Points / Observations

ASCII Coordinate Import

Main Menu | Import / Export | Points / Observations | ASCII Coordinate Import

Use this option to import a list of coordinates to the current Project.

This may be required if a separate coordinate file is uploaded to the device by itself (not as part of a Project with linework). This is also useful for transfer of points from one file to another.

Function
  1. Click on the "Browse for File..." button to navigate to and select your file.
  2. Choose the field delimiter, either Comma or Space.
  3. Choose the file format. See below for more information regarding file format. If you are uncertain, use the Standard format. 
  4. Use the assigned role field to select the survey role of the points being imported. If these points are to go into the staking list, then select To Stake Out as the survey role.
  5. Write SP (Store Point) record to raw file will store the imported coordinates to the raw file. This is very useful if you wish to reprocess coordinates later, so we recommend that you select this when importing points.
  6. Overwrite Existing Coordinates - allows you to control whether points will be overwritten during the import.
  7. Set as Control Points – will set a flag in the database that will prevent these points from being edited or changed in FieldGenius (under any circumstances!)
  8. Choose OK to import the coordinates, Cancel to abort the import.
  9. You will be shown a confirmation of how many points were imported to the current Project.
File Formats

Both space and comma delimited files are supported.

For all formats, the order of the Northing and Easting fields are determined by setting the Coordinate Order in the Options screen.

Standard

ID, Northing/Y or Easting/X, Easting/X or Northing/Y, Elevation, Description:Note

This format expects the file to be in a standard ASCII format. If your descriptions have a colon in them, then FieldGenius will store everything before the colon as a description, and everything after the colon will be considered to be a note.

Standard with Header

Same as the Standard format, but the first row in the file is ignored.

Extended

ID, Northing/Y or Easting/X, Easting/X or Northing/Y, Elevation, Description, Note, Latitude, Longitude, Ellipsoidal Height, Latitude StdDev, Longitude StdDev, Height StdDev

This format is different than the standard such that notes are separate from descriptions. Also if you collected GNSS data, the WGS 84 information can also be included and imported along with other information related to the GNSS point.

Extended with Header

Same as the Extended format, but the first row in the file is ignored.

More about the Extended Format

If you import a FieldGenius extended file format ASCII file, FieldGenius will create EP and GS records in the raw file. Also, the coordinates will be imported and stored in the database. Importing this type of file is useful for seeding points when using the OmniStar GNSS system or to create a list of geodetic and cartesian points that you can select while programming a GNSS base receiver.

Importing Cartesian and Geodetic Coordinates

Above is an example of an Extended ASCII file. For the format to work correctly, each point should include Cartesian and Geodetic coordinates for each point. The standard deviations are not needed unless the point is going to be used to "seed" a position for use with the OmniStarVBS system. The Latitude and Longitude values are required to be stored in decimal degrees.

So if this type of file is imported into FieldGenius the following will occur: