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1. ee 2 Recort ual aff 0 r Show All Selected Records 1 out of 1 Selected Options F There are three different Map Face Note Styles available Black Arrow with Black Text Orange Arrow with Orange Text and Purple Arrow with Black Text There are two ways to modify the style To change the Map Face Note Style for the next map face note go to the DFDC Project Details Menu and choose Set Map Face Note Style Note that this does not change the style of any previously placed map face notes To change any other map face note styles right click on Map Face Note in the Table of Contents to open the Attribute Table Under SymbolID change the number to reflect the style Black 20 Orange 23 and Purple 24 To change many records Select the records right click on SymbolID Field Calculator in the SymbolID box type 20 or 23 or 24 depending on the style you require Map Face Note X and Y values are automatically updated when the document closes 3 4 2 The Notebook Point Observation Notebook points can be added to the digital field slip when more detailed or structured information is required about a certain point There are two buttons which access the digital notebook fetes li The green flag allows the user to add a notebook point the red flag allows a user to edit an existing notebook point Notebook points are labelled on the map face with the username and a consecutive number so that the geologist
2. R aal J gun DUO eG Eoia Qyrine Dario Foro d apes Epai begia Seace Saato IDS OG ans in r Gacww J300 J5 Ja us Wasteful use of screen space Optimal use of screen space 3 4 USING THE DIGITAL FIELD SLIP Field mapping can consist of the following types of data recording e Pro forma based recording structured data which are commonly dictionary constrained e Notebook based recording freeform recording of detailed comments and sketches e g The Red Notebook e Map based recording brief text notes on the map face geological lines and landforms e g the field slip BGS SIGMAmobile has incorporated all of these types of recording into a digital environment The GIS map acts as the field slip for map based recording of geological line work landforms and brief text notes Points that require further detailed comments or structure based recording can be marked on this digital map and expanded upon through the digital notebook 23 3 4 1 The Map Face Note The map face note is designed to replicate the traditional brief comments geologists make on their field slips These are notes that are viewed on the map whilst conducting fieldwork To add a map face note to the GIS click the Add Map Face Note tool EI There are two clicks required to position the Map Face Note the first positions the arrowhead and the second positions the end of the arrow at the start of the note Once positioned the
3. You will create the Following feature Black Backwards Diagonal Alternatively if the project has preset project fill styles the menu may look as follows assin a x POLYGON LINE a BLUE GREEN Black Cross Black Diagonal Cross Black Forwards Black Horizontal line O YELLOW Diagonal E Black Mo Fill Black Solid Fill Black Vertical line You will create the Following Feature Made ground APPLY 28 If a GeoPoly feature has been drawn using the wrong style it can be amended Select the line you want to amend select the required style from the drop down menu and click Go to attach the Black Diagonal Cross a correct attribute values a amp To add a label to a GeoPoly feature select the feature and click the U button This form is the same as the Add Map Face Note form except the size of label is limited to 50 characters This allows the label to be tagged with a topic if required To view the labels make sure that the GeoPoly layer labelling is turned on using the turn labels on and off button The GeoPoly attribute table is shown below 8 Attributes of A PROJECTTYPE Date_Made LABEL Shape_Area USER_ID 1D Front_TAG Date Modified _Modified oer R Black Backwards Diagonal Made ground 18 04 2006 14 49 18 a rer om She Pee 97361 TEST ont Ue amin hanee 14 49 18 Recort 14 1 Pi Show At Selected Records 0 out of 1 Selected Options 2 It is
4. 6 The first time the BGS GPS Tool is used in BGS SIGMAmobile two shapefiles will be created these files are created using the same spatial reference as the current data frame a Current GPS location Created at DocPath GPS GPS shp b GPS Log Created at DocPath GPS GPS_Date_Time shp amp Field Observation Point Map Face Hote anl ime JOU 2 2 2 2 MORE BGS GPS SETTINGS AND INFORMATION e The GPS shapefile has one point with the current GPS location marked within it This location is a transformation from the GPS e The symbology of the GPS shapefile will be automatically set depending on the strength of the GPS signal Red No Signal Yellow Low Signal Green Good Signal e You can turn the GPS location on or off by clicking the layer button in the ArcGIS Table of Contents e The GPS log file will have a record for every interval set using the auto pan interval e A column in the GPS log file has the date and time of the GPS point 9 e You can turn the GPS log file on or off by clicking the layer button in the ArcGIS Layer Table of Contents e You can alter the critical battery level at which the GPS will turn off see figure below This is recommended to be at least 1 above the system s critical battery level This setting will persist until the application is removed BGS GPS 1 4 W Shelley 10 06 09 aP Map Options Auta Pan Map GPS Configuration Latitude Create GPS
5. BGS Bearing Tool Browse Disk Cost Install BGS Bearing Tool for yourself or for anyone who uses this computer poccecceccccecscccosesg C Justme Cancel lt Back 4 Install the BGS Structure Contour Tool From the STRUCTURE_CONTOUR_TOOL StructureContourTool_May2007 Install Files folder run the StructureContourToolDot Net2005Install msi On the installation form select to allow everyone to access the tool 5 From the PRECIS_TOOL folder run the setup msi to install the BGS Pr cis Tool On the installation form select to allow everyone to access the tool Install the BGS GPS Tool From the BGS_GPS_ TOOL folder run the BGS_GPS_1 5 msi Load the BGS fonts From the Control Panel select Fonts From the File menu select Install New Font and browse to the MOBILE_HELP DOCUMENTATION Fonts V4 folder Select All and click OK 13 MICROSOFT ACCESS 2003 SETUP This step will need to be repeated on the system if a different profile name is used For some of the BGS SIGMAmobile macros to work the Microsoft Access security level needs to be set to Low Open Access 2003 from the programs menu and go to Tools gt Macro gt Security and toggle the Low button on Security Level Trusted Publishers C High Only signed macros from trusted sources will be allowed to run Unsigned macros are automatically disabled Medium You can choose whether or not to run potentially unsafe macros Low not recommended
6. BGS does not supply these The BGS uses the application on several models of Tablet PC including Itronix GoBooks Xplore iX104s and GETAC V100 s This guide does not provide instructions to its use on specific hardware platforms BGS staff have used the system for mapping in locations including the UK Ghana Madagascar Tajikistan the Antarctic and the U S A We use it as part of a workflow of other customised BGS developed systems that enables us to 1 automatically collate spatial information from our databases 2 interpret new data from satellite imagery and digital photogrammetry 3 take our baseline and interpreted data to the field 4 populate corporate databases with our field data 5 build 3D digital models and visualisations 6 output our data in formats such as maps Further information on these steps is available from the BGS website at http www bgs ac uk research technologies_epo html Only the field system has been supplied in this Open Source agreement so you will need to build define your own methods for integrating BGS SIGMAmobile into your mapping workflow 111 1 Installation Instructions 11 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS BGS SIGMAmobile has been developed using ESRI s ArcGIS 9 2 software It is built onto a relational database built in Access 2003 It is important that all users of BGS SIGMAmobile use these versions of the software for this release of BGS SIGMAmobile otherwise they may experience problems
7. E frmComment Form Ed Enter Field Observation Comment LO Test 2 ID Comment Associated with na COMMENT 1 FOPLANDFORM FOF LANDFORM _LANDFORM i 1 This would make an interesting place take a borehole aj r Select Suitable Tags COMMENT ID TAG Record I4 4 1 e P oF 1 Comments can be made at any point in the system The position where they were called from is documented automatically This will be the location the comment button was clicked in and will relate to the value displayed in black bold text in the top right hand location of the notebook as discussed in section 3 5 1 Each comment made should be tagged with an appropriate topic tag More than one tag can be used for any one comment 40 3 5 12 Sketches E frmSketchinfoPopup Form Ed Pe Sketches for Test gt LO Test 2 ID Sketch Associated With na Comment r Looking South a Create or z Review Edit Sketch Create or Review Edit Sketch Record I4 4 1 P of 1 Sketches can be added or reviewed from the notebook at any point by clicking the sketch button The form shown above will open in which you can add or edit a comment about your sketch The position where the sketch was called from is documented automatically This will be the location the comment button was clicked in and will relate to the value in black bold text in the top right hand location of the notebook as discussed in section 3 5 1 Sketches are
8. click on the refresh ink button As a function of the software the map will refresh and redraw a number of times Be patient while this happens as repeatedly clicking the map may cause BGS SIGMAmobile to crash Once the graphic is re activated the eraser tool or the pen tool can be used to refine the sketch Be careful to just rub out the edges of the line rather than the middle because this may affect the conversion to shapefile If in doubt create a new ink line to draw over your edits and use this to convert to shapefile Note The view will automatically change to the same scale at which the ink was originally captured and pan so that the graphic is in the centre of the screen The ink tools within ArcMap are still being developed and this action prevents the graphics from randomly disappearing from the map Ink Tools trouble shooting On some hardware systems if the system has been on Stand by mode you may start to experience the invisible ink phenomenon where no element appears when it is being drawn This is a known issue and the solution is to close all programmes and re boot the machine for the tool to work correctly again 3 4 7 Editing Options Stream or Point Mode GeoLine or GeoPoly features can be created in two ways point mode or stream mode streaming You can switch back and forth between the two modes as you digitise by clicking the streaming ia Streaming button main menu button 6b When you start creating
9. 1 1 CALCULATE STRUCTURE CONTOURS After clicking the Calculate Structure Contours button the user is presented with the following window 48 Structure Contour Tool ersion 2 0 Structure Contour Tool Geological Survey DTM E35 HATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL Beet ae Multiole Layers Tool Paramters as DTM as DTM Tolerance mi Poo Calculation Method puooo ono on M Single Observation Point l Three Points Sample Resalution 2 Observation Point Point Colour Fed Enter Easting and Northing or click on map Search Area Easting Elevation m Enter centre point and radius for search area ain Switch fo Smal Get Elevation Use Obseration Point or s inputs FOr from UTA Easting Centre of Three Points Dip Morthing Radius m foo Azimuth The user is required to enter four types of input DTM Observation Point Tool Parameters and Search Area DTM The DTM input consists of a dropdown menu that lists the raster layers available in the current project Note that this list includes non DTM rasters such as topographic maps or images The user must select only the DTM layers to be used to calculate all elevation values by the Structure Contour Tool If the Search Area that you are interested in is likely to be covered by more than one DTM click on the Multiple Layers as DTM button and you will be presented with the following window Multiple Layers As DIM lf your search ar
10. 70SE Mbeya 715E Chimala PAP Palygon 260 Kipengere TISW 220447 986903 3037298736 82199 71SVV Chimala Kipengere 2 Polygon 261 Chimala 715E 22049738895 3038660183 46664 71SE Chimala 3 Polygon 246 Chimala TAN 220596 10116 3041394056 58238 71NVV Chimala Chimala 4 Polygon 247 Chimala 71NE 220645 67429 3042761142 08377 71NE Chimala 78NE Tukuyu 79NV Mjombe 79NE Mjombe 5 Polygon 245 Mbeya FONE 220563 062691 3040483120 44416 7ONE Mbeya 6 Polygon 259 Mbeya 705E 220415 062366 3036391555 15796 70SE Mbeya 7 Polygon 229 Kipembawe 6OSE 220702 695633 30443486881811 605E Kipembawe 8 Polygon 230 Njombe River B15 220736 041973 3045263180 91232 615W Njombe River 9 Polygon Njombe River 615E 220785 776897 3046635602 89947 615E Njombe River 10 Polygon 272 Tukuyu 178NE 220258 904831 3032074237 06057 78NE Tukuyu v Options Records 0 out of 12 Selected Record adaf rin Show all Selected You need to set the coordinate system of the data frame to the coordinate system for your country of working Open the Data Frame properties and select the Coordinate System tab Select the appropriate coordinate system for your project or import one from a feature class that already has the coordinate system stored within it Save the project and close ArcMap Update the spatial references of some the feature classes in the DFDC database In ArcCatalog browse to the project DFDC database Add a new feature class cal
11. ArcCatalog open your BGS SIGMAmobile mxd ArcMap project and add the NationalGridQS layer Open the attribute table and create a new field called QS Add the sheet information into the QS field 7 See the example below for a project created for mapping in Tanzania which shows the old NationalGridQSBNG layer with OS maps sheets and the new NationalGridQS showing Tanzanian map sheets 55 10 amp Layers g a S Attributes of National Grid QSBNG i Tanzania Study Areas _ OBJECTID Shape QS Shape_Length Shape Area O DigitalChartOfTheworldvector HOS3NVY 20000 006163 25000015 406567 O Landsat E 215 Polygon HO53SE 19999 997971 24999994 926567 O Geological Maps 216 Polygon HOS3SVV 20000 002067 25000005 166567 BISW Njombe Riveri ce Njombe Rive 0 om 217 Polygon HOS4NE 19999 997971 24999994 926565 pees eee Field Observation Point 218 Polygon HOS4Nvy 20000 002067 25000005 166565 Map Face Note 219 Polygon HOS4SE 19999 997971 24999994 926567 Mj GeoLine 220 Polygon HOS4Svv 20000 002067 25000005 166567 GeoPoly 221 Polygon HOSSNE 20000 002067 25000005 166562 O Lines 222 Polygon HOSSNVY 20000 0061 63 25000015 406567 v FONE bea ileal ic pT Chimala TestPointProjection anala narrar acca aomata rr aaarnas Record KIKI 1 frl Show fall s Selected Records 0 out of S Attributes of National Grid QS aa a 71SVYiChimala Kipenger
12. BGS SIGMAmobile folder and subfolders from the zip file to the project workspace t E SIGMA_MOBILE_2009A TER Fie Edit view Favorites Tools Help ae Q sek QJ wi Search Gy Folders E A Folder Sync Address E 4SIGMA_MOBILE_2009A v E co Folders x Name Size Type Date Modified rs B Python24 A BACKUP_DFDC File Folder 26 06 2009 18 30 B J BASELINE _DATA File Folder 26 06 2009 18 30 B BACKUP_DFDC BEARING _TOOL File Folder 26 06 2009 18 30 e B BASELINE_DATA BGS_GPS_TOOL File Folder 26 06 2009 18 30 B BEARING_TOOL BGS_SKETCH_TOOL File Folder 26 06 2009 18 30 BGS_GPS_TOOL 3 DotNet_Framework_2050727 File Folder 26 06 2009 18 30 B BGS_SKETCH_TOOL EMPTY_DFDC_DATABASE File Folder 26 06 2009 18 30 ram DotNet_Framework_2050727 FEEDBACK File Folder 26 06 2009 18 30 B EMPTY_DFDC_DATABASE 6P5_software File Folder 26 06 2009 18 30 FEEDBACK Hes File Folder 26 06 2009 18 30 B GPS_software 2 MOBILE_HELP_DOCUMENTAT File Folder 26 06 2009 18 29 Has O Ornaments File Folder 26 06 2009 18 29 B MOBILE_HELP_DOCUMENTATION PHOTOGRAPHS File Folder 26 06 2009 18 29 B Ornaments PRECIS_TOOL File Folder 26 06 2009 18 29 B PHOTOGRAPHS SKETCHES File Folder 26 06 2009 18 29 B PRECIS_TOOL STRUCTURE_CONTOUR_TOOL File Folder 26 06 2009 18 29 SKETCHES p 20094_whatsNew pdf 1 517 KB Adobe Acrobat Doc 16 04 2009 11 34 B STRUCTURE_CONTOUR_TOOL ES BGS 2 style 2 980 KB STYLE File 02 04 2008 15 16 4 O Temp GJ Da
