GPS Waypoints User Guide (part 3)

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The GPS Waypoints is a multi sector surveying tool for professional and personal purposes. This is the part 3 of the user guide, that is composed of 3 parts, aiming to describe the installation, configuration, surveying and mapping functionalities of the product.

Part 3: Premium and Maps

[ Index ]   [ Part 1 Installation & Configuration ]   [ Part 2 Surveying Waypoints and Paths ]   [ Part 3 Premium and Maps ]

Premium

Upgrade to Premium

The Premium upgrade is a software activation feature using the free version of the application. It can be performed with Google Play online subscription services or using local license activation paid via Paypal. An example of using Google Play is provided in picture.

Backup and Restore

The backup and restore of user’s data is a professional feature for saving your work. It is especially useful when acquiring a large number of points or for transferring/migrating data for one device to another.

Maps

Upgrade to Maps: the Maps is extra feature that allows the spatial visualization of your Points, Paths and Polygons (areas). It is a software activation feature upgradable from free or premium version, using Google Play services or peer-to-peer activation.

Visualize geodata on Maps: allows the spatial visualization of your geodata on a base map. Some examples of points, paths and areas (polygons) mapping visualization are provided in picture.

Change basemaps: Your geodata is by default visualized with Open Street Maps background, but it can be changed to one of the basemaps below. The OSM and OpenTopo can be used with local scales while the USGS bases are low resolution for global scales only.

Use geo map layers to complement surveying: you can add and manage raster layers on Map to improve the visualization of your geodata. Two custom layers are available for using OGC Web Map Service (WMS) from private or public map servers. It typically allows to complement base map with the high resolution images of area under surveying or add thematic maps (geology, forest, etc…) to support your surveying and further analysis.

 

Request for an Earth Observation image product: This a trial feature that is under evaluation. It currently supports on-demand requests of satellite images processed in true color and vegetation index (NDVI).