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Enable tone for Compass tool

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08-13-2024 01:24 PM
fjramos
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I'd like to see an option to enable/disable a tone or sound while using the compass tool to navigate to a known point for high accuracy purposes.

Here's a short back story:

We used to use a Trimble Geo7 centimeter accurate GPS device for high accuracy collection like property pins, benchmarks, easements, etc. The Geo 7 had a "navigation" feature that would guide to a known point from provided coordinates and it would almost, if not right on top of the object. It also has a tone (beep), that would start sounding off in pulses the closer you got to the point. It would pulse more frequently the closer you got and less the further you got, eventually it would be a solid tone when the device was as close as possible. That feature came very handy and I believe it's a nice auditory cue.

 

Fast forward to present day, I asked these forums if Field Maps had a similiar feature and was pointed to the compass feature. After using the tool for a few job sites, we got the hang of it and it had got us within centimeters of a known object, just like the Geo7. However, it does lack that option of an audio cue, which would help as a secondary notification, other than the visual measurement on the screen, on how close the GPS is device is to a point of interest. Thanks.

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MichaelLohr

The tone was a good feature in the Geo 7x and would be a nice feature to have in Field Maps. Thanks for posting the idea.