Mobile

Topographer
GIS
app software licality meets quality

The era of mobile surveying is here.

What is Mobile Topographer GIS?

As our mobile devices are becoming more and more powerful, a new era of mobile applications
is rising. Mobile Topographer GIS is the first of its kind being a complete software solution for the
professional surveyor, far more complete than a simple helpful tool.
Real time collection and processing of data was never before an option. Mobile Topographer GIS
goes even further, offering GIS capabilities that you cannot find even into desktop solutions.
Following and fully covering the GIS standards, it offers organization of data into GIS compatible
shapes. Even more, if offers a new approach that supports team collaboration via our new
“unlimited nesting & linking” technologies. Further more, been fully optimized for multi-core
processing, is lightning fast, even faster than most desktop solutions.

Surveying the whole planet starting from a point (data organization)

The basic data entity of Mobile Topographer GIS is a “point”. Points can be manually entered,
collected using a GNSS receiver or imported from other sources like shape files. The properties of
each point are, Name, coordinates, notes and collection related values like accuracy, DOP values,
number of readings, time stamp etc.
Points are organized into groups called “shapes”. Although a shape can be empty, a point cannot
exist without being a member of at least one shape. The same point can exist as a member of
multiple shapes even if these shapes are of different types and reside inside independent surveys.
Shapes can be divided by type into:
 • Individual point shapes,
• Multiple points shapes,
• Polyline shapes and
• Polygon shapes.
Individual point shapes can have one and only one point as a member. (For example a mailbox
near the main entrance of a plot can be stored inside an individual point shape as it is a seldom
point not related to anything else.)
Multiple points shapes can have one or more points as members. The points of a multi points
shape are sharing a common property. (For example all pine trees of an area can be stored as points
of a multiple points shape. The common property is that they are all pine trees).
Polyline shapes can have one or more points as members. The points of a polyline are ordered.
Its point represents a vertex of the polyline. Each polyline shape represents a
segment of a polyline. (For example a road segment can be stored as a polyline shape).
Polygon shapes can have three or more points. The points are representing the vertices of a
polygon. The first point must NOT be repeated as the last one. The points of polygon
shapes are always ordered. The direction of the points can be either clockwise or counterclockwise.
The direction has no special meaning. Each polygon shape represent a “Container ring” or a “Hole”

Shapes are organized into groups called “entities”. Each entity consists of one or more shapes of
the same type.
Entities can be divided by type into:
• Individual points entities,
• Multiple points entities,
• Polyline entities and
• Polygon entities
Individual points entities can have one or more individual point shapes as members. (For example
a mailbox near the main entrance of a plot can be stored inside an individual
point shape as it is a seldom point not related to anything else. A flagpole can also be stored as
another individual point shape. Both shapes can be stored as members of an
individual points entity called “Various landmarks”)
Multiple points entities can have one or more multiple points shapes as members. The multi
points shapes of a multiple points entities are sharing a common property. (For example all pine
trees of an area can be stored as points of a multiple points shape. All oak trees of an area can also
be stored as points of another multiple points shape. Both shapes can be stored as members of a
multiple points entity called “Trees”. The common property is that they are all trees).
Polyline entities can have one or polyline shapes as members. Each polyline shape inside the
same polyline entity is considered a segment of the same polyline. Polyline
shapes inside a polyline entity are ordered. (For example a segment of a road covered with asphalt
can be stored in a polyline shape. Another segment of the road that is covered with dirt can be
stored as another polyline shape. Both shapes can be stored inside the same Polyline entity as they
are segments of the same road).
Polygon entities can have one or more polygon shapes. Polygon shapes inside the same polygon
entity can either be RINGs or HOLEs. A ring represents the area which encloses. A hole represents
the area outside of it. Rings and holes are ordered inside the polygon entity. Each ring is followed
by each holes. Lets imagine a small garden. The garden is fully covered with grass. Inside the garden
exists a small pool and a paved playground. In order to describe the area that is covered with grass
we must firstly create a polygon entity named “grass”. Inside this entity we will create three polygon
shapes. The first one will be of type ring, will be named “garden” and consists of the vertices of the
outside border of the garden. The second polygon shape will be of type hole, will be named “pool”
and consists of the vertices of the border of the pool. The third polygon shape will also be of type
hole, will be named “playground” and consists of the vertices of the border of the playground. In
other words: “grass = garden – pool – playground”. Please note, that the
polygon shapes of the same polygon entity, must not intersect.

Finally entities are organized into “surveys”. Surveys are the top level entries into the data
hierarchy of Mobile Topographer GIS. Apart from entities a survey can also contain 3D
terrain – Contours areas, and other surveys as sub-surveys. For example if you create a full survey
of property A called “Survey A”, and your colleague have created a survey of the a neighbor property
B called “Survey B”, you can then create a new survey called “Survey A-B” and add “Survey A” and
“Survey B” as sub-surveys. The newly created “Survey A-B” is now containing all the entities, shapes,
points and 3D terrain – contours areas of both its children surveys. Later on, when you have
completed more surveys, you can create another master survey called “Survey whole area” into
which you can add Survey A-B as a subsurvey. Since, there is no limit into the depth of nesting, feel
free to use nesting. It will help you keep your data organized and clear.

Unlimited nesting & linking technology

As described above an existing survey above can be added as a sub-survey of another parent
survey. This parent survey in its turn, can also be added as a sub-survey of another existing survey.
The procedure of adding an object as a child of another object of the same type is called “nesting”.
You can keep nesting surveys as deep as you want. Mobile Topographer GIS will always check for
and prevent circular references.
Till now we have talked about nesting of surveys. But what exactly do we mean by “adding a
survey as child of another survey”? Mobile Topographer GIS offers three different ways to “add” an
existing survey as a child (sub-survey) of another survey:
• Link, • Link – Copy, or
• Full copy.
Lets examine the differences of these methods using the example of adding “Survey A” as a child
(sub-survey) of “Survey A-B”.
Link means to add a link of the child survey as a sub-survey of the parent survey. Any post changes
into the linked survey or its contents will be reflected in all instances of it and vice versa. For example
if you have added “Survey A” as a link under “Survey A-B”, as a consequence you will have two
difference instances of “Survey A”. The first instance is as an independent and complete survey while
the second instance is as a child (sub-survey) of the parent “Survey A-B”. Both instances are referring
onto the same object, thus any change made to any of the instances will be reflected into both
instances. For example if you add a new entity under the independent instance of Survey A, then the
newly inserted entity will automatically appear under the instance that exists as a child of Survey A-
B.
Link copy means to create a new survey (lets say “Survey A copy”) and add it as a child of the
parent survey. The newly created “Survey A copy” has links to all the contents of “Survey A”. That
means that adding or removing an entity to “Survey A” will NOT be reflected into “Survey A copy”
and vice versa. In the other hand adding a shape into an entity that exists into both “Survey A” and
“Survey A copy” will be reflected into both objects. In other words “Survey A” and “Survey A copy”
are different objects but they are sharing links to common contents.
Full copy means to create a new survey and add it as a survey (lets say “Survey A copy”) and add
it as a child of the parent survey. In this case the newly created “Survey A copy” will also have
independent copies of all of the contents of “Survey A”. Any post changes to the “Survey A” and any
of its contents will NOT be reflected into “Survey A copy” and vice versa.
As a synopsis, links re dynamic while copies are static.
The above three different methods of addition are giving us endless capabilities of dynamic
linking. As we will discuss later entities shapes and points are also having linking capabilities.
Concluding we can say that the “Unlimited nesting & linking technology” of Mobile Topographer
GIS is a groundbreaking innovation that brinks dynamic updates and collaboration to a new level.

