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5.7 Navigating with the Asset Surveyor Software
5.7.1 Target and Start
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You can use the Asset Surveyor software together with a Trimble GPS
receiver to determine and record your current position. You can also
use the Asset Surveyor software and a GPS receiver to navigate to a
position of interest. Navigation is normally associated with ensuring
that you follow a prescribed course when traveling from A to B, but
you can also use navigation to revisit features that have been
previously surveyed, and to identify a specific feature that may require
maintenance.
The Navigation module has two graphical modes. In both modes, text
information appears on the right in the Info panels. You can configure
the data that appears in the Info panels, and you can choose to display
different text information in the different graphical modes.
When you select the Navigation entry from the Main menu, the
software displays the last navigation mode you used. If you have not
used the Navigation module before, the Direction Dial screen appears.
You can switch between this screen and the Road screen with the
softkey. @
To navigate you need to select a Target and then, optionally, a Start
position. The Target and Start position can be features from the open
data file, or waypoints. PressGorTin the Navigation module
to display a list of features and waypoints you can choose from.
If you already have a selected Target, it is the highlighted item in the
list and is also marked with the Target icon . If there is no Target
selected yet, the feature that is highlighted in the map is highlighted in
the list.
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