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RockWorks | Utilities | File | Import | GPL (Delorme GPS)
This program reads GPS "tracks" files output from Delorme software programs and GPS units. The points can be recorded into the RockWorks Utilities datasheet in longitude and/or UTM coordinates.
Menu Options
Step-by-Step Summary
Menu Options
- Input File: Click here to browse for the GPL file to be imported.
- Include Date/Time: Insert a check here if the date and time information in the GPL file is to be imported. Expand this heading to specify:
- Format String: Click on this item to specify the desired format for the date and time string. The default is mm/dd/yyyy:hh:mm:ss.
- GMT Offset (Hours): Click here to enter number of hours to add to or subtract from the recorded time.
- Include Lon/Lat: Insert a check here if the longitude and latitude coordinates are to be imported.
- Include UTMs: Insert a check in this box to convert the longitude and latitude coordinates to UTM and record them in the datasheet. Expand this heading to define the UTM conversion settings.
- Projection (Datum): Expand this heading to choose the desired projection. If you don't know which to choose, the WGS-84 (NAD-83) option is one of the more common choices.
- Zone: In order to translate coordinates between longitude/latitude and UTM, you need to define the UTM Zone for the translation.
- Automatic: (Default) RockWorks will read the range of the longitude coordinates being translated and pick the zone that best encompasses them.
- Manual: If you prefer to select the UTM Zone manually, expand this heading to do so. You should choose a zone with a longitude range that encompasses your longitude coordinates. For example, if you were translating coordinates in the Denver, Colorado, USA area, you would choose UTM Zone 13 which extends from -102 to -108 longitude. (Western longitudes are noted as negatives.)
- UTM Units: Expand this heading to specify if the UTM coordinates should be saved as meters or feet.
- X-Offset, Y-Offset: Type in the number of UTM units, declared above, to be added to or subtracted from the program-computed coordinates. These could be used to correct for translation errors, or to reduce the size of the UTM coordinates to represent a more local system. If no offset is desired, you can enter 0.
- Include Elevation: Insert a check in this box to import the point elevations.
- Include Heading: Insert a check here to record the point to point bearings.
Step-by-Step Summary
- Access the RockWorks Utilities program tab.
- Select the File | Import | GPL (Delorme GPS) menu option.
- Specify the input data and menu items, discussed above.
- Click the Process button.
The program will import the point coordinate data and display it in the datasheet.
Tips: Once imported the points can be represented in a map using the Map | EZ Map program.
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