Starting the app for the first time

When you have finished downloading the app, just tap on
the Mobile Topographer GIS icon in order to start the
application.
 The splash screen with the app logo will appear, while some
initialization procedures are taking places. This screen will
stay on for 5 seconds. If you don’t want to wait, just touch it
anywhere to proceed
with the next step
While int the next
screen you will be
asked to grant the
following permissions
to the app:

• ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION – Grant permanently this

permission to the app in order to able to collect data
from the internal (or a connected external)
GNSS receiver. Without this permission, the app
cannot perform most of its tasks.
• CAMERA – The app uses the camera to provide the background of the Augmented Reality
Satellites Projection. It also uses the camera to take photos to be used as survey, point, area, or route
icons.
• WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE – The app uses this permission to store or retrieve data to the
storage devices of your device.
Feel free to grant all of the above permissions, Mobile Topographer GIS and applicality do not
collect any personal or any other type of data. See
http://applicality.com/mobile-topographer-gis-privacypolicy/ for more details.
 Mobile Topographer GIS is working with subscriptions. A
valid subscription is needed in order to go on. During the
next initialization step, you’ll be asked to asked to buy a
subscription.
Subscriptions are valid for a certain amount of time (for
example one year). After the end of this period your
subscription will be auto renewed. You can cancel your
subscription at any time. A canceled subscription will be
active till the end of its period, but will not be auto renewed.
We are offering a three days trial for all subscriptions. This
means that your credit card will not be charged till after this
free trial period ends. So feel free to download the app and
try it.
The app needs internet connection in order to check the
validity of your subscription. So if you plan to use the app in
an area the has no internet coverage, please start the app at
least once before leaving internet coverage.
You are now in the
main screen of Mobile
Topographer GIS. This
is the list of surveys where you can see all your saved jobs.
As you’ve just started the app the list is empty. Press the
+ button to add a new survey and start using the the app.
Before, seeing in details how to add a survey, let’s take
a look at the main menu of the app
 Just press the hamburger button at the upper left corner
of you screen, or swipe from the left. The main menu of the
app will appear.
This menu is divided into four areas.
The main area, containing:
• Surveys
• 3D Terrain – Contours • Routes

The Tools area, containing:

• Current Location
• Convert
• Drive me
• Satellites
• Augmented Reality
• Weather
The Calibrate area,
containing:
• Google Maps
• On map
• Know point
The Subscriptions area, containing:
• Show
• Buy
The Other area, containing:
• Location services
• Settings
• Backup – Restore
• Help
• About
• Exit
•
 Just select an item of this menu and you will be forwarded
to the corresponding screen.
To the right of the three calibrations you can find an
indicator and a switch. The indicator show the quality of the
calibration if any.
Grey indicator means that a calibration of this kind does not
exist.
Green indicator means that the calibration of this type
exists, is valid and of good quality.
Yellow indicator means that the calibration of this type
exists, it is valid but it is not very good. Although it is not
recommender, you can use such a calibration.
Red indicator means that the calibration of this type exists
but it is not valid, so you cannot use it.
Use the switch to the right of each calibration to enable or
disable the use of valid
calibrations.
An indicator and a
switch can also be
found to the right of Location services.
Grey indicator means that location services are
inactive.
Green indicator means that location services are
active, and the provided location information are of good
quality.
Yellow indicator means that location services are
active and the provided location information are of
poor quality,
Red indicator means that location services are
active but there is no fix, so no location information
are provided.
Location services are activated and deactivated
automatically by the application whenever they are
needed,
You can use the switch to activate and deactivate location
services manually. This is useful when you want to keep location service active for a period of time
before start collecting points. Having your receiver
activated for about ten minutes before start collecting reading, will increase accuracy under certain
circumstances.
When you have manually activated location service, the app will not automatically deactivate
them, even if they are not needed anymore. Don’t forget to deactivate them when you don’t need
them anymore. Extensive use of high accuracy location services using the internal GNSS receiver will
drain the battery of your device.
In the other hand, while the app needs location services to be active, you cannot use the switch to
deactivate them.
At this point, we must say that Mobile Topographer GIS is constantly running in the background
even if you leave the app screen and start another application. This is because we don’t want to
interrupt a possible measuring process. So feel free to leave your device performing any work at the
background and use any other application at the same time. Even a phone call won’t interrupt the
measuring process!
Even killing the app from task manager won’t stop it. The only way to close the app is to use the
Exit option.
An permanent notification icon at the upper left corner of your devices status bar indicates that
Mobile Topographer GIS is running to the background. Use the action buttons of the notification in
order to return to the app, or close it permanently.
In the unlikely event of an application crash you can always force quit via the application manager
of the operating system.

Settings
You can access Settings screen from the navigation menu,
or the main menu (the three dots located at the upper right
part of the action bar).
There are four main categories of settings:
• MAP: proving setting regarding the map projection:
Map type: Select between Map – Satellite – Hybrid, Terrain
or None. This will be the initial type of the map when you
start a map projection. While in the “Survey map” you can
later change the type of map.
Image overlay: Enable or disable image overlaying.
Image file: Select a picture file (*.jpg, .jpeg, .png or .bmp) in
order to use it as a custom background. The image will be
overlaid on the map.
Image bounds: Define the coordinates of the upper left
bottom right corner of the image file you previously selected.
These coordinates will be used to anchor the image on the
map. This overlay can be used with any type of map
projection.
 Overlay transparency: Define the transparency of the
overlaid image on the map projection. WMS server overlay:
Enable or disable wms server overlaying.
WMS server: Define the URL of a WMS server to overlay on
the a map.
WMS server overlay
transparency: Define
the transparency of the
overlaid WMS server on
the map projection.

• UNITS: proving
unit setting like:
Length – Height Units:
Select between meters,
feet and US surveying
feet. This setting
applies to all length and
altitude and height
values.
ENZ Units: Select between meters, feet and US surveying
feet. This setting applies to E, N & Z values of all local
coordinates reference systems.
Temperature Units: Switch between Celsius and
Fahrenheit.

• GEODETIC: where you can select the Local Coordinates projected Geodetic Reference System to
be used as default.

• SURVEYING: where you can set:

Device Elevation: This value will be subtracted from altitude while collecting readings.
 Maximum accepted DOP value: Readings with DOP values greater than this setting, will be
ignored while collecting points. Lower values of this setting will increase accuracy, but too
low values can cause readings collection with auto finish
enabled to last forever.
Maximum accepted Accuracy value: Readings with Accuracy
values greater than this setting, will be ignored while
collecting points. Lower values of this setting will increase
accuracy, but too low values can cause readings collection
with auto finish enabled to last forever.
Accuracy threshold: Specify the value that accuracy must
meet while collecting readings with auto finish enabled,
before process can finish. Lower values of this setting will
increase accuracy, but too low values can cause readings
collection with auto finish enabled to last forever.
Readings threshold: Specify the least amount of readings that
must be gathered while collecting readings with auto finish
enabled, before process can finish. Greater values of this
setting will increase accuracy. but will make the process last
longer.
Details: Deactivate this setting to condense “Current
reading” and “Accurate reading” windows while you are
collecting GNSS readings. This setting is useful for devices
with small screens.

All of the above settings can be changed at any time. Changes are applied immediately.
Backup – Restore – Clear database
Your data are always extremely valuable, so Mobile
Topographer GIS is offering a backup / restore mechanism in
order to keep them safe.
From the navigation menu choose “Backup”.
The “Backup – Restore” screen will be displayed.
This screen contains three tabs corresponding to the three
main actions that can perform.
• The “Backup” tab shows some statistics regarding the
contents of the database. Choose a filename and press the
[BACKUP] button. Your data are now safe! Backup files are
stored under:
[internal storage]/MobileTopographerGIS/Backups
This folder will survive even application uninstallation. In a
case you want to move your data to a new device, just sent
the backup file to it, and use the restore function.
• The “Restore” tab reveals the file manager of the application. (See the “File manager” section

for
more info on how to use it). Use it to select a .zip backup
file and touch or click [RESTORE] button.
If the database is not empty, a restore procedure will
overwrite everything! All previous data will be lost forever.
So proceed to restore with caution, providing confirmation
to the dialog that will warn you.
• The “Clear” tab shows once more the database
statistics. Proceed clearing the database with caution,
providing confirmation to the dialog that will warn you.

