Trimble
The Trimble device lets you use GPS to record features in the field. TerraSync is the program on the device that is used for recording and managing GPS'd data. Pathfinder is the program on a desktop computer that is used in tandem with the device.
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Advantages over the phone in your pocket
- It collects multiple measurements for each position (which requires standing still and waiting a bit) and averages/processes them to get better accuracy than a single reading would achieve.
- Post-processing using known GPS base stations can be done to further improve accuracy
- It allows you to define different feature types with different attributes and you can fill them in, rather than just recording the spots and entering them into a feature later.
Disadvantages over the phone in your pocket
- weight
- cost
- old style touch screen
- doesn't make phone calls
TerraSync Organization
The TerraSync software is organized under 5 different groups:
99% of the time you will be using either Map or Data
Using TerraSync
- Create a dictionary that defines features you want to capture. Dictionaries are the schemas for data files
- Create a data file to for storing the features you capture.
- Capture data
- View captured data
- Move the data to a PC for storage and further use/analysis.
