Latest Contributions by ZoltanKovacs1

Hi, I have the same problem, not just you. And I know others who experienced the same. I raised a call and am waiting for Redlands to investigate. Let you know if there's any updates. Zoltan ... View more

Hi, I think you should start with designing the database structure/scheme for your data. You have to know in advance what data you have to collect/edit to be able to design the forms (auto-increment values, required fields, field types, length, etc.) in Application Builder and link the forms with the data. When everything is done, you can deploy your data & forms to ArcPad. Check: http://resources.arcgis.com/content/arcpad-application-builder-previous-versions http://webhelp.esri.com/arcpad/8.0/userguide/index.htm#getting_started/concept_customizingarcpad.htm http://resources.arcgis.com/content/search-result?searchKeyWord=arcpad+studio&clearCacheTime=1284147236&searchRC=All&searchCollectionType=1 During check-out you can select what do you need: schema+data or schema only (for a new project, etc). Here is a pdf about how to do check-in/out: http://nctc.fws.gov/csp/oilspill/training/gps/ArcPad_8/Data_Check-out_and_Check-in_Process.pdf (Feel free to use google, you can find loads of documents that can help! And you can get info from AP/AAB Help as well.) Hope this helps, Zoltan PS: feel free to ask your ESRI distributor what they advise, sometimes they can help you to design/etc (probably for a small consultancy fee, it depends on your contract). ... View more

Hi, That is a common issue on every Windows Mobile device with - usually more than one - GPS software installed. Sometimes a process just stuck in the memory and the system think that GPS is still in use. Do a soft/hard reset, it should solve your problem. Trimble won't advise anything else, this is an official troubleshooting tip you can find in every Trimble MGIS getting started guide. Hope this helps, Zoltan ... View more

I just ran into this problem elsewhere and I gave a try to see. ESRI has changed it a bit... When you set the snapping environment for your layers, but didn`t enable the visibility of the buffwer/tolerance, you might think there`s no snapping, because it doesn`t work as you might think (and in ArcMap). If you enable the visibility for snapping buffer, you will see black areas around your features (depending on their geometry). If you click inside the black area, your points/vertexes will be snapped. However, the classic snapping is working, when you edit existing features... strange.. Anyone? ... View more

Hi, As far as I remember, snapping only works during editing. Enable/select a layer for editing and try again. It should work. Hope this helps. Zoltan ... View more

Your dealer should've informed you about this. Anyway, I don't know what happens if you downgrade - I mean you got a refund (because 8 is more expensive than 7, almost double price because of Application Builder [AAB]) or what. But i'm not 100% sure, that a "downgrade" is officially possible for ArcPad. I don't know about ESRI's policy according to this, but you can ask your dealer or ESRI about it. Pre 8 ArcPad versions have a separate Application Builder package that you can purchase. This gives you 1 license for both AAB and ArcPad and 1 year maintenance for AAB. Hope this helps Zoltan ... View more

Hi, You can always check the software compatibility. There's a pdf (some 28 pages) on Trimble's website which they regularly update, called Mapping & GIS Product Compatibility List. You can search for it, or use this link to access. Last update: 5th August, 2010. (Or ask your Trimble Dealer to send it to you.) Hope this helps Zoltan ... View more

Hi, There's a documentation on Trimble's website according to system compatibility for MGIS products: http://trl.trimble.com/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-160913/MGIS_SprtNote_Product_Compatibility.pdf. (Updated regularly.) Using this you can figure out your components (upgrades) are compatible with each other and your platform. As far as I remember, AP 7.1.1 supports WM 6.0 (http://help.arcgis.com/en/previous_versions/system_requirements/7.1/ArcPad_711_SystemRequirements.pdf), but not above. I really recommend to use the above mentioned sys. comp. doc before you buy, to avoid any problem (compatibility or financially). However, PFO v3.10 is a bit outdated, you should upgrade it too. There are many new features in the new(er) versions you could benefit e.g. DeltaPhase technology: 1-3 m postprocessed accuracy for Juno SB/SC. So if you use the latest version of GPScorrect and process with PFO 3.10, you won't be able to use this new feature, therefore your max. accuracy will be 2-5 m PP for example. (And if I remember well, there was a major change in PP engine after v3.10. You should check in Release Notes on trimble.com) Hope this helps, Zoltan ... View more

We currently use Pathfinder Office to perform post-processing via ShapeCorrect.  We create the .cor file from the .ssf by GPScorrect and then run ShapeCorrect currently against multiple shapefiles and soon to be 1 .axf.  We looked at GPSAnalyst, but weren't too impressed with it for the cost.  I realize the functionality we have in Pathfinder Office is limited, but it still suits our needs.  We had an archaic version of Pathfinder Office sitting around (2.9 I believe) so we purchased the latest version for the upgrade price. Just another option. Yes, You're right. But if someone doesn't have any post-processing software, it doesn't make any sense. Mainly because the price of both Pathfinder Office and GPS Analyst is exactly the same... (However, PFO has more advanced functionality for PP, since GPS Anaylst can't processes phase measurements.) If you need a streamlined functionality in ESRI environment to eliminate import/export to/from various file types, you need to use GPS Analyst. Zoltan ... View more

