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Introduction to the MobileMapper System

The 

MobileMapper

 system from Thales Navigation is com-

posed of two main elements: the 

MobileMapper

 receiver and 

MobileMapper Office

 software running on a PC-type com-

puter.
The 

MobileMapper

 receiver is a handheld navigation and 

positioning device that enables you to describe the features 
being mapped and then format the data so that later it can be 
uploaded to a GIS. It offers an easy-to-use and easy-to-de-
ploy solution for general mapping and for asset manage-
ment.

MobileMapper

 combines all the navigation capabilities of a 

recreational handheld with feature attributing software to 
support GIS data collection in the field.
The 

MobileMapper

 receiver and its main functions are fully 

described in Section 1 in this manual.

MobileMapper Office

 is an office software suite that inter-

faces the 

MobileMapper

 receiver with your GIS system. 

Mo-

bileMapper Office

 allows you to prepare GIS jobs, feature 

libraries and waypoint files, build background maps from 
GIS data files and manage the information logged in the field 
(upload/download functions).
The 

MobileMapper Office

 software and its mains functions 

are fully described in Section 2 in this manual.
All functions relative to data exchange between 

MobileMap-

per

 and 

MobileMapper Office

 are also detailed in Section 2.

Finally, the Appendices section in this manual covers a num-
ber of topics such as product specifications, SD card instal-
lation, connectors & cables and glossary of terms used.

Please note that a printed 

Getting Started Guide

 is included 

in your MobileMapper system. This short, multilingual 
guide, which is presented in a tutorial form, is intended to 
help you complete your first job. Practising with this guide 
will allow you to understand the essentials of the system. 

Summary of Contents for Mobile Mapper

Page 1: ...MobileMapper User Manual www thalesnavigation com THALES NAVIGATION ...

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Page 3: ...set Grid Network 18 Changing the Parameters of a Grid Network Before Logging GIS Data 20 Closing a Job 21 GPS Accuracy 22 GPS Quality Indicators 22 Revisiting and Updating Existing GPS GIS Jobs 23 General Procedure 23 Repositioning a Point Feature 25 Adding More Features and Attributes to the Job 25 Closing the Job 25 Navigation Screens 26 Map Screen 26 Compass Screen 31 Large Data Screen 32 Posit...

Page 4: ...Files 61 About 61 MobileMapper Office Software 63 Introduction 63 Installing MobileMapper Office 64 Launching MobileMapper Office 64 MobileMapper Office Main Window 65 Map Display Area 66 Controlling the Content of the Map Display Area 66 Making Measurements on the Map Display Area 68 Deleting Features 68 Working on Job Files 69 Creating a New Job 69 Connecting the Handheld to the PC 70 Uploading ...

Page 5: ...s 94 Introduction 94 Creating a New Background Map Project 96 Adding Layers to a Background Map Project 97 Changing the Order of Layers 98 Removing Layers 98 Changing the Visual Aspect of Layers 99 Building the Background Map 99 Selecting a Background Map for Display 100 Setting a Map Region 101 Uploading a Background Map 101 Coordinate System 103 Introduction to Coordinate Systems and Datums 103 ...

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Page 7: ...ice is an office software suite that inter faces the MobileMapper receiver with your GIS system Mo bileMapper Office allows you to prepare GIS jobs feature libraries and waypoint files build background maps from GIS data files and manage the information logged in the field upload download functions The MobileMapper Office software and its mains functions are fully described in Section 2 in this ma...

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Page 9: ...tiate various unit functions MENU Provides access to a variety of functions such as set ting up and initializing the receiver selecting targets to nav igate 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 back light level changes IN OUT ESC MENU PWR LOG NAV ENTER Display GPS antenna inside the housi...

Page 10: ...ng information the last navigation screen you were viewing at the end of the last session will be displayed If the last navigation screen view was the Map screen the last zoom scale setting will be used To turn the unit off press the PWR button The Power Down screen is displayed Doing nothing will turn off the unit at the end of the countdown sequence Pressing the PWR button again will turn off th...

Page 11: ...SC to return to the last screen viewed Getting a Position Fix The unit is designed to fit comfortably in your hand Hold the MobileMapper in the palm of your hand with the antenna pointing towards the sky MobileMapper s antenna needs to have a relatively unob structed view of the sky This allows the unit to choose from all satellites currently available If the view of the sky is poor due to large c...

Page 12: ...mpletely erased it has no last position informa tion Thus MobileMapper can either start polling the satel lites to see which ones are overhead or you can provide it with your approximate location allowing MobileMapper to begin computing the initial position known as first fix Follow these instructions to initialize MobileMapper 1 Turn MobileMapper on by pressing the PWR button The unit turns on an...

