I'm developing a GPS workflow using Trimble GeoXH units running ArcPad, and post-processing is done through Trimble Positions. I'm trying to get a GPS date & time on each feature captured in ArcPad. Either this process is way more complicated than it needs to be, or I'm missing something very simple (I hope it's the latter...). I want it to happen automatically (no user initiated date/time capturing). Ideally it would not require any form customization since we're trying to use the on-the-fly forms created when checking out data to ArcPad.
Here is the workflow:
I create a Project in positions, my GPS data will be stored in an SDE feature class
I check out a data package using trimble positions
copy package to GPS unit, collect field data
copy field data back to PC
check in GPS data and post-process
I know this data is stored in the AXF file but it seems the process of populating the data with "AXF_TIMESTAMP" is a bit convoluted
41068 - Populate a date/time field with the current date/time in ArcPad
If anyone has suggestions I'd be glad to hear them.
Another idea I have is to check out the data once, insert some form customization, then just use a copy of that modified checkout package each time the unit is sent out into the field. That has it's own problems however, since the user will need to re-name some files each time if we want to stay organized.