13. Enter Map Face Note menu will appear in which you can add your note and tag your note with a topic to which it refers More than one topic can be entered Hold the stylus over the box where the notes are to be added and the icon for the text input tool will appear This allows users to select an onscreen keyboard or handwriting input Enter Map Face Note Please enter your mapface note in the box below NB press enter to make a new line Till Close to surface Lake material variably preserved Please select any relevant bags For this comment From the list below The map face note will appear in ArcMap It can be moved around or resized using the edit OOOOBROOOOOOOOOB8OO ENGINEERING GEOLOGY GEOHAZ ARDS GEOMORPHOLOGY GLACISL PERI GLACIGL FEATURES HYDROLOGY HYDROGEOLOGY IGNEOUS FESTURESIEMPLACEMENT LITHOLOGY LOCALITY DETAIL MAN MADE DEPOSITS CONTAMINATION METAMORPHISMIALTERATION MINERALOGY PALAEONTOLOGY SEDIMENTOLOGY STRATIGRAPHY WEATHER IMs annotation tool 4 RESOURCES ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 24 Enter note here make sure you click enter if you want your comment to appear on a new line Select appropriate topic tags for your note here Click this button when you have finished entering your map face note ill close to surface Lake material variably preserved Location marker Selection anchor enables The place the note you to move the text
14. can reference it It is also possible to add a summary label in to the digital notebook to summarise the notebook entry if required For example if the lithology is 2D Mercia Mudstone then the geologist may wish to write the summary label MM The method in which you would create this summary label will be outlined in section 3 5 These summary labels are shown in red as indicated below To view these in the GIS the map must be refreshed and the layer label option turned on USER1_10_10MM It is important to be patient with the system when adding or editing a field observation It takes a small amount of time for the code to be generated to open Access from within ArcMap and transfer and build the relevant forms for data entry To delete a notebook feature ensure the layer is open for editing Select the feature and click delete Note that the database has been set to cascading so any associated notes in the database will also be deleted Use the Undo button 6 d to restore undelete the data ArcMap has been customised so that when it shuts down all X and Y attribute values are updated in case any feature has been moved within the session To move a Notebook point observation Go to Editor gt Start Editing gt OK Using the Select Elements tool hold the cursor over your new location and write down the coordinate location from the bottom right of your screen Set the Task on the Editor Toolbar to Modify Feature Select the Field Ob
15. carbonatite C AWEL 10 06 2002 BGS 02 06 2004 21 25 17 O _ FEGST RN IRON GRAINSTONE lron grainstone C GRBA 24 02 2000 09 59 59 BGS 02 06 2004 21 25 00 O FEGY RN IRON GRAVEL lron gravel C GRBA 24 02 2000 09 59 59 BGS 02 06 2004 21 25 00 O FELAB RN FELSITE ALBITE Albite Felsite C AWEL 01 09 2003 17 09 32 BGS 02 06 2004 21 25 20 _ FELAF RN FELSITE APPINITIC Appinitic Felsite C AWEL 30 06 2003 12 23 04 BGS 02 06 2004 21 25 19 0 a CCI AM Mal CCI CITEC ANMNMIAIUNTIC Awwinitin Calaita o AAI MNR MINND 17 74 39 Ore name Mn a 14 9 4N im It Check values here if you want them to appear at the top of a dropdown list This means that all dictionary values will be available in the field but only some will be listed at the top of the dropdown list To edit the dictionaries you will need at least one field observation point added to the project if necessary place a dummy field observation point on the map When the database form opens go to the Housekeeping Tab and select View Manipulate Dictionaries In the Dictionary Browser select the down arrow and choose the Dictionary you wish to change You can also double click on the DFDC mdb in Windows Explorer select a field observation point and continue with the steps listed above 15 3 3 THE BGS SIGMAMOBILE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE GUID MIDAS__ 2009A ArcMap ArcEditor Version 2008_B 29 08 08 C Jordan E Bee N Smith K Lawrie A fel 8 File Edit View Insert Se
16. created using a customised version of Agilix infinotes called the BGS Sketch Tool This programme needs to be installed separately from BGS SIGMAmobile The drawing tools are very simple to use HE MHALL_11_5KETCH_9 Drawing Options 2 2 9 9 E Poenos z Undo Re at ee ee E m MARL STONE HT RY MD STA ROCK FMN F AN EMN PALEN SPACED y i 3 5 13 Photos Metadata about photos taken in the field can be added through the photo forms The photos will remain on your camera until you upload them to your PC Use the Photo Transfer facility on the database start up screen This is detailed below 3 5 13 1 PHOTO FORM The database requires that you first enter a description of the photo Once you have entered this you can link to a photo if it is already on your tablet by clicking the photo button on the form There is no need to rename the photos as the database will do this automatically It will also copy the renamed photo to the Photographs folder in your BGS SIGMAmobile directory and make the necessary linkages automatically If you have linked to a photo you can view it by clicking on the view photo button If your photos are not yet on your PC you can go back and transfer them to the BGS SIGMAmobile database at a later date The new file name assigned to a photograph consists of the LOCALITY NUMBER plus the current date and a number which starts at 1 for each locality The original file name is al
17. of 1 In the above example the orange area highlights the two lithologies entered for a spot observation one for mudstone and the other for clay The pencil symbol on the grey column is highlighting the second lithology and any sketch photo sample or comment taken now would relate to lithology 2 clay To navigate through different lithologies either use the scroll down list or use the default Access record mover in the lithology section The area shown in orange in the diagram above lets the user enter information relating to the lithological distributions within the unit as a whole The unit thumbnails also store information about the whole unit whereas the lithology thumbnails just store information about the lithology within the unit The system gives the user flexibility to write information such as grain size and CaCo3 content pertaining to the whole unit or just a particular lithology in the unit The user must decide in the field which is more APPT pE gt Mobile Spot Observation designed and built by x Spot ID 2 Object O UUD wA gt Search for Lith gt a EEES _ E no a F General Weath Altern Strength Altern Strength Lithology Inter Crono Strat Interp Crono Strat Grain Size CACOS MoisturesOrganic Mineral T extural Till Fabric Fabric GRAIN SIZE OBSERVATIONS Ave Grain Size BGS Medium Crystalline 0 25 to 2 mm 1 to 2 phil Maz Grain Size Not Entered Min Grain Size Mot Entere
18. to the whole unit not the lithology 3 5 8 Full Log and Sections Tool Documentation for this tool is still in preparation along with instructions on full log data capture 3 5 9 Landslide Observations Documentation for this tool is still in preparation along with instructions on landslide data capture 38 3 5 10 Setting the correct location before entering comments sketches etc The user can ensure that they are entering a comment sketch photo or samples about the correct feature by ensuring that the black bold text displayed in the top right hand corner of the notebook reads what the user wants to relate the comment photo sample or sketch to The following images show different scenarios depending on which part of the form the user has last used The black filled columns are a useful guide to this and if the user clicks within these areas the text in the top right hand corner of the notebook should change Ea Test _15 z9 a Locality Desc and Summary Label x Y and Z values Project Scale Field Slip Management Fields Housekeeping Geologist Info fiii Bridgeford Farm Sum Lbl MM Spot Observation Log emaa Structure SPOT_ID AutoNumber OBJECTID 9 19042006105231 General Weath Altem Strength Lithology Interp Crono Strat Grain Size ieee Moisture Organic Mineral T extural Til Fabric GENERAL SPOT OBSERVATIONS Not Entered M Indicates that the comment etc w
19. working in the background to reduce the amount of data entry and button clicking you have to do This takes time to run so occasionally you might find things don t work as quickly as you may like Some common errors include Not having the GeoPoly GeoLine National grid QS or Field observation point loaded into the GIS or having them spelt incorrectly These must be loaded with the correct layer name spelling as in the blank BGS SIGMAmobile GIS If whilst using the BGS SIGMAmobile system you are asked_to enable macros _ in Access2003 rather than viewing a data entry form it is likely that you haven t set the security level to be low in Access You will need to open the DFDC mdb in Access 2003 and select Tools gt Macro gt Security and set the security level to low This ensures that macros built in the system will work when fired up from ArcGIS The DFDC mdb has been renamed This should never been renamed as the code between ArcMap and Access relies on knowing the access database filename If there is more than one version of the same mxd open or there are two open MXD s pointing to the same geodatabase this can cause problems with the code Only use one mxd project at a time If the user has changed a button image using the customize button this can upset the default path for editing and the editing tools will no longer work If this happens refresh the code in the VBA editor and go to File gt Save As and overwrite th
20. 7 15524400 11443 709682 1 QNAN 1 QNAN 1 QNAN 1 QNAN AutoNumber The rows after the selected row represent the Field Observation Points Geotools GeoLine and GeoPoly and Map Face Note data classes and should all have the same coordinate system as the area you will be mapping but the FalseX FalseY precision and XY Tolerance values will differ to your TEST2 dataset Replace the FalseX FalseY precision and XY Tolerance values in these four rows with the values found in your TEST2 row a 39 PROJCS WGS_1984 UTM Zone 366 5120900 1900 10000 1 40QNAN 1 40QNAN 1 40QNAN 1 40QNAN 0 001 40 PROJCS WGS_1984_UTM Zone 365 5120900 1900 10000 1 4QNAN 1 4QNAN 1 4QNAN 1 ONAN 0 001 41 PROJCS WGS_1984_UTM Zone 365 5120900 1900 10000 1 4QNAN 1 4QNAN 1 4QNAN 1 QNAN 0 001 43 PROJCS WGS_1984_UTM Zone 365 5120900 1900 10000 1 4QNAN 1 4QNAN 1 4QNAN 1 4QNAN 0 001 g Record 14 J 37 P P1 of 42 lt mn a Save changes close the table and close the database Open your BGS SIGMAmobile mxd project Try adding a field Observation point and add a sketch Mapface note GeoLine and GeoPoly within the QS map area of where you will be working If you can do this you have successfully modified BGS SIGMAmobile to be used outside the UK If not check that you have completed the steps The final thing to do in order to have a working BGS SIGMAmobile for your country of working is to change the hard coded reference system from BNG to th
21. 9999 99907 0 400000 0 100000 29 PROJCS British_National_Grid GEOGCS GCS_OSGB_1936 DATU 5220400 15524400 16000 1 QNAN 1 QNAN 1 QNAN 1 QNAN 30 PROJCS British_National_Gric GEOGCS GCS_OSGB_1936 DATU 5220400 15524400 999999 99907 0 400000 0 100000 31 PROJCSf British_National_Grid GEOGCS GCS_OSGB_1936 DATU 5220400 15524400 999999 99907 0 400000 0 100000 32 PROJCSf British_National_Grid GEOGCS OCS_OSGB_1936 DATU 5220400 15524400 999999 99907 0 400000 0 100000 33 PROJCS British_National_Grid GEOGCS GCS_OSGB_1936 DATU 5220399 999 15524400 15624 999985 0 400000 0 100000 34 PROJCS British_National_Grid GEOGCS GCS_OSGB_1936 DATU 5220400 15524400 999999 99907 0 400000 0 35 PROJCS British_National_Grid GEOGCS GCS_OSGB_1936 DATU 5220399 999 15524400 15624999985 0 400000 0 36 PROJCSIBritish_National_Orid GEOGCS GCS_OSGB_1936 DATU 5220400 15524400 14198 238975 0 400000 0 37 PROJCS British_National_Grid GEOGCS GCS_OSGB_1936 DATU 5220400 15524400 14198 238975 0 400000 38 B286C06B 0879 1102 AACA DOCO4FA33C20 1073741822 1073741822 4194304 0059 1 FQNAN 1 QNAN 39 PROJC SPwGS 1984 UTM Zone 36S GEC SCSPGcCs WOS 1984 512 SUU 1900 JUUL 1 FONAN 40 PROJCS WGS_1984_UTM_Zone_36S GEOGCS GCS_WGS_1984 5220400 15524400 16000 1 ZQNAN 1 ZQNAN 1 2QNAN 1 QNAN 41 PROJCS WGS_1984_UTM_Zone_36S GEOGCS GCS_WGS_1984 5220400 15524400 14198 238975 0 400000 0 100000 42 PROJCS WGS_1984_UTM_Zone_36S GEOGCS GCS_WGS_1984 5220399 99
22. British Geological Survey NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL Installation and User Guide for the 2009A Open Source Release of BGS SIGMAmobile Spatial Geoscience Technologies Programme Internal Report OR 09 037 LIg ma e MOBILE System for integrated Geoscience Mapping BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPATIAL GEOSCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAMME INTERNAL REPORT OR 09 037 Installation and User Guide for the 2009A Open Source Release of BGS SIGMAmobile C J Jordan E J Bee N A Smith K I G Lawrie A P Marchant G Wildman J Bow W Shelley amp P Turner The National Grid and other Ordnance Survey data are used with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty s Stationery Office Ordnance Survey licence number Licence No 100017897 2009 Keywords Report digital field data capture SIGMA Bibliographical reference JORDAN C J BEE E J SMITH N A LAWRIE K I G MARCHANT AP WILDMAN G BOW J SHELLEY W amp TURNER P 2009 Installation and User Guide for the 2009A Open Source Release of BGS SIGMAmobile British Geological Survey Internal Report OR 09 037 64pp Copyright in materials derived from the British Geological Survey s work is owned by the Natural Environment Research Council NERC and or the authority that commissioned the work You may not copy or adapt this publication without first obtaining permission Contact the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Section British Geologic
23. ECTTYPE ah Polygon Black Backwards Diagonal C lt all other values gt EH Made Ground A Black Forwards Diagonal LI Black Cross Made ground 4 F CA Black Diagonal Cross w L Elack No Fill Record tja r Show All Selected Records 1 out of 1 Selected Options B Black Solid Fill LO Black vertical line J Black Horizontal line E H Blue Backwards Diagonal 20 6 DFDC tools drop down list of tools see list of buttons 6a 6r below 6 b 6 c 6 d 6 e 6 f 6 2 6 h 6 j 6 k 6a 6b Streaming Fa 6c Pi Delete Delete 6d EK Undo Remove Layers Ctrl2 6e 6f A Modify Geofeature 6g 6h 6i j IF Save Edits 6k x Stop Editing 6l Snapping om Change Vertex Size 6n ey Back Up Graphics 60 Tet Turn Labels ONOFF 6p View Status Bar ka 6q 7 Reset DFDC Toolbars 6r Editing Options Finish Sketch If you are creating a GeoLine or GeoPoly feature and find it difficult to double tap on the tablet to finish drawing click this button instead and it will finish drawing for you Turn on off streaming Streaming adds vertices as your pointer moves around the screen whilst in editing mode If you prefer to tap to add each vertex turn this off or else turn it on for streaming You can set streaming preferences using the editing options button described in 6 r and detailed in section 3 4 7 Delete Features This button allows the user to delete se
24. FDC mdb When the button is clicked a Select Database dialog box will appear browse to the database to be used and click OK The Project will then take a few seconds to load 3 5 CAPTURING STRUCTURED DATA OR DETAILED OBSERVATIONS BGS SIGMAmobile data is structured and data is recorded in a set of related tables in Microsoft Access A Microsoft Access 2003 database can hold 20GB of information Once this limit is reached it will not store any more There may be a loss in speed the more data is in the database 3 5 1 Layout of the Notebook form a L 7 Managemen lds Housekeeping Geologis nro Spot Observation Photo Transfer i Photo Collection Spreadsheet Sample Collection Landform Spreadsheet Log Section Full Log Section Tool Landslides British erator oat BGS Geological Survey Ss Precis of AATURAL ENVIROMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL CurrentLocation 32 C o m m e nh t 5 k e t c h PB h o t o 5 a m E 1 e The notebook application is designed to fit a 12 5cm by 17cm screen in landscape format It is accessible via the add notebook point button or the edit notebook point button in ArcMap 1 Creation of unique user ID UUID and site label to be displayed on the GIS This is done automatically when the observation point is created Top level information Much of this is populated automatically This is detailed below Switch form offering the modules available in BGS SIGMAmobile
