Happy 20th Birthday American GPS See the article about the 20th Birthday/Anniversary of the American GPS Constellation fully operational: NGS - GPS 20th Birthday GPS is actually older than 20 years (first GPS satellite launched in late 1970's) but this month is the anniversary of it being a fully operational GPS constellation. When did you [...]
Trimble GPS Pathfinder Office Software: "PRJ" Projection File Export for ArcGIS 10.1 or Later With the release of ArcGIS 10.1 and 10.2 the Coordinate System Projection files were not included. If you did not save or cannot find your Projection files from previous installs of older ArcGIS Software we included them in a previous blog post. See prior [...]
Manually creating Waypoints in GPS Pathfinder Office "Part 2" If you would like to create Waypoints manually this is possible in both GPS Pathfinder Office and TerraSync. This is a follow-up blog to Creating Waypoints from GPS Pathfinder Office Map Window. Lets say you do not have access to existing data from a GIS Mapping software [...]
GPS/GNSS Metadata in Trimble GPS Pathfinder Office: What is it and how to Export it? Some of us use "Metadata" in our GIS workflows. A general explanation of what Metadata is: "An explanation about other data" or "Data about Data". When using Trimble GPS Pathfinder Office via the Export workflow you can provide "GPS/GNSS Metadata" per your [...]
How to download and Differentially Correct "WISCORS" base station data in Trimble GPS Pathfinder Office We have created a video that will walk you through the download and differential correction of "Rinex" GPS base station data. This video shows and example of using the "WISCORS Rinex" and how to Differentially Correct this data in Trimble [...]
Here are some helpful webistes for ArcPad, ArcMobile and Trimble Positions "Resources and Videos" ArcPad Resources: ArcPad 10 Quick Start Guide ArcPad 10 Help ArcPad Resources ArcPad and ArcMobile videos: ArcPad 10 how to videos Esri learning center has a 3 hour ArcPad 10 video ArcMobile High Accuracy with Trimble Positions ArcMobile videos via ArcGIS Resource Center [...]
TerraSync DDF "Preview" in the GPS Pathfinder Office - Data Dictionary Editor This is s a handy tool in GPS Pathfinder Office 5.00 and higher via the Data Dictionary Editor. Allows you to preview the Data screen layout of your Data Dictionary File ".DDF". You can then to test the data collection form workflow without [...]
Barometer in the Trimble Geo 6000 series and Pro6 series receivers There are 2 barometer holes just below the identification (sticker) location on the back of the Geo 6000. Keep these holes clean and do not cover them with a sticker and or your fingers. See page 24 and page 71 in the Geo 6000 User Guide. [...]
Trimble Positions Downloads and Install Order for ArcPad 10 Where to find ArcPad 10 R4 download: Where to download ArcPad 10: ArcGIS/ArcPad and ArcPad 10 Install Guide A reminder to install the ESRI software first then install the Trimble Positions software and then activate it both on the PC and the Trimble GPS unit. ArcPad 10 [...]
TruPulse ® 360R Neck Strap has magnetic qualities Laser Technology has released a bulletin to cease using the Neck Strap that was supplied with the TruPulse 360R. "We encourage customers to remove the TruPulse 360R neck strap from the unit and discontinue its use. Please contact your Sales Representative for a free replacement neck strap. [...]