Page 13: ...cal time Please enter the time in 0 12 hr format not in 0 24 hr format Set your local time using the arrow keys as follows use the up arrow to increment the highlighted figure or the down arrow to decrement it Then press the right arrow to highlight the next figure Set this figure now using the up or down arrow etc Be sure that you set the AM PM indicator When the time is correct press ENTER The l...

Page 14: ...f the screen see also page 26 Initialization is now complete and you can proceed to your job Satellite Position Graph Satellite Signal Strength Chart Battery Life Indicator Satellite Positions W for WAAS in the Sky Numbers or EGNOS Satellite Signal Strength Chart Clear bars indicate that the unit is starting to get information from satel lites Solid bars indicate that the satellites are being used...

Page 15: ...are three categories of attributes Menu style where the attribute values are words or phrases that you pick off a list e g Condition attribute opposite Numeric style where you select a number within a speci fied range e g of Bulbs attribute opposite Text style where you type in a note that can contain both numbers and letters e g Closest Street Address attribute opposite You can input as many as f...

Page 16: ...ture 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...

Page 17: ...the feature on the Logging screen use the down arrow to highlight the Close field and press ENTER This takes you back to the Feature List screen Move to the next feature and resume the above instructions to log this feature 3 Logging and Describing a Line Feature Basically you use the same procedure as when you log a point feature see 2 above There are however two dif ferences when you log a line ...

Page 18: ...u want MobileMapper to log a new GPS position only after you have moved by a certain distance since the last position logged After highlighting this option press ENTER choose a distance interval from the list and press ENTER This takes you back to the Logging screen where you can see the list of attributes pertain ing to the feature Like with a point feature describe the feature by describing the ...

Page 19: ... log the last corner and you close the feature Use the same procedure as on page 11 when you choose the first method When the shape of the area allows you to use the second method do the following after arriving at one of the cor ners and with the Attribute List displayed on your MobileMapper Select the name of the area feature from the list of features and press ENTER MobileMapper starts log ging...

Page 20: ...om of the screen and press ENTER This closes the logging of the area feature 5 Repeating a Feature If you close a feature and want to log the location of another feature of the same type and with an identical description use Mobile Mapper s Repeat Feature func tion After closing a feature MobileMapper takes you back to the Feature List screen Then do the following Move to the next similar feature ...

Page 21: ... or a shoreline with stretches of erosion along it and the locations of certain habitats Assuming you are logging a line feature and the Logging screen is displayed do the following for example to nest a point feature Press MENU highlight Nest Feature and press ENTER This pauses the logging of the line feature Move to the location of the feature you want to nest In the Feature List screen now disp...

Page 22: ... arrow to move the cursor to the next field Horz Distance Horizontal distance to the feature from your current position Enter a value for Horz Distance as described above for Bearing When you are done press ENTER again Vert Distance Vertical distance to the feature from your current position 0 if the feature and yourself are at the same elevation on a flat area Enter a value for Vert Distance as d...

Page 23: ... to move the cursor to the next field Horz Distance Horizontal distance to the feature from your current position To input a value for Horz Dis tance press ENTER and increment or decrement the highlighted number using the up down arrows To edit another digit use the left right arrows When you are done press ENTER again Press the down arrow to move the cursor to the next field Vert Distance Vertica...

Page 24: ...ss the MENU button and select the GOTO option Then select the User option This will place the waypoint symbol and label on the base map displayed on the receiver s Map screen Again you may use any of MobileMapper s navigation screens to arrive at this waypoint Display the grid Once you arrive at the point of beginning you should open up the job file that includes the feature library describing the...

Page 25: ...ted grid waypoints The locations of where you recorded point feature are indicated by small black squares As you begin moving toward the target symbol you will see your heading indicated by the direction of the arrow marking your position Adjust your movement as necessary until you are positioned over the target symbol You may also use any of the other navigation screens available with MobileMappe...

Page 26: ...s as you can and recorded the necessary obser vations and measurements at each highlight the Close field at the bottom of the Logging screen and press ENTER This closes the grid feature and 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 10 Changing the Parameters of a Grid Network Before Logging GIS Data...

Page 27: ... the up down arrows to move the cursor to each of these fields press ENTER use the up down arrows to increment decrement the highlighted figure use the right left arrows to highlight the next previous digit in the field When you are done with the definition of a field press ENTER Then press the down up arrow to access the next field etc Once these parameters have been changed highlight OK at the b...

Page 28: ...d indication of how accurate your positions should be The first is the number of satellites that the receiver is track ing The second number is the Positional Dilution of Precision which is an estimate of accuracy that the receiver constantly calculates using the geometry of satellites in the sky The more satellites that are being tracked and the more evenly they are distributed around the sky the...

