Tripod Data Systems SURVEY PRO User manual

SURVEY PRO
For Pocket PC / Recon
Reference Manual
2003 Tripod Data Systems, Inc.
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Table of Contents
Reference
Main Menu ........................................................................................R-3
File Menu ...........................................................................................R-5
Open / New...........................................................................R-6
New Job..................................................................................R-7
Save As .................................................................................R-11
Import Coordinates.............................................................R-12
Export Coordinates.............................................................R-17
Backup / Restore Job..........................................................R-20
Transfer.................................................................................R-24
Register Modules ................................................................R-25
About Survey Pro................................................................R-26
Exit.........................................................................................R-26
Job Menu..........................................................................................R-27
Settings .................................................................................R-28
Edit Points............................................................................R-43
Edit Polylines.......................................................................R-47
Edit Alignments ..................................................................R-51
Auto Linework ....................................................................R-59
View Raw Data File ............................................................R-63
View DTM............................................................................R-64
Manage Layers ....................................................................R-71
Job Information....................................................................R-72
Calculator.............................................................................R-73
Survey Menu ...................................................................................R-77
Backsight Setup ...................................................................R-78
Traverse / Sideshot.............................................................R-81
Repetition Shots...................................................................R-86
Multiple Sideshots ..............................................................R-88
Distance Offset.....................................................................R-89
Horizontal Angle Offset.....................................................R-90
Vertical Angle Offset ..........................................................R-91

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Auto Collect.........................................................................R-91
Corner & 2 Lines .................................................................R-94
Corner & Angle...................................................................R-95
Corner & Offset ...................................................................R-96
Corner & Plane....................................................................R-97
Shoot From Two Ends........................................................R-98
Record Mode........................................................................R-99
Resection.............................................................................R-100
Remote Elevation..............................................................R-103
Solar Observation..............................................................R-104
Remote Control .................................................................R-109
Stakeout Menu..............................................................................R-111
Stake Points........................................................................R-112
Stake List of Points Screen...............................................R-117
Stake to Line.......................................................................R-119
Offset Staking ....................................................................R-123
Slope Staking .....................................................................R-128
Stake Line and Offset........................................................R-134
Stake Curve and Offset ....................................................R-137
Stake Spiral and Offset.....................................................R-141
Show Station and Offset...................................................R-145
Store Offset Points.............................................................R-147
Stake DTM..........................................................................R-150
Define a Location ..............................................................R-155
Where is Next Point..........................................................R-157
Inverse Menu.................................................................................R-159
Inverse Point to Point.......................................................R-160
Inverse Point to Line.........................................................R-161
Inverse Point to Polyline..................................................R-162
Inverse Point to Multiple Points.....................................R-164
Inverse Point to Location / Point ...................................R-165
Cogo Menu.....................................................................................R-167
Point in Direction..............................................................R-168
Intersection.........................................................................R-169
Offset Line..........................................................................R-170
Offset Points.......................................................................R-171

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Corner Angle .....................................................................R-173
Compute Area ...................................................................R-174
Triangle Solutions.............................................................R-175
Map Check .........................................................................R-176
Predetermined Area .........................................................R-179
HD/VD to SD/ZA............................................................R-181
SD/ZA to HD/VD............................................................R-182
Curve Menu...................................................................................R-183
Curve Solution...................................................................R-184
Known PI and Tangents...................................................R-186
Three Point Curve.............................................................R-187
Compute Radius Point.....................................................R-189
Line Tangent to Circles.....................................................R-191
Horizontal Curve Layout.................................................R-191
Traverse on Curve.............................................................R-196
Parabolic Curve.................................................................R-198
Parabolic Layout ...............................................................R-200
Straight Grade....................................................................R-202
Spiral...................................................................................R-203
Spiral Layout......................................................................R-204
Traverse on Spiral.............................................................R-205
Roads Menu...................................................................................R-207
Add/Edit Templates ........................................................R-208
Edit Alignments ................................................................R-211
Add/Edit Roads................................................................R-211
Road Stakeout....................................................................R-223
Road Slope Staking...........................................................R-227
Road Station and Offset ...................................................R-230
Adjust Menu..................................................................................R-233
Scale.....................................................................................R-234
Translate.............................................................................R-235
Rotate..................................................................................R-236
Traverse Adjust.................................................................R-237
Miscellaneous Screens.................................................................R-243
Past Results ........................................................................R-243
Create Points Screen.........................................................R-244

