Hi, I have an ArcPad Editform associated with a shapefile. I want to be able to import the GPS locations (points) into my shapefile and go to each pre-defined point and collect data using my Editform. I can't figure out how to do this. Can anyone help?
Do you only have ArcPad or can you utilise ArcGIS aswell? Can you provide any lines of data for us to have a look at?
As always there are many ways to skin a cat:
My first step would probably convert the file using ArcGIS - Create Featureclass from XY Event Table
If you only have ArcPad then a script could help you out. You would access the txt file through the CreateAppObject("File") method, and then you would have to read each line into the DBF
Console.clear
'Create Variables dim MyFile, MyLine, MyArray, i, X, Y
'Create File Object Set myFile = Application.CreateAppObject("File") 'Open the Text File MyFile.Open "C:\Temp\Goofa.txt"
'Now loop through until you get to the end of the fiel While not MyFile.EOF 'Set the vaiable of each line MyLine = MyFile.ReadLine 'Set the Array Up by splitting the line of Text by a comma MyArray = Split(MyLine, ",", -1, 1)
'Now look at each part of the text string to pull out the coordinates For i = 0 to UBound(MyArray) 'Console.print("i: " & i & " == " & MyArray(i)) If i = 11 then 'These values refer to my data. Use the Console.print to find out which section you need for the coordinates. X = MyArray(i) End If If i = 12 then Y = MyArray(i) End If
Next
'Create the shapefile Point from the coordinates of each line without showing the EditForm Call Map.AddFeatureXY(X, Y, False) Wend
MsgBox "Done"
Not a complete answer yet but hopefully if you throw some more information at to this then we will get a solid result.