Page 29: ...eady displayed press NAV repeatedly until the Map screen is displayed From this screen you will now indicate the first feature you want to revisit If necessary press the IN or OUT button to adjust the scale so you can see this feature Press any arrow key to switch to the cursor mode on the Map screen and then use the arrow keys to move the cur sor over the feature you want to revisit first It s a ...

Page 30: ...when the distance to the feature goes to zero or close to zero or simply because you can iden tify it visually Another nice way of being informed that you have arrived at the feature is to set the Alarms option see explanations on page 54 After arriving at the feature press the LOG button This takes you back to the Selected screen Now that you are near the feature highlight the Edit field and pres...

Page 31: ...position just move the map cursor so that the feature is off the screen When you move the cursor back to the feature only the new position will be visible 3 Adding More Features and Attributes to the Job If you want to add more features and descriptions to the ex isting job you just have to record them exactly as you record features into a new job 4 Closing the Job To close the job all you have to...

Page 32: ... cated by the large arrow icon in the center of the display If you are moving the arrow will point in the direction that you are heading At the bottom of the screen is the scale for the map displayed and two data fields that can be customized or turned off depending upon your needs The present position icon will change to an hourglass when the MobileMapper is unable to compute a position fix due t...

Page 33: ...heading and distance Also any points of interest or GIS features that the cursor is over will be shown To return to the Position mode press ESC The cursor will disappear and the present position icon will appear centered on the map To set and or customize the Map screen use the functions described below These context sensitive functions are ac cessed by pressing the MENU button while the Map scree...

Page 34: ...elect Setup and then select Map Setup The screen that appears contains two tabs the Format and Dis play tabs On the Format tab you can set the following parameters Orientation You can change how the map is orientated on the screen to either North Up Course Up or Track Up Default is North Up Detail Use this field to set the map detail The detail of the map can be set to highest high medium low or l...

Page 35: ... fixed intervals for track point storage Primary Usage MobileMapper can be set to either Land or Marine usage When in Land default the map displays land areas in white and water areas in blue For marine applications it may be desirable to reverse the display showing water as white and land as blue This will make reading some of the data information on the water easier From the Display tab you can ...

Page 36: ...then pressing ENTER Goto Cursor If the Map screen is in cursor mode the first option available from the list displayed after pressing the MENU button is Goto Cursor Select this function when you want MobileMap per to guide you to the location where the cursor currently is on the Map screen Starting from your current location Mo bileMapper will indicate the distance to go and the heading to the cur...

Page 37: ...ng to be computed Invalid data is indicated by dashes Icon representing destination Displayed outside the compass when you are using the Goto function This pro vides you with the direction you need to head to arrive at the destination When you are on course and heading straight for the destination the destination icon will be lined up with the heading marker Compass Heading marker Using the compas...

Page 38: ...rge 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 customizable data fields see Customize option below Some of the data displayed requires you to be moving to be computed Invalid data is indicated by dashes To customize the Large Data screen use the function de scribed below This context sensitive f...

Page 39: ...ndary coordinate system and map datum Position screen 1 contains the following information from top to bottom Coordinates and elevation of your current position Dis plays your current position in the chosen coordinate sys tem Also displays the elevation of the current position If MobileMapper is not computing position fixes the last computed position is displayed GPS Status Provides information on...

Page 40: ...ns de scribed below The first of these context sensitive functions is prompted when you press the MENU button while a Posi tion screen is displayed Some of these functions also exist in the Setup menu Coord System Map Datum and Elev Mode See page 51 and page 52 Reset Trip from Position screen 1 only If you select this option and you press ENTER a warning message is displayed asking you to confirm ...

Page 41: ...tion 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 format Road This graphically displays the route Goto that is active As you move left or right of your intended track the road will move on the display indicating which way you need to steer to get back on track Ideally the road would...

Page 42: ...ass 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 Data Fields customizable data fields 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 format To cust...

Page 43: ...to be moving to be computed Invalid data is indicated by dashes Speedometer Displays your speed using a familiar speedometer display The scale of the speedometer is not adjustable but will change dynamically to best display your speed Trip Odometer The odometer performs like the odome ter in your car It can be reset through the MENU button To customize the Speedometer screen or reset the trip odom...

Page 44: ...llowing 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 ENTER Then highlight Customize Fields and press ENTER On the Navigation screen now shown in edit mode high light the data field to be changed using the left right arrow and press ENTER Choose the data in ...

Page 45: ... Map screen Any waypoint created earlier using 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 Selecting a GIS Feature as the Destination Point Press NAV until the Map screen is displayed Press the arrow button in any direction to make the selection cursor appear and to position it over the feature you want to go t...

Page 46: ...N 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 Scroll You can use the IN and OUT buttons to step up or down the alphabet If you were viewing points beginning with the letter A pressing OUT would take you to the first waypoint beginning with B and ...

Page 47: ...elds Obviously you should keep the Location and Elevation fields unchanged as they contain the coordinates of your current location Creating a Waypoint With the Map Cursor This is another way of creating a waypoint whose coordi nates will be based on the location of the cursor on the Map screen Press NAV until the Map screen is displayed Press any ar row key to make the cursor visible on the map M...

Page 48: ... waypoint you want to edit delete Press ENTER again This opens the User Waypoint screen on which you can see the definition of the way point coordinates comments At the bottom of the screen are three command fields that you can use for the following tasks Edit default choice Select this field if you want to edit the definition of the waypoint The following parameters can be changed icon name coord...

Page 49: ...stination point You use the GOTO option from the Menu screen and you choose a POI or waypoint as the destination point GOTO routes are not saved in memory When you turn your MobileMapper off and then back on the GOTO route is gone You need to create a new GOTO route if you intend on completing the route Multi leg Route A multi leg route consists of several waypoints or POIs that you should reach o...

Page 50: ...ss MENU again and highlight the Save Trk to Rte option Press ENTER MobileMapper then takes you back to the Route List screen on which you can see that the track history has been saved as the last route in the list This route uses a naming convention of T01P01 to T01Pxx where Pxx indi cates the number of points in the route 3 Activating deactivating a Multi Leg Route Press NAV to display a navigati...

Page 51: ... 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 route Note that the first and last waypoints in the route name have been swapped Deleting the route by highlighting the Delete Route option and pressing ENTER A message will appear asking you to confirm...

Page 52: ... entire menu is made of in each context In the previous chapters we have introduced most of the context sensitive functions available from the menu list In fact these functions are closely tied to MobileMapper s main functionality GIS data logging and navigation In this chapter we present the supplemental functions Mark GOTO Routes Setup Delete Files About Customize FromCompass Large Data Road Dat...

Page 53: ...g a number of options as shown in the above two diagrams All the options available from the Menu screen are described below Repeat Feature Close Job Repeat Feature Offset Close feature name Delete feature name From feature list screen Point feature being logged Pause Resume feature name Repeat Feature Offset Close feature name Nest Feature Logging Interval Delete feature name Line or area feature ...

Page 54: ...s option 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 dis plays the Mark screen with the following default values Default icon in the Icon field WPTxxx as waypoint name in the Name field xxx is a number that MobileMapper automatically increments as you create new waypoints Coordinates of your current location...

Page 55: ...ate New Rte Save Trk to Rte Open Job New Job Close Job Open Job New Job Close Job Open Job New Job Close Job Open Job New Job Close Job GOTO This option is discussed in detail on page 39 Routes This option is discussed in detail on page 43 The MENU button gives access to a list of specific options when the Routes option is enabled This is summarized in the diagram below Setup Menu This menu contai...

Page 56: ...installed in the receiver 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 field at the bottom of the screen using the down arrow and then press ENTER 3 Map Setup This option allows you to set the viewing options for the Map screen see page 28 4 Nav S...

Page 57: ...ich system you want to define primary or secondary Select it and press ENTER In the list that appears select the coordi nate system you want to use and press ENTER Depend ing on your choice MobileMapper may then ask you additional information Lat lon display format Distance units if you chose another system other than UTM If for example a calculated coordinate is 249173N and you choose 1 meter as ...

Page 58: ...MobileMapper will compute the 3 coordi nates of your position horizontal coordinates plus eleva tion In 2D mode MobileMapper will not calculate your ele vation Only the horizontal coordinates of your position will be computed MobileMapper will assume that the last computed or entered elevation is your current eleva tion Operating in 3D requires at least 4 tracked satellites whereas 2D requires onl...

Page 59: ...are formatted as follows long distance unit short distance unit 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 wish to use for each type of possible measure i e Distance Speed Elevation Bearing and Area After selecting the Units option from the Se...

Page 60: ...t its abil ity to compute accurate position fixes due to poor geom etry of the GPS constellation Generally PDOP values less than or equal to 5 are indicative of good operating conditions So it is a good idea to set this alarm to 5 To turn off the PDOP alarm enter 00 NOTE Apart from the Arrival and PDOP alarms MobileMapper will generate a warning message on the screen in each of the following two c...

Page 61: ...located so that MobileMapper can automatically adjust the time displayed to compensate for daylight saving time You can select one of three possible regions United States Daylight saving starts on the first Sun day in April and ends on the last Sunday in October European Union Daylight saving starts on the last Sun day in March and ends on the last Sunday in October Customize this option allows yo...

Page 62: ... set the screen contrast After selecting this option a new screen appears on which you can set the percentage of contrast using the left right arrows to respectively decrease or increase that percent age The impact of your contrast setting upon different color bars is instantly shown in the lower part of the screen 15 Light Timer This option allows you to set the time interval that will be used to...