Hi, I have no idea. I use AG v9.3 SP1 and AP8 SP3... I tried every options I could imagine, and it still works for me (check out in shp/axf, read-only/editable, etc). Anyway, is that field that has alias selected too? I used the defaults too... (see pic) Zoltan ... View more

If I connect my handheld device (with ArcPad) to a VRS and capture real-time, do I need GPSCorrect? Thanks, Kyle Hi Kyle, Yes, that's GPScorrect for. The extension has several options (depending on your GPS receiver) for real-time sources: GBAS/VRS/SBAS/OmniSTAR etc. In this case the extension manages the connection to the VRS, receives and applies the corrections from it to your GPS positions. BUT: If you have a GPS receiver that can directly connect to a VRS (via data radio, modem, etc) and uses the corrections from it internally and outputs the corrected positions only to your data logger/handheld device with AP, in that case you don't need GPScorrect. Hope this helps. Zoltan ... View more

Hi, Until it fulfils the system requirements of ArcPad, it should work. (However I'm not 100% sure about the touchscreen function, but it might work as well - ask your ESRI dealer or check sys. req.) Anyway, you can always download the evaluate version of AP to try and figure out how does it work on your device before you buy the software/hardware. Hope this helps. Zoltan ... View more

Hi, First thing first, you don't need GPS Analyst in every case. You have to decide - based on your needs and budget - what do you need: field accuracy or post-processed accuracy. If you satisfied with field accuracy only (2-5 m), you don't need the ArcGIS extension. If you need the better, post-processed accuracy (1-3 m), you have to buy GPS Analyst. With the extension you can process your field data (positions captured in shp files and GPS measurements logged in ssf files by GPScorrect for ArcPad) in ArcGIS desktop. (Anyway, for the latter case, you need to create a geodatabase and you have to GPS-enable it before import and post-process your field data.) So to make it clear: GPScorrect for ArcPad - enables the option to use real-time correction sources (e.g. EGNOS/WAAS/MSAS depending on wherever on Earth you are) to correct your GPS positions and collect features using them AND to log GPS measurements for post-processing, if you needed. GPS Analyst for ArcGIS Desktop - enables the option to post-process your collected data from field using those measurements that GPScorrect logged during your work. This is the streamlined option to do this in ESRI environment. So if you don't want to post-process your data with or can't afford GPS Analyst and you're happy with the maximum 2-5 m real-time accuracy, you don't need this Desktop extension. Without it you can still import/export your data (shp or axf files) to/from ArcGIS using ArcPad Data Manager Toolbar that comes with ArcPad and installed automatically. (However, to use this new set of  tools, you need 9.3 or higher... But you can still use the good old ArcPad Toolbar in your 9.2) Anyway, you should always feel free to ask your dealer about these informations - not especially only if you have a tight budget. Hope this helps. If you have any further questions, let me know. 😉 Zoltan P.S: and another important thing: before you buy, always check the compatibility with your current system to avoid any unwanted headache 🙂 Your ESRI/Trimble dealer has to know about product compatibility - they have an extensive table for it (especially Trimble)... You can find the latest (by this time) for instance here and here. ... View more

Hi, Yes. If you give aliases to your fields in ArcGIS, and then you "export" your data with Get data for ArcPad tool, it carries over the aliases. (Tested.) So if you open this exported .apm in AP and identify a feature, you can see the fields named by their aliases. (You should you the above tool, because like mxd in ArcGIS, apm stores the extra info - such as aliases, macros and so on.) Hope this helps Zoltan ... View more

Hi, First thing first, I really recommend a hard reset on your device. As far as I remember, it could restore GPS settings. After, you can try Find GPS tool in ArcPad to find and connect your GPS in ArcPad. I haven't seen AP 10 yet, but in previous version the tool can be found here: in drop-down list below GPS Active icon/ GPS Preferences/ GPS Tab (1st). You should press the black spy-glass icon to automatically find and connect. I hope ESRI left this feature in AP 10... 😄 If it doesn't work, you can follow the "official" way - what your user guide says: - Lanuch GPS Controller on your device and Enable NMEA output in Settings. Set output port to COM2 and baud rate to 4800. (However it is set default on your device, because GeoExplorer 2008 series has 2 ports for outputting data: COM2 for NMEA, COM3 for TSIP.) Than go back to AP 10 and set the same settings for GPS or use Find GPS again. Either way should work... And don't forget to check Protocol as well! If you set Port and Baud rate settings right, but you leave the protocol on wrong, it won't work! Set it to NMEA. (If you use Find GPS tool, it sets everything for you.) Hope this helps. 🙂 Zoltan ... View more