deactivating a Multi Leg Route Press NAV to display a navigation screen press MENU scroll dow...

Page 62: ...save the changes made to the route Reversing the route i e reversing the direction of travel along the route by highlighting the Reverse Route option and pressing ENTER This instantly reverses the rou...

Page 63: ...s are always listed first in the menu list after the ever present Open Job New Job or Close Job op tions The other functions which are always available as long as the MENU key is active are always las...

Page 64: ...Info From Map screen Cursor mode Initialize Select Map Map Setup Nav Screens Coord System Map Datum Elev Mode Time Format Units Alarms North Reference Daylight Saving Power Off Timer Contrast Light Ti...

Page 65: ...Rate Power key Simulate Post processing Language Post processing disappears from the Setup menu once you have entered the right activation code The second diagram shows the available functions when pr...

Page 66: ...ption is when you are located at a new point of interest and you wish to log its position When you select Mark in the menu list MobileMapper Pro dis plays the Mark screen with the following default va...

Page 67: ...Job If you would like to add more description or if you would like to export a waypoint to your GIS use a feature library that in cludes a point feature called Waypoint and whatever level of attribut...

Page 68: ...r and you chose one of them in the previous field then you can choose the level of details you wish to see on the Map screen After choosing the desired options for these parameters highlight the Save...

Page 69: ...s tem and also a secondary coordinate system if you need one By defining a coordinate system you tell MobileMapper Pro how the calculated coordinates should be expressed For example if you choose Lat...

Page 70: ...r the User Grid you are asked to supply a projection type Transverse Mercator Lambert Conic Stereo graphic Oblique Mercator or Polyconic coordinates of origin scale factor unit to meters conversion an...

Page 71: ...mation on how to enter a user map datum refer to the appendix at the end of this manual page 80 7 Elev Mode This option allows you to choose between 3D and 2D mode In 3D mode MobileMapper Pro will com...

Page 72: ...speed unit area unit You can select from 5 different sets of units You can also create your own set of units by selecting Advanced at the end of the list You are then prompted to specify the unit you...

Page 73: ...he destination before the alarm begins to sound After the alarm sounds you can reset the arrival alarm to a shorter distance but this shorter distance will apply to the next target and not to the curr...

Page 74: ...the job is closed Out of Memory This message will appear when the memory is full The occurrence of this message will immediately close the currently open job and you will not be able to log any new f...

Page 75: ...you to set the month and day that daylight saving starts and ends in your area After selecting the Daylight saving option from the Setup menu press ENTER again to list the three available regions Choo...

Page 76: ...not in use Times available are 30 seconds 1 2 4 or 10 minutes or Timer Off After selecting the Light Timer option from the Setup menu use the up down arrow to highlight the desired choice and then pre...

Page 77: ...ileMapper Pro will then shut off The next time it is turned on it will prompt you that it needs to be initialized 18 NMEA This option allows you to select the NMEA message that will be output from Mob...

Page 78: ...source of real time differential corrections you should check that both the GPS and the beacon receivers are set to the same Baud rate 20 Power Key This option allows you to change how the PWR button...

Page 79: ...n you access the Simulate option Off Will turn the simulator off MobileMapper Pro will return to normal operation Auto Will turn the simulator on A predefined heading and speed rate will be used User...

Page 80: ...u to list the job files and feature libraries stored in memory Use the up down arrow to scroll through the list A symbol is placed before each filename The meaning of this symbol is as follows Indicat...

Page 81: ...e MobileMapper Transfer utility and then import it into the open job in MobileMapper Office using the File Import function Load WP Route Allows you to choose the waypoint file an MMW file you wish to...

Page 82: ...be connected to MobileMapper Pro in two different ways Direct connection to MobileMapper Pro Using the attach ment screw that is attached to the plug tighten into the back of the receiver MobileMapper...

Page 83: ...rds the top of the unit until you feel it lock into place Do not force the SD card Reinstall the batteries into the battery compartment Be sure to observe the proper polarity Replace the battery compa...

Page 84: ...a from the SD card inserted in the reader Once the download is complete you can put the SD card back into the handheld Note It is very important that you use only MobileMapper Of fice to transfer any...

Page 85: ...ter 95 2D RMS Velocity 5 1 cm s RMS 0 1 knot steady state Limits Speed 1500 km h 951 mph Altitude 17 500 meters Size 6 5 x 2 9 x 1 2 16 5 x 7 4 x 3 05 cm H x W x D Weight 8 ounces 227 grams with 2 AA...

Page 86: ...lack wires to your external power source The input voltage range for external power is 9 16 VDC Data connection pinout is as shown opposite if you look into the 9 pin female connector Pin 2 Data Out P...

Page 87: ...are similarly han dled automatically by MobileMapper Office but should be ar chived together with the rover files Reference files recorded by non MobileMapper Pro receivers may have other naming conv...

Page 88: ...efined as follows a m a WGS 84 a Local Datum f f WGS 84 f Local Datum Note that the flattening f instead of the inverse flattening 1 f is used in the expression of f So we have Because the resulting f...

Page 89: ...639 Clarke 1880 6378249 145 293 465 112 145 0 54750714 Everest 6377276 345 300 8017 860 655 0 28361368 Fischer 1960 Mercury 6378166 0 298 3 29 0 0 00480795 Fischer 1968 6378150 0 298 3 13 0 0 00480795...

Page 90: ...eiver that is kept stationary over that point and 2 the application of these adjustments to the GPS measure ments recorded by any number of receivers within a few hun dred kilometers of the reference...

Page 91: ...n System Global Positioning System A system of satellites providing worldwide coverage for positioning information Although in stalled and maintained by the United States the broadcast signals are ava...

Page 92: ...S measurement data format designed to allow compat ibility b tween different brands of GPS receivers Shapefile A set of GIS files invented by ESRI but published as an open file standard readable by mo...

Page 93: ...21 F Files managing 72 G Goto Cursor 39 H Heading grid feature 26 Horizontal Distance offset 20 L Languages 72 M Mark 58 N Nearest To 49 NMEA 69 Number of tracked satellites 28 O ON OFF protection 70...

Page 94: ...2 28 09 39 39 In Germany 49 81 6564 7930 Fax 49 81 6564 7950 In Russia 7 495 956 5964 Fax 7 495 956 5360 In the Netherlands 31 78 61 57 988 Fax 31 78 61 52 027 Email mobilemappingemea magellangps com...

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