Page 63: ...ows you to clear one of the following data sets from MobileMapper s memory Track history Will clear the track history displayed on the Map screen from memory Wpts Routes Will clear all waypoints and routes from memory Routes Will clear all routes from memory Reset default Will reset the receiver by restoring all factory defaults All Will clear all memory After selecting the Clear Memory option fro...

Page 64: ...on message according to NMEA0183 standard in version 2 1 After selecting the NMEA option from the Setup menu use the up down arrow to highlight the desired choice and then press ENTER 19 Baud Rate This option enables you to set the baud rate of the data being sent out from the MobileMapper s output port The possible choices are 1200 4800 9600 19200 57600 or 115200 baud After selecting the Baud Rat...

Page 65: ...e After selecting the Power Key option from the Setup menu use the up down arrow to highlight the desired choice and then press ENTER 21 Simulate This option allows you to set the simulator It shows you how MobileMapper uses its various functions based on a simulat ed journey The simulator is useful for learning or demon strating MobileMapper functions when indoors and there is no GPS reception Wh...

Page 66: ...u have selected Auto MobileMapper will also dis play the warning message about track history 22 Language This option allows you to select the language that MobileMapper will use to display text TIP If you change the language setting in MobileMap per just to see what it looks like and need to get back to the Language Select screen follow these instructions Press NAV until the Satellite Status scree...

Page 67: ...rom the handheld Pressing ENTER will display the File Info dialog box show ing the name size and creation date for the job file you have highlighted in the list You can delete this file by pressing ENTER again Delete field already highlighted or you can come back to the job file list by pressing ESC About The About screen displays the current status of your Mo bileMapper Using the About screen you...

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Page 69: ...te feature library associated with this job and possibly the names of the background map and way point route file attached to this job Downloading completed job files from the MobileMap per handheld Again when you do that the name of the coordinate system used in the job the complete feature library associated with this job and optionally the names of the background map and waypoint route file att...

Page 70: ... Defining the coordinate system used by MobileMapper Office to display the coordinates of features and way points Installing MobileMapper Office Close all the applications running in Windows Insert the installation CD ROM in the drive If the Autorun program does not start automatically from the CD ROM in the Windows task bar click on Start and select Run Type x setup where x is the name of the CD ...

Page 71: ...t the bottom of the window in the status bar a box is used for displaying the geographic location of the cursor in the selected coordinate system The right third of the window is used to display the Layer List When opened the window relevant to the Way points or Routes List is placed over the Layer List The Create Map editor and the Feature Library Editor are each displayed in a secondary window t...

Page 72: ...re from the feature library used in the job also appears as a layer which can be displayed hidden on the Map Display area In addition for these layers you can change their look on the Map Display area by double clicking on their names Different icons are available for point features and different colors are available for line area and grid features If you import a MIF or SHP file from your GIS sys...

Page 73: ...t for display in the Map Display area as a backdrop to the job data and also to the background map itself if displayed Gives access to the Background Maps dialog from which you can attach detach a background map for the currently open job Gives access to the Feature Library Editor window not a map related button Allows you to measure distances on the map See next chapter Allows you to define a map...

Page 74: ...leMapper Office will also start calculating the dis tance and heading from the current location of the cursor to the second point plus the total length from the mea surement s start point To stop measuring distances and headings on the map press the Esc key Deleting Features You can delete features from the Map Display area and so from the open job using the following procedure Make sure none of t...

Page 75: ... job to the handheld You can do that using the Import command from the File menu specifying the Feature Library Files option in the Files of Type field selecting the feature library to associate with the job and then clicking Open As a result all the features read from this library will appear as layers in the job You can also add waypoints routes and a background map to be part of the job This is...

Page 76: ...ceiver side At the end of this sequence the message Found MobileMap per should appear as the status of one of the ports Click OK to close the dialog box If communication has already been established with the receiver during this working session and you want to make sure MobileMapper Office is still communicating with the handheld do the following On the menu bar select Options and then GPS Set tin...

Page 77: ...ation is established with the handheld the upload sequence is automatically started A dialog box keeps you informed on the file being transferred A message is also displayed on the handheld informing you that file transfer is in progress These two indications disappear from the PC and handheld screens when data transfer is complete IMPORTANT When you upload a job file not only do you upload all th...

Page 78: ...Mapper Transfer window on your screen The right hand pane lists all the files present in the default directory Docs on your PC see example above The left hand pane will list the files stored on the handheld once the connection to this device is estab lished To connect to the handheld on the menu bar at the top select successively File Connect GPS Device via Cable This will cause the transfer utili...

