Tektronix H500 User Manual page 106

Operating basics
The iMap converter program
Tektronix provides a map file conversion program called iMap Converter that you can download from the Tektronix Web site.
iMap Converter lets you convert graphical image files or map files for use with the instrument iMap tool. Types of images or
files that you can convert include:
BMP, JPEG, GIF, TIFF and PNG graphical images (map images, building floor plans, aerial photographs)
Industry standard MapInfo Interchange Format (MIF), ArcInfo Shape (.shp), USGS Digital Line Graph (.opt) geophysical
coordinate maps
Other iMap Converter features include:
Easily capture images from applications such as Microsoft MapPoint to create geophysical (coordinate) map files for use
with GPS measurement mapping
Manually assign geophysical coordinates (latitude/longitude) to image files, such as building floor plans or screen capture map
images, to create a grid map for use with GPS measurement plotting
Combine multiple coordinate map files into a single large map file
To install the iMap converter program on a PC
1. Go to the Tektronix Web site (www.tektronix.com).
2. Click Software Downloads on the left side of the screen to open the Software Downloads Web page.
3. Enter imapconverter (single word) in the Search by keyword field and click Go.
4. Select the iMap Converter link to download the software. Follow the installation instructions on the download page.
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