Demo data
If this is the first time
you are using Mobile
Topographer GIS it
may be helpful to have
some demo data in
order to test the
functionality of the
app.
We have some ready for you!
• From the navigation menu select “Backup –
Restore”.
• Select the “Backup” tab. If there are data stored
into the database and you want to keep them, create a
backup of them. After having finished testing the
app with the demo data, you could restore back
your data.
• Select the “Restore” tab.
• Inside the file manager you will find a folder called
“Demo”. Touch it or click on it, in order to display its
contents.
• Selecte the file named “DemoData_XX.zip” Demo data are now ready for you!
Don’t hesitate to repeat this procedure, whenever you want to test something.
 Surveys
From the navigation menu select Surveys. A list of all
stored surveys will be displayed. This is also the default
screen that will appear immediately after startup.
Each survey is represented by an individual card
containing statistics of its contents. Surveys are ordered
inside the list by modification time-stamp, where the last
modified survey appears first.
Sub-surveys gives the number of surveys included into this
one as children. The first value is the total number of sub-
surveys while the value inside the parenthesis is the number
of primary sub-surveys. For example “6 (4)” int the screen-
shot means that survey “Delfoi” contains 6 sub-surveys of
which 4 are primary sub-surveys (direct children) and 2
more are indirect children (direct children of one or more of
the sub-surveys).
Entities gives the number of entities included into the
survey. Again the first value is the total number of entities,
while the value inside the parenthesis represents the
number of primary entities of the survey. Primary entities
are considered the ones that are direct children of the
survey.
Shapes gives the number of shapes included into the survey. Again the first value is the total
number of shapes, while the value inside the parenthesis represents the number of primary shapes
of the survey. Primary shapes are the ones that are direct children of primary entities of the survey.
Points gives the number of points included into the survey. Again the first value is the total
number of points, while the value inside the parenthesis represents the number of primary points
of the survey. Primary points are the ones that are direct children of primary
shapes of the survey.
Created is the time-stamp of the creation of the survey.
Last modified is the time-stamp of the last modification of the survey.
Contours is checked if the survey contains one or more 3D terrains with contours even directly or
indirectly (from its sub-surveys).
Touching or clicking the card of a survey opens the “Survey map” screen where the survey is fully
projected on a map. (see “Survey map” section for more details)
 Long touching or long clicking the card of a survey opens the “Survey details” screen a detailed

presentation of all of its contents. (see “Survey details”

section for more details) Each survey card actions menu.
Touch or click the 3 dots to invoke this menu. From here, you
can perform almost every possible action. Let’s take a look:
• Project on map (the same as touching or clicking the
card).
• Show details (the same as long touching or long
clicking the card).
• Show 3D terrain, shows the 3D terrain(s) which have
been linked with the survey.
• Add an existing or a new sub-survey, entity, shape,
point or area of contours into the survey.
• Remove an existing sub-survey, entity, shape, point or
area of contours from the survey.
• Edit survey properties (icon, label, notes).
• Delete the selected survey and all of its unique
contents. (Contents that are also linked into another survey
will not be deleted).
• Export survey. You can export all details of a
survey into various files formats. You can choose between .txt, .csv, .gpx, .kml, .dxf or .shp
(shape files) file formats. (See exporting data for more details).
In the following paragraphs we will see in details how to perform each action.
 Create a survey
While in the list of surveys press the floating action button
with the [+] at the lower right part of the screen in order to
create a new survey.
The “Create a new survey” dialog appears.
Just enter a “Label” and optionally some “Notes” for the
new survey.
The “Label” cannot left empty. Although it is not
mandatory to be unique, it is highly recommended to avoid
having two surveys with the same label.
By pressing the floating action button with the camera you
can add an icon to survey. There are four options:
• Take a screen-shot of a map view (available only when
you invoke “create a new survey” from within a map view),
• Take a new photo,
• Choose a photo from the gallery, or
• “No photo”. This last option removes any previously
defined icon.
After having finished with all of the above, press [OK]. The
new survey will be created and will appear at the top of the list of surveys.
You can also create a new survey from the “Project on map”, or the “Survey details” screens.
 Edit a survey
While in the list of surveys select “Edit survey” from the
action menu of a survey card.
The “Edit survey” dialog appears.
You can now edit the “Label” or the “Notes” fields of the
selected survey.
The “Label” cannot left empty. Although it is not
mandatory to be unique, it is highly recommended to avoid
having two surveys with the same label.
By pressing the floating action button with the camera you
can also change the icon of the survey. There are four
options:
• Take a screen-shot of a map view (available only when
you invoke “edit survey” from within a map view),
• Take a new photo,
• Choose a photo from the gallery, or
• “No photo”. This last option removes any previously
defined icon.
After having finished with all of the above, press [OK]. The
selected survey will be updated and will appear at the top of the list of surveys.
You can also edit an existing survey from the “Project on map”, or the “Survey details” screens.
Delete a survey
Select “Delete survey” from the action menu of a survey
card.
The “Delete survey” dialog will appear, showing some info
for the selected survey and asking to confirm your will to
delete it.
Proceed with caution to this action! If you go on deleting
the survey all of its unique contents will be
lost forever. There is no way to undo this action!
If you are sure about it, just check the “I’m sure” check
box and then press [OK].
You can also invoke survey deletion from the “Project on
map”, or the “Survey details” screens.
Add sub-survey
From the action menu of a survey card select:
• “add → Sub-survey”
 In the “Select parent survey” dialog select an existing
survey from the displayed hierarchy tree. The selected
survey will be the parent of the survey you are going to add
as a sub-survey in the next step.

Hints:
• Use the small black triangles at the left of some
entries to expand or collapse the corresponding branch of
the hierarchy tree.
• Long touch or click on any triangle of the view in
order to expand or collapse all the branches of the
hierarchy view.
• Only the entries of a hierarchy view that are
presented into the accent color (red) are selectable.
 The “Add sub-survey” dialog consists of the following
entries:
• “into:” which displays the parent survey selected into
the previous step. Just touch or click on it, or touch or click
on the [BACK] button to return to the previous step and
reselect the parent survey.
• “NEW – EXISTING:” switch between the two tabs if you
want to add a new survey or an existing one as a sub-survey.
The “NEW” tab coantains the familiar options “Icon”,
“Label” and “Notes”. (See “add new survey” for more details
on these options.

The “EXISTING” tab offers you the possibility to select an

existing survey from the list and add it as a subsurvey of the
parent survey.
The list contains only the valid candidate surveys to
become a sub-survey.
The insertion type radio buttons “link”, “link copy” and
“full copy” are letting you determine the type of insertion as
explained above, into the unlimited nesting &
linking section.
Changing the insertion type also changes the contents of
the list of candidate sub-surveys.
Summarizing these three options we can say that “link”
creates a link of the survey as a sub-survey. Any change to its
properties or contents will be reflected in all of its instances.
“link copy” creates a new copy of the selected survey and
adds it as a sub-survey to the parent survey. The newly
created copy will include links to the entities, sub-surveys
and areas of the source survey. Any post changes to the
contents of the source survey (like adding or removing
components) will NOT be reflected to this new copy and vice versa, but post changes to properties
or components (entities, shapes, points) that are common to the new copy and the source surveys,
will be reflected from one to the other. Finally the “full copy” option creates a new copy of the
selected from the list survey and adds it as a sub-survey of the parent survey. The newly created
copy will include copies of the sub-surveys, entities and contours areas of the source survey. Any
post changes to the source survey will NOT be reflected to the new copy and vice versa.
You can also invoke sub-survey addition from the “Project on map”, or the “Survey details”
screens.
Add Entity
Use this option to add an entity into the survey or one of
its sub-surveys.
From the action menu of a survey card select:
• “add → Entity”
In the “Select parent survey” dialog select an existing
survey from the displayed hierarchy tree. The selected
survey will be the parent of the entity you are going to add
in the next step.
 The “Add entity” dialog consists of the following entries:
• “into:” which displays the parent survey selected into
the previous step. Just touch or click on it, or touch or click
on the [BACK] button to return to the previous step and
reselect the parent survey.
• “NEW – EXISTING:” switch between the two tabs if you
want to add a new entity or an existing one.
The “NEW” tab contains the fields “Label”, entity “type”,
“Notes”, “Marker” drawing and color, “Line color” and “Fill
color”.
The entity “type” can be one of the “Single points”,
“Collections of points”, “Polyline”, “Polygon”.
• A “Single points” entity can contain one or more
individual points.
• A “Collection of points” entity can contain one or more
groups of individual points.
• A “Polyline” entity can contain one ore more parts of
the same polyline.
• A “Polygon” entity can contain one or more polygons
with or without holes. All of them are defining an area.
(See “data organization” section for more details on types of entities) .
From the “Marker” drop down list select one of the available marker drawings to be used while
projecting this entity on the map. Touch or click the color sample to the right of the drop down list
to select the color of the marker.
From the “Line color” select the color to be used while drawing this entity’s lines on the map. This
option is only available for entities of type “Polyline” or “Polygon”. Touch or click the color sample
to select a color. Long touch or click the sample color to copy the previously selected marker color.
From the “Fill color” select the color to fill a closed area while projecting it on the map. This option
is only available for entities of type “Polygon”. The holes of each polygon are not filled. Touch or
click the color sample to select a color. Long touch or click the sample color to copy the previously
selected line color. The color will be copied with 50% transparency.
 The “EXISTING” tab offers you the possibility to select an
existing entity from the list and add it to the survey.
The list contains only the valid candidate entities to
become members of the survey.
The insertion type radio buttons “link”, “link copy” and
“full copy” are letting you determine the type of insertion as
explained above, into the unlimited nesting &
linking section.
Changing the insertion type also changes the contents of
the list of candidate entities.
Summarizing these three options, we can say that “link”
creates a link of the entity into the survey. Any change to its
properties or contents will be reflected in all of its instances.
“link copy” creates a new copy of the selected entity and
adds it as a member of the survey. The newly created copy
will include links to the shapes of the source entity. Any post
changes to the properties or the contents of the source
entity (like adding or removing shapes) will NOT be reflected
to this new copy and vice versa, but post changes to
components (shapes, points) that are common to the
new copy and the source entity, will be reflected from one to the other. The “ full copy” option
creates a new copy of the selected from the list entity and adds it as a member of the parent survey.
The newly created copy will include copies of the shapes of the source entity. Any post changes to
the source entity will NOT be reflected to the new copy and vice versa.
You can also invoke entity addition from the “Project on map”, or the “Survey details” screens.
Add Shape
Use this option to add a shape into an entity.
From the action menu of a survey card select:
• “add → Shape”
In the “Select parent entity” dialog select an existing entity
from the displayed hierarchy tree. The selected entity will be
the parent of the shape you are going to add in the next step.

