Mapping Assets In The Field - DeLorme Earthmate PN-40 User Manual

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11. Highlight the Comment text field, press ENTER, and assign a difficulty comment using the
keyboard. Then, highlight OK and press ENTER.
12. Highlight the View button and press ENTER to see a snapshot of where you went on the trail.
When they arrive home, they download the track and waypoint information into their DeLorme
software so they can see a larger view of where they were. They finish by saving the track
information in their mountain biking library project.

Mapping Assets in the Field

Up-to-date maps are often critical to efficiently manage and maintain company assets. You may
need several layers of information to locate and update information about these assets in the field,
such as road, topographic, and historic maps, as well as high-resolution aerial imagery and GIS
layers. The Earthmate PN-40 is ideally suited to handle these needs; you can transfer virtually any
type of data from DeLorme software onto the device for use in the field, and then use the Earthmate
PN-40 to map new assets and the conditions of existing assets. You can then bring this information
back into the office to update the central GIS database.
The division managers of a utility company are responsible for overseeing the bimonthly update of
the spatial database for each division. They must collect information regarding new line locations,
conditions, and areas requiring repair or replacement to update the database and assist in planning
for the next month's maintenance schedule.
The company uses the Earthmate PN-40 with DeLorme's professional XMap
perform the updates. Each division is divided into quadrants with crews of two assigned to each
quadrant. Each crew has an Earthmate PN-40 and is responsible for uploading the maps and data
they need on the device before heading out into the field. This data includes an updated copy of the
quadrant's GIS utility line layer, road and topographic maps, waypoints of pole mile markers, high-
resolution aerial imagery downloaded from the state GIS department, and digitally scanned paper
maps of utility line schematics. These maps are geo-registered to the DeLorme map using XMap.
Preparing data for and transferring data onto the Earthmate PN-40
1. Open XMap's Database Manager, set up a subscription to the GIS utility layer in the central
database. In XMap, synchronize the subscription to get an updated copy of the GIS utility layer
for the division in your local GIS database.
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