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Map Display Options .......................................................R-245
Map View...........................................................................R-246
Appendix A
Transverse Mercator Zones.................................................A-1
Lambert Zones.......................................................................A-2

R-1
Welcome
Congratulations on your decision to purchase a Tripod Data Systems
product. TDS is serious about providing the best possible products to
our customers and know that you are serious about your tools. We are
proud to welcome you to the TDS family.
The TDS Survey Pro team is continually improving and updating
Survey Pro. Please take a few minutes to register your copy so that
you will be eligible for upgrades. You can do this either by completing
and returning the product registration card or by visiting our web site
(www.tdsway.com).

R-3
Main Menu
The Main Menu is the starting point where all the other
Survey Pro screens described in this manual are
accessed.
The small buttons at the bottom of the screen are used as
follows:
About Survey Pro
Tapping the icon or selecting  |   
opens the About Survey Pro screen. See Page R-26.
Map View
A map view of the current job can be displayed by
tapping the button. This screen is described on Page R-246.
Quick Pick
The button is used to quickly access any of a variety of commonly
used Survey Pro screens and is explained in detail in the User’s
Manual.
Battery Level
The battery icon at the bottom of the Main Menu displays the
condition of the Survey Pro’s rechargeable battery. The icon has five
variations depending on the level of charge remaining: 100%,
75%, 50%, 25%, 5% and charging.
Tapping the battery icon is a shortcut to the Microsoft Power Settings
screen. You can get more information while viewing this screen by
tapping then if using the Pocket PC operating system, or tap
if using CE .NET.

R-5
File Menu
The File Menu contains routines to transfer files between the Survey
Pro and another device.
A: Open / New
B: Save As
C: Import Coordinates
D: Export Coordinates
E: Backup / Restore Job
F: Transfer
G: Register Modules
H: About Survey Pro
I: Exit

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Open / New
   
The Open / New screen is used to open a recent job or create a new
one. This screen also appears when Survey Pro is first started.
 : opens the job selected in the Open a Recent Job
list.
 : will open the Open screen (Page R-10) where
an existing job to open can be selected.
 : will open the New screen (Page R-7) where a
new job can be created.

File Menu
R-7
New Job
    
The New Job screen is used to create a new project.
Create a New Job
Directory: displays the directory where the current job
will be stored.
Job Name: is where the name of the new job is entered.
The default name is the current date.
 : allows you to select a different directory
where to store the new job.
  : accesses the second screen where job details are
defined.
Note: When using Survey Pro on the Pocket PC
operating system, pressing  may result in a
warning if you have chosen a folder in the data collector’s
RAM instead of a location on an external CF card. See
Page 41 for more information.
 : cancels the creation of a new job and brings you back to the
main menu.

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Create a New Job – Screen Two
Azimuth Type: specifies if you are surveying with a North
Azimuth or South Azimuth.
Units for Distances: specifies if your distances will be
entered in Feet, U.S. Feet, or Meters.
Note: You can enter a distance in any distance field in
units other than what is set for the job by appending the
distance value with the following characters:
y
for ft Feet
y
usf or usft US Survey Feet
y
mMeters
y
cm Centimeters
y
mm Millimeters
y
cor ch Chains
Once the cursor leaves that field, the distance will be converted
automatically. (A space between the value and the unit abbreviation
is optional.)
Units for Angles: specifies if angles will be entered in Degrees or
Grads.
; Adjust for Earth Curvature / Refraction: when checked, the
elevations recorded from all shots will be adjusted to compensate for
earth curvature and refraction.
; User Scale Factor: when checked, all horizontal distances when
taking shots will be adjusted by the scale factor entered here.
  : accesses the third screen where coordinates for the first
point are defined and the job is saved.
 : cancels the creation of a new job and brings you back to the
main menu.

