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Overview of Survey Pro modules, manual conventions, and basic operations.
Explains text formatting for fields, screens, menus, and buttons in the manual.
Instructions for installing Survey Pro and registering software modules.
Defines conventions for inputting and outputting angles and time.
Guide to starting Survey Pro, navigating menus, and managing the touch-screen.
Details on navigating the Main Menu, using keypad and arrow keys.
Explanation of Command Bar buttons: Online Help and Quick Pick.
Explanation of Input Fields and Output Fields within Survey Pro screens.
Techniques to simplify distance and angle entry using shortcuts.
How to customize the Quick Pick list for faster routine access.
Creating, editing, and managing Smart Targets for prisms and reflectorless shots.
Accessing and using the Map View for graphical representation of job data.
Adding, managing, and understanding basemap files for map view enhancement.
Controlling software, total station, and job settings.
Overview of Survey Pro files and the ForeSight DXM data management tool.
Explanation of Job Files, Raw Data Files, and Control Files.
Using description files to automate point descriptions, with and without codes.
Using feature codes for detailed object description and attribute management.
Using layers to manage job data, control visibility, and organize objects.
Understanding and using 2D points, and their limitations in certain routines.
Explains setup procedures and scenarios for backsighting in conventional fieldwork.
Step-by-step guide to setting up a job and collecting data using Traverse/Side Shot.
Detailed procedure for performing a simple point-staking job.
Automating backsight azimuth computation for traverses.
Components of road definition: Horizontal and Vertical Alignments, Templates, and POB.
Defines how alignments and templates interact to form a road.
Steps to create a single template with roadbed, curb, and ditch segments.
Combining templates with alignments, widenings, and super elevations.
Staking areas and getting cut/fill information using a reference DTM surface.
Loading DTM/DXF files and defining layers for stakeout.
Choosing layers for stake points and defining optional boundaries.
Taking shots and viewing DTM surface data, including 3D view.
Guides for using routines like Import/Export, Control Files, and Repetition Shots.
Adding or exporting coordinates using various file formats.
Importing control files to access points from other jobs.
Performing repetition shots with settings for tolerances and sequences.
Performing repetition shots to backsight and foresights from the same occupy point.
Provides more accurate vertical closure to a traverse using shots from two ends.
Performing offset shots using Distance, Horizontal Angle, or Vertical Angle screens.
Computing coordinates by shooting known points from an unknown location.
Computing azimuth to a backsight based on celestial body position.
Operating a robotic total station from a remote data collector.
Using GPS to re-acquire prism lock when the total station loses it.
Locating outer slopes of a roadway intersecting terrain to find catch points.
Entering boundary data from map to compute closure and other information.
Computing boundary line location for a specified area using Hinge or Parallel methods.
Computing locations along a horizontal curve using PC Deflection, PI Deflection, Tangent Offset, or Chord Offset.
Computing locations along a vertical curve when two parts are known.
Calculating parts of a circular curve transition between straight section and circular curve.
Designing and staking curve centerlines or offsets at specified station intervals.
Adjusting point coordinates by a scale factor relative to a base point.
Moving points horizontally and/or vertically by a specified distance and direction.
Rotating selected points around a specified rotation point by a specified angle.
Performing angle, compass rule, or combined adjustments on traverses.
Automatically taking shots in a predefined area for 3D raster image or DTM generation.
Overview of leveling mode, data collection organization into loops, and key terms.
Switching to Leveling Mode and configuring instrument settings.
Configuring shooting sequence and leveling tolerances.
Supported leveling methods: Three Wire, Single Wire, Electronic, Trigonometric.
Steps for taking shots like turning points, side shots, stakeout, and benchmarks.
Checking and computing instrument collimation error.
Basic concepts of GPS coordinate systems, measurements, and data collection methods.
Explanation of GPS coordinate computation using pseudo-range positioning.
Subtracting satellite ranges from multiple receivers to cancel error sources.
Using internet-based base stations for RTK GPS corrections.
Describing datums, coordinate systems, and their use in Survey Pro.
Transforming WGS84 positions into local coordinates for map projections.
Description of NAD27, NAD83, and HARN horizontal datums.
Converting ellipsoid heights to orthometric elevations using geoid models.
Description of Cartesian, Geodetic, and ECEF coordinate systems.
Using local planes or map projections for horizontal coordinates.
Manipulating geodetic coordinates and calculating local coordinates from GPS.
Using Ground-TDS Localization or Mapping Plane modes for coordinate calculations.
Understanding Zone, Site, Datum, Ellipsoid, and Geoid records in the database.
Editing point values, including special instructions for geodetic coordinates.
Adding point, line, and coordinate system values from various file types.
Description of software applications for managing GPS raw data and coordinates.
Configuring communication with receivers and setting up RTK base/rover.
Configuring communication via serial cables or Bluetooth.
Setting up Windows Networking to use a cellular phone as a modem for VRS.
Using the Start GPS Survey wizard for RTK surveys.
Workflows for connecting to base and rover receivers.
Managing active cellular modem connections for GPS surveys.
Solving coordinate system adjustments using GPS control points.
Using control points to solve horizontal and vertical localization adjustments.
Evaluating localization solution quality and detecting potential errors.
Ensuring quality solutions through prompting for extra points and blunder detection.
Performing a one-point setup for ground level coordinate systems.
Collecting points and moving the base receiver to new or existing points.
Solving localization in Basic GPS mode, similar to the Start GPS Survey wizard.
Collecting GPS raw data for post processing and automatic connection detection.
| Brand | Tripod Data Systems |
|---|---|
| Model | SURVEY PRO |
| Category | Handhelds |
| Language | English |