The “Add shape” dialog consists of the following entries:

• “into:” which displays the parent entity selected into
the previous step. Just touch or click on it, or touch or click
on the [BACK] button to return to the previous step and
reselect the parent entity.
• “position” which displays the position of the shape
inside the entity. The first shape of the entity is into position
“0”. The default value will always be to add the new shape
at the end of the entity. You can change the position of the
new shape by touching or clicking on the “position” value.
(See “selecting the position” at the end of this section for
more details).
• “NEW – EXISTING:” switch between the two tabs if you
want to add a new shape or an existing one.
The “NEW” tab contains the fields “Label”, shape “type” and
“Notes”.
The shape “type” can be one of the “Single point”,
“Multiple points”, “Polyline”, “Ring (Polygon)”.
• A “Single point” shape can contain one and only one individual point.
• A “Multiple points” shape can contain one or more individual points.
• A “Polyline” shape can contain the points that are defining this part of the polyline.
• A “Ring (Polygon)” shape can be either a “Container” or “Hole”. The first ring of a Polygon must
always be a container. Each container is followed by its holes if there are any.
(See “data organization” section for more details on types of shapes) .

The “EXISTING” tab offers you the possibility to select an

existing shape from the list and add it to the entity.
The list contains only the valid candidate shapes to
become members of the entity.
The insertion type radio buttons “link”, “link copy” and
“full copy” are letting you determine the type of insertion as
explained above, into the unlimited nesting &
linking section.
Changing the insertion type also changes the contents of
the list of candidate shapes.
Summarizing these three options we can say that “link”
creates a link of the shape into the entity. Any change to its
properties or contents will be reflected in all of its instances.
“link copy” creates a new copy of the selected shape and
adds it as a member of the entity. The newly created copy
will include links to the points of the source entity. Any post
changes to the properties or the contents of the source
shape (like adding or removing points) will NOT be reflected
to this new copy and vice versa, but post changes to
components (points) that are common to the new copy
and the source shape, will be reflected from one to the other. Finally the “ full copy” option creates
a new copy of the selected from the list shape and adds it as a member of the parent entity. The
newly created copy will include copies of the points of the source shape.
Any post changes to the source shape will NOT be reflected to the new copy and vice versa.
You can also invoke shape addition from the “Project on map”, or the “Survey details” screens.
Add Point
Use this option to add a point into a shape.
From the action menu of a survey card select:
• “add → Point”
In the “Select parent shape” dialog select an existing shape
from the displayed hierarchy tree. The selected shape will be
the parent of the point you are going to add in the next step.

The “Add point” dialog consists of the following entries:

• “into:” which displays the parent shape selected into
the previous step. Just touch or click on it, or touch or click
on the [BACK] button to return to the previous step and
reselect the parent shape.
• “position” which displays the position of the point
inside the entity. The first point of the shape is into position
“0”. The default value will always be to add the new point at
the end of the shape. You can change the position of the new
point by touching or clicking on the “position” value. (See
“selecting the position” at the end of this section for more
details).
• “NEW – EXISTING:” switch between the two tabs if you
want to add a new point or an existing one.
 The “NEW” tab apart from the “Icon” which can be
changed by the floating action button with the “camera”
contains three groups of fields:
The General group which contains the fields: “Label”,
“Notes”.
The Coordinates group which contains the “Projection
switcher” button (the globe) and the fields: “Latitude”,
“Longitude”, “Altitude” and “Height” when in WGS84
projection or the fields: “E”, “N”, “Z” and “Height” when in
local CRS projection.
Touch or click the “Projection Switcher” button to change
projection from WGS84 to local CRS. Displayed fields will also
change. Already inputed values will be automatically
converted into the new projection.
As “Altitude” or “Z” values are directly connected to Height
values, changing one of them will automatically correct the
other.
The Accuracy goup contains the fields “Accuracy”, “HDOP”,
“VDOP” and “Readings” (horizontal/vertical) which are not
editable and are only displayed for completion reasons.
The “EXISTING” tab offers you the possibility to select an existing point from the list and add it to
the shape.
The list contains only the valid candidate points to become
members of the entity.
The insertion type radio buttons “link” and “full copy” are
letting you determine the type of insertion as explained
above, into the unlimited nesting & linking section.
Changing the insertion type also changes the contents of
the list of candidate points.
Summarizing these two options we can say that “link”
creates a link of the point into the entity. Any change to its
properties will be reflected in all of its instances. On the
other hand “full copy” option creates a new copy of the
selected from the list point and adds it as a member of the
parent shape. Any post changes to the source point shape
will NOT be reflected to the new copy and vice versa.
You can also invoke point addition from the “Project on
map”, or the “Survey details” screens.

Add contours (areas)

Use this option to add an area of contours into a survey.
From the action menu of a survey card select:
• “add → Contours”
In the “Select parent survey” dialog select an existing
survey from the displayed hierarchy tree. The selected
survey will be the parent of the area of contours you are
going to add in the next step.
 The “Add contours area” dialog consists of the following
entries:
• “into:” which displays the parent survey selected into
the previous step. Just touch or click on it, or touch or click
on the [BACK] button to return to the previous step and
reselect the parent survey.
• “NEW – EXISTING:” switch between the two tabs if you
want to add a new contours area or an existing one.
The “NEW” tab apart from the “Icon” which can be
changed by the floating action button with the “camera”
contains the fields “Label”, “Notes”, “Units”, “Step”,
“Marker” drawing and color and “Line color”.
The “Label” field cannot left empty. Although it is not
mandatory for the label to be unique it is highly
recommended not to repeat existing labels.
From the “Marker” drop down list select one of the
available marker drawings to be used while projecting the
readings that used to
calculate the contours
on the map. Touch or
click the color sample to the right of the drop down list
to select the color of the marker.
From the “Line color” select the color to be used while
drawing the contours on the map. Touch or click the color
sample to select a color. Long touch or click the sample
color to copy the color that you have previously
selected for the marker.
The “EXISTING” tab offers you the possibility to select an existing countours are from the list and
add it to the survey.
The list contains only the valid candidate areas to become
members of the entity.
The insertion type radio buttons “link” and “full copy” are
letting you determine the type of insertion as explained
above, into the unlimited nesting & linking section.
Changing the insertion type also changes the contents of
the list of candidate contours areas.
Summarizing these two options we can say that “link”
creates a link of the contours area into the survey. Any
change to its properties and contents will be reflected in all
of its instances. On the other hand “full copy” option creates
a new copy of the selected from the list contours area and
adds it as a member of the parent survey. Any post changes
to the source area will NOT be reflected to the new copy and
vice versa.
You can also invoke contours area addition from the
“Project on map”, or the “Survey details” screens.

