This is a short tutorial for creating and using an Aerial photo or image Topo map inside SurvCE 5.
- Click the link below to download and install XPortSetup.exe to your Desktop, or Laptop, computer.
Carlson X-port
- Make a new folder in My Documents called Image Test.
- Then, right-click on the following link and save the file into the new Image Test folder.
Sample Images.zip
- Unzip the file we downloaded in Step #2. The file Sample Images.zip contains an Image and World File:
- USGS100K.tif
- USGS100K.TFW
- Run Carlson X-port then click Tools / Image X-port to open up the Image Set Manager utility.
- Click the Open New / Existing Image Database button and navigate to the Image Test folder, which we created in Step #2 inside your My Documents folder.
- Once you're in the Image Test folder, Type the name USGS100, at the bottom. This will create a New .IDB file. Then, click the OPEN button.
- Click File. Then, click Open Image File and you should see the file USGS100K.tif displayed in the My Documents/Image Test folder. Left-Click the USGS100K.tif file to highlight the file. Then, click OPEN. A topo map image will be displayed on-screen. The world file should be automatically set for you, in our sample project.
Please Note: If you need to view or change the World File; you can click the Tools pull-down. Then, click World File Editor. This will display your current values, and allow you to click Import World Files, if necessary.
- Click the Image Set pulldown then click Add Image to Set. Select the SurvCE Format. Then, click the Process Image button. After a few seconds, the blue, progress bar will become active. A message will state that the process is "Complete!". Then, you will be returned the Image Set Manager window.
- Exit the Image Set Manager, by selecting Exit, from the File drop-down.
- You should have 40 Bitmap image files and a file named USGS100.idb, in your My Documents/Image Test folder.
- Make a subfolder on a removable, USB thumbdrive, called Image Sample {It won't work without copying all the bitmap Image files and the *.IDB file into a Subfolder on the Compact Flash Card}
- Copy all of the files into the subfolder on the USB thumbdrive {It is not necessary to use the original TIF or JPEG or TFW, just the new images we created in Step #7 and the new *.IDB database file}
- Plug the USB thumbdrive into the Data Collector
- Launch the SurvCE program on you data collector. Then, start a new job.
- Tap the Map Icon in the Upper right.
- Tap on the Tools drop-down and select Image Overlays.
- Check the box for Display Image, and check the box for Save Image Boundary Points.
- Tap Change Image Database. Then, browse to the file we copied to the USB drive, in the Subfolder Image Sample.
- Highlight USGS100.idb, and tap the green checkmark to select that file.
- Tap the green checkmark, again, to load the file.
- Now tap the Zoom Extents icon in the upper left and you should see the Image onscreen.
- If you need to turn off the image you can go back into the Map Screen / Tools / Image Overlays, and uncheck the box for Display Image.
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