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Part Number 7010-0731
Rev B
©Copyright Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
May, 2006
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TOC
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Table of Contents
Preface .................................................................. v
Terms and Conditions ...................................................... v
Manual Conventions ........................................................ viii
What’s New with TopPAD .................................... ix
Chapter 1
Introduction .......................................................... 1-1
Surveying Overview ........................................................ 1-2
GPS Overview ........................................................... 1-2
Calculating Positions .......................................... 1-3
GPS Positioning .................................................. 1-4
Conclusion .......................................................... 1-4
DGPS Overview ........................................................ 1-5
RTK DGPS Service ............................................ 1-5
Coastal Navigation Beacons DGPS Service ....... 1-6
OmniSTAR DGPS Service ................................. 1-6
WAAS/EGNOS DGPS Service .......................... 1-7
TopPAD and GIS Systems .............................................. 1-8
Installing TopPAD ........................................................... 1-9
Uninstalling TopPAD ...................................................... 1-10
Starting TopPAD ............................................................. 1-11
Chapter 2
TopPAD Getting Started Guide ........................... 2-1
Pre-Survey Configurations .............................................. 2-1
Setting TopPAD Options .......................................... 2-2
Applying Survey Configurations .............................. 2-4
Selecting a Configuration ................................... 2-4
Creating a Configuration .................................... 2-5
Creating a New Layer (Shapefile) ............................. 2-13
Importing Waypoints ................................................ 2-16

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Creating a Custom File Format .................................. 2-18
GIS Mapping Using TopPAD .......................................... 2-19
Setting up Hardware .................................................. 2-20
Set up the Base Station for PP DGPS Surveys or
User Base RT DGPS Surveys .......................... 2-20
Set up a Rover System for GIS Mapping ............ 2-22
Verifying Satellite Status in RT DGPS Surveys ........ 2-23
Logging Raw Data in PP DGPS Surveys .................. 2-25
Using TopPAD with a GMS-2 Camera ..................... 2-26
Chapter 3
TopPAD Software Reference .............................. 3-1
Security ............................................................................. 3-1
Main Screen ...................................................................... 3-2
TopPAD Toolbar ....................................................... 3-2
GPS Configurations and Options ..................................... 3-4
TopPAD Options ....................................................... 3-4
Protocol ............................................................... 3-4
GPS ..................................................................... 3-5
Quality ................................................................. 3-5
Capture ................................................................ 3-5
Alerts ................................................................... 3-6
Location ............................................................... 3-6
Surv Config ................................................................ 3-6
Configurations ..................................................... 3-7
Config: Survey .................................................... 3-8
Config: Base Receiver ......................................... 3-9
Config: Base Radio (For RT/Network DGPS) .... 3-10
Base Modem Config ........................................... 3-11
Config: Base Antenna ......................................... 3-15
Config: Rover Receiver ....................................... 3-16
Config: Modem (Modem Connect) ..................... 3-19
Config: Modem (Internet Info) ........................... 3-20
Config: NTRIP .................................................... 3-20
Config: Modem (Receiver Info) .......................... 3-21
Config: Rover Radio ........................................... 3-22
Config: Beacon .................................................... 3-23
Config: WAAS .................................................... 3-24

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CDGPS Radio ..................................................... 3-25
Config: EGNOS .................................................. 3-25
Config: OmniSTAR ............................................ 3-26
Config: Rover Antenna ....................................... 3-27
Config: Survey Parameters ................................. 3-27
Config: Advanced ............................................... 3-28
Additional TopPAD Options ..................................... 3-29
Starting the Base .............................................................. 3-30
Start Base .................................................................. 3-30
Feature Attributes ............................................... 3-32
Find ..................................................................... 3-33
Field Browser ..................................................... 3-34
Raw Data Logging ........................................................... 3-35
Status ................................................................................ 3-36
OmniSTAR Status ..................................................... 3-36
Beacon Status ............................................................ 3-37
Import Waypoints ............................................................ 3-38
Type and Format ....................................................... 3-38
Import From <Format> ............................................. 3-39
Text File Format ................................................. 3-39
Custom Style ....................................................... 3-40
Coordinate System .............................................. 3-41
Choose Projection ............................................... 3-42
Shape Folder ....................................................... 3-42
Import Status ....................................................... 3-43
Shapefile Creation ........................................................... 3-43
Feature – Attributes ................................................... 3-43
Code .......................................................................... 3-44
Attributes ................................................................... 3-45
New Layer ................................................................. 3-47
Customizing Data Entry Forms ....................................... 3-48
Select Shapefile ......................................................... 3-48
Select Fields to Include ............................................. 3-48
Field: Name ............................................................... 3-50
Point Information ............................................................. 3-54
Points – Attributes ..................................................... 3-54
Points – Antenna ....................................................... 3-54
Points – Image Capture ............................................. 3-55

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Image Capture ..................................................... 3-56
Radio Configuration ......................................................... 3-57

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Preface
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