Selecting the position

Whenever you are going to insert a new item into a group
and you need to define the position in the group (for
example inserting a point into a shape), or editing an item
the has a “position into parent” property, you will presented
the “Select position..” dialog.
The selected item or the “+ Insert here” tag will be
displayed into the accent color (red).
In order to change the position of the selected item just
drag it and drop it into its new position.
Touch or click the [OK] button to accept changes and go
on.
Remove Sub-survey – Entity – Shape – Point – Contours area
Use this option to remove an object (sub-survey, Entity,
Shape, Point or Contours area) from a survey.
From the action menu of a survey card select:
• “Remove → …(object)”
In the “Select parent ...” dialog select an existing object
from the displayed hierarchy tree. Only objects of the kind
you selected are selectable (red). Touch or click the object
you want to remove.
If the object is a sub-survey or a contours area it will be
removed immediately from the selected parent, but it will
remain as an individual object (survey or contours area) in
the corresponding lists.
For entitires, shapes and points:
If this is NOT the only instance of the object, the selected
instance will be removed immediately. All other instances
will be remain untouched.
If this is the only instance of the object removing it form its
parent will cause the permenent deletion of the object too,
since there cannot exist orphaned entities, shapes or points.
 In such a case, a confirmation dialog will inform you that this is the unique instance of the object

so removing it from its parent will also cause the deletion of

it. Since this action is irreversible, a confirmation is needed.
Check the “I’m sure” box in order to proceed removing and
deleting the object.

Project on map
Project on map is the
most important
function of the
application. From here
ou can perform almost
any possible action.
Touch or click on a
survey card from the
list of surveys to invoke
it, or select “Project on
map” from the action
menu of the survey
card.
The whole survey
will be projected on Google maps.
The map will automatically zoom to display the extends
of the survey.
Let’s take a look at this screen. The upper part of the
screen is covered by a semitransparent
action bar. This is the action bar of the projection.
At the left part of the action bar stands the “Back” arrow. Touch or click it at any time in order to
leave this screen and return to the list of surveys.
To the right of the “back” arrow, covering the center part of the action bar, the survey label is
displayed.
 Further to the right, a satellite icon and an indicator, is displayed when location services via the
internal GNSS receiver are active. The color of the indicator informs us about the quality of the fix.
“Red” color, indicates that the GNSS receiver has not obtained a fix yet.”Yellow” color indicates that
there is a fix, but is not good. “Green” color indicated that the internal GNSS receiver has obtained
a fix of good qiality.
At the right end of the action bar, the action menu of the
projection is available by touching or clicking the three dots.
The options are:
• Map type: Use this option to select between Map –
Satellite – Hybrid – Terrain or None. This will be the type of
the map. From here you can also temporarily enable or
disable image and /or WMS server overlays.
• Contents: Use this option to enable or disable
projection of contents categories. (Later in this document
you will find more info regarding which types of contents
you can switch on and off).
• Use google map calibrations: Enable or disable the use
of google map calibrations while in this screen.
• Use positioning calibrations: Enable or disable the use
of google map calibrations while collecting readings.
Calibration options will only be available if the
corresponding type of calibration exists and is valid. (See
“Calibrations” section for more info)
• Show current position: If selected the GNSS receiver is activated and the current position of
your device is displayed on the map.
• Lock current position: Locks the projection so as to display you current position at the center
of the screen. (Needs “Show current position” to be active).
• Auto rotate: The projection is rotated in real time to match the orientation of your device.
(Needs “Lock current position” to be active).
• Auto tilt: The projection is 3D rotated in real time to match the inclination of your device.
(Needs “Auto rotate” to be active).
The center part of the screen contains the survey projection. Use the well knowns gestures to
zoom, pan or tilt the map.
Don’t hesitate to touch or click on anything displayed on the map. A useful info window will pop
up providing information about this item. Also remember, that whenever an info window of an item
is visible, the item is considered “selected”. All points, lines of polygons, areas of polygons, point
labels, distance labels, contour reference points and contour lines are clickable, and so selectable.
Points are also draggable. Later on this chapter we will examine in details the info windows of each
type of selectable item. Touching or clicking a new clickable item, close the previous info window
and reveals the info window of the newly selected item. Touching or clicking the map at any point

with no items, closes open info windows and deselects the previously selected item.
In the lower part of the screen you can find the bottom toolbar. The buttons of the toolbar are
changing depending on the selected item. Long touch or long click each button to see a brief
description of the functionality of each button.
The default bottom toolbar (when nothing is selected) contains the following buttons:

• “Zoom extends” Zooms the map projection to fit all contents.

• “Add...” invokes a sub-menu to select between adding a new sub-survey, entity, shape,
point or contours area.
• “Remove” invokes a sub-menu to select between removing a sub-survey, entity, shape,
point or contours area from the current survey.
• “Edit” invokes a sub-menu to select between editing the properties of a sub-survey, entity,
shape, point or contours area.
• “Import” invokes a sub-menu to select between importing Individual points, Collection of
points, Polylines or Polygons. (see “Importing data” for more details).
• “Add point on map” lets you define a new point by directly position it on the map. (see “Add
point on map for more details).
• “Add GNSS point” lets you collect data using the GNSS receiver. (see “Add GNSS point” for
more details).
• “Geodesy Tools” lets you add new points indirectly by using various geodesy and geometry
tools like, define a point from two or three points, divide or extend a line, find a parallel or
perpendicular line etc.
• “Undo” revokes step by step all the changes made to the survey by dragging points.
 When the “Add”, “Remove”, or “Edit” buttons are pressed
a group of floating action buttons is displayed. For example
when you press the add button the group of “Add” buttons
is revealed. Select the object you want to add by pressing the
corresponding button. Touch or click anywhere outside the
group of buttons to hide it without selecting anything.
Before selecting anything or closing the group take a look
at the bottom toolbar. You can see that the selected button
is displayed in the accent color (red) indicating that this is the
selected button.
You can directly touch or click another button from the
bottom toolbar to cancel the addition, and perform the
action of the newly pressed button.
By touching or clicking on a selected (accented in red)
button, the button is deselected and action of it is canceled.
Dragging the toolbar upwards, reveals a bottomsheet,
containing a group of settings regarding the contents of the
projection.
Now, let’s take a look at the “Contents:” settings provided
by the action menu, and the bottomsheet.
• “Points” enables or disables projection of the points
constructing any shape.
• “Lines” enables or disables projection of the lines
constructing polylines or rings.
• “Polygon Hatch” enables or disables the shading of
closed polygons.
• “Distanses” enables or disables dimensioning of any
line of polyline or ring.
• “Labels” enables or disables point labels.
• “Contours” enables or disables contour lines.
• “Contours points” enables or disables projection of the
reference points used to generate a group of contours. (See
contours chapter for more info).
While collecting GNSS readings, more configurations
settings are available.
Importing data

Press the “Import” button from the bottom toolbar to start

the import sequence. You can import data from .txt, .csv, .dxf
or shape files.
 At the first step you’re prompted to select what kind o data
you want to import.
Select one from the following options:
• “Individual points” will let you import individual points from a file. Points are imported into a
new entity of type “Single points” under the displayed survey of one of its sub-surveys. If you
are importing from shape files, valid shape file types are: POINTS, POINTSM & POINTSZ. Each
point will be imported into an individual shape of type “Individual point shape”. The new shapes
will be created for you automatically.
• “Collection of points” will let you import groups of points from a file. Points are imported into
a new entity of type “Collections of points” under the displayed survey of one of its sub-surveys.
If you are importing from shape files, valid shape file types are: MULTIPOINTS, MULTIPOINTSM
& MULTIPOINTSZ. Each multipoints record (group of points) will be imported into an individual
shape of type “Multiple points shape”. The new shapes will be created for you automatically.
• “Polylines” will let you import polylines from a file. Points are imported into a new entity of
type “Polyline” under the displayed survey of one of its sub-surveys. If you are importing from
shape files, valid shape file types are: POLYLINE, POLYLINEM & POLYLINEZ. Each polyline record
(group of polyline parts) will be imported into a new entity of type “Polyline”. Each part of the
polyline will be imported as an individual shape of type “Polyline shape”. The new entities and
shapes will be created for you automatically.
• “Polygons” will let you import polygons from a file. Points are imported into a new entity of
type “Polygon” under the displayed survey of one of its sub-surveys. If you are importing from
shape files, valid shape file types are: POLYGON, POLYGONM & POLYGONZ. Each polygon record
(group of polygon rings or holes) will be imported into a new entity of type “Polygon”. Each ring
or hole of the polygon will be imported as an individual shape of type “Polyline shape” of type
“Container” or “Hole”. The new entities and shapes will be created for you automatically.
At the second step you’ll be prompted to select the “Parent survey” from a list of the survey and
its sub-surveys. Select the survey into which you want to import data, by touching or clicking one of
the selectable (red) items of the list.
At the third step you’ll be prompted to define the properties of the entity which will hold the
imported data. If there going to be created more than one entities (depending on the type of import)
all entities will share the properties that you define in here, and a counter value will be added to the
label. The entity type is preselected for you. (See “Create an
entity” for a detailed explanation of all properties).
At the forth step you’ll be prompted to select the file you want to import. The file manager dialog
is visible, initially displaying the “Downloads” folder of the internal memory of your device. (See
“The File manager” for details on how to use the file manager).
At this point please remember that if you want to import shape files these shape files must be
provided into a single zip file which must contain a .shp, a .shx and .dbf file. The filename of the zip
file and the filenames of the .shp, .shx and .dbf files contained must be exactly the same. In the
other hand if you are importing from .txt or .csv files, these files must have at least three fields. Text
files (.txt or .csv) can have a header line.
 At the fifth step a preliminary check of the specified file, will be performed. If the file fails to pass
this check an error message will inform you about the problem and the import process will be
cancelled. Otherwise you’ll proceed to the next step.
At the sixth step you’ll be prompted to select the delimiter
character. This step is omitted if you are importing from
shape files.
Valid delimiter characters are:
• , (comma),
• ; (semicolumn) and