Page 79: ...ile menu With this function the down loaded data will automatically add up to the data of the currently open job This means that you can merge multiple job files created for a single project before exporting the whole data to your GIS In this particular case it is indeed very likely that all these job files were created based on the same feature library 2 Deleting a file from the handheld Select t...

Page 80: ...is to get a view of the features that were logged during field operations If enabled for display these features are represented on the Map Display area according to the view ing choices made for the corresponding layers You can do more than just view these features You can also view the conditions in which these features were logged To do that just click on these features one after the other in th...

Page 81: ...d transferred to the selected folder You can select any folder that is accessi ble by your PC including any GIS folders that may be on your network When you start recording data to export to a GIS you will typically export data to a GIS database When exporting a job file to SHP format the following files are created for each feature type layer theme in the file featurename shp featurename dbf feat...

Page 82: ...e an attribute value for each at tribute of a feature depending on what they see or measure when they are near this feature The diagram below shows the general architecture of a feature library through a simple example Note the following limits for feature libraries No of feature types 15 max No of attributes per feature 10 max No of attributes values per Menu style attribute 5 max Feature Library...

Page 83: ...rea Field operators can log area features either in kinematic mode general case or in multi static mode in case of areas with regular straight contours Grid feature This feature defines an array of evenly distributed waypoints where field operators record obser vations or make measurements using some instrument In depth information on grid features is given on page 86 There are three different typ...

Page 84: ...why you have to do the following On the menu bar select File then Save As A new dialog box opens in which you can name and choose the folder where to store the new feature library The default folder is Docs It is a good idea to group all feature library files in the Docs default folder These files can only be saved as mmf files as mentioned in the Save as type field Enter a name for the library in...

Page 85: ...chapter if you need to define a new grid fea ture Click the Add button The Insert Feature Type dialog box is displayed one more time so that you can now define the second feature for the library Indicate the type of the second feature as explained above and then click the Add button Repeat the above steps until all the features have been defined After defining the last feature click the Close butt...

Page 86: ...ements that the field operator will have to choose from check Menu if it refers to a number the field operator will have to enter check Numeric and if the feature refers to a description or any other alphanu meric string that the field operator will have to type in check Text Then click Add to add another attribute for the feature or Close after the last attribute has been defined Select the secon...

Page 87: ...a second attribute value etc When you are done with the values of this attribute click on the second attribute in the left hand pane of the Fea ture Library Editor window Resume the previous and present steps as many times as necessary Example of attribute values red orange gray for one of the attributes color of a point feature hydrant For a Menu style attribute you should define a list of option...

Page 88: ...le below and type in a new name Press the Enter key to record the change From the same table you can also change the shape and as pect given to a feature on the map The representation of a point feature on the map is an icon that you can define as explained below In the Icon row of this table click A new dialog box opens in which you can select a new icon for the feature Up to 22 different icons a...

Page 89: ... name and you press the Del key on your keyboard Deletion is immediate as MobileMapper Office does not require user confirma tion By deleting a feature you also delete all attributes and attribute values attached to this feature To delete an attribute from a feature expand that feature in the left hand pane of the Feature Library Editor win dow select the attribute you want to delete and press Del...

Page 90: ...the menu bar of the Feature Library Editor window Attaching a Feature Library to a Job When you want to attach a feature library to a GIS job you just have to import this feature library into the job open in the main window using the File Import command The features contained in the feature library will then appear as layers in that job When you save the job the complete feature li brary will also...

Page 91: ...y Editor window before you are allowed to upload this file to the handheld On the menu bar of the Feature Library Editor window select File and then Upload to GPS MobileMapper Office then routinely searches for the right baud rate to commu nicate with the handheld When communication is estab lished with the handheld the upload sequence is automatically started A dialog box keeps you informed on th...

Page 92: ... uploaded to the handheld You navigate to each grid point using MobileMapper and record your observations or measure ments using its data logging software Think of an apple orchard where the rows are about 15 feet 5 meters apart and each tree is about 15 feet 5 meters apart from the next tree in its row The orchard is a grid fea ture The location of each tree is a grid point The number of apples o...

Page 93: ...t Grid as the feature type Click on the Add button then on the Close button Then define the attributes of the point feature that you will record at each of the grid points Do this as you would for any point line or area feature see pages 80 and 81 Typically these are text type attributes for visual observations and numeric type attributes for mea surements made with instruments But it is also poss...

Page 94: ...s of the rectangle where the grid feature is arrayed in front of you and to your right The number of columns is the length of the side of the rectangle to your right divided by the grid spacing in meters The number of rows is the length of the side of the rectangle in front of you divided by the grid spacing Heading The default heading is 0º due North If you leave the heading at this default value...

Page 95: ...brary that contains it You can either upload the fea ture library as a standalone library that the user in the field can select to record a new job Or you can use MobileMap per Office to import the feature library into a job created in the office Either way you just have to click on File Upload to GPS and select the file you want to use in the field If you want to inform the field user where to be...