25. Lag Longitude Set Zoom to GPS Scale Set Critical Battery Level Satellites Update Interval Status GPS OFF 2 2 3 GPS in ArcMap trouble shooting If you think that the GPS position is being shown incorrectly in ArcMap check the transformation settings in the data frame properties coordinate system transformations dialogue It should appear as displayed in the image below If this is not correct then make sure that the TestPointProjection feature class and a feature class with BNG projection have been added to the data frame Data Frame Properties Annotation Groups Extent Rectangles Frame Size and Position General Data Frame Coordinate System Illumination Grids Hap Cache Current coordinate system Geographic Coordinate System Transformations Convert From OK Cancel GCS GCS wes 1984 Into GCS _wG5_1984 Using O5GB_1936_To_WG 5_1984_1 Method Geocentric Translation dx 375 000000 dy 1 11 000000 d2 431 000000 Add To Favorites 10 3 Using BGS SIGMAmobile The digital field data collection system has been developed using ArcGIS 9 2 and a personal geodatabase in Access 2003 which is viewable in Access 2000 Access 2003 offers greater capabilities than Access 2000 especially in terms of handwriting recognition support The system should be treated in much the same way as a paper map and its accompanying notebook the only difference is t
26. NTROL E FBSY RN FOID BEARING SYE Foid bearing syenii C GRBA 24 02 2000 09 59 59 BGS 02 06 2004 21 25 00 FBTR RN FOID BEARING TRA Foid bearing trachy C GRBA 24 02 2000 09 59 59 BGS 02 06 2004 21 25 00 O _ FCMST RN MUDSTONE FRIAGI Friable Calcareous C AWEL 10 06 2002 BGS 02 06 2004 21 25 17 0 _ FDGB RN FOID GABBRO Foid gabbro C GRBA 24 02 2000 09 59 59 BGS 02 06 2004 21 25 00 O FDGBR RN FOID GABBROIC RC Foid gabbroic rock C GRBA 24 02 2000 09 59 59 BGS 02 06 2004 21 25 06 O _ FDI RN FOIDITE Foidite C GRBA 24 02 2000 09 59 59 BGS 02 06 2004 21 25 00 O FDIO RN FOID DIORITE Foid diorite C AWEL 04 10 2001 BGS 02 06 2004 21 25 07 O T FDIR RN FOID DIORITIC ROCI Foid dioritic rock C GRBA 24 02 2000 09 59 59 BGS 02 06 2004 21 25 00 O _ FDIT RN FOIDITE TAS Foidite tas C GRBA 24 02 2000 09 59 59 BGS 02 06 2004 21 25 00 O T FDO RN FOIDOLITE Foidolite C GRBA 24 02 2000 09 59 59 BGS 02 06 2004 21 25 00 0 _ FDOR RN FOIDOLITIC ROCK _ Faidolitic rock C GRBA 24 02 2000 09 59 59 BGS 02 06 2004 21 25 06 O _ FDSY RN FOID SYENITE Foid syenite C GRBA 24 02 2000 09 59 59 BGS 02 06 2004 21 25 00 O _ FDSYR RN FOID SYENITIC ROC Faid syenitic rock C GRBA 24 02 2000 09 59 59 BGS 02 06 2004 21 25 00 m F FEBST RN IRON BOUNDSTONE Iron boundstone C GRBA 24 02 2000 09 59 59 BGS 02 06 2004 21 25 00 0 _ FECRTE RN FERRICRETE IRON Ferricrete iran Lati C GRBA 24 02 2000 09 59 59 BGS 02 06 2004 21 25 00 m E FEFBT RN FERROAN CARBON Ferroan
27. Please enter the project name PLEASE ENTER PROJECT MAME Please enter the project code PROICODE This form shows the project name and project code currently set in the database You can replace these entries to ensure that the correct project code and name appear Ensure both text boxes are entered before clicking the Add button 13 Tab 3 Mapping Scale Populate Project Details Dictionary Please use this Form bo add the project details to the database User Names Project Name and Code Mapping Scale Locality Number The data manager should enter the scale at which the project is Please enter the scale at which you are mapping mapping at here and then click add 1 10000 add Tab 4 Locality Number Populate Project Details Dictionary Please use this Form to add the project details to the database User Mames Project Mame and Code Mapping Scale Locality Number Change the locality number to The next locality number that will be used is displayed below IF you wish ihatreduirediorihe startol to continue your numbering From a previous Field season mapping area q please insert your next locality number and click Change your project 1 Change NOTE The locality number is stored in the DFDC mdb therefore if you take a new blank database out in the Field with you itis necessary to tell the system vour next locality number thak you wish bo use Once these four sections have been populated wi
28. Projection has been added to the project This file has a WGS84 projection and forces ArcMap to store the transformation properties required to transform data from a WGS84 projection into BNG This can be checked using the data frame properties dialogue box Coordinate System tab Click the 5 Transformations button to see the values ArcMap uses to convert between the coordinate systems N B all the other layers in the data frame should have a BNG projection 2 2 ARCGIS GPS SETUP INSTRUCTIONS To use the GPS tools a system with a GPS receiver and software must be used 2 2 1 Using the ArcGIS GPS tools Note that there is an incompatibility issue with the ArcGIS GPS tools and some hardware systems that may cause an increase in computer crashes If this 1s the case the BGS GPS tool can be used instead see 2 2 2 below 2 2 1 1 CONNECTING TO THE GPS 1 Open BGS SIGMAmobile from within Windows Explorer or your Desktop shortcut and use the GPS toolbar or the GPS drop down on the menu bar to set up the GPS connection as follows 2 Click the GPS Connection Setup Option button to open the GPS Connection Setup dialogue box The datum on the receiver should be set to GCS_WGS_1984 Everything else should stay as default DFDC_18_08_05_notAutoGPS_v1_TEST ArcMap ArcEditor File Edit View Insert Selection Tools Window Help as amp EJ KS GPS Connection Setup 5 399 MERERE Specify Your GPS connection ms 8 Conn
29. You are not protected from potentially unsafe macros Use this setting only if you have virus scanning software installed or you have checked the safety of all documents you open ce 1 4 SETTING UP A PROJECT Data can either be added to a blank BGS SIGMAmobile mxd or if a project GIS is already set up layers can be dragged and dropped between the project GIS and the empty BGS SIGMAmobile GIS It is important that the BGS SIGMAmobile layers GeoPoly GeoLine Map Face Note National Grid QS and TestPointProjection remain in the project for the system to work Ensure that you start run a BGS SIGMAmobile instance by double clicking on the MXD rather than opening a blank project and then opening BGS SIGMAmobile 2 Global Positioning System GPS 2 1 PROJECTION SETUP For onshore field data collection in the UK the British National Grid BNG projection which has an OSGB 1936 datum is used The DFDC data frame in ArcMap should automatically have this as its projection If it does not then it needs to be set using the data frame properties dialogue box Coordinate System tab GPS systems use the world geographic coordinate system WGS 1984 Since the DFDC data frame in ArcMap and the GPS use different coordinate systems it is essential that ArcMap knows how to read in the GPS signal and transform the latitude and longitude coordinates into OSGB coordinates that are accurately viewed within ArcMap To do this a file called TestPoint
30. a feature on the screen the default mode is point mode This enables the user to create a feature on the map using a series of points The user taps on the screen to create each new point Stream mode capture lets the user capture features by automatically adding vertices at an interval specified in the stream tolerance section of the ArcMap editing options The default ArcGIS stream tolerance is normally zero although in BGS SIGMAmobile it has been set to five Each user must enter a tolerance value that suits their requirements If the tolerance is set to zero the vertices will join together or overlap each other The stream tolerance can be changed at any time even when in the process of creating a feature The user should adjust these options to their own preferences using the Editing Options dialogue available via the Editing Options Tool 6 r 21x General Topology Versioning Units Edit Tasks Annotation Display measurements using 3 decimal places Snapping tolerance f pixels Sticky move tolerance 0 pixels Stretch geometry proportionately when moving a vertex Show snap tips Stream Mode J AE V I ie Set Stream tolerance here Grou s0 Aints together when streaming Set grouping here Cancel The user can also define the number of streaming vertices that they would like to group together This number tells ArcMap how many vertices to delete when the Undo button is clicked For examp
31. about glacial landforms in this section of the notebook The measurements made in the field are dependent on the landform type being recorded Depending on the value entered in the Landform Type field different boxes will appear to enter subsequent values When developing the data model all landforms were considered but only those landforms that would actually be measured in the field were included in the system Other landforms or the extent of a landform should be recorded using the GeoLine GeoPoly or Map Face Note tools More than one landform can be entered at any one point by clicking the record arrow at the bottom of the Landforms form to navigate to a second record A record can be deleted using the delete button 3 5 6 Sections Logs augers sections quarries etc can be entered in this section Sort First Lith Code Search for Lith gt Base Limit Thickness Log Code Rel Abund Colour Free Text Record 14 4 1 gt gt t gt of 1 Record 14 4 10 gt t gt of 1 By clicking the Sort Log Units button the order of units can be sorted in the correct order so that the user can sequence through the log from top to bottom correctly using the unit record arrows 37 For each unit any number of lithologies can be entered and information such as grain size about the unit as a whole or a lithology within the unit can be entered in a similar manner as described in the spot observations section 3 5 7 View
32. al Soil TOROROROOo Woodddac Record 14 4 4 PL hae of S The results of the above customisation can only be seen when the notebook application is re opened They can then be seen within the Weathering sections of the notebook within the Spot or Log forms The image below shows that the three values that were ticked in the dictionary browser above appear at the top of the drop down list They are in alphabetical order The other values are still included in the drop down list but now appear below those values where the user had indicated a preference in the Project Control field SPOT_ID 4 OBJECTID 11 UID MHALL P General Meath Alem Strength Lithology Interp Crono Strat Grain Size CACOS 6 WEATHERING OBSERVATIONS weathering Degree NOT EN TEREL Weathering Weak Rock Strength Soll Strength Fine Yot Enterse parse Highly Weathered n Moderately weathered On Residual Soil n Slightly Weathered On Not Applicable Ott Mot Available Ott Not Entered Weathenng Strength Weathenng Distribution ALTERATION OBSER Alteration Distribution 3 6 DISPLAYING STRUCTURAL INFORMATION IN BGS SIGMAMOBILE It is possible to display structural measurements taken within BGS SIGMAmobile as a separate layer within the GIS and orientated in their appropriate direction When you open BGS SIGMAmobile you will see that there is a layer called St
33. al Survey Keyworth e mail ipr bgs ac uk You may quote extracts of a reasonable length without prior permission provided a full acknowledgement is given of the source of the extract NERC 2009 All rights reserved Keyworth Nottingham British Geological Survey 2009 BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY The full range of Survey publications is available from the BGS Sales Desks at Nottingham Edinburgh and London see contact details below or shop online at www geologyshop com The London Information Office also maintains a reference collection of BGS publications including maps for consultation The Survey publishes an annual catalogue of its maps and other publications this catalogue is available from any of the BGS Sales Desks The British Geological Survey carries out the geological survey of Great Britain and Northern Ireland the latter as an agency service for the government of Northern Ireland and of the surrounding continental shelf as well as its basic research projects It also undertakes programmes of British technical aid in geology in developing countries as arranged by the Department for International Development and other agencies The British Geological Survey is a component body of the Natural Environment Research Council British Geological Survey offices BGS Central Enquiries Desk Tel O115 936 3143 email enquiries bgs ac uk Fax 0115 936 3276 Kingsley Dunham Centre Keyworth Nottingham NG12 5GG Te
34. also possible to create GeoPoly features using the graphic ink tools This is described in the following section 3 4 6 Using the Ink Tools Set Graphic Style Eg ea ee Thin 0 Black Bedrock Observed l Go The BGS SIGMAmobile development team have developed the existing ArcGIS tablet tools to allow users to draw graphic features using freehand tools as they would with a pencil and rubber The Ink Tools tools are included in this release of BGS SIGMAmobile but need to be used with care as the core development of ink tools within ESRI software is still being developed The tools can be used in the following stages 1 Click on the pencil button and draw graphic ink on screen Move the stylus away from the screen to complete the graphic 29 Use the line thickness and colour options from the two drop down lists to change the pencil line style Once the ink sketch is completed decide whether you want to commit it to the database as a GeoLine or GeoPoly feature or whether you want to temporarily store it as a graphic within the BGS SIGMAmobile mxd project If you are satisfied with the ink sketch and want to store it as a GeoLine or GeoPoly feature then select a GeoLine or GeoPoly style from the lower drop down box and click Go Black Diagonal Cross o If you have selected a line feature style the element will be converted into a GeolLine feature and stored in the database The feature will be symbolis
35. aphics are stored in the database as well as in the map 6 0 Turn labels on off If you have entered any labels for the GeoLine or GeoPoly layers or want to view the notebook point labels this turns labelling on or off Layers to Label Eg Please select which of the edens eyes da heat Select the layers that you wish to 9 view with labels To add a label to a v GeoPoly GeoLine or GeoPoly feature use W GeoLine button 12 on the BGS DFDC toolbar and turn on the layers labelling option Field Observation Point hefe Layer Properties ffx General Source Selection Display Symbology Fields Definition Query Labels XCallout Joins amp Relates V Label features in this layer Method Label all the features the sameway 2 x Ifal labels d a layers labels do not All features will be labeled using the options specified appear to corresp ond to the correct attribute field Test String right click on the layer to Label Field LABEL v Expression f open its properties Go to the labels tab and check Text Symbol I Arial l fio AaBbYyZz that the label field is set to a jp z u Eee LABEL as shown here Other Options Pre defined Label Style Placement Properties Scale Range Label Styles Cancel 22 6 p Toggles status bar This button toggles on and off the status bar to create more room on the tablet to view the field slip The sta
36. ates on a spherical model of the earth s suface Projected coordinate systems use a mathematical conversion to transtoem latitude and longtude coordinates to a two dimensional linear system Name M adagascar_Laborde_Tan1925 HGA Geographic Coordinate Systems GA Projected Coordinate Systems Madagascat_Laborde_Tan1925 Unknown Select Next and continue clicking through the forms until clicking Finish The coordinate system for your country of mapping must also be added to the Field Observation Points GeoLine GeoPoly and Map Face Note data classes Right click on each layer and click Properties Select the XY Coordinate System tab and amend the Coordinate System as in 11 above Close ArcCatalog In Windows Explorer open the DFDC mdb in Access 2003 If the database opens with only the Field Observation Entry Form viewable select Window Unhide and click OK to view the database tables In the table view select the GDB_spatialRefs table and click Open or double click the table name f DFDC Database Access 2002 2003 file format GDB _ReplicaDatasets GDB Replicas GOB ReplicasEx GDB _SpatialRiefs GDB _ Subtypes GDB_Toolboxes GDB Topoclasses ic el fa Queries Forms Reports Pages GDB_Topologies GDB TopoRules GOB_UserMetadata GDB ValidRules GeoLine Macros Modules Groups Favorites GeoLline Shape Index Geopaly HM MAMMA MMe oe ee EJ E Ea Ed E Ea E Ed E Geopoly Shap
