Latest Contributions by AlisonWalker

So the 1:1128 seems to be pretty standard when working with the ArcGIS Online background layers, so they must all be configured to have that same min/max extent. So if you want to be able to zoom in closer than that, do you need to use a non-standard background? Thanks, Alison ... View more

I haven’t seen this one. Do you get the same message with other ArcPad projects? Have you tried an uninstall/reinstall? Alison ... View more

Hi Miles, Sorry for the delay here.  So if the Seiler station was failing to download, you might try again now that it's been a little while.  Maybe it was just too soon?  Those are usually pretty good I thought, and you might call Seiler directly if you can't get them to work. The accuracy may be a result of the distance to the base station (or your receiver, and I don't see anywhere what that is).  If it's really far away, you just shouldn't expect high accuracy estimates.  The base station distance that you refer to above is only referring to the difference in datums and really shouldn't affect the accuracy estimates.  You can go into the base provider properties when selecting a base station and on the Reference Position tab, you can choose to use the reference position from the base provider, but that's not going to improve your accuracy estimate. The only way to know for sure that you are getting decent accuracy and that there is no datum shift occurring is to collect data on a good survey monument. Thanks, Alison ... View more

Hold down the Control key on the keyboard while you click to remove the project and that will override that message. Hope that helps. Alison ... View more

Hi Miles, The latest version of the Trimble Positions Desktop Add-in does not have that GNSS Enabling button anymore in the admin window. That is really only required when using the ArcGIS for Windows Mobile field software, so it was removed on purpose to try to resolve some of that confusion. If you set up a project for ArcGIS for Windows Mobile, then you will see the GNSS Enabling option in there. On your check-in, it sounds like maybe you were collecting data in ArcPad and then trying to bring it in with the TerraSync tools? Or maybe that you had collected data in TerraSync that was just created on the handheld and not created from Positions? That won’t work to check in. In order to check in TerraSync data to Positions, it has to be checked out from Positions. If you were using ArcPad, you could use the QuickProject check-in instead. And yes, Positions does not allow differential correction with multiple base stations the way you could in Pathfinder Office. You will only be able to correct against one base station at a time. Hope that helps. Alison ... View more

Hi Russell, Is there a fix for this?  I'm getting the same invalid JSON pictureMaker error when downloading in Collector. ... View more

Hi Matthew, When you use the Import QuickProject, it imports the data into a geodatabase (either one specified by you or it builds one for you depending on which option you choose).  If that was successful, then your field data should be located in that database, and you should be able to add it to any map. Alison ... View more

I encountered accuracy issue utilizing ArcPad 10.0R4 with Trimble GeoExplorer GeoXH 6000 Series.   The issue is the GeoXH unit is supposed to be less than 1ft accuracy, after post process, however, I consistently getting >=3ft.   My GeoXH 6000 setups are: -ArcPad 10.0 R4 -Utilizing QuickProject default -GPS Datum is default by GPS unit (D_WGS_1984) -Projection from GPS unit (GCS_WGS_1984, Geographic, Degree, Datum D_WGS_1984 (6326)) -Protocol:  Positions ArcPad extension -Port:  COM3: GNSS Serial Port -Enable Averaging at 20 points When 'Import ArcPad QuickProject' from Trimble Postions Desktop Administration for Check-in and Post Process, the collected point feature shows >=3ft, when compared with our monument data. Our monument data is NAD 1983 StatePlane Texas North Central FIPS 4202 US Feet. Any assistance are greatly appreciated, Richard Hi Richard, The 3' you are seeing is a classic datum shift between the WGS 1984 datum and the NAD 1983 datum that your monument is in.  Convert your GPS data to NAD 1983 or the monument data to WGS 1984, and I bet it will all line up.  The accuracy of your Geo is likely meeting the spec.  It's just the datum shift that is causing it to not line up. ... View more

I am getting the following error during mobile cache synchronization.  I can see about 97 features on the GPS unit, but none of them are being transferred during the synchronization.  Error posting updates for wControlValve layer Error posting updates for wCurbStopValve layer Error posting updates for wHydrant layer Error posting updates for wNetworkStructure layer Error posting updates for wStructure layer  [ATTACH=CONFIG]29109[/ATTACH] Hi Chad, A couple things can cause this, but the one I see most often is the Spatial Index causing trouble.  Try opening the feature class properties in Catalog, go to the Indexes tab and Delete the Spatial Index then try to sync again. ... View more

Hi Thomas and Kyle, If the data was collected with GPScorrect on the handheld, then I think the only way to post-process would be to temporarily go back to GPS Analyst or you could process the data in Pathfinder Office.  If you don't have a license for Pathfinder Office, you may be able to get a 2-week evaluation copy or send the files off to your local reseller, and they may be able to process for you. If the data was collected with Positions extension for ArcPad, then you should be able to use the Import QuickProject functionality in Positions Desktop Add-in.  This might also work with GPScorrect.ssf files, I just haven't tried it.  If interested, let me know, and I can put some more detailed directions out here. ... View more

I'm glad you got that figured out and thanks for the link.  It was my understanding that that issue was specific to earlier versions of Trimble Positions.  If you have the latest version, you shouldn't need to use that xml anymore. ... View more

You are correct Brian.  Trimble Positions when working with ArcPad will work fine with a Basic license.  If using Positions with ArcGIS for Windows Mobile, then you really need to have Standard or better... for multiple reasons.  But none of those reasons apply with the ArcPad workflow. ... View more

You can certainly use a real-time network with ArcPad and the Trimble Positions extension for ArcPad.  You just need to get into Positions on the handheld and go into the real-time settings.  Probably will have to set your Choice 1 to Internet if you are trying to connect directly from the handheld and then configure the rest with your login information, and that should work. ... View more

You do actually have to click the Update button in Positions before those two fields can be populated.  If something was messed up in the original project and that's why they are not populating, you can try again after the fact.  Check out this blog post for the directions: http://positionsblog.trimble.com/?p=19 ... View more