File Menu
R-9
Create a New Job – Screen Three
Point Name: is the name of the initial point.
Northing: is the Y-coordinate of the initial point.
Easting: is the X-coordinate of the initial point.
Elevation: is the elevation of the initial point.
Description: is the description of the initial point.
  : returns you to the first screen.
 : stores a new job file and raw data file using the
specified information.
 : cancels the creation of a new job and brings you
back to the main menu.

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R-10
Open
    
The Open screen is used to open any existing job and is
required to open a job that is not listed in the Recent Job
list in the Open / New screen.
A list of all the jobs in the current directory is displayed.
Simply tap on the job name that you want to open and
then tap OK.
Note: TDS CR5 files can be opened just like any Survey
Pro JOB file. When a CR5 file is opened, it is
automatically converted and stored to a JOB file with
the same name. If a matching RW5 raw data file exists,
it too will be converted and saved to a Survey Pro RAW
file with a note inserted indicating that the conversion
took place.
When a job is being opened, the Loading JOB file screen
will open and display the status of the loading process.

File Menu
R-11
Save As
  
The Save As screen allows you to save a copy of the current job under
a new name. The copy that is created will then become the current
job.
The Save As dialog box is identical to that found in the operating
system. Simply enter a new name for the current job and then tap
the  button.
Note: It is not necessary to include the .JOB extension since it will
automatically be added for you.

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Import Coordinates
 !" #
The Import Coordinates screen is used to add the points from another
source into the current job.
Warning: Coordinate values can change when they are imported!
Importing coordinates from any source other than a JOB file requires
that the distance units used in the source file be specified. It is not
necessary to specify the distance units when importing coordinates
from a JOB file since those units are written within the file.
If importing coordinates where the distance units in the source file
are different than the distance units for the current job, the imported
coordinates will be converted to the current job’s distance units when
they are imported. This is normally the desired result, but it can
cause a problem if any distance units were set incorrectly. This
situation can most commonly occur when working with Feet and US
Survey Feet where the conversion from one to the other is not always
obvious.
Usually the difference between Feet and US Survey Feet is negligible
(2 parts per million), but when dealing with State Plane or UTM
mapping plane coordinates, which are often very large in magnitude,
the difference can be substantial if the coordinates are converted from
one format to the other.
If importing coordinates from a source, such as an HP 48, where you
are not sure if the units are in Feet or US Survey Feet into a job that
is set to Feet or US Survey Feet, you will usually just want to import
them without any conversion being performed. To do this, be sure to
select the same distance units for the source file as those set for the
current job.

File Menu
R-13
Coordinates from a variety of file types can be imported
into the current job. The first Import Coordinates screen
is used to select from the file types listed below. The
next screen that opens depends on the selection made
here.
•Job Files (*.JOB): import coordinates from another
Job file.
•Coordinate Files (*.CR5): import coordinates from a
TDS CR5 coordinate file.
•GPS Files (*.GPS): import coordinates from a TDS
GPS coordinate file.
•Text Files (*.TXT): text files can contain coordinates
in several different possible formats. The Import
ASCII Wizard is used to define the format of the text
file being imported.
Import *.JOB Coordinates
When importing coordinates from another *.JOB file, the Import
Coordinates screen is used, described above.
A list of all the jobs available in the current directory is displayed.
Simply tap on the job name that you want to import and then tap
the OK button. The points in the selected job will be added to the
points in the current job.

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Import *.CR5 Coordinates
The Import CR5 dialog box will open when importing
coordinates from a TDS CR5 coordinate file. Simply
select the distance units that the coordinates were stored
in and tap OK.
Import *.TXT Coordinates
Since the coordinates in an ASCII *.TXT file can be stored in a
variety of formats, two screens are used to define the format of the
file that is being imported. The source *.TXT file can contain either
plane coordinates or geodetic coordinates.
Delimiters: is the character that separates each column
of text in the ASCII file.
Units: are the units that the distances in the file were
stored in.
Coordinates: is used to specify if the coordinates are
plane coordinates, geodetic coordinates in degrees-
minutes-seconds format, or geodetic coordinates in
decimal format.
;
Skip the first row: should be checked if the first line in
the ASCII file contains non-coordinate information, such
as a heading.
  : opens the second screen.