Coordinate Systems

Import / Export User Defined Coordinate Systems

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Main Menu | Import / Export | Coordinate Systems | User Coordinate System Export

User defined coordinate systems created by a user are saved in the binary mapping system files.

It is useful to be able to export these user created coordinate systems for the following reasons:

  1. A backup of your user defined coordinate systems.
  2. Allows you to share user defined coordinate systems with other crews.
  3. Allows you to load user defined coordinate systems after installing a FieldGenius update.
Import

You can import coordinate systems from a previously saved file.

When you import a file you will be asked to browse to and select the file you want to import. Once selected, FieldGenius will check to make sure a user defined system doesn't already exist and if one does, you will be asked if you want to skip importing it, or overwrite the existing coordinate system.

Export

When you export the user defined coordinate systems you will be able to specify a directory to save the file to and a name for the file.

Exported files will automatically be saved with a CSMAP extension such as mycoordinatesystem.csmap.

All user defined coordinate systems in FieldGenius will be exported to the file.

Backups

FieldGenius automatically creates a backup when you add or edit user defined coordinate systems. If you forgot to save your user defined coordinate systems, you may be able to restore them using a backup. Please see the Coordinate System topic for more details.