LEICA MobileMatriX
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1. WHY DID MY IMPORT OF SURVEY DATA FILES AND MEASUREMENTS E G GSI FAIL oO Leica MobileMatriX 15 when it has to be right feica FAQ Geosystems x HOW TO SORT SURVEY FEATURE CLASSES IN THE SELECT NEW SURVEY FEATURES DIALOG ALPHABETICAL 7 WORKING WITH SURVEY FEATURE By default the 10 last used features are displayed in order to their use To show all features check show all All features will be shown in alphabetical order A NEW SURVEY FEATURE CANNOT BE CREATED Make sure that a edit session is started and that you are currently in survey mode and not e g in stakeout mode To get into survey mode you have to click either the Add Line tangential or 3 Point Arc button WHY IS THE NEW SURVEY FEATURE TAB IN THE ARCMAaApP S TOC MISSING Before you can work with Leica MobileMatriX you must enable it in ArcMap and Arc Catalog Once you enable the extension you can work with GPS data in ArcCatalog Note Enable Leica MobileMatriX on ArcGIS Edition must be enabled in ArcMap and in ArcCatalog WHY DOES MY NEW SURVEY FEATURE NOT LINE UP WITH MY SURVEY POINTS Survey Points are not affected by the resolution of the geodatabase spatial domain They are always represented precisely in the geodatabase If the spatial domain is too large GIS features are stored with lower precision than their underlying survey points This does not affect the quality of the data but it can cause inaccuracies in the ArcMap Leica Mobi2. LEICA MobileMatrixX Frequently Asked Questions Sica FAQ Geosystems Leica MobileMatriX 1 of 19 when it has to be right Table of Contents 1 DIFFERENCES IN LEICA MOBILEMATRIX EDITIONS ccccceeeesseeeeeeesaeeeeteeuannes 3 2 INSTALLATION saceeceebbesvalubsideeotueewe secu EA ludevb cedars E E E iDN 4 3 LANGUAGE circcerecente eienenn eE EE r rE 6 4 GENERAL oc6 ic265 cvevidee uie Eo E EAE EEEN EEEE EEEE EAEE AE wne 7 5 WORKING WITH SURVEYING SENSORS soccccvecacuesenisdnsdendiccetesesvabddeciadedieescds 11 6 WORKING WITH SURVEY DATA AND REPORTING sscccceeeeeeeteeeeeeeeenauaneeneneees 14 7 WORKING WITH SURVEY FEATURE ccceessseccccecccccceeeeeeenennnnnesscaceessesenenes 16 8 SNAPPING iz seed cuca idecedeeecebidedumessavndse tatenseteeetacd eves ENAREN EA ERNER EY 18 9 SUPPORT svisendemswcrcenn EEE N tae O EN RAEE E E 19 Leica MobileMatriX FAQ 2 of 19 oO when it has to be right Sica Geosystems x 1 DIFFERENCES IN LEICA MOBILEMATRIX EDITIONS DO HAVE TO BUY INSTALL ANY ARCGIS SOFTWARE TO USE LEICA MOBILEMATRIX No you can use the MobileMatriX Standard or Professional Edition Only the Mobile MatriX on ArcGIS Version requires a pre existing ArcGIS license WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MOBILEMATRIX STANDARD PROFESSIONAL EDITION AND ON ARCGIS EDITION Leica MobileMatriX is available in three editions Standard Professional and on ArcGIS The Leica MobileMatriX Standard Edition software is ideal
3. available for Leica MobileMatriX Standard Professional and on ArcGIS Edition expires after one month For details contact your local Leica Repre sentative o Leica MobileMatrix 3 when it has to be right feica FAQ Geosystems x 2 INSTALLATION WHICH VERSIONS AND LICENSES OF ARCGIS Desktop ARCVIEw ARCEDITOR OR ARCINFO DO NEED FOR THE LEICA MOBILEMATRIX ON ARCGIS EDITION Version g o with Service Pack 3 Version 9 1 or 9 1 SP1 Version 9 2 WHAT ARE THE MINIMUM COMPUTER SPECIFICATIONS REQUIRED ArcGIS 9 0 ArcGIS 9 1 ArcGIS 2 Release or Ser vice pack 1 ArcGIS service packs only valid for Leica MobileMa trix on ArcGIS Edition Service pack 3 Operating system Any of the following Microsoft Windows NT 4 o with Service Pack 6a Windows 2000 Professional Windows XP Home Edition Windows XP Professional Edition Windows XP Tablet PC Edition CPU speed 850 MHz 850 MHz 1 GHz Processor Pentium Ill or higher Memory RAM 512 MB 512 MB 1 GB Disk space Approximately 4 GB Internet Explorer Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 0 or later must be installed WHICH SERVICE PACKS ARE SUPPORTED OR REQUIRED FOR THE OPERATING SYSTEM Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 4 0 with Service Pack 6a IS THERE A NETWORK INSTALLATION No not in Leica MobileMatrixX v2 0 oO Leica MobileMatriX TE when it has to be right fei
