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Import *.txt coordinates – screen two – Spectra Precision Survey Pro v4.6 Recon-Nomad Reference Manual User Manual

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; Skip the first row

: should be checked if the first line in the ASCII

file contains non-coordinate information, such as a heading.

Next > : opens the second screen.

Import *.TXT Coordinates – Screen
Two

Name Column No. / Start Point Name : When the first option is

selected here, the column number used for the name field in the
*.TXT file is specified here. When the second option is selected, it is

assumed that the *.TXT file does not contain point names and will

assign the first point the name specified here and increment to the
next available point name for the remaining points.

Columns: is where the column number for each specified
coordinate exists in the source *.TXT file. The

coordinates types displayed here can either be for plane
coordinates or geodetic coordinates depending on the

selections made in the previous screen. If a coordinate

has a checkbox, which is unchecked, it is assumed that
the source *.TXT file does not contain columns for that

type of coordinate.

; Specify Missing Elevation Threshold

: if the source

file was created from coordinates with no elevations, but

the file contains an elevation column with values, such
as 0, check this box and indicate the value in the field

that will appear to the right.

Preview : opens the ASCII Import Preview window

containing all the point data that will be imported. This

is useful to check for errors before actually importing new data.

< Back : returns to the previous screen.

Finish : imports the new point data into the current project.