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SAMM
Stand Al
one Mosaick
ing M
odule
User M
anual
Oceanic Imaging Consultants,
Inc.
1144 10th Aven
ue • Suite 200
Honolulu, Haw
ai‘i 96816-2442
Phone 808.539.3706 • F
ax 808.791.4075
Email support@oicinc.co
m • Web www
.oicinc.com
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Table of Contents
Main Page
Default Chapter
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Table of Contents
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1 Welcome to Samm
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2 System Requirements and Setup
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Sensor and Input Requirements
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System Requirements
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Table 1. System Requirements
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Installing SAMM
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Figure 1. SAMM Installation Process and Dialogs
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Launch SAMM
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Create or Open a Project
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Figure 2. SAMM Opening Dialog, Allowing Creation of New Project, Opening Existing or Mission Import
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Table 2. Create or Open Project
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3 The Graphical User Interface
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Mosaic Window
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Figure 3. Graphical User Interface
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Toolbar
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Table 3. Toolbar Icons
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Sidebar
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Swath List
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Live Info
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Playback Controls
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Figure 4. Swath List
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Figure 5. Live Info
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Figure 6. Playback Controls
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Sonar Controls
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Processing Controls
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Figure 7. Sonar Controls
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Figure 8. FLS Controls
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Figure 9. SLS Controls
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Forward Look Window
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SLS Oscilloscope Window
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Figure 10. Forward Look Window
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Figure 11. SLS Oscilloscope Window
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Meta Data Properties
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Status Bar
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Figure 12. Meta Data Properties
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Table 4. Status Bar
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4 Configure Samm
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Figure 13. Configuration Dialog
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Figure 14. Projection Tab
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Project Tab
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Projected Coordinate System
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Sensor Offsets
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Display Tab
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General
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Figure 15. Survey Setup Panel
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Swath Colormap
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Units of Measure
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Figure 16. General Panel
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Figure 17. Swath Colormap Panel
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Figure 18. Units of Measure Panel
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Mosaic Tab
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General
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Figure 19. General Panel
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Table 5. Parameters and Units
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MSK Output (Connected/Live Sonars)
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Contacts Tab
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Figure 20. MSK Output Panel
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Figure 21. Contacts Tab
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About
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Figure 22. about Panel
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Figure 23. Update Panel
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Figure 24. Crash Detection Prompt
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Rendering Method
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Configuration Tutorial
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Reset Button
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Table 6. Change the Rendering Method
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Table 7. Configure Project
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Figure 25. Configuration Window for Demo Data
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5 Charts and Background Images
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Basic Vs. Advanced Interface
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Raster Vs. Vector File Types
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Retrieve NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts
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Elements of the Basic Chart Display Options Window
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Figure 26. Empty Basic Chart Display Options Window
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Basic Chart Display Popup Windows
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Figure 27. Select Overlay Type Error Message
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Figure 28. ASCII Text Import Options
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Figure 29. Charts Loaded in Basic Window, with Context Menu
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Using the Basic Chart Loader
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Elements of the Advanced Chart Display Options Window
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Buttons
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Figure 30. Chart Display Options Window Upon Launch
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The Folders Tab
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Populating the Charts Database
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Figure 31. Add/Scan Charts Panel
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The Chart Preview Tab
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Figure 32. Populated Chart Database
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The Charts Tab
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Color Coding
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Figure 33. Charts Tab
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Gray
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Green
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Manually Loaded Vs. Folder Added Chart Behavior
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Orange
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Yellow
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The Log Tab
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Advanced Chart Loader Tutorial
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Chart Customization Commands
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Table 8. Load and Display Charts
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Table 9. Chart Customization Commands
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6 Add Files or Begin Acquisition
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Add Files in Playback or Post-Processing Mode
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Load Files
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Figure 34. Add Data Dropdown Menu
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Advanced Load Files
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Figure 35. Advanced Load Dialog
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Playback Files
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Advanced Playback Files
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Figure 36. Advanced Playback Dialog