37. ble has been loaded with the names of all our staff this will need to be compiled for your organisation The user names are used to generate a UUID unique user ID for each map face note line polygon and observation so it 1s important that the details are added for your field staff students 12 Tab 1 User Names This list refers to a list of names and usernames that are stored in the table called DIC_META _ ORACLE_USER in the geodatabase You can type in a Populate Project Details Dictionary Please use this Form to add the project details to the database User Mames Project Name and Code Mapping Scale Locality Number name and it will appear in the list You can then select it and add it to the list below If the name you require does not appear you can add it to the table in the Access database Please select the name of each Field staff member click add after each nags C I The list below shows your user pick list select any names you wish to delete then press delete MR TEST This is the list which appears in mes the project user details form The user can add or remove names from that list using this form To delete a name select it and click the delete button Tab 2 Project Name and Code Populate Project Details Dictionary Please use this Form to add the project details to the database User Names Project Name and Code Mapping Scale Locality Mumber
38. box to a refers to new position To edit a note you have created you must first select the annotation feature you wish to edit then click the edit Map Face Note icon This will open the Edit Map Face Note form as before but this time the tags and comments previously entered will be displayed Change the tags or note and click save edits The edit annotation button is automatically turned on so that you can now move the annotation When annotation is created or edited BGS SIGMAmobile automatically stores the username and the date in the annotation attribute fields The note itself is also stored here The size of the annotation is set so that it can be viewed and read at the quarter sheet level for 1 10 000 mapping the size of a BGS field slip The text therefore may appear quite large when zoomed in or too small if zoomed out When creating map face notes it is important to bear in mind that the enter key must be clicked to create a new line within the note This is true on the tablets even if using the hand writing recognition where text wraps to a new line The following QA attributes are stored within the Map face note attribute field fa Attributes of Map Face Note om oj x Textstring O Date_Made Date Modified USER Front_TAG i Boundary uncertain 1 B04 2006 15 57 42 OED 15 57 42 aWAPF ACE NOTE lt STRATIGRAPHY SSTRATIGRAPH Y lt MAPF ACE NOTE
39. d Grain Distribution Cyclic variation Grain Angularity Not Entered Grain Sphericity Not Entered Grain Sort Not Entered Record H lofi EHEJ RN ilf Search The example above shows how grain size information may be entered about the whole unit 35 Es Z Mobile Spot Observation designed and built by BGS xI Spot lD New Object UUID Enor Search for Lith gt Loc no HE tron P General Weath Alter Strength Lithology Interp Crono Strat Grain Size CACO3 Moisture Onganic Mineral Textural Till Fabric LITHOLOGY OBSERVATIONS Lithology Colour Proportion Grain Dist Sort Spher Ang Cacia and Moisture Not Entered Ww Mot Entered Mot Entered F Lithology Colour Proportion Grain Dist Sort Spher Ang CaC0S and Moisture GS Medium Crystalline 0 25 to 2 Lithology Colour Proportion Grain Dist Sort Spher ng CaC03 and Moisture Mot Entered Ww Not Entered we Mot Entered we Search E UNIT INTERPRETATIVE LIMITS AND TEXTURES OBSERVATIONS Limit Top Stratigraphy Not Entered PARENT DATA NOT YET ENTERED e Limit Bottom 4 Record H 4 2 of 2 OR ORE KI Chronostrat MOT ENTERED wt Texture Abundance Geometric Form Not Entered w Texture Feature Deposit Environment Mot Entered wt Texture Distribution Record H lafi rl i No Filter Search Whereas this example shows how a user may enter grain size information about the second lithology in the unit 3 5 4 Str
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41. display the points in the GIS e X value should be the FIELD OBSERVATION POINT X attribute and the e Y value should be the FIELD OBSERVATION POINT Y attribute e Make sure to set the coordinate system to be British National Grid Click OK and a FOP_STRUCTURE_FIELD_OBSERVATION_POINT Events layer will be added to the TOC 6 To symbolize the structure layer e Open the Layer Properties for FOP_STRUCTURE_FIELD_OBSERVATION_POINT Events select the Symbology tab and select Import e Browse to your Project Folder SIGMA_MOBILE_2009A and select Structural_Symbols lyr e On the Symbology tab click the Advanced button and check that rotation is based upon the FOP_STRUCTURAL_AZIMUTH field Set the rotation to be the Geographic Rotation Style e To Label the Structures go to the Labels tab within Layer Properties check on Label features in this layer and within Label Field select FOP_STRUCTURE AZIMUTH Ux General Source Selection Display Symbology Fields Definition Query Labels Joins amp Relates Show t Single symbol Categories Quantities Charts Multiple Attributes Draw all features using the same symbol Import Symbol I Advanced E a gt Legend Label appearing next to the symbol ii one Description g0 0 eee _Descinion _ 70 ED Additional description appearing nex 180 270 Geographic Arithmetic cet OK Cancel General S
42. ds Geologist Info Edit Collector Sanne ne Wisa Pilar Dikionariss View Precis of FOP The Housekeeping tab is used to perform several tasks quality assurance tasks Dictionaries can be customised see section 3 5 16 for more detail sample numbers can be entered see section 3 5 14 a text display of the notebook entry can be created see Appendix and the main menu in Access can be shown or hidden to create more space on the system This latter task is achieved by clicking the Show Menu button Test 12 d Locality Desc and Summary Label Y and z values Project Scale Field Slip Management Fields Housekeeping Sealogist Info Collector id met Last Sample No ad The Geologist Info form stores information important to the geologist The geologist can enter their Collector codes here The collector code may differ depending on what type of sample is being made You can also enter the starting sample number to ensure that the sample is unique and matches your sample labels 3 5 3 Spot Observations A spot observation is a two dimensional log think of a log which only comprises one unit An example of a spot observation would be brash The types of measurements to record are dependent on the type of spot observation you are making The example below shows the measurements you may make for brash i SpotlO New Object UID HE tor Search for Lith gt Loe na HE tor b General Weath Alem Strength Lithol
43. e Northing of the centre of the search area This value can be typed in manually or populated automatically as the Northing of the Observation Point by clicking on the Use Easting and Northing of Observation Point button Radius The radius in meters of the search area This value can be typed in manually or a value can be selected from the dropdown list When all of the inputs have been entered click on the Calculate button to run the tool The progress of the tool is displayed and once completed the results are displayed on the map display as graphics An example result is shown below 5I E S e The blue cross is the location of the Observation Point e The blue circle is the search area e Each red cross is a location where the estimated bed elevation is within the tolerance value of the ground elevation forming a structure contour Important Notes on the use of the tool The Structure Contours are drawn as graphics onto the map display of ArcMap To make a permanent copy of the results they must be converted into a Shapefile An additional tool is provided for this purpose and is described in section 4 2 1 3 below Slider controls have been included on the inputs form to simplify the process of manually entering values on a System The easiest way to enter a precise value using the sliders is to drag the pointer of the slider to roughly the right value within or 2 and then click just to the left or just to the right of th
44. e Index Pi One row in the table represents the spatial reference system for the TEST2 data class you created The SRTEXT field in this row should match the coordinate system you will be using Select this row 57 17 18 19 20 21 22 19 PROJCS British_National_Grid GEOGCS GCS_OSGB_1936 DATU 897469 1503 387168 7453 97656249909 0 100000 0 100000 20 PROJCS British_National_Grid GEOGCS GCS_OSGB_1936 DATU 70503 592176 903584 35018 999999 99907 0 100000 0 100000 21 PROJCS British_National_Grid GEOGCS GCS_OSGB_1936 DATU 897469 1503 387156 0823 976 56249909 0 100000 0 100000 22 PROJCS British_National_Grid GEOGCS GCS_OSGB_1936 DATU 70550 413176 903611 44168 999999 99907 0 100000 0 100000 23 PROJCSf British_National_Grid GEQGCS GCS_OSGB_1936 DATU 365990 7561 184353 71986 1953 1249982 0 100000 0 100000 24 PROJCS British_National_Grid GEQGCS GCS_OSGB_1936 DATU 65220399 998 15524400 15624999985 0 400000 0 100000 25 GEOGCS GCS_WGS_1984 DATUM D_WGS_1984 SPHEROID Wt 1070 571825 1020 841825 99999999907 0 400000 0 100000 26 PROJCS British_National_Grid GEOGCS GCS_OSGB_1936 DATU 5220399 997 15524400 11443 709682 1 QNAN 1 F QNAN 1 QNAN 1 QNAN 27 PROJCS British_National_Grid GEQOGCS GCS_OSGB_1936 DATU 220400 15524400 15624999985 0 400000 0 100000 28 PROJCS British_National_Grid GEOGCS GCS_OSGB_1936 DATU 5220400 15524400 99
45. e easting and northing of the notebook point you added or are editing This is automatically generated by ArcMap when the point is added A note of caution if you move a point by editing it in ArcMap the X and Y values in the attribute table will not automatically update to the new location They will need to be edited in the attribute table to show the new X and Y location of the geometry Enter the Z value if known and how you obtained this Z value in the Z source field Locality Desc and Summary Label xY and Z values Project Scale Field Slip Management Fields Housekeeping Geologist Info Field Slip NAFOSW Scale i 10000 Project E2033574 O Data Source h The Project Scale Field Slip values were all automatically entered within the GIS You cannot edit them here just view them Enter more information about the X Y or Z data source in the field a Test 12 i 76 Locality Desc and Summary Label YY and Z values Project Scale Field Slip Management Fields Housekeeping Geologist Info Obj ID 76 Date 18 04 2006 16 48 10 Geol Test UUID Test 18042006164810 Principal Source PFO LocMo Jest _12 The Management Fields tab is used to confirm the date and geologist code are correct These cannot be edited PFO stands for Primary Field Observation All data collected in the field will have this value 33 P Locality Desc and Summary Label XY and Z values Project Scale Field Sip Management Fiel
46. e project This resets the correct path If the database opens with an error check to ensure your virtual keyboard doesn t have SHIFT CTRL highlighted If this doesn t solve the problem check to ensure that in Microsoft Access 2003 under Tools gt Macro gt Security the security level is set to low 54 8 Using BGS SIGMAmobile outside the UK When working outside the UK a different coordinate system to the British National Grid will be required You will need to update BGS SIGMAmobile this includes the DFDC database and the ArcMap MXD project to reflect the coordinate system you will be using The following guidance notes describe how to do this Please also remember to follow the generic BGS SIGMAmobile installation instructions 1 Copy anew empty BGS SIGMAmobile project to your PC 2 You need to replace the NationalGridQS layer which is set up for the UK and references Ordnance Survey map sheets with a layer that holds the map sheets for your country of working BGS SIGMAmobile uses a point in polygon operation to grab the NationalGridQS attribute value where you insert an observation point The NationalGridQS polygon layer can therefore either be a real map sheet grid or could simply be a polygon covering the country in which you are working It is essential that when creating the dataset using ArcCatalog you set the coordinate system to be that of your project 3 With ArcMap closed open ArcCatalog and within the DFDC rena
47. e reference system you will be using In the open BGS SIGMAmobile mxd go to Tools gt Macros gt Visual Basic Editor Locate the module GW_FOP and double click on it to open the code In the right hand window scroll down to the Public Sub AddFOP obj As esriGeoDatabase IObject code Project Project SIGMA_MOBILE_v 009ATanzania mxd GW_FOP Co e z General FrriDefaultDetails FrinGraphicStyle FrmLayersToLabel Setting the XY Source field frmSymbols If pField gt i Then i FrmvertexSize ohy vwalue pField6 Map 5et to 29 Modules End If 2 Gw FOP 2 GW General If pfield gt 1 Then 2 GW_GeneralEdits ohj value pfield BENG 22 aw _Ink End If ae Gv MapFaceNotes 2 GW _Symbology If pfield gt 1 Then ae KAMA SSD Tools obj value pfield m Userbefaultp 2 NASM_EBEE _geolineRender End If 2 NASM _ImportDatabases 2 NASM Publicvariables Dim pPoint s IPoint References Dim pFeat is IFeature iiil Set pFeat obj Set pFoint pFeat Shape Properties GW_FOP Within this sub there is some code that looks like the text shown below If pfield7 gt 1 Then obj value pfield7 BNG End If 58 23 24 Change BNG to be the correct text to describe the coordinate system you are using Note you can only insert a word up to 6 characters long Click Save and close down the visual basic editor You are now ready to populate the rest of the GIS with the data layers you require to take ov
48. e slider s pointer causing the value to increment or decrement by 1 until the precise value is displayed 42 12 2s DELETE STRUCTURE CONTOURS Clicking the Delete Structure Contours button will remove the graphics created by the Structure Contour tool from ArcMap s map display Note that any other graphics on the map display that were not created by the Structure Contour tool will not be removed 4 2 1 3 SAVE STRUCTURE CONTOURS AS SHAPEFILE Clicking the save Structure Contours as Shapefile button allows the user to save all the points created by the Structure Contour tool to a Shapefile which can then be retrieved at a later time The user is presented with the following dialog I2 Save in a StructureContours oe c EJ ai contours1 shp History Desktop My Documents w My Computer Fil contours i or Save eS Save as type ShapeFiles Shp Cancel My Network P Zi Navigate to the required directory enter a filename and then click on the Save button to complete the operation Note that it is possible to overwrite an existing Shapefile but not if that Shapefile is currently being used in the active ArcMap project 4 2 2 Limitations of the Structure Contour Tool When choosing a DTM or multiple DTMs for the Structure Contour Tool the user is able to select from all raster layers held in the GIS as it is not possible to distinguish DTMs from other raster layers such as t
49. e slider to the right of the Dip text box To move the slider by a factor of one degree click just to the left or to the right of the slider s pointer and it will move 1 degree in that direction 5 Azimuth The observed direction of dip of the bed measured from North in a clockwise direction This will be a value between O and 360 degrees and can be typed in manually or populated using the slider to the right of the Azimuth text box To move the slider small amounts click just to the left or just to the right of the slider s pointer and it will move 1 degree in that direction Tool Parameters These three input values are parameters that affect how the tool calculates and displays structure contours Each input is initially given a default value The three inputs are 1 Tolerance At various points in the search area the tool calculates the predicted elevation of the bed and compares it with the ground elevation value from the DTM to see if they are the same The tolerance value defines how close in meters these two values need to be to be declared the same This value can be typed in manually or populated using the slider to the right of the Tolerance text box To move the slider small amounts click just to the left or just to the right of the slider s pointer and it will move meter in that direction A non integer value e g 0 5 can be entered as the tolerance but this must be entered manually Sample Resolution Fo
50. e value field must not be altered as the application colours the polygons based on the value field rather than the label field The value fields are also used to construct the drop down menu boxes for polygon fill type so it 1s important to note that even though you may change the label field the dropdown menus will not change Layer Properties f fx Symbology i i i i Import Coe Draw categones by matching field values to symbols in a style P Categories Value Field Unique values POLY TYPE Unique values many IL Match to symbols in a Match to symbols in Style Quantities E TempsMyProjecthba sy style Charts Multiple Attributes gall other values gall other values Ras Black Backwards Diagonal Black Backwards Diagonal ee Black Forwards Diagonal Black Forwards Diagonal t HHHH Black Cross Black Cross my eterecenens Black Diagonal Cross Blaci agonal Cross 7 Black No Fill Black No Fill 7 Se Black Solid Fill Black Solid Fill 7 7 BERENI Black Vertical line Black Vertical line iT liissi a Mie l liaa E Match Symbols Add Vafues Jemave Remove All Advanced wt OF Cancel Apply Both the Value text and the Label text are stored within the attribute table of the GeoPoly layer This is to ensure that project specific fill types can be retrieved with their true meaning at a later date E Attributes of GeoPoly 6 SS _ o x OBJECTID POLYTYPE PROJ
51. ea is likely to cover more than one DTM layer select each of the DTMs that cover the search area sk61 nw tif sk 2sw tif fssk_061_nwfge__000039583_001_F jp2 C fsolt019_sww_e__000006200_001_F jp2 C fsolt013_sww_e__000006161_001_F jp2 C fsolt013_sww_e 000006162 _001_F jp2 CI LEI1 01 S S w gt lt lt 03 D5015041 RMG tif C LEI1 01S S w lt lt 01 DS015041 RMG tif C LEI 01 S S w lt lt 05 DS016042 RMB tif C LEI 013 S w 03 DS016042 RMG tif T LEI1 01 S S w lt 02 DS016042 RMG tif C sk62 tif C sk60 tif sk61dsm Cask 2dsm Back to Main Form Make sure that all of the DTM layers that cover the Search Area are ticked and then click on the Back to Main Form button The value in the DTM Combo box will now be set to Multiple DTMs 49 Calculation method There is an option to use one input point for structure contour calculation or up to three input points where there are known measurements The user can input measurements for each known observation point as described in the Observation Point section below Calculation Method l Single Observation Point I Three Points Point Point2 Pointa Point 1 Enter Easting and Morthing or click on map Easting Elevation tm Northing SEE io Sman Get Elevation Apis Porn frown LTN Observation Point The Observation Point inputs consist of the observed properties of the bed at a known location They include 1 Easti
52. ect to GPS receiver T Communication Port COM X Detect GPS Port w j Baud Rate 9600 hd Data Bits 8 v gt j Parity None v Stop Bits 1 X Test Connection Q Datum Used On GPS Receiver GCS_WGS_1984 v RA C Simulate GPS connection using point or line data a Layer A z Interval Seconds al k oaee id i E BODO 4 gt 3 Click OK Then click the Connect to GPS icon on the toolbar Ge If you get the warning message below click OK The error message is because the GPS uses a WGS84 coordinate system whereas the BGS SIGMAmobile data frame is using BNG Warning X Durant GFS Cormecion GFS on COM hes a geographic copdhale Aam Phal dier bom he corel map pojecia You may need to select a difawenl geographic Fantomateon han the one aitometcaly chosen lor you inorder bo avoid alignment oF accuiady poblem wih tne data OK Don t show this disiog again in this session 4 You can also see the GPS readings from the toolbar using the GPS position window button ap 5 You can now use the Display Options within GPS Tools to change how the GPS locator is displayed and whether you want a track log etc 2 2 1 2 ARCGIS GPS TOOLBAR sy amp a amp a 5 PPTI 1 amp GPS Connection Setup 2 ip GPS Position Window Clear GPS Display 7 An Suto Fan Q Fa Destination Properties Clear Destination Log Setup 10 Display Options 1 GPS Connection Setup enables the user to connect t
53. ed using the information button in BGS SIGMAmobile and within the Database itself This tool is described in more detail in the Appendix 3 5 16 Customising project dictionaries in the notebook The user can select the dictionary values a project uses most often so that they appear at the top of a dictionary listing by clicking the View Manipulate Dictionaries button in the housekeeping section of the notebook as shown below Locality Desc and Summary Label Y and 2 values Project Scale Field Slip Management Fields Housekeeping Geologist Info Edit Collector Sample no show Menu This action will open the following form The user can select the appropriate dictionary to customise from the drop down list combo box and tick or untick values in the Project Control field depending on whether a value should be listed at the top of a dictionary list in the system The 44 example below shows the values for the DIC_WEATH_WEAK dictionary that describes weathering E frmDictionaryViewer Form Dictionary Browser Select mare DIC _WEASTH_WEAK we From combo box to view entries click in Project Controlto Project Field Rock and Strat Yalue Control Code Full Text value flag up preferred values Control Determ Hierarchy latharne Mame Mame Mame Mame hamie Mame Name Mame Mot Available Mot Applicable Mot Entered Fresh Slightly Weathered Moderately weathered Highly Weathered Completely weathered Residu
54. ed with the symbology of the selected line style If a polygon style is selected from the drop down box even if the ink sketch is not a closed feature the tool will convert the sketch to a polygon closing the polygon across any gap The created GeoPoly feature will be symbolised with the symbology of the selected polygon style as in the image below If you are not ready to convert this feature you can temporarily commit the sketch to the graphic layer in the ArcGIS mxd project to re activate it later To commit the element to the graphics layer either start using another tool or close the Ink Tools and save the project Note that the element will not be stored in the database it will not have any attributes and will not be transferable into another GIS In the event of the mxd becoming corrupt data captured in this way without conversion to a database feature is likely to be lost Users should therefore only temporarily store data_as a graphic with the requirement to convert them to database features as soon as possible preferably before the end of the editing session If you do not do this it is imperative to keep a regular back up of your mxd on an external device such as a data stick external drive or another PC The eraser tool a allows part or the entire graphic to be erased 30 7 To re select a stored ink sketch open the Ink Tools window click the arrow button and select ow the graphic Once the graphic is selected
55. erseas You will also have to ensure that the tablet is set up with the Structure Contour Tool and the BGS Sketch Tool Please follow the generic installation instructions 59 Appendix Using the Basic Pr cis Tool Viewing the Pr cis of the observation point If the user wishes to see basic text report of the notebook data without thumbnails of photographs or sketches for the given observation point they can create a pr cis by clicking the View pr cis of FOP button in the housekeeping section of the notebook ka Tool 2 i Locality Desc and Summary Label sY and Z values Project Scale Field Slip Management Fields Housekeeping Geologist Info i Edit Collector Sample no view Manipulate Dictionaries View Precis of FOP The report will appear in a format similar to that shown below To close the report simply click on Close in the Pr cis Report Toolbar clicking on the red X will close Access The plan for future versions of BGS SIGMAmobile is that the user will be able to hyperlink to these reports from with ArcMap Until then the user can manually export the pr cis using the file export button in Access and then set up their own hyperlink to the file in ArcMap i rptFopPrecis Report O x Precis of data gathered for Field Observation Point no izsource o SPOT OBSERVATIONS MADE Spet iO OOD Type Derivation 2 Brash Mot Entered 3 S
56. for data capture Buttons to add comments sketches photos or samples at any point in application nN AeA Ww N The user can tell where in the system they are from this message FOP means you are at the top Field Observation Point level FOP_SPOT_LITH_2 would tell you that you were in Spot lithology number 2 The sketch sample photo and comment areas record where in the notebook they were activated So if a sketch were now drawn in FOP_SPOT_LITH_2 it would record that it was a sketch relating to Spot lithology number 2 6 General Tools including Photo Transfer Photo Collection Spreadsheet and Pr cis of the Current Location 3 5 2 Top level information There are six tabs where data can be entered about the observation point E frovFieldObsEntry Form 7 oj z P Locality Desc and Summary Label x Y and Z values Project Scale Field Slip Management Fields Housekeeping Geologist Info Loc Desc fat Foot of slope Sum LBM ra In the Locality Desc and Summary Label enter a location description and a summary label to summarise the notebook entry This can be viewed on the field slip in red ink as described earlier in section 3 4 1 Test_12 Locality Desc and Summary Label Y and Z values Project Scale Field Slip Management Fields Housekeeping Geologist Info Easting 73083 432 Northing 901454 725 Ref Sys BNG xY Sre Map z Value 2 Sre The X Y and Z values tab displays th
57. hat data are captured digitally On a paper map geologists make notes and observations by drawing lines polygons map face comments and points with labels to reference their geological notebook observations The same is true in the digital system 3 1 OPENING THE BGS SIGMAMOBILE GIS BGS SIGMAmobile accesses code in the background whilst the system is being loaded For this to work the application needs to be opened either through a shortcut from the Desktop to the mxd itself or by double clicking the mxd in the project folder in Windows Explorer If the application is opened via ArcMap you will come across an error in the code and will not be able to use the system This is because ArcMap temporarily looks for the geodatabase in a bin folder rather than in its real location For ease and to reduce the risk of this error you should create a shortcut on your system to the BGS SIGMAmobile mxd Once the BGS SIGMAmobile GIS is opened a dialogue box will be displayed showing the project and user details which are currently in use These are default settings which are added to any data captured during fieldwork so that in the future it can always be determined who captured the data when and for which project The user can change the user name shown here to their own by selecting their name from a list of user names displayed in the dropdown list Project and User Details Please Enter your User Name The information displayed in the Form sh
58. ill refer to the field nesnago observation point FOP as a whole Record 14 4 1 gt gt t gt of 1 Test 11 id a a P Locality Desc and Summary Label x Y and Z values Project Scale Field Slip Management Fields Housekeeping Geologist Info Loc Desc Sum Lbl Spot Observation Log Glacial Landform Structure SPOT_ID 4 OBJECTID 11 UUID 19042006140634 A General Weath Alten Strength Lithology Interp Crono Strat Grain Size CACO3 Moisture Organic Mineral Textural Till Fabric LITHOLOGY OBSERVATIONS gt Lithology Colour Proportion Grain Size Grain Dist Sort Spher Ang CaC03 and Moisture E Lithology Colour Proportion Grain Size Grain Dist Sort Spher Ang CaC03 and Moisture TET A Indicates that the comment will refer to the fourth Spot observation recorded in the database whey mesg on Trott Mw Record 14 4 UNIT INTERPRETATIVE LIMITS AND TEXTURES OBSERVATIONS Limit Top Not Entered PARENT DATA NOT YET ENTEREL Limit Bottom NOT ENTERED Texture Abundance Indicates that the user is viewing the first of two oror Stratigraphy Chronostrat spot observations at this Geometric Form Not Entered x Texture Feature Deposit Environment Not Entered Texture Distribution Site Pe DOSpu Record 14 4 1 g
59. ing the log tools S qryShowBasicLoc O x LOG_NAME 3 LOG _1AUGERH Close Form Order Lith Code Lith Proportion Lith Colour Relationship Thickness J aS TS ETI EL efor I Prinay fo Ere fena efkas fescor NotEnterec frea EE E C E o S foe oara frere E T E TS ET ETT A fossa Afr Not Entree oe Cumulative Thickness eee hd Record 14 4 oF efl of 7 At any point whilst creating units within a log the user can click the View Edit Log button When this button is clicked the form shown above will appear In the example above the user has edited the order fields so that they are numeric 1 n Where there are two orders of the same number it signifies that there are two lithologies recorded for one unit For example unit 2 above has both Aggregate and Alkali Metabasalt The form shows the log from top to bottom and lets the user edit some of the main details about the log The log viewer shown in the image above lists the thickness of each unit and adds these thicknesses together to give a cumulative thickness If there are two lithologies within a unit it displays the thickness of the whole unit for both these lithologies For example for the unit ordered number 3 there are two lithologies Clay and Cobbles Unit 3 has a thickness of 0 3 metres This 0 3 metres is written beside both lithologies However only one 0 3 metres is included in the cumulative thickness of the log as 0 3 refers
60. is now available in Open Source form via the BGS website www bgs ac uk under an agreement which stipulates that updates and modifications must be supplied to BGS in order to stimulate further developments It is envisaged that future releases will be made available from the BGS website incorporating new modules modifications and upgrades This document has been written to guide users through the installation and use of BGS SIGMAmobile We are happy to receive feedback emailed to sigma bgs ac uk Acknowledgements The authors would like to acknowledge the work of all the digital field data capture team since 2001 in particular Andrew Howard Russell Lawley John Laxton Jon Ford and Bill Hatton Furthermore the BGS SIGMAmobile system could not have been developed without the comments and feedback of our dedicated teams of field testers including Maxine Akhurst Helen Burke Tony Cooper Andy Farrant Andrew Finlayson Martin Gillespie Nick Golledge Kathryn Goodenough Mike Hall Mat Hardenberg Holger Kessler Simon Price Andreas Scheib and Chris Thomas Contents ORC WOE Gs savecaissseesasats EE O O E ERE i Acknowledo ements ssnst eeuse e aE ii EEE R Ee i CODON S Taere EEEE OENE EE EEE EE N EEEN il WTMENOCUCTION ysicveascoccesssdesabensusaventscdsaveaicctevabedtanbensusaveniscdsaovarectevabeatacbensusadevckdseovarectevabeaticbensuaaseueecs ill E gt UnStallatiom INStructiOns siscsscctenssessssvehesstenasdasstecessssenasessdesskedservad
61. l 0115 936 3241 Fax 0115 936 3488 email sales bgs ac uk Murchison House West Mains Road Edinburgh EH9 3LA Tel 0131 667 1000 Fax 0131 668 2683 email scotsales bgs ac uk Natural History Museum Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD Tel 020 7589 4090 Fax 020 7584 8270 Tel 020 7942 5344 45 email bgslondon bgs ac uk Columbus House Greenmeadow Springs Tongwynlais Cardiff CF15 7NE Tel 029 2052 1962 Fax 029 2052 1963 Maclean Building Crowmarsh Gifford Wallingford OX10 8BB Tel 01491 838800 Fax 01491 692345 Geological Survey of Northern Ireland Colby House Stranmillis Court Belfast BT9 5BF Tel 028 9038 8462 Fax 028 9038 8461 www bgs ac uk gsni Parent Body Natural Environment Research Council Polaris House North Star Avenue Swindon SN2 1EU Tel 01793 411500 Fax 01793 411501 www nerc ac uk Website www bgs ac uk Shop online at www geologyshop com Foreword The British Geological Survey began developing digital field mapping systems in 1989 however it was apparent that the commercially available hardware was not suitable at that time In 2001 we revisited the topic under the System for Integrated Geoscience Mapping SIGMA programme By 2003 BGS had developed a PDA personal digital assistant field system which was superseded in 2005 when we began deploying a beta system on rugged Tablet PCs The Tablet PC system which we call BGS SIGMAmobile is now used by BGS in mapping projects across the UK as well as overseas It
62. le if this number is set to 50 and the Undo button is clicked whilst the feature is being 31 created ArcMap deletes the last 50 digitized vertices from the feature This value is set to 10 as default in the BGS SIGMAmobile GIS Sticky move tolerance can also be set here This setting determines the minimum number of pixels the pointer must move on the screen before a selected feature is moved This reduces the risk of moving a feature by accident Other ArcGIS specific editing tools such as inserting vertices have been incorporated into the DFDC Tools drop down list many of which can be accessed by right clicking Additionally for those users who dislike right clicking these tools have been included in the drop down list as well 3 4 8 Viewing Old DFDC Projects This button allows the user to view old DFDC projects These projects are not actually loaded into your current database DFDC but become viewable in one mxd from their separate locations Older databases can be both queried and viewed using the BGS SIGMAmobile tools available in your current project but should not be edited It should also be noted that the pr cis tool new to 2009A will not be usable with these files Before uploading any old DFDC projects you must rename that database in Windows Explorer or ArcCatalog this tool will not upload a file called DFDC as one already exists within the project A suggested naming convention might be ProjectName_Field Date_UserID_D
63. lected features Undo This button undoes the last action Redo This button redoes the previously undone last action Modify Geofeature When a GeoLine of GeoPoly is selected the user can select this tool to automatically start modifying the look of the feature Delete Vertex ArcGIS editing tool that is also accessible by a right click this option lets the user delete a vertex on a polygon Insert Vertex ArcGIS editing tool that is also accessible by a right click this option lets the user insert a vertex to a polygon Split ArcGIS editing tool This allows the user to split a geoline into two given a specified length Save Edits This button allows the user to save any edits without having to stop editing It should be used regularly during an editing session Stop Editing This button forces the user to stop the edit session If you have created or edited features it will ask you whether you wish to save your edits 21 6 1 Snapping Opens the snapping window where the user can choose the part of the feature vertex edge or endpoint to which they want their new feature to snap Snapping can be set for each layer loaded in the TOC 6 m Change vertex size Allows the user to change the size of the vertex editing square to aid drawing Change vertex size Ed Scroll bo change the size of the vertices aji 6 n Back Up Graphics Backs up any graphics to the graphics feature class in the DFDC mdb The gr
64. lection Tools Window Help GPS Tools DFDC Project Details DFDC Tools MAIN MENU d be be g5 F 5 Field Data Features_RS i Be 5 rA A ri E s STRUCTURE Z FIELD_OBSERVATIC F RA y oy y Geopoly RS_21052 S j it eh TAA CONTOUR TOOL M Geoline_RS_21052C 3 M pine ae tes RE a f a a cme TA FQ 3 f f NE 3 Kar i rhe SS a saae aS J EA Os 2 BGS DFDC ae BGS DFDC BGS GPS TOOL Craag j R ineach Mir O Field Observation Point i f i J Map Face Note oe A 7 GeoLine Li KY GeoPoly x Lines k Meall O TestPointProjection x a Chrasgaidh National Grid OS ae O GSD_FEATURES erat SER os50kcolour reas Sr n N amp Goibhre 1 ml we SIE j 1 SA le BS y i Efi F Soa gurr nan She h ie Clach Geala d iy ai 997 amp 1033 2 AUTAS Coire Mar A Chailleach ch S Yy gt URMI amp GW aa lt gt f a Ceanr Garbh 098 EATA 4 y xe i Display Source Selection eoien a in oe gt Drawing y Rh LES ect i Arial 10 B Z U A Avr v sie 215724 989 876185 714 Meters The layout of the BGS SIGMAmobile application is shown above 3 3 1 BGS DFDC Tools Toolbar This toolbar uses a subset of useful tools that appear on the default ArcGIS tools toolbar as well as customised DFDC tools developed in BGS Each tool is outlined below but their best practice use is described in more detail late
65. led TEST2 by selecting the DFDC mdb and selecting File New Feature Class aj vanene ricvicwy vitidudd DFDC m7 E 10k 52 Copy Ctrl C Name F Basi amp paste Mr EE GsD_SPRING E BG BGS EE GSD_STREAM_SINK Fi acs Delete EE Gsp_STRUCTURE Gz BGS Rename F2 E GSD_STRUCTURE_DFDC_Fe E BGS a E ImagesForDisplay ry Refresh BG nane EEKIGL DIC GDY CURRENT_L E BGs New A O Feature Dataset EC 22 BGS I Import gt S Feature Class BGS pore PI E BGS Export p E Table E 86 ee W Relationship Class G BGS id E EE s E Bes Uncompress File Geodata i BGS BGS EQ Compact Database S Toolbox E BGs a a EA Raster Catalog E BG a E BGs 9 Publish to ArcGIS Server lu E BGs w Address Locator Distributed Geodatabase apa E BGS 4 Raster Dataset BGS Properties BGS El NationalGrid s_BNG In the New Feature Class dialogue enter the name TEST2 and select point features as the type Click Next Type of features stored in this feature class Point Features v Geometry Properties Coordinates include M values Used to store route data Coordinates include Z values Used to store 3D data 56 11 12 13 14 15 16 Select the required coordinate system from the following window New Feature Class Choose the coordinate system that wil be used for XY coordinates in this data Geographic cocedinate systems use lathude and longitude coordin
66. line and is annotated with the compass bearing The compass bearing is always displayed at the terminus of the line 1 e where you double tapped Delete Bearing Graphics os 9745 Clicking the Delete Bearing graphics button will remove the graphics created by the Bearing tool from ArcMap s map display Note that any other graphics on the map display that were not created by the Bearing tool will not be removed o ut 4 2 THE BGS STRUCTURE CONTOUR TOOL The purpose of the tool is to calculate Structure Contours to estimate where a geological bed will outcrop Given the location of an Observation Point where the angle and direction of dip of the bed are known and assuming the dip is uniform the tool can calculate an equation for the plane of the bed From this equation it is then possible to calculate the elevation of the bed at any point By using a DTM this elevation can be compared with the ground elevation and where the two are equal it can be predicted that the bed will outcrop 4 2 1 Using the Tool 1 Open the Structure Contour Toolbar from the View Menu on ArcMap select Toolbars and then click on Structure Contour Tool from the list of toolbars available Stru xj z E The Structure Contour Toolbar contains the following three buttons ey Calculate Structure Contours 2s Delete Structure Contours Save Structure Contours as Shapefile The functionality of each of these buttons is described in detail below 4 2
67. mageCategory jpg 103 K6 JPEG Image 14 08 2006 13 35 B YIDEO_TS DFDC mdb 143 832 KB Microsoft Office Acc 22 06 2009 13 36 E Se Removable Disk F SIGMA_MOBILE_v2009A mxd 48 695 KB ESRI ArcMap Docu 08 04 2009 14 21 E Removable Disk G E Structural_Symbols lyr 29KB LYR File 01 04 2009 16 24 lt 22 objects Disk free space 213 GB 192 MB 4 My Computer If a project GIS project file has already been created then so long as it has been created in ArcGIS 9 or above you can open both the project GIS and the BGS SIGMAmobile GIS on your office PC and drag and drop the data layers from the Table of Contents TOC in the project GIS into the TOC of the BGS SIGMAmobile GIS The BGS SIGMAmobile mxd can be renamed to reflect the project or the user The DFDC database MUST NOT be renamed Alternatively data layers can be added directly into BGS SIGMAmobile using the add data button If you do this make sure you have created layer files lyr first in order to save the legend symbology information Setting up project details When you first open the BGS SIGMAmobile GIS the Project and User Details form will prompt you to check the default details When creating the BGS SIGMAmobile GIS for project use these default details will be incorrect so you must amend these by opening the DFDC Project Details Menu and selecting Populate User Dictionary The Populate Project Details Dictionary form will appear with four tabs In BGS a ta
68. me the existing NationalGridQS to NationalGridQSBNG 4 Create the new National Grid layer for the country you are mapping either by creating a new layer or importing a feature class or shapefile you already have To import into the DFDC right click on the DFDC mdb and select import feature_class single Browse to the feature class for the layer you are importing Name the new layer as NationalGridQS ns ical 1 IGYIGYY l MELOY DFDC mdh a FF 101 B copy Ctrl C Heme EJ Ba EE 10k sheet codes FE BG E BasicUnit Temp Fi BG Delete EE BGs_BGS_STAFF EBG Rename F2 EE BGS_BH_GEOLOGY_PROPERTY E ec a EE BG5_BOREHOLE_GEOLOGY Els v EE BG5_DIC_ALTERATION FleG New p EEIBGS_DIC_BUILDING_DAMAGE E BG Eees mic cavity TYDE E BG Import gt Feature Class single Export gt Feature Class multiple E BG Table single BG Table multiple EE BG a BG E1 Compact Database Raster Datasets DE E R Ja fog 4 EN ee aster Datasets mosaic x Ww er E BG 2S Publish to ArcGIS Server le XML Workspace Document S BG nak YP E ec Distributed Geodatabase 5 BG Properties E BG5_DIC_ELEYATION_ACCURACY E BGs ore E BGS _DIC_FOLD_CLASS 5 Itis essential that the new NationalGridQS layer you have created has a field name in its attribute table called QS This should be a text field of maximum 50 characters and should be populated with the names of the map sheets 6 Close
69. mments form with tags will be shown This form is the same as the Add Map Face Note form except the size of label is limited to 50 characters This allows the label to be tagged with a topic if required To view the labels make sure that the GeoLine layer labelling is turned on using the turn labels on and off button The attribute table for the GeoLine is shown below E Attributes of Geotine ioi xi LINETYPE LABEL Date_Made Shape_Len USER_ID fFront_ End_TAG Date_Modified 4 Polyline Fault inversed 18 04 2006 16 33 00 160 612056 Test lt MAPF A lt STRATIG 16 04 2006 16 33 41 f t E m Record aa af 0 frf Show Al Selected Records 0 out of 1 Selected Options 2 It is also possible to create GeoLine features using the graphic ink tools This is described in section 3 4 6 27 3 4 5 The GeoPoly Tool T Black Diagonal Cross n Bedrock Observed Streaming E ll A Bedrock Observed 0 The GeoPoly tool EE Black Diagonal Cross is designed to delineate and draw polygon features onto the digital field slip The user selects the tool and draws the polygon style displayed on the tool The polygon style can be set using the set polygon style tool Select the Polygon tab on the following menu assioni n r x POLYGON LINE o ee E BLUE O GREEN Black Backwards Black Cross Black Diagonal Cross Black Forwards O YELLOW vo EERIE Ea Black Horizontal line Black Mo Fill Black Solid Fill Black Vertical line
70. n the Main GPS Tool to open BGS GPS dialog box Select Start GPS The GPS tool will attempt to get a GPS fix 3 To stop the GPS press the Start GPS button again BGS GPS W Shelley 19 02 09 L B GPS Configuration GPS Map Options Slider to control map Common GPS Status GPS OFF Auto Pan Interval J No Fix GPS Fix Status GPS OFF Satellites Start GPS panning frequency GPS log frequency and GPS symbolising frequency in seconds Number of satellites The progress bar fills up with more satellites 4 Once the GPS has a fix you can pan or zoom to the GPS location using the Pan and Zoom buttons on the Main Toolbar You can also set the BGS GPS to Automatically Pan by using the Main GPS Tool see the diagram below BGS GPS W Shelley 03 03 09 fx GPS Map Options Auto Pan Map il Create GPS Log Set Zoom to GPS Scale GPS Configuration Latitude Longitude Auto Pan Interval Status Mo Fix Satellites 5 The GPS tool will scan all the communications ports that are available to the application If COM2 is available this will automatically be selected a If you need to change the communication port go to GPS Configuration COM Port COM n see below BGS GPS W Shelley 19 02 09 L IB SPS Configuration GPS Map Options Display Full NMEA COM Port Auto Pan Interval J Status GPS OFF Satellites
71. ng The National Grid Coordinate Easting of the point 2 Northing The National Grid Coordinate Northing of the point a Easting and Northing values can be typed in manually or can be entered automatically by clicking on the required location on the map display As the Inputs window is relatively large and obscures the majority of the map display the button Switch to Small Inputs Form has been provided Clicking this button closes the main inputs form and opens the following window x Easting 30867371 6 Northing 711152497 Back to Main Form Once this window appears the user simply clicks on the map display to input the coordinates of the structure measurement When the correct values are entered click on the Back to Main Form button to return to the original Inputs window Note that on returning to the main Inputs window the Easting and Northing values have been populated using those values selected using the smaller window 3 Elevation The elevation of the point in meters This value can be typed in manually or populated automatically after the Easting and Northing have been entered by clicking on the Get Elevation from DTM button This button uses the entered Easting and Northing values to query the selected DTM and returns the appropriate elevation Z value 50 4 Dip The observed angle of dip of the bed This will be a value between 0 and 90 degrees and can be typed in manually or populated using th
72. o the GPS through the correct COM port and using the correct baud rate 2 GPS Position Window displays useful information about the GPS connection and its current position In advanced mode it is possible to see the satellite availability as well as time date and magnetic variances along with suggested accuracy measurements DFDC_18_08_05_notAutoGPS_v1_TEST ArcMap ArcEditor SG GPS Position EJ Latitude 52 52 45 N a ae ai n peed ilometers Hour Longitude 1 4 36 W i Heading NAA Degrees true Z aiai fi 7 092 E Status Connection open Receiving data GPS on COM Simple lt lt a UTC Time Eai Dilution of precision UTC Date 08 23 05 HDOP 8 80 Mag Variance NAA Degrees DOP 20 00 Quality Indicator GPS fix PDOP 21 90 Satellite Availability Differential GPS Satellite Count a 8 Station ID O Average SNR 39 56 Age 0 00 gall other values gt m LINETYPE Q Bedrock Inferred a wk S ATAG z Bedrock Observed ar SY y D Corrections Ra Ss 77 tae Superficial Inferred SA SY BY Superficial Observed By 4 Normanton Wolds O TestEXTRALAYER B ss S WS a RO Wet AES 6 ge 4 GeoPoly Pe A AJA E A POLYTYPE KBP i EPRI EY Black Backwards Diac hk i amp 625 ra EB Black Cross i Bee nie we X EX Black Diagonal Cross i SHA amp sara TAN Roy f be 71 Black Forwards Diagc SS Sore He eh
73. ogy Interp Crono Strat Grain Size CACO S Moisture Organic Minerals T extural Till Fabric GENERAL SPOT OBSERVATIONS Size m D af a 7 10 Lith Colour Not Entered Derivation Not Entered we Stratigraphy Not Entered PARENT DATA NOT YET E Abondsnice Hhepk amp tion a Record H 1 of1 H x Search You can take several measurements or make descriptions here about the spot observation by clicking on the tabs entitled Grain Size etc to open the individual forms 34 Eas gt Mobi vot Observation designed and built by BGS x Spot ID i Object i UUD Eror Search for Lith gt Loc no HE tror b General wWeath Alter Strength Lithology Interp Crono Strat Grain Size CACO3 Moisture Organic Mineral Textural Till Fabric LITHOLOGY OBSERVATIONS Lithology Colour Proportion Grain Size Grain Dist Sort Spher ng CaC0S and Moisture moor J OE GEE Lithology Colour Proportion Grain Size Grain Dist Sort Spher Ang Cacia and Moisture EE Lithology Colour Proportion Grain Size Grain Dist Sort Spher Ang CaCO3 and Moisture OEE i a Record H 4 2of2 Eo oR ORE WK No Filt Search 4 i UNIT INTERPRETATIVE LIMITS AND TEXTURES OBSERWATIONS Limit Top Stratigraphy Limit Bottom Chronostrat NOT ENTERED Texture Abundance Geometric Form Not Entered Texture Feature Deposit Environment Mot Entered Texture Distribution Record I 1
74. oil Mot Entered LOS OBSERVATIONS MADE Log fd Lag Mame 2 Test 2 LOG 1_AUGERH LANDFORM OBSERVATIONS MADE Landform ID Landform Type 2 Erratic STRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS MADE Siruchire ID Feature Type CMservition Type 1 Bedding Measurement bedding surface COMMENTS MADE Comment if Calling Entity 1 FOP _SPOT_LITH Page 4 1 juj al ae 60