• ⇥ (tab)
At the seventh step you’ll be prompted to specify the
import parameters, thus to define which value of the import
file will be imported into which field.
Depending on the type of file you;re importing the import
parameters are different.
The import
parameters dialog for
text files (.txt, .csv)
contains three parts:
• The “File” part is
providing information
regarding the selected file and its contents.
• The “Coordinates” part offers the option to select if
the imported data are in WGS84 format or into
the local CRS format. Touch or click the “Projection
switcher” button (the globe) to switch between
formats. The fields in the next part are changing
following your selection.
• The “Fields” part offers various options regarding each
field you will import. Check or uncheck each field to
enable or disable importing of this field. Mandatory
fields like “Latitude” cannot be unchecked.
 For each field select the corresponding input field of the
file from the drop-down list. The list contains the fields of the
import file found while preprocessing the file during the fifth
step.
If the selected field is numeric, only numeric fields of the
import file are selectable.
The import
parameters dialog for
shape files contains th
same three parts:
• The “File” part is
providing information
regarding the selected
file and its contents.
• The
“Coordinates” part
offers the option to
select if the imported
data are in WGS84
format or into the local
CRS format. Touch or click the “Projection switcher”
button (the globe) to switch between formats. The
fields in the next part are changing following
your selection.
• The “Fields” part offers various options regarding each
field you will import. Check or uncheck each field to
enable or disable importing of this field. Mandatory
fields like “Latitude” cannot be unchecked.
 For each field select the corresponding input field of the
file from the drop-down list. The list contains the fields of the
import file found while preprocessing the file during the fifth
step. The fields of the .dbf file are also available.
If the selected field is numeric, only numeric fields of the
.dbf file are selectable.
Press [OK] to start the import procedure.
A message will inform you about successful completion or
an error.
You can cancel the import procedure at any time by
pressing the back key of your device.
The import
parameters for .DXF
files are a little bit
different.
Since .DXF files
usually contains
projected points the
initial selection of
coordinates is the local CRS.
You can import points, lines, LWPolylines or 3D
polylines form a .DXF file.
If you have selected to import points, or multipoints,
three check boxes will help you select what exacltly to
import. If the “Points” check box is checked, then all
“point entities of the .DXF file will be imported. If the
second check box named “Line points” is checked then
the endpoints of the lines contained into the
,DXF file will be imported as points. If the the “Polyline
points” check box is checked then the vertices of
LWPolylines and 3DPolylines contained into the
.DXF file will also imported as points. At least one of these three check boxes must be checked.
The final option to set is if the Z values contained into the .DXF file are representing ellipsoidal or
othometric heights.
 While importing polylines the available options are: A
check box named “Lines” lets you choose whether you want
to import the lines of the .DXF file.
Check the “Polylines” check box, if you want to also
import the LWPolylines and 3DPolylines from the .DXF files.
At the next step you have to selected if each line and
polyline that will be imported from the .DXF file will become
an individual segment of the same polyline entity, or each
imported object will become an individual polyline entity.
Again, the final option to set is if the Z values contained
into the .DXF file are representing ellipsoidal or othometric
heights.
Note: Mobile Topographer GIS can import all versions of
ASCII .DXF files.
Exporting data

You can export data in various file formats. Mobile

Topographer GIS supports exporting data into .txt, .csv, .kml.
.gpx, .dxf and shape files. Regarding the kind of data
exported various files and folders may be created.
Into the first step select the file format you want to use and
provide the filename.
The exported files are stored into:
[internalStorage]/MobileTopographerGIS/XXX_exports
Depending on the contents that you’re exporting, more
than one files can be created. When more than one files will
be created, a .zip file will be created containing all of them.
During the next step and if a .txt or .csv file has been
selected you’ll be asked to define the delimiter character.
Valid delimiter characters are:
• , (comma),
• ; (semicolumn) and

• ⇥ (tab)
If the file you’ve specified already exist an overwrite
confirmation dialog will appear.
Add point on map
 Touch or click the “Add point on map” button from the
bottom toolbar.
A target crosshair will be displayed at th center of the
screen and the projection will be zoomed to the maximum.
Pan the map by dragging it so as to place the crosshair
exactly at the point you want to insert.
For fine movements you can use the “move left”, “move
up”, “move down” and “move right” buttons of the bottom
toolbar.
While moving you can see the coordinates of the targeted
point near the crosshair.
You can cancel the “Add point on map” sequence by
touching or clicking quickly, anywhere on the map.
Touch or click the “Accept changes” button from the
bottom toolbar. The “Select parent shape” dialog will be
displayed, waiting for you to select one of the available
candidate shapes to accept the new point. “Individual point
shapes” that already have a member point will not be
displayed as they can only have one member point.
After having selected the parent shape, the “Select position” dialog will be displayed letting you
to change the position of the new point inside the shape. Drag and drop the “+ Insert here”
accented item and press [OK].
In the next step the “Edit point” dialog appears, letting you input all points properties and even
manually correct the coordinates of it. Don’t forget that the label of the point cannot be empty.
Touch or click [OK] to complete the insertion of the point.
Add GNSS point
 Touch or click the “Add GNSS point” button from the
bottom toolbar in order to start. The GNSS receiver will be
activated (if it is not already active). The “Select parent
shape” dialog will be displayed, waiting for you to select one
of the available candidate shapes to accept the new point.
“Individual point shapes” that already have a member point
will not be displayed as they can only have one member
point.
After having selected the parent shape, the “Select
position” dialog will be displayed letting you to change the
position of the new point inside the shape. Drag and drop
the “+ Insert here” accented item and press [OK].
In the next step four semitransparent windows will cover
the main screen and the action bar will be temporarily
hidden
These four windows are:
• The “Satellites” window is located at the upper part of
the screen. It contains info regarding the fix of the GNSS
receiver. A compass view is displaying the available and used
satellites.
• The “Settings” window is located at the mid part of the
screen. It contains the “Projection
switcher” button which switches the contents of
the other windows from WGS84 format to local CRS format, the “Auto-Finish” switch which
enabled or disables the auto finish functionality while collecting readings, the “ Google map
calibration” indicator and switch, which enables or disables the use of google map
calibration if there is one and if its quality is good, the “On map
calibration” indicator and switch which enables or disables the use of On map calibration if
there is one and if its quality is good, and the “Known point calibration” and switch which
enables or disables the use of known point calibration if there is one and if its quality is good.
(See Calibrations for more info). The states of the navigation switch can also be changed
from the navigation menu.
• The “GNSS position” window is located at the lower left part of the screen. It contains the
coordinates and accuracy values of the position that is provided by the GNSS receiver. Values
are displayed in red color when there is no fix, in green color when there is a fix of good quality
or in black when the whole procedure has finished. Touching on clicking on the latitude or
longitude values while into WGS84 format will switch between decimal and sexadecimal
representation of them.
• The “Accurate position” window is located at the lower right part of the screen. It contains
the coordinates and accuracy values of the accurate position as it is calculated by the
“increased accuracy algorithm” of Mobile Topogrpaher GIS. Values are displayed in red color
when there is no fix, in green color when there is a fix of
 good quality or in black when the whole procedure has finished. Touching on clicking on the
latitude or longitude values while into WGS84 format will switch between decimal and
sexadecimal represenation of them.
While in the “Add GNSS point” sequence, open the
bottomsheet and check or uncheck the corresponding
settings in order to you can hide or redisplay any of these
windows.
Apart from the above windows, the “Start / Stop
increasing accuracy” floating action button resides at the
lower right part of the screen. Place your device (or external
receiver) at the position you want to measure and touch or
click this button to start collecting readings. The button
begins to “breath” showing it is active, and both the
collection of readings and the calculation of accurate
position start. After having enough readings collected, touch
or click the same button again to terminate both the
collection of readings and the calculation of accurate
position. If the auto finish switch is set to the on position the
collection of readings will be automatically finished when
the accuracy and the number of readings have both met the
criteria settled into the “Settings” of the app (accuracy
threshold and Readings threshold). Even in auto finish
mode, you can always terminate the procedure by touching
or clicking the “Start / Stop increasing accuracy” floating
action button. While
collecting readings you may see that some of the readings are ignored and not used for the
calculation of accurate position. This happens because the dropped readings hadn’t met the
“maximum accepted accuracy” and “maximum accepted DOP” values that you have previously
set in the settings of the app. If you see that too many readings are dropped, just go to the settings
of the app and ease the “maximum accepted accuracy” and “maximum accepted DOP” settings.
When the “increasing accuracy” procedure has terminated, the “Edit point” dialog appears,
letting you input all points properties and even manually correct the coordinates of it. Don’t forget
that the label of the point cannot be empty.
Touch or click [OK] to complete the insertion of the point.
Geodesy tools