Page 96: ...containing this list of waypoints and routes Placing Waypoints First of all click the down arrow next to on the tool bar and select the region where your jobs are going to take place As a result a map of your region appears on the Map Display area On the toolbar click and then draw a rectangle around the part of the map you want to enlarge When releasing the mouse the map scale is adjusted so the ...

Page 97: ...w as you create new waypoints You can scroll this table horizontally and edit each of the cells if necessary The second column Name contains a check button allowing you to show hide each waypoint icon name on the Map Display area Creating Waypoints from the Waypoint Table Another very quick way of creating new waypoints is to use the aforementioned waypoint table Right click anywhere over this tab...

Page 98: ...he row and select Delete Waypoints are deleted instantly without user con firmation You can also delete all the existing waypoints and routes through a single operation by selecting the Clear All Waypoints option from the Tools menu In that case MobileMapper Of fice will prompt you to save all these waypoints and routes in a separate wpt file before actually deleting them from the waypoint table i...

Page 99: ... and click on the waypoint that you want to define as the route s start point Then click on the second point then on the third etc Every time you click a new waypoint Finish is dis played next to this waypoint which means you don t have to do anything special to end the definition of the route MobileMapper Office will understand that the route definition is complete when you proceed to another tas...

Page 100: ...ground map projects are created using the Create Map editor The notion of background map project allows you to define the different layers the background map will result from plus a number of parameters i e map scale setting map name etc Use the Tools Background Maps command to access the Create Map editor Background map projects are saved as separate files with the mmp extension Once you have def...

Page 101: ...ossibility to select any individ ual items shown on this map MobileMapper Office can only take MIF SHP and DXF shapefiles in WGS84 lat lon as source data This includes shapefiles from GIS files and MapSend maps All background maps are in WGS84 lat lon When you upload a job file to the MobileMapper handheld the background map currently shown in the Map Display area when you saved the job is NOT upl...

Page 102: ... Type in a name for the background map project in the Map Name field In the Map Scale field choose a scale value above which the background map will NOT be displayed on the Map Display area or on the handheld screen This is used to hide the background map when the current scale value of the Map Display area in the office software or on the handheld s Map screen is incompatible with the extent of t...

Page 103: ... in which you should indicate the folder where to find the layer and then select the file corre sponding to that layer In the combo box located in the lower part of the dialog box select the coordinate system on which the layer to be added is based You are supposed to know this infor mation Click on the Open button The selected file now appears as a layer in the first row of the Create Map window ...

Page 104: ...all layers containing point or line features located within these area features would be hidden by these features To change the position of a layer in the table Highlight the row containing this layer by clicking on any cell in this row Click or or select Layer Move Up or Move Down to move up or down the layer by one row If necessary repeat this step until the layer is at the right position in the...

Page 105: ...r and width of the line representing all the features pertaining to the layer For an area feature layer you can choose the fill in color for all the features pertaining to the layer In addition you can also define the following Edit the layer name Select which attribute to display together with the icon or line Choose a scale value above which all features pertaining to the layer will NOT be displ...

Page 106: ...in the Map Display area Unless this window is already open click to open the Background Maps dialog box This box lists the names of the existing background maps Select the name of the background map you want to view and click on the Attach button A clip icon appears before this name indicating that the attachment is now effective Click on the Close button This closes the dialog box and displays th...

Page 107: ...gle When the definition of the region is okay click outside of this region The region definition is now complete and its limits are now represented with a thick green line If necessary click again this deletes the region you have just defined to redraw the region entirely Uploading a Background Map After attaching a background map to the open job and possi bly setting a map region see the previous...

Page 108: ...hard disk Hard Drive Check Upload to GPS Unit and click the Next button If you have previously run the procedure described on page 70 to test the communication with the handheld then a new dialog box will be displayed reporting successful con nection to the handheld Otherwise MobileMapper Office will suggest that you change the settings of the PC port connected to the handheld After successful con...

Page 109: ...ojection that fits optimally through out the space it covers with the least distortion possible There are many map projections available to the mapmaker but for the most part there is only a handful in practical use today MobileMapper Office software supports most of these common projections Coordinate systems describe where you are in a map projec tion Some people use grid systems using northings...

Page 110: ...tic control the means of estab lishing grid or lat lon coordinates relative to given control points The datum is what is given The most common ex amples of datums in North America are NAD27 and NAD83 the North American Datums of 1927 and 1983 Most countries have their own datums and there are also re gional datums for Europe and other parts of the world There have also been attempts to create datu...

Page 111: ... maps This is not normally a problem as long as an organization s maps are in agreement with themselves Because Thales Navigation cannot know what algorithm you wish to use to make MobileMapper data con form to the datum you are using we export our positions in world standard WGS84 coordinates This allows your GIS to make the transformations that are consistent with your map collection For the pur...