4. name for the feature dataset 5 To define the feature dataset s spatial reference click Edit 6 To set the feature dataset s spatial reference click Se ect or Import 7 Navigate to the spatial reference you want to use or navigate to the fea ture class or feature dataset whose spatial reference you want to use as a template 8 If you want to change any parameters in the selected coordinate system click Modify edit the parameters and then click OK g In the X Y Domain tab enter the minimum and maximum x and y coordinates for the dataset and then enter the required precision for the coordinates o Leica MobileMatriX 8 when it has to be right Sica FAQ Geosystems x 10 If any feature class in the feature dataset will have z values click the Z Domain tab enter the minimum and maximum z value for the dataset and then enter the precision required for the z coordinates 11 If any feature class in the feature dataset will have measures click the Mm Domain tab enter the minimum and maximum value for the dataset and then enter the precision required for the m values 12 Click OK 13 To see the details of the new dataset s spatial reference click Show De tails and then click OK WHICH ARE THE SUPPORTED FILE FORMATS IN MOBILEMATRIX Following data types are supported Shapefiles Geodatabases ArcIMS feature services ArcIMS map services Ge ography Network connections SDE layers TIN DXF DWG DGN
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6. VPF Text files OLE DB tables SDC Following raster formats are supported ADRG ESRI BIL ESRI BIP ESRI BSQ BMP DIB CADRG CIB DIGEST ASRP USRP DTED ER Mapper GIF ERDAS 7 5 GIS ESRI GRID ESRI GRID Stack ESRI GRID Stack file ERDAS IMAGINE CIT COT JPEG JFIF JPEG 2000 ERDAS 7 5 LAN MrSID ArcSDE Rasters TIFF ERDAS RAW PNG NITF HOW TO CREATE DONUTS FEATURE Donuts are Polygon Features with holes e g a lake with an island in it In LEICA Mo bileMatrix donuts are created by clipping the exterior polygon with the interior poly gon 1 2 Start an Edit session Select the inner polygon Click Editor and select Clip In the Clip dialog box select the Discard the area that intersects option Click OK Delete the inner polygon if necessary o Leica MobileMatrix TE when it has to be right feica FAQ Geosystems x Either importing a CAD feature class from AutoCAD s DWG MicroStation s DGN and Drawing Interchange File DXF formats or importing feature classes from a CAD dataset to another geodatabase can be done using the Import Feature Class com mand Whereby it is possible to modify the spatial reference the output fields and the field names How TO IMPORT CAD FILES oO Leica MobileMatriX 10 when it has to be right feica FAQ Geosystems 5 WORKING WITH SURVEYING SENSORS IS A REFRACTION COEFFICIENT CONSIDERED IN LEICA MOBILEMATRIX Not in MobileMatriX but i
7. bletPC and GPS you can simply assign the GPS Meas urement button to shortcut Therefore go to the customize dialog and press the Keyboard button Select the Leica GPS Tools category and the Single GPS Measure ment command Then assign the shortcut key e g Ctrl M Now go to the Control Panel Tablet and Pen Settings Tablet button tab Assign to the desired button the previously defined shortcut e g Ctrl M HOW TO SETUP A CONNECTION BETWEEN A SENSOR AND MOBILEMATRIX USING A RADIO MODEM 1 Connect your sensor and your TabletPC to the radio modems using RS232 2 Configure the sensors Remote Port to RS232 Make sure that the used Baud rate is supported by the radio modem You can find this Baud rate in the mo dems user manual e g Amber wireless radio works at 57600 several others at 9600 3 Configure the settings in the MobileMatriX Options dialog according the set tings at your sensor o Leica MobileMatriX 13 when it has to be right feica FAQ Geosystems x 6 WORKING WITH SURVEY DATA AND REPORTING How CAN EXPLORE SURVEY POINT DATA You can select a Survey Point by using the List Survey Objects Tool or the List Survey Objects by Query Tool Then you ll get the desired data shown If you are using the List Survey Objects Tool you can select different specific Survey Objects by pressing the shift key HOW TO CREATE A PRINTED REPORT ABOUT MY SURVEY DATA There are three options e Choose your desired setup
8. ca FAQ Geosystems x DOES THE SOFTWARE SUPPORT FLOATING LICENSES No Each copy of the Leica MobileMatriX software must be installed on only one computer at any time Do NEED TO BE AN ADMINISTRATOR TO INSTALL THE SOFTWARE Yes If you want to install Leica MobileMatriX on ArcGIS Edition a valid ArcGIS Desktop software must be installed as well as the ESRI NET components CAN CHOOSE A DIRECTORY TO INSTALL THE LEICA MOBILEMATRIX EDITIONS TO Yes During the wizard the user can define the installation path CAN UNINSTALL THE INSTALLATION Yes However it is strongly recommended to uninstall the software with following workflow Place the Leica MobileMatriX CD in the CD drive and perform the steps to install the software The installer detects an installed version of Leica MobileMatrix and request to remove the software Press OK the software gets then properly uninstalled o Leica MobileMatriX ips when it has to be right Sica FAQ Geosystems 3 LANGUAGE Does LEICA MOBILEMATRIX SUPPORT OTHER LANGUAGES The Leica MobileMatriX v2 0 supports the English and German language oO Leica MobileMatriX 6 lt when it has to be right feica FAQ Geosystems x 4 GENERAL CAN COPY LEICA MOBILEMATRIX SETTINGS FROM ONE TABLETPC TO ANOTHER When you make customization changes to the user interface in ArcMap or Leica Mo bileMatrix you can save these changes in one of the following places The current map do
9. cument a base template the Normal template On the Commands tab of the Customize dialog there is a Save in combo box that lists the names of the currently loaded document and templates In ArcMap or Leica MobileMa trix use this setting to specify whether the change you are about to make will be saved in the document the Normal template or another template The default setting is the Normal template WHY ARE THE LEICA MOBILEMATRIX BUTTONS DISABLED ON THE TOOLBAR You have not started an edit session From the Editor drop down menu select Start Editing How DO DISPLAY THE LEICA MOBILEMATRIX TOOLBARS IN ARCMAP LEICA MOBILEMA TRIX 1 In ArcMap Leica MobileMatrix click the View menu and then select Toolbars 2 Select the various LEICA toolbars The toolbars appear in ArcMap You can dock the toolbar above below or beside the map HOW TO CREATE A LIST OF ATTRIBUTE VALUES AND HOW CAN MANAGE THESE 1 Create a new Domain e g with Coded Values Help About creating attrib ute domains 2 Create a new feature class or use an existing one with a new field and desired domain 3 Now you can assign attributes interactively to each feature by using the Attributes dialog box or changing the symbology in the layer properties to unique values HOW TO CREATE CHOOSE NEW SYMBOLS FOR LAYERS The symbols must be available as bmp or emf files Open the symbol properties of your layer and click Properties Now choose Type Pictu
10. eMatriX 17 when it has to be right feica FAQ Geosystems 8 SNAPPING SNAPPING TO FEATURE IS NOT WORKING The snapping environment has to be set according your needs The dockable window can be found in Editor Snapping SNAPPING TO A SURVEY POINT IS NOT WORKING Make sure that no feature snap e g parcel is activated because it has a higher priority than the Survey Point snap oO Leica MobileMatriX 18 when it has to be right feica FAQ Geosystems x WHERE CAN GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR MY LEICA MOBILEMATRIX ON ARCGIS EDI TION Q SUPPORT Technical support for the Leica MobileMatriX on ArcGIS extension is available from you local Leica Geosystems representative For ArcGIS support refer to the ArcMap and ArcCatalog Help or go to http support esri com WHAT FILES SHOULD EMAIL IF NEED TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR LEICA MOBILEMATRIX When troubleshooting a problem your local Leica representative will need to know the software version numbers and service packs you have the exact steps you are using and the exact error you are getting send a screen snap You also need to send the original personal geodatabase with the ArcMap document mxd Make sure that you set relative paths in the document Furthermore if available send us the dmp file as well as Leica MobileMatrix log file and InstrumentDriver log file WHERE CAN FIND MORE TROUBLESHOOTING INFORMATION Refer to the Leica MobileMatriX Help
11. f your TPS is configured with refraction correction you ll get your corrected measurements directly through the interface WHICH 3RD PARTY SENSORS ARE SUPPORTED 3rd party GPS instruments are supported using the NMEA interface Connection to the sensors can be established either with cable or wireless communication Blue tooth or radio connection However because the Leica MobileMatriX editions are an open extension to ArcObjects it could be extended to add support for other sur vey instruments WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIENTATION POINTS TARGET POINTS AND CONTROL POINTS Orientation Points are datum points used for calculating a setup Target Points are known or unknown points that were measured to create new co ordinates Control Points are used to check the setup during a survey session for control pur poses WHAT HAVE TO DO TO FORCE THE SECOND MEASUREMENT BEING PART OF THE MEAN COORDINATE That is standard functionality You have not to care about But you have the possibility to change the rules according your needs CAN USE OFFSETS TO COLLECT FEATURES In case of TPS you can enter an offset in TPS Status window or in Survey Explorer and record it koz Leica MobileMatriX 1 when it has to be right Sica FAQ Geosystems WHICH SURVEY INSTRUMENTS ARE SUPPORTED Leica MobileMatriX supports data collection in the field with an online connection to following survey instruments GPS e NMEA com
12. for typical data collec tion tasks With a simple user interface based on Leica Geosystems and ESRI inter face design you can collect point line or polygon features including attribute in formation with high performance and productivity The Leica MobileMatriX Professional Edition software offers everything that the Standard version offers and furthermore it supports disconnected editing technol ogy from ESRI the complete ArcGIS database model and many more features It is ideal for data maintenance tasks disconnected from the network environment with the ability for in the field data collection and design using the checked out features especially for companies working with an ESRI enterprise database in the office The Leica MobileMatriX on ArcGIS Edition runs as an extension on any ESRI ArcGIS Desktop product ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo with version 9 0 SP3 9 1 or 9 2 pro viding Full GIS functionality of underlying ArcGIS Desktop available GIS functionality varies according to ArcGIS Desktop product WHAT TYPES OF GEODATABASE DOES THE SOFTWARE SUPPORT The Leica MobileMatrixX Standard Edition works only in personal geodatabases Micro soft Access MDB Leica MobileMatrixX Professional Edition users can use an enterprise geodatabase to check data out to a personal geodatabase Leica MobileMatrix doesn t supports File Geodatabases IS THERE AN EVALUATION VERSION HOW LONG DOES IT LAST Yes The evaluation version
13. leMatriX display Note If you inadvertently selected the wrong Geographic Transformation when you added data to ArcMap then the incorrect shift is also applied to the data WHY CAN T COLLECT ONE OR MORE OF MY FEATURE THEY DON T APPEAR IN THE SUR VEY FEATURE TAB IN TOC Either an Edit Session is not yet started or you are in Stakeout mode Please start an Edit Session or change back to Survey mode by clicking either Add Line tangential or 3 Point Arc CAN CONTINUE A FEATURE When recording a line or polygon feature you could come across another feature that you need to record The feature may be adjacent to the line or polygon feature o Leica MobileMatriX 16 when it has to be right feica FAQ Geosystems or it may be some distance away For example when collecting a pathway line fea ture you might encounter a sign point feature You do not have to record the entire pathway and then return to record the sign you can Just toggle between the different feature in the Survey Feature dialog The features can even be continued if the Edit Session was stopped in the mean time or a new data was checked out from an enterprise database again CAN MEASURE MULTIPLE FEATURE AT ONCE When recording a line or polygon feature you could come to a situation that several features are on the same location You can simply measure multiple feature by checking all required checkboxes in the survey feature tab o Leica Mobil