75. opography layers or photographs Make sure that only DTMs are selected otherwise the Structure Contour Tool will attempt to get elevation values from a non DTM raster layer 5 Backing up your data We recommend that field data are backed up each evening in the field in case your data becomes corrupted or the system fails This also ensures that you will never lose more than one day of fieldwork Go to your Project area using Windows Explorer and Copy and Paste your DFDC mdb file from your main Project Area to the ArchivedCopies Folder Within the ArchivedCopies Folder rename DFDC mdb to DFDC_UserID_Date for example DFDC_TEST_08092009 mdb 6 Viewing sketches on the Desktop You can use the Pr cis Tool ol in BGS SIGMAmobile to view your sketches or you can use the edit tool to edit a geological observation and also edit any associated sketch The sketch tool on the System works with ANT files in their native format but it also saves a JPG file for use in any other programme 53 7 Troubleshooting bug reporting and feedback Most bugs have been error trapped within the system either through the provision of a message box telling you what the problem is and how to alter it or through internal code However it is possible that you may encounter errors If you come across any the developers would find it very valuable if you can document the error so that it can be fixed in a later release Be patient with the system There is a lot of code
76. ource Selection Display Symbology Fields Definition Query Labels Joins amp Relates Label all the features the same way All features will be labeled using the options specified FOP_STRUCTURE AZIMUTH X Expression I Arial 3 i B Z u Sinisa Pre defined Label Style Scale Range Label Styles Once you have set this up once it will be saved in your project and structural measurements will automatically appear in the event layers when you create them using the notebook point tool 4 Using the BGS Integrated Tools 4 1 THE BGS COMPASS BEARING TOOL The purpose of the tool is to show compass bearings 1 e lines of sight and backsight in ArcMap The tool is a simple way for the geologist to use a compass to record a bearing to from features on the landscape and to draw lines of the same bearings onto the map To use the Bearing Tool select Bearing Tool from the list of toolbars available The Bearing Toolbar will then become visible CETE x oe 4 Bearing tool 47 os Delete Bearing Graphics Bearing Tool After clicking the Bearing tool button the mouse icon changes to a set of cross hairs and the tool is ready to use Single tap on the screen where you wish to take the bearing from oG and hover the stylus elsewhere to see a dashed red line appear The bearing of the line is 20 56 displayed in the bottom left of the screen When you double tap to finish the line it becomes a solid
77. ows the user default details currently stored in the database The project name and scale should have been set by the project data manager NAME r User Name Project Name Scale of Mapping Next Locality Number IF you need to change this locality number please do so through the Populate user Dictionary Functionality on the DFDC Project Details Menu Please tick to indicate you wish to save the new details to the database Save Details Close If a valid username does not exist in the dropdown list or any of the project details are incorrect the user will have to access and populate the user dictionary form through the project details button and make the appropriate changes here You will also note that there is the option to change the starting locality number BGS SIGMAmobile relies on particular layers to store field observations These will appear in the Table of Contents TOC when you open the GIS They should not be renamed or removed as their names are coded into the project If they are renamed and you use one of the BGS SIGMAmobile tools you will be alerted by a message box saying that the layer cannot be found The layers which are specific to BGS SIGMAmobile are 11 yers Map Face Mote Displayed On Map Field Observation Point e0Line 0 m Wh Js H AAAA K E E e These are all stored in the DFDC mdb database 3 2 PREPARING BGSSIGMAMOBILE FOR FIELD USE To begin a new project copy the
78. p fale Solutions COLLECTORF_ID Test L45T_SAMP_AO 24 Close Form The numbers and ID s written in the above form should reflect the Geologist s user ID and sample number in their relevant sample book For information the user can see the user name ID project details and map scale they registered in ArcMap These should not be edited here unless absolutely necessary Once the sample button has been clicked you will see this pop up box Confirm Sample Collection re you sure you wish to create a new sample If so then your sample number will increment by 1 Yes No Click Yes to continue to the form and enter any relevant information and No to exit frmSampleInfoPopup Form Enter Sample Information Next Available Sample Number KIGL_22 Locality Number KIGL_1 Sample Associated With Collectors Sample No Conf SAMPLE COMMENT en i 0 Bulk rock sample taken Sample Type Bedrock Sample w l aaz M o X al Sample Type Soil Sample v Ga Sample Type E 3 5 15 General Tools 3 5 15 1 PHOTO TRANSFER If the photos are not on your tablet you can link the photos to the correct metadata once you have uploaded them to your PC To link to the photos like this click on the Photo Transfer button on the opening screen of the database The form will display a list of descriptions about the photos taken at that location Click on the photo button to associate a photo on your PC to the app
79. ple symbolize the layer s featwes using this data What do you want to join to this layer fy oin attributes from a table Select the UUID field as the field the join will be based on 1 Choose the feli in ttis lyer that the join wil be based or 2 Choose the table to join to this layer or load the table from disk Field Observation Point z 2 M Show the attribute tables of layers in this list Select the Field Observation Point table as the table to join to 3 Choose the field in the table to base the join or uun Select UUID as the field from the Field Observation table to use in the join About Joining Data Once the joins are made an event theme can be generated To do this right click on the FOP_STRUCTURE table and click Display XY data The following menu will appear Display XY Data A table containing X and Y coordinate data can be added to the map as a layer Choose a table from the map or browse for another table Specify the fields for the X and Y coordinates FIELD_OBSERVATION_POINT X v FIELD_OBSERVATION_POINT Y v Coordinate System of Input Coordinates Descriptiorc Projected Coordinate System Name British_National_Grid Geographic Coordinate System Name GCS_OSGB_1936 Show Details Edit F Wam me if the resulting layer will have restricted functionality OK Cancel 46 The X Field and Y Field attributes need to be assigned in order to
80. r in this document QAESTO ES O BiB gy z Finishsketch HF es l 123 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1 Zoomin 2 Zoom out 3 Fixed zoom in Zooms in to the centre of the map in steps 4 Fixed zoom out Zooms out of the centre of the map in steps 5 Measure Allows the user to measure a distance on the map 6 Pan Lets the user move the map centre 7 Full Extent Zooms to the full extent of all the data 8 Go back to previous extent 9 Go to next extent 10 Identify displays the attributes of a feature 11 Zoom to selected features 12 Select features Selects map features that are set as selectable 13 Clear selected features unselect the selected features 14 Delete selected geofeatures and graphics deletes those selected GeoPoly GeoLine Map Face Note Field Observation Point or Graphic features 16 15 Select graphic elements this tool will select graphic elements in the map layout but not features saved in the DFDC 16 Finish Sketch If you are creating a GeoLine or GeoPoly feature and find it difficult to double tap on the tablet to finish drawing click this button instead and it will finish drawing for you 17 Toggle table of contents Toggle this on or off to view the TOC window or not 18 Map scale This combo box shows the current map scale A new scale can be entered here and the map will zoom to the selected scale 3 3 2 BGS DFDC Toolbar E of e e i BlackNoFill S Bedrock Infe
81. r large search areas the time taken to produce structure contours can be high as calculations are made every 5 meters To speed up the tool the distance between calculations can be increased A sample resolution of 2 means calculations will be made every 10 meters whilst a sample resolution of 3 means calculations will be made every 15 meters and so on Increasing the sample resolution may decrease the number of points found that form structure contours This value can be typed in manually or populated using the slider to the right of the Sample Resolution text box To move the slider small amounts click just to the left or just to the right of the slider s pointer and it will move 1 in that direction Point Colour The colour used to display structure contours on the map display Select from the pull down list of colours Through the use of different colours it 1s possible to display the results of several structure contour calculations on the map display at the same time Search Area These three input values are used to define a circular search area Only structure contours that fall within this search area will be identified The three inputs are 1 Easting The National Grid Coordinate Easting of the centre of the search area This value can be typed in manually or populated automatically as the Easting of the Observation Point by clicking on the Use Easting and Northing of Observation Point button Northing The National Grid Coordinat
82. raphic The Reactivate Ink button re creates an ink sketch from a selected ink graphic element You can reactivate an ink graphic that has been committed as a graphic and use the ink and erase ink tools to alter the graphic before you commit it to shapefile Once a feature has been committed to shapefile it cannot be re activated 18 5 Changes the style of the selected graphic element If you want to change the style of a committed graphic select the line type from the combo boxes and click Go 6 Convert ink to GeoLine or GeoPoly tool Converts ink of selected graphics into a line or polygon geometry 1 e GeoLine or GeoPoly as defined in the adjacent combo box 3 3 4 Main Menu The main menu toolbar includes all menus found in any new ArcMap document and some addition menus to use within BGS SIGMAmobile el E File Edit view Insert Selection Tools Window Help GPS Tools DFOC Project Details DFDC Tools 3 soo _v __ S ZIHA7 N Juu v0uNooosoooM FTO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Save Saves the project Add layer ets the user browse to add a new layer into the GIS Launch editor toolbar launches the editor toolbar to allow users more freedom with editing GPS tools ArcGIS GPS Tools DFDC project details menu of project person specific buttons which change default settings SS E a a Sa r Set Map Face Note Style 5b p Populate User Dictionary 5c ee Project User Details 5d Use Default Geopoly Style
83. retis Tool Version 950 m JABE Basic Log Comments Samples Lanafo prore spring oe Sketches 26 3 4 4 The GeoLine Tool T Black Diagonal Cross gt Bedrock Observed teamin E ll A Bedrock Observed Go The GeoLine tool Bedok Observed jo designed to add geological linework onto the digital field slip The user selects the tool and draws the line style displayed on the tool The line style is chosen using the set line style tool The following menu will appear Select the Line tab assioni a x POLYGON LIME Bedrock Inferred Bedrock Observed Corrections Form lines fSeomarphology Miscellaneous Superficial Inferred Superficial Observed You will create the Following Feature Superficial Observed The tool will remember the last selected line style during the working session The line style selected will appear in the tool name field Streaming can be turned on or off see section 3 4 7 and vertices can be removed using the edit vertices tool The size of the editing vertices can be altered by using the change vertices size button If a GeoLine feature has been drawn using the wrong style it can be amended Select the line you want to amend select the required style from the drop down menu and click Go to attach the l Bedrock Observed correct attribute values edo Sbeved z amp To add a label to a GeoLine feature select the feature and click the U button A co
84. ropriate 43 description There is no need to rename the photos as the database will do this automatically as well as copy the renamed photo to the Photographs folder in your BGS SIGMAmobile directory grySelectAllPhotosForManipulation Locality Number Called Fror MIDAS Photo Hame Original Camera Filename Test 3 FOP O Test 3 06032008_5 Oooo O O Associate Loaclty Desc ce 459486 624625 f 332236 115374999 Fhoto Description Fhoto Tests P fe 3 06022008 6 rT T ae Loaclity Desc ce 459456 624625 Y J32236 115374999 Fhoto Description Photo Record 14 4 COU OL ML of 2 3 5 15 2 PHOTO COLLECTION SPREADSHEET This button creates an excel spreadsheet in the photographs folder of your current working project It exports the data in a format suitable for the BGS Photographic database For this to work efficiently you must transfer and describe all of the photos in the database that are to be exported It is recommended that you do this on a daily basis 3 5 15 3 SAMPLE COLLECTION SPREADSHEET This button creates an excel spreadsheet in the root of your current working project area It exports the data in a format suitable for the BGS Collections Department to enter in to their systems For this to work efficiently you must transfer and describe all of the samples in the database that are to be exported It is recommended that you do this on a daily basis 3 5 15 4 PRECIS OF CURRENT LOCATION A specialized Pr cis Tool can be access
85. ropriate style has been selected from the combo box to the left 16 click the Go button to convert the selected GeoPoly GeoLine 3 3 3 Ink Tools These tools can be accessed by clicking button 14 on the BGS DFDC toolbar 1 Draw ink 2 Erase ink 3 Select ink graphic 4 Reactivate ink Set lt raphic Style 5 Converts the graphics to a different style 6 Converts the ink or graphics to a cose GeoLine GeoPoly Draw ink The draw ink tool also referred to as the Ink tool is used to create ink graphics on the map You can choose from several styles of pen ink from the drop down menus Erase ink The erase tool removes all connected pieces of ink that you touch with your pen including ink created with the draw ink tool To erase ink drag the eraser across the ink you want to erase If you wish to convert ink to shapefile care should be taken when using the eraser tool Try not to rub out in the middle of lines but rub out from the ends Select tool This tool enables the user to select graphics Use this to select a committed ink graphic in order to re activate it using the re activate tool When you select a graphic the project will automatically change the view to the same scale at which the ink was originally captured and pan so that the graphic is in the centre of the screen The ink tools within ArcMap are still fairly primitive and this action prevents the graphics from randomly disappearing from the map Reactivate ink g
86. rred i A a LS 1234567 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1 Add Map Face Note This tool enables the user to enter a map face note to the digital field slip 2 Edit Map Face Note This tool enables the user to edit the content of an existing map face note 3 Move Map Face Note Tool This tool allows the user to move the position of a map face note 4 Copy map face note This tool allows the user to copy a selected map face note to save time re writing it 5 Add Notebook observation point This button allows the user to add a point to the map face Once the point is added the notebook application opens 6 Edit Notebook observation point This button allows the user to edit an existing notebook point on the map face Once the point is selected the notebook application opens 7 Pr cis tool Use this tool to identify a field observation point and view all the data entered at that point in a pr cis list within ArcMap This tool is also available within the DFDC database 8 Draw GeoPoly This tool is used to draw a polygon on the field slip Users select the colour and the shading of the polygon by changing the selections available in the form activated by button 11 The style in use is written on the button The project leader must decide what combination of fill style and colour correspond to each type of feature being mapped This will vary depending upon mapping domain and as such project specific 9 Draw GeoLine The
87. ructure Events This layer is an Event theme It is created by adding the tabled called FOP_STRUCTURE from the DFDC mdb into the GIS The table is visible in the Table of Contents when the Source tab is selected 3 6 1 Creating a Structure Event Layer Follow the instructions below to set up the Structure Events Layer 45 Add in the FOP_STRUCTURE table from the DFDC mdb Right click on the FOP_STRUCTURE table in the Source tab of the TOC and select Properties to open the properties dialog box Select the Joins Relates Tab Right click on the FOP_STRUCTURE table in the Source tab of the TOC and select Joins and Relates followed by Join Willoughby Fade ga pasiold 2 Fmi i 1 r es Py wisp Copy Records aining t E Stru AS Remove Sa nn sal T i E 4 E Proje de ningsys hes Trail Joins and Relates Join El E Proje af i d Data 7 Remove Joints ske Gm Geocode Addresses Relate E a E Proje aE sk6z jy Display Route Events Remove Relatets b Bie sket Display XY Data a sk BYA i Properties s E Projects SIGMai2006_ 2007 MIDAS Trainingsys ee a 1 sk Lr tif ae o Bote ay y It is necessary to make a join to the FIELD_OBSERVATION_POINT based on the UUID in order to join the X and Y data to the FOP_STRUCTURE table In the Join Dialog box that opens the following should be set xl don lets you append additional data to this layer s attribute table so you can for exam
88. s 5e ee Change GeoPoly symbology labels 5 a Set map face note style Use this to change the colour of the text and arrow of future map face note Each time the project opens the default 1s reset to a black arrow and black text There is a choice of three styles Set Map Fac e No oF Black Arrow amp Black Text O Grange Arrow amp Orange Text Purple Arrow amp Black Text a 5 b Populate User dictionary This button opens a form in which the user can change the default project details This should be done by the data manager before going into the field but in case it isn t a user can populate the project details here 5 c Project User details This button displays the default project name and user details that have been entered into the database Click this to change the user name or check to see the details are correct It is the same form as the one which pops up when the BGS SIGMAmobile application is opened 19 5 d 5 e User changes symbology label here ee n El GeoPoly Use default GeoPoly styles By clicking this button the default fill types and label text for the GeoPoly layer are applied This removes any project specific customisation of value labels which may have been applied see 5e Change Geopoly symbology labels This button opens the symbology window of the GeoPoly layer A user can enter an alternative label for each polygon fill type into the label section Th
89. servation Point to be moved right click and select Move To Enter the X and Y coordinates of your new location The new coordinates will also have to be updated in the Attribute Table In the Table of Contents right click on the Field Observation Point Open Attribute Table and enter the new coordinates in the X and Y fields of the selected Field Observation Point Observation Point Trouble Shooting You have made a selection with the Edit Notebook observation point tool and received the following message You have not made a selection This may be caused by broken links red exclamation marks in the Table of Contents in ArcMap or the Field Observation Point layer from either the current DFDC or the old DFDC is not switched on Repair the links by clicking on the red exclamation mark and re setting the source and make sure all Field Observation Point layers are on and visible 3 4 3 Reviewing Notebook Data within ArcMap Pr cis Tool The green information button id Pr cis Tool shown as button 7 on the BGS_DFDC toolbar enables the user to view the contents of the notebook for Sstectten each field observation point The Pr cis Tool can also be accessed through the DFDC database General Information is displayed at the top of the form with more detailed information contained in tabs below Photos and Sketches are viewable and selected using the Film Strip view at the bottom of the form and can be individually rotated w
90. so preserved in the Film Frame database table field It is recommended that photos are transferred as often as possible E frmPhotolnfoPopup Form Enter Photo Information Lo Test 2 A ID Photo Associated with Photo Filename Description FOP Testa D D32006_ a Looking North ir Media Digital Digital w Direction wl Film Frame lt jeen ss 5 Media Digtal v Digital w Digital Direction w w Film Frame eon a Record I4 4 i e of 1 3 5 14 Samples Before taking samples using the BGS SIGMAmobile system each geologist must set up a Collector code number in the database on the system This is done through the housekeeping section of the notebook If a user is returning to the field the start number can be set to any value Locality Desc and Summary Label Y and 2 values Project Scale Field Slip Management Fields Management Fields Housekeeping Geologist Info Edit Collector Sample no view Manipulate Dictionaries View Precis of FOP Show Menu The user should click the Edit Collector sample no button before taking the system out in the field and make the appropriate changes to the form which is displayed below 42 ES user_details OBJECTID g USER_ID Test The Collector ID and the last USER MAME ester sample number can be edited PROJECT ID Fussy gt at any point and may change depending upon the type of MAF_SCALE f 10000 sample being collected PAOJECT NAME Sustainable Mi
91. ssceda castueseeeSeneataasisesaceseuetacesteeseesSaseenadsisesacesenecacte 53 6 Viewing sketches on the Desk COP issccssicescscsssiscessccdccevasesscesvecscccussssscvstcedecevsssteveeeccesseosssasesees 53 7 Troubleshooting bug reporting and feedback ssccssccccssssssssscsccccccccscssssssssscooees 54 Using BGS SIGMAmobile outside the UK cssssssssssccssccccccccccccccccccsssssssssssssssesees 55 Appendix Using the Basic Pr cis Toll 0 0 cccccsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssosssosssssssssssssssssssssssess 60 Introduction This report serves as an installation and introductory user guide to BGS SIGMAmobile which is an application for digital geoscience field data collection developed within the British Geological Survey s SIGMA System for Integrated Geoscience Mapping programme within the Earth amp Planetary Observation amp Mapping Team This document provides installation instructions followed by a brief guide to using the application In BGS we provide our field staff with a two day training course and while this guide does not replace that it is hoped that these instructions will provide a basis for successful use of BGS SIGMAmobile in your organisation BGS SIGMAmobile is designed to run in the field on rugged Tablet PCs but can also be used on a desktop PC The system is a heavily customised ArcGIS 9 2 and MSAccess application The user must have a licensed copy of ArcView ArcGIS and MSAccess 2003
92. t gt t gt of 2 39 E frmFieldObsEntry Form a 10l x 2 3 gt Locality Desc and Summary Label x Y and Z values Project Scale Field Slip Management Fields Housekeeping Geologist Info Loc Desc Barnfield Farm Sum Lbl MM Spot Observation Log Glacial Landform Structure c sroto 4 OBJECTID UUID 19042006140634 z General I Weath Altern Strength Lithology Interp Crono Strat Grain Size CACO3 Moisture Organic Mineral T extural Till tel m LITHOLOGY OBSERVATIONS Indicates that the z d ioo palogy Colour Proportion Grain L Grain Dist Sort Spher Ang CaC03 and EES Waet Ji Eo ey to this lithology the 3 Lithology Colour Proportion Grain Size Grain Dist Sort Spher ng CaC03 and Moisture recorded in the database E E Fatt eM Indicates that the user is viewing the first of only one lithology recorded for this the first of 2 Record 14 4 1 gt bE gt of 1 UNIT INTERPRETATIVE LIMITS AND TEXTURES OBSERVATIONS Limit Top Not Entered PARENT DATA NOT YET ENTEREL Limit Bottom NOT ENTERED z Texture Abundance oror Stratigraphy Chronostrat Geometric Form Not Entered z Texture Feature Deposit Environment Not Entered v Texture Distribution spot observations at this nogwa site Record 14 4 II it gt t gt of 2 3 5 11 Comments
93. th information the user can check that the database is using the correct values by viewing Project and User Details form All of these details are stored in the database table USER_DETAILS If any user names are missing from the list you must close the BGS SIGMAmobile mxd open the DEDC mdb database and edit the table DIC_ META ORACLE USER to include the name and user ID of the missing person Setting up Project Dictionaries Within the DFDC mdb there are several dictionary tables Some of these such as BGS_DIC_ROCK_ALL are very extensive and would take up a lot of room in dropdown lists in 14 the field To reduce the time spent searching through lists to find the right value the dictionaries have been set up with a project control field because different projects map in different domains and will require different values The data manager can go through each dictionary to check the project control box beside any dictionary value that they feel will be used within the mapping domain This forces these checked dictionary values into alphabetical order at the top of a dropdown list on the system The remaining values with no project control tick will be included in alphabetical order in the dropdown list but below the checked values EB BGS_DIC_ROCK_ALL Table m g BGS_DIC_ROCK_ALL Table ee A j CODE SOURCE_CODE DESCRIPTION TRANSLATION STATUUSER_ENTE DATE_ENTERED USER_UPDATI DATE_UPDATED TRANSHER PROJECT_CO
94. tus bar holds information about location and tool messages 6 q Reset DFDC Toolbars If there are several toolbars displayed in the GIS click this button to hide all those except the main BGS SIGMAmobile toolbars 6 r Editing Options This button opens the editing options form Settings such as streaming tolerance can be adjusted for user preference here 7 Reset DFDC Toolbars If there are several toolbars displayed in the GIS click this button to hide all of those except for the main BGS SIGMAmobile toolbars 3 3 5 Maximising the map display data view In order to maximise the available screen space for viewing the digital field slip a number of buttons have been created within the BGS SIGMAmobile GIS e To turn off viewing the TOC click this button El BGS DFDC Tools button 17 e To turn off the status bar click this button ue main menu button 6 p To reset all the toolbars click this button 7 Peset DFDE Toolbars main menu button 6 q or 7 e The Windows task bar can be set to auto hide Right click on the task bar select properties and check auto hide iaj Doc 24 08 8 fhe bu yes pa iiion Doh aiee boty De CS Yow pomt Sion Dob doe tib Hea mere ej J anaj 3 a8 D Bo YS E wame gog drs gt SIS TAR toolbars m l g w ern E Task bar i o es f display m 4 Tir p if f Li i reac rd Ss isp pan WA oe SESSA N K oes f f
95. uctures x STRUCTURED 5 OBJECT 36 UUIG KIGL30032007174416 Feature Type BEIER MIENTE EEEREN E nE Dip Azimuth Dip Measurement Type E E E i wi Dipbir E e F Enter Strike and Dip and Dip Direction the system will f calculate and populate the correct Azimuth and Dip Strike Dip ig Z Enter Azimuth and Dip when You select a Dip Direction Only the final i wo E E Direction directly here Azimuth and Dip will be stored Dip Method Measured z Way Up FIGHT wat UP GSD Comment Motes on Entry Record 14 4 1 LLEI oF 1 Enter information about structures in this section of the notebook Again relevant boxes and dropdown lists for entering data will appear in the form depending on the type of structural measurement being made in the field Also the GeoLine GeoPoly or Map Face note tools can be used in the digital field slip to augment the information Note that the Dip Azimuth can be recorded directly or it can be calculated from the Strike Dip information by clicking in the compass tick boxes Multiple structures can be recorded using the gt button at the bottom of the window and the measurements can be symbolised automatically with the correct azimuth by following the instructions in Section 3 6 36 3 5 5 Landforms glacial E LandformObservation O O OOOO 5 KIGLSO0S20071 74416 alcareous mudstone ERE more RE ooa 1 al Record 14 4 1 oi gt oF 1 Enter information
96. user can use this tool to draw a line on the field slip They can select the linestyle by changing the selections available in the form activated by button 11 The style in use is written on the button 10 Streaming Turn on off streaming Streaming adds vertices as your pointer moves around the screen whilst in editing mode If you prefer to tap to add vertices turn this off else turn it on for streaming You can set streaming preferences using the editing options button described in 6r below and detailed in section 3 4 7 11 Change GeoLine GeoPoly symbology This button allows the user to amend the symbology of a selected feature The symbology is updated to reflect what is visible in the combo boxes buttons 8 and 9 17 12 13 14 15 16 17 Label a geofeature When a feature GeoPoly or GeoLine has been selected the user can use this tool to label it To display the labels on the Map Face select button 6n see below Edit Tool This allows the user to edit the shape of a GeoPoly or GeoLine by moving the shapes vertices Activates the ink tools see section 3 3 3 below View Old DFDC Projects This button allows the user to view old DFDC projects Change style of GeoPoly GeoLine This combo box shows all of the styles currently in use by the project Select the style you want from the drop down box select a feature to convert and click Go button 17 Convert style of GeoPoly GeoLine Once an app
97. with some of the functionality BGS has developed several integrated tools that require additional installation These are the BGS Bearing Tool the BGS Fonts the BGS GPS tool the BGS Pr cis Tool the BGS Sketch Tool and the BGS Structure Contour Tool Important Note The Pr cis Tool must be installed for BGS SIGMAmobile to run Ensure that your system has been set to UK language and regional settings and therefore shows the 24hr clock To check this open the Control Panel and in Regional and Language Options check all settings 12 INSTALLING TOOLS The integrated tools that require installation are stored in the BGS SIGMAmobile folder structure The following instructions explain how to load each of the tools 1 Install DotNet_Framework_2050727 From the DotNet_Framework_2050727 folder run dotnetfx exe 2 Install the BGS Sketch Tool From the BGS_ SKETCH_TOOLN Install Files folder run the SketchTool msi If you are running the system on Windows XP also install WindowsXP KB900722 v1 x86 ENU exe 3 Install the Bearing Tool From the BEARING_TOOL folder run the BearingToolIInstall msi On the installation window select to allow everyone to access the tool fe BGS Bearing Tool Select Installation Folder The installer will install BGS Bearing Tool to the following folder To install in this folder click Next To install to a different folder enter it below or click Browse Folder C Program Files BGS
98. wy j Th e48 TOES iE SAY be e GPS position is C Black No Fill s5 ae i ys ih os p ti EER F lt Display Source Selection 2 Na When there is no connection the GPS window shows an estimated position in red as shown below GES Fas don E stinmnatodi SRi Ahiude 131 100 Wehea Laie O BESAN a Aa knee Longlude ren p z Fed Ty Heady EES Degrees tue Slalus Poor signal ral iecening poaliens GPS on COMP Simple UTE Time 1323 UTC Date 0822 06 MS Vaiee Pra Quality Indicator M A Satelite Availabilty Satelite Doum Average SAF Cegnses Dileri GPS AeA 10 Dalion ID 47 60 Age Didan of peer 5 0 50 00 5 0 0 00 3 Open Connection Establishes a connection to the GPS 4 Close connection Closes the connection to the GPS 5 Panto GPS position 6 Zoom to GPS position 7 Auto pan to GPS position turn on or off depending on whether you want the system to move the map view to the GPS position whilst you are walking Add destination Sets the clicked point on the screen as the destination Destination properties Sets the symbol and label for the destination flag and allows the user to show the bearing to the destination from their current location 10 Display options Sets how the GPS symbol is displayed 2 2 2 Using the BGS GPS tools 2 2 2 1 BGS GPS TOOLBAR 1 Ifthe BGS GPS Toolbar is not visible go to View gt Toolbars and select it E 2 Click o

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