Page 112: ...r but using powerful map projection algorithms does Moving features around on the small map extents used by workers in the field does not warrant any decrease in re ceiver map display performance It would take an unneces sary increase in time to display a map that would hardly change in appearance To re project positions on a Mo bileMapper Office map screen using a variety of datums would not be a...

Page 113: ...Grid type the system relies on the definition of a datum and a projection The height system may be one of two types Ellipsoid elevations All elevations are calculated from the datum defined in the coordinate system used Orthometric elevations All elevations are calculated from the available geoid model EGM96 Worldwide Geoid model A large number of geodetic and grid systems are available for use Ho...

Page 114: ... can be viewed by clicking the button located on the right of the Geodetic Datum combo box 2 Selecting an existing Grid system Click the down arrow on the right of the System Type combo box and highlight Grid Then click the down arrow on the right of the Grid System combo box and highlight the name of the desired grid system The properties of the selected grid system can be viewed by clicking the ...

Page 115: ... Coordinate System If the coordinate system you should use for a job is not avail able from the list and you have the complete definition of this coordinate system follow the procedure below to create this coordinate system in Mobile Mapper Office On the menu bar select Options and then Coordinate Sys tem A new dialog box opens showing the name of the currently used coordinate system see below Thi...

Page 116: ...t of the System Type combo box and highlight Grid Then click the down arrow on the right of the Grid System combo box and highlight the first option in the list NEW Click on the button located on the right of the Grid System combo box This opens a new dialog box in which you should enter the name of the new grid sys tem System Name field and define the working zone for the grid systems as explaine...

Page 117: ...x and make the newly defined system the currently used coordinate system in MobileMapper Office Note Although MobileMapper Office allows you to create new coordinate systems and datums you can not upload them to the receiver This is done to pre serve the maximum amount of receiver memory for data collection However creating new coordinate systems and datums on MobileMapper Office will allow you to...

Page 118: ...e Print Preview and Print Setup functions are available from the File menu Use Print Preview to adjust the map scale The map scale con trol looks like a linear pot You set the map scale by dragging the cursor to the desired position The resulting scale value is then displayed and the content of the Map Display area is updated to reflect the change of scale Use Print Setup to set the page format an...

Page 119: ...s 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 batteries installed Display Size 2 2 x1 75 5 59 cm x 4 44 cm H x W High contrast LCD with EL backlit display Housing Weather IEC 529 IPX7 Standard withstands water immersion for 30 min at depth of 1 m Wraparound rubber armor Temperature Ranges Operating 14 F to 1...

Page 120: ... of the channel it is in and lift it out To install the card hold it with two fingers with the label facing you Place the top of the SD card in the channel provided in the battery compartment Carefully push the SD card towards 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 Re...

Page 121: ...radle Place the receiver in the cradle bottom end first Snap MobileMapper down until the release latch locks it in place Attach the cable through the opening in the back of the mounting cradle It is not necessary to tighten the captive screw to the receiver although you may do so for added security Direct connection to MobileMapper Using the captive screw that is attached to the plug tighten into ...

Page 122: ...ires to your exter nal 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 Pin 3 Data In Pin 5 Ground Cable Wiring Color Code Plug Color Signal Power Red Power Black GND Data Yellow Data In Orange Data Out Black GND Cut Here Cigarette Lighter Adapter Power Supply Box 9 pin Connect...

Page 123: ...ve the characteristics of a feature into MobileMapper s memory The user is in charge of entering the de scription of this feature whereas the receiver is responsible for sav ing the GPS position s it has determined on this feature To describe a feature Means to give each attribute of the feature one of the prompted values for this feature Attribute A description item of a feature Attribute value O...

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Page 125: ...Deleting waypoints 92 Detach background map 100 Direction line or area feature offset 17 Dragging the map 67 DXF 63 64 75 E Ellipsoid elevations 107 EUR79 106 F Feature labels 66 Feature library architecture 76 Feature Library Editor 65 Feature Library renaming 82 Files managing 61 G Geodetic type 107 Geometry type 79 GIS formats 63 Goto Cursor 30 Grid 66 Grid feature 77 Grid properties 87 Grid ty...

Page 126: ...77 Point features icons 82 Power off mode 56 Power source external connecting 116 R Routes 67 Routes building a route 93 Rows grid feature 21 S Save Track to Route 44 Scale interval 66 SD card install remove 114 SHP 63 64 66 75 97 SHX 75 Simulator 59 Spacing grid feature 21 Status bar 65 Step spacing 88 T Target on Map screen 24 Text style 77 81 Track Mode 29 U Units 53 Update Position 25 V Vertic...

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