14. pliant GPS receivers any NMEA receiver that outputs GGA mes sages e Leica GPS1200 e Leica GPS500 e Leica GS50 e Leica SmartAntenna ATX1230 e Leica SmartAntenna ATX900 TPS e Leica TPS1200 series e Leica TPS1100 series e Leica TPS1000 series e Leica TPS800 series e Leica TPS700 series e Leica TPS400 series e Leica TPS300 series e Leica TPS 110C e Leica Builder Level e Leica Sprinter e Leica DNA e Trimble DiNi 12T Laser Rangefinder e Vectronix Vector IV e Leica LaserLocator However because the Leica MobileMatriX editions are an open extension to ArcObjects it could be extended to add support for other survey instruments Leica MobileMatrix FAQ 12 o when it has to be right Leica Geosystems x WHAT IS NMEA NMEA is an open industry standard established by the National Marine Electronics Association This standard defines a format for communicating data collected or computed by a GPS receiver to an external device For more information go to www nmea org pub index html CAN USE A LASER RANGEFINDER Yes Laser rangefinders are supported by Leica MobileMatrixX The supported model is the Vectronix Vector IV series and the Leica Laser Locator However because the Leica MobileMatrix editions are an open extension to ArcObjects it could be extended to add support for other Laser Rangefinders HOW TO APPLY THE GPS MEASUREMENT BUTTON TO THE TABLETPC BUTTONS For convenient work with Ta
15. re Marker Symbol and select your desired file o Leica MobileMatrix z773 when it has to be right feica FAQ Geosystems x ARE SPECIAL CHARACTERS ALLOWED TO NAME CONTENTS OF THE DATA MANAGER It is recommended to use no special characters such as a O WHAT IS SPATIAL REFERENCE The spatial reference for the geodatabase describes its coordinate system for ex ample WGS 84 or UTM its spatial domain and its precision The spatial domain or extent is the allowable coordinate range for x and y coordinates All feature classes in a Survey aware geodatabase must use the same coordinate system and the spa tial domain of each feature class must be within the bounds of the spatial domain defined for the geodatabase CAN CHANGE MY SPATIAL REFERENCE No You cannot change the spatial reference after it is already set for a geodatabase without deleting all of its data At the start of a project make sure that you care fully define the area to be mapped CAN IMPORT A SPATIAL REFERENCE Yes If this is the first feature class in your Geodatabase then you simply take the default spatial domain generated by the software during the data import operation Alternatively you can navigate to the spatial reference you want to use 1 In the ArcCatalog tree in ArcCatalog or DataManager right click the data base in which you want to create a new feature dataset 2 Click New 3 Click Feature Dataset 4 Enter a
16. within the Survey Explorer click report tab and de sign your desired report e Select your desired data in the Survey Explorer Use Report Survey Objects right click to create a printed report e To create an ASCII report in the Data Manager right click on the Survey Pro ject then Export Survey Data Select ASCII export HOW TO DELETE SURVEY DATA SURVEY OBJECTS COMPUTATIONS MEASUREMENTS POINTS In the Survey Explorer navigate to the desired data you want to delete select it and click the Delete survey objects button in the Survey Explorer toolbar AFTER TYPING IN COORDINATES IN THE SURVEY EXPLORER CREATE XY POINT ALSO LIKE TO INPUT AN ELEVATION VALUE INSTEAD OF ALLOWING THAT LEICA MOBILEMATRIX CRE ATES A NEW OBJECT AUTOMATICALLY Auto Complete is set active To deactivate this Function right click the Survey Ex plorer dialog and uncheck Auto Complete THE POINT INCREMENT FOR A NEW SURVEY POINT IS ALWAYS 1 WHAT IF WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT STEP The increment can be set using the Survey Editor gt Options dialog Click the Points tab and set the increment to the desired value koz Leica MobileMatriX 14 when it has to be right Sica FAQ Geosystems x The extent of the data in the survey file e g gsi is greater than the extent of the selected geodatabase Import the gsi files into a new geodatabase that has a larger spatial reference Further details can also be found in the created Log file
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