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Load Files from Directory
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Figure 37. GUI in Playback Mode
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Figure 38. Load from Directory Dialog
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Interface with Metadata Sensors
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Figure 39. Navigation Interfacing
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Connect to
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Kongsberg Mesotech M3
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Figure 40. M3 Interfacing
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Kongsberg Mesotech MS1000
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Figure 41. MS1000 Interfacing
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Teledyne Blueview 2D Multibeam Imaging Sonar
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Figure 42. Proviewer NMEA Panel
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Figure 43. Proviewer Data Streaming Configuration
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Figure 44. Blueview Interfacing
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Tritech Gemini 720I/Is, Marine Electronics Dolphin, Blueprint Oculus, or R2Sonic
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Troubleshooting
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Figure 45. Gemini Interfacing
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Gemini Sonar Controls
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Figure 46. Gemini Sonar Controls
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R2Sonic Sonar Controls
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Figure 47. Black Banding Artifacts with High Gain and the same Data with Lower Gain
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Figure 48. R2Sonic Sonar Controls
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Marine Electronics Dolphin Sea View
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Figure 49. Dolphin Sea View Interfacing
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Figure 50. Dolphin Sea View Controls
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Figure 51. Blueprint Oculus Interfacing
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Figure 52. Blueprint Oculus Controls
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Edgetech Discover, Klein Sonarpro and Geodas
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Edgetech Discover
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Figure 53. SAMM Interface to Edgetech Discover
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Klein Sonarpro
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Figure 54. SAMM Interface to Klein Sonarpro
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Geodas
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Figure 55. Geodas UDP Broadcast Settings
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Figure 56. SAMM Interface to Geodas
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7 Display and Processing Settings
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Adjust the Mosaic Window Display
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Table 10. Mosaic Window Extent Commands
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Manage Swaths
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Swath Management and Playback Tutorial
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Table 11. Swath Management Commands
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Toggle Display Units
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Display Units Tutorial
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Apply Imagery Processing Options
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Processing Controls
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Figure 57. Status Bar Position Units
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Figure 58. Imagery Processing Options
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Swath Properties
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Playback of *.Son Files
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Figure 59. SLS Processing Options
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Figure 60. Swath Properties Window
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Other Display Options
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Figure 61. Display Options Dialog with Navigation Track Options
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Imagery Processing Tutorials
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Trimming Tutorial
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Rendering Tutorial
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Figure 62. Brightness and Gamma Rendering Effects
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Figure 63. Feathering Effect
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8 Working with Contacts
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Mark Contacts
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Figure 64. Contacts in Mosaic Window
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Elements of the Contacts Window
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Figure 65. Contacts Window
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Contacts Toolbar
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Table 12. Contacts Toolbar Icons
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Thumbnails List
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Contact Display
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Properties Table
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Staging Table
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Contact Display Commands
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Table 13. Contact Display Commands
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Attribute Contacts
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Classify Contacts
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Add Comments
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Add Tags
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Measure Contacts
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Calculate Contact Height
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Change Position
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Rename Contacts
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Figure 66. Assigning Tags
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Contact Attribution Commands
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Table 14. Contact Attribution Commands
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Group Contacts
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Export Contacts
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Send Contacts to the Staging Table
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Figure 67. Grouped Contacts and Context Menu
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Prep the Staging Table
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Export a Report
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Figure 68. Filtering by Tag
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Delete Contacts
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Contact Organization Commands
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Figure 69. Create Report Success Window
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Table 15. Contact Organization Commands
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Contacts Tutorial
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9 Additional Features
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Meta Data Properties
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Select Tool
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Measure Tool
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Figure 70. Meta Data Properties Window
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Export Tool
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Figure 71. Measure Tool
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Figure 72. Export Dialog
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Figure 73. Single Geotiff Export Vs Tiled Geotiffs Export
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Figure 74. Exported Data Displayed in Googleearth
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File Type
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Background Color
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Export Tutorial
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Extents
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Resolution
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10 End Acquisition and Close Project
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