You can create a new point, or a new set of points by using

this option. Mobile Topographer GIS supports the following
functions:
• Add indirect point - 1 point + Distance +
Azimuth. Define the new point by 1 existing point
and the distance and the azimuth from it,
• Add indirect point - 2 points + Distances + Select. Define a new point
by 2 existing points, the distances from them and select one of the two
possible solutions.
• Add indirect point - 2 points + Azimuths. Define a new point by 2
existing points, and the azimuths from them.
• Add indirect point - 3 points + Distances. Define a new point by 3
existing points and the distances from them.
• Add midpoint. Define a new point as a midpoint between 2 existing
points.
• Divide line. Define a set of new points as the divisors of the line
between 2 existing points. The number of line divisions (and so
divisors) is also provided by you starting from a minimum of three
divisions.
 • Extend line. Define a new point or a pair of new points by 2 existing
points and the distances from these points. Specify the distance from
one or from each existing point, and a new point or set of points will
be created at this distance or distances. The new point or set of points
will be collinear with the 2 existing reference points.
• Draw parallel - 2 points + Distance + Select. Define a new point pair.
The point pair is defining a line parallel to the line which is defined by
the 2 given reference points at the given distance. You can select one
of the two possible solutions.
• Draw parallel - 3 points. Define a new point by providing 3 existing
points. The first 2 points are defining a line. The third is defining the
start of the parallel line. The new point will be the end of a line parallel
to the one defined by the first two points and starting from the third
reference point.
• Draw perpendicular. Define a new point. The first 2 points are defining
a line. The third is defining the start of the perpendicular line. The new
point will be the end of a line perpendicular to the one defined by the
first two points and starting from the third reference point. The
reference line will be extended if it is needed.
Just touch the “Geodesy Tools” icon and select one of the presented options. Then select the
shape into which the new point will be added and its position into it. The shapes displayed to select
from are only the ones that can hold one point or a set of points depending on the previously made
selection of Geodesy tool. For example if you have selected “add indirect point”, only shapes that
can hold one more point are presented. In the other hand, if you add selected “Divide line” only
shapes that can hold at least two points will be presented.
 Into the next step, the “Indirect point” window will
appear.
Into the upper (black) part of the screen you can find
(apart from your well known globe or map button to change
the projection), the “results area” which displays the results
of the calculation (one or more points). At the upper right
part of the results area, resides the “Project points on map”
button. Use this button to projects the reference points and
the results (if they exist) on the map. Feel free to touch this
action bullton whenever you want. The reference points or
lines are displayed in green color, while the calculated, lines
or points are displayed in red color.
In the lower part of the screen you will find a list of the
reference points with their extra values, in order to calculate
the results.
You can either key in the coordinates of the reference
points, or select an existing point from the list of points, or
by selecting it on the map.
Filling all the values into this list, will automatically
generate the result or results. Just remember that all the
reference points, and the calculated results must be inside the bounds of the selected Local
Coordinates Reference System.
In some occasions you have to select between between
two possible solution. This can be done, either by selecting
the solution you want from the tabs above the available
solutions, or by clicking on the “Project on map” button, and
then clicking on one of the projected solution, and then
again on its info window.
You can also touch any reference or solution point or line
to get an info window about it.
Although all data of the map are also visible, only
reference points and lines and results points and lines are
clickable.
Press the back button at any time, to leave the map and
return to the “Indirect point” window.
When you have a valid result calculated the “OK” button
is enabled. Touch it in order to proceed with the addition of
the result point or set of points.
 A new window with the details of the result point, or
points, will appear. Here you can change its label, photo,
notes, etc. When there are more that one results, they will
be presented into tabs.
If all the values are correct the “OK” button is enabled. Just
press it to save the values and return to the map.
 Survey Details
While in the list of surveys select “Show details” from the
action menu of a survey card, or long touch or click on a
survey card. The “Survey details” screen is displayed.
Let’s take a look at this screen. The upper part of the
screen is covered by a semitransparent action bar. This is the
action bar of the details screen.
At the left part of the action bar stands the “Back” arrow.
Touch or click it at any time in order to leave this screen and
return to the list of surveys.
To the right of the “back” arrow, covering the center part
of the action bar, the survey label is displayed.
Further to the right, a satellite icon and an indicator, is
displayed when location services via the internal GNSS
receiver are active. The color of the indicator informs us
about the quality of the fix. “Red” color, indicates that the
GNSS receiver has not obtained a fix yet.”Yellow” color
indicates that there is a fix, but is not good. “Green” color
indicated that the internal GNSS receiver has obtained a fix
of good qiality.
At the right end of the action bar, the action menu of
the projection is available by touching or clicking the three dots.
The options are:
• Expand all: Use this option to expand all the data cards in the list of the main screen. (Later
in this document you will find more info regarding data cards).
• Collapse all: Use this option to collapse all data cards.
The center part of the screen contains the list of the surveys details. The list starts with the icon
of the survey. Use the [Camera] floating action button to change the icon. The icon view is collapsing
when you scroll the list.
Right below the icon you can find the “Created” and “Last modified” time stamps of the survey.
Further below starts the list of data cards. Each “data card” shows a specific kind of contents of
the survey. There is one card for sub-surveys, one card for entities, one card for shapes, one card
for points and one card for contours areas.
Data cards can be expanded or collapsed using the gray button at the upper right part of it. The
title of the data card (vertical when the card is expanded, or horizontal when the card is collapsed)
informs you about the total number of items and the number of primary items (inside a parenthesis)
of this type that are contained into the survey.
Let’s have a look at the screen-shot above.
 The sub-survey card has a title “Sub-surveys 6 (4). This means that “Delfoi” survey has 6 sub-
surveys of which the 4 are primary ones while the rest 2 are sub-surveys of a subsurvey. The four
primary sub-surveys are “Appolo’s Temple”, “Thesaurus and roads”, “Agora
concat” and “Theater’s Audience” while “Agora Plaza” and “Agora Columns” are sub-surveys of
“Agora concat”.
To the right of each item inside a parenthesis you can find the full path of the item inside the
survey hierarchy.
In the lower part of the screen you can find the bottom toolbar containing the following buttons:

• “Add...” invokes a sub-menu to select between adding a new sub-survey, entity, shape,
point or contours area.
• “Remove” invokes a sub-menu to select between removing a sub-survey, entity, shape,
point or contours area from the current survey.
• “Edit” invokes a sub-menu to select between editing the properties of a sub-survey, entity,
shape, point or contours area.
• “Import” invokes a sub-menu to select between importing Individual points, Collection of
points, Polylines or Polygons. (see “Importing data” for more details).
• “Add GNSS point” lets you collect data using the GNSS receiver. (see “Add GNSS point” for
more details).
• “Drive me” invokes the corresponding screen in order to locate a point into the real field.
(See “Drive me” for more details).
When the “Add”, “Remove”, or “Edit” buttons are pressed a group of floating action buttons is
displayed. For example when you press the add button the group of “Add” buttons is revealed.
Select the object you want to add by pressing the corresponding button. Touch or click anywhere
outside the group of buttons to hide it without selecting anything.
Before selecting anything or closing the group take a look at the bottom toolbar. You can see that
the selected button is displayed in the accent color (red) indicating that this is the selected button.
You can directly touch or click another button from the bottom toolbar to cancel the addition, and
perform the action of the newly pressed button.
By touching or clicking on a selected (accented in red) button, the button is deselected and action
of it is canceled.
3D Terrain Contours
From the navigation menu select 3D Terrain - Contours. A
list of all stored areas with 3D Terrain and contours will be
displayed.
Each area is represented by an individual card containing
statistics of its contents. Areas are ordered inside the list by
their internal ID. Under normal circumstances this means
that they are order by creation data, where the last modified
area appears last.
Points indicates the number of reference points used to
create the 3D terrain and calculate the contours. The second
value inside the parenthesis represents the number of
individual readings collected. This number is usually greater
than the number of reference points, because readings may
be rejected or grouped during the calculation process. If the
first value is empty then the calculation process have not
been run for this area, or there are not enough readings to
process.
Faces indicates the number of triangle faces that are
defining the 3D Terrain. This balue is filled after the
calculation has been performed.
Contours indicates the number of individual contours calculated.
 Step indicates the step between contours that have been
used (or will be used) for the calculation process.
Range indicates the minimum and the maximum contour
height.
Linepoints indicates the number of vertexes that defining
the contours.
Touching or clicking the card of an area opens the “Survey
map” screen of the area where all reference points
(contour’s points) and the contours of the area are
displayed.
Long touching or long clicking the card of an area opens
the “Show 3D terrain” screen which displays the 3D terrain
of the area. (see “Survey details” section for more details)
Each area card actions menu. Touch or click the 3 dots to
invoke this menu. From here, you can perform almost every
possible action. Let’s take a look:
• Project on map (the same as touching or clicking the
card).
• Show 3D terrain, shows the 3D terrain. (the same as
long touching or long clicking the card).
• Readings, brings up the list of readings that have been used (or will be used) for the
calculation of the 3D Terrain and the contours. (See Area Readings for more info).
• Edit contours area, opens a dialog window where you can review and edit the properties of
the selected area.
• Delete contours area, deletes the selected area and all of its properties, readings, references
points, faces and contours. Proceed with caution as this action is irreversible.
• Calculate contours, starts the calculation process for this area. A 3D terrain will be generated
and contours will be calculated following the properties of the area.
• Export contours, starts the exporting sequence. The 3D Terrain, the contours, reference
points and readings can be exported in .txt, .csv, .gpx, .kml, .dxf or .shp (shape files) file
formats.
In the following paragraphs we will see in details how to perform each action.
 3D Terrain
Select “Show 3D terrain” either from a survey card inside
the list of surveys, or an area card from the list or areas.
The 3D terrain model of the survey or the area will be
presented to you.
Use the well known gestures to pan, zoom, rotate and or
tilt the view.
Lower heights are presented green while higher heights
are presented into red color.
Use the action menu activated from the 3 dots button, in
order to select the contents of the view. Enable or disable
the presentation of:
• 3D Terrain,
• Faces and or
• Contours.
From the action menu you can also activate the “Auto
rotate” functionality. While auto rotate is enable roatate or
tilt your device. The 3D terrain model will be auto rotated
and tilted following the movement of your
device.
In order to see the 3D Terrain model of an individual area or the areas of a survey the calculation
process of the area or areas must have been performed earlier.
 List of Readings
From the action menu of an area card select
“Readings”. A list will appear.
This list contains all the readings that have been previously
collected. This readings are the ones used (or will be used)
to perform the calculation of the 3D terrain model and the
contours.
Each item of the list represents one reading with all of its
data.
The contents of each list entry contains the following:
• The “Label” residing in the upper space of a point and
displayed in bold. The label is combination of a counter and
the time-stamp of the reading.
• The “WGS84” part including Latitude, Longitude, and
Altitude of the point.
• The “local CRS” part including E, N, Z. (You can always
change the selected local CRS from the settings of the
application).
• The “Orthometric Height” representing the high
of the point above MSL (Mean Sea Level).
• The “HDOP, VDOP, Accuracy” values of the reading.
At the upper right part of each reading entry there exist two buttons. The “ Drive me” button
activates drive me functionality which will guide you to the location of the reading at the field, and
the “Delete” button which deletes the selected reading. Deleting a reading is irreversible.

Use the bottom toolbar of the list of readings to perform one of the following actions: (The same
option can also be found into the action menu of the list)
• “Save list” Saves the list of readings into a file. A saved list can be reloaded later to an area.
Specify a filename and press [OK] in the presented dialog. The filename you specified will be
given the extension .pts. The file will be saved into:
[internal storage]/MobileTopographerGIS/Area_saves
• “Load list” Loads a list of readings from a file. If the current list is not empty it will be overwritten
by the loaded one. A confirmation dialog will ask you to verify the action. Tick the [I’m sure] box
and press [OK]. Select the list you want to load via the
 “File manager” dialog and press [OK]. (See “File Manager” section for more info regarding
how to use the file manager).
• “Clear list” clears the contents of the current list. Clearing the list is irreversible so proceed with
caution, providing confirmation to the next dialog.
• “Add readings manually”, a dialog appears letting you

manually input the coordinates of a point you want to add as

a reading. Use the “Projection switcher” button to switch
between
WGS84 format and local CRS format. While in
WGS84 format touch or click the “Latitude” or “Longitude”
labels in order to switch between decimal and sexadecimal
formats. You can manually input either the ellipsoidal
altitude or the orthometric height. The application
automatically calculates the other using its embedded geoid
models.
• “Add readings via GNSS”, the “Collect GNSS readings”
dialog appears. Via this dialog you can collect a reading of
increased accuracy. See the “Add GNSS point” section for
more information regarding the contents of this dialog and
how to use it.
• “Import list”, let’s you import readings from a .txt, .csv,
.dxf file or shape files. See “Importing data” section for more
info on how to successfully import some readings. The
imported readings are added to the list and do NOT
overwrite any existing data.
• “Export list” will guide you through the export
procedure. All readings will be exported into a file which will
be placed into:
• [internalStorage]/MobileTopographerGIS/area_e
xports
Please note, that changing the readings of an area in any
way, will delete the calculation of the 3D terrain and
contours, if they exist.
Edit contours area
The “Edit contours area” dialog lets you edit the properties
of an area of contours.
It contains the fields “Label”, “Notes”, “Units” and “Step”.
• “Label” field cannot left empty. Although it is not
mandatory for the label to be unique it is highly
recommended not to repeat existing labels.
• “Notes” field is offering the possibility to add free text
notes regarding this area.
• “Units” field is letting you choose between “Metres”,
“Feet” or “US Survey Feet” as the units to be used for
contours calculation.
• “Step” is letting you define the step of the contours.
Please note, that changing the “Units” or the “Step” values
of an area will delete the calculation of the 3D terrain and
contours, if they exist.
Delete contours area
From the action menu of a card inside the list of contours
areas, select “Delete contours area”.
A dialog will appear informing you about the contents of
this area and asking for your confirmation before
proceeding.
Proceed with caution. This action is irreversible and all the
data of the area will be lost forever.
 Calculate contours
From the action menu of a card inside the list of contours
areas, select “Calculate contours area”.
If a calculation already exists. A dialog will appear
informing you that about the contents of this area and asking
for your confirmation before proceeding.
The calculation starts. You can cancel it at any time by
touching or clicking the [CANCEL] button, or the back key of
your device.
Please note, that this calculation is extremely complicated
and may take a lot of time to be completed.

Export contours
From the action menu of a card inside the list of contours areas, select “Export contours area”.
A dialog window will let you specify the file type and the filename to be used. You can select
between .txt, .csv, .kml, .gpx, .dxf and shape files format. Depending on the file format chosen, some
data may not be exported.
The export file will be placed into:
[internalStorage]/MobileTopographerGIS/area_exports
 Routes
From the navigation menu select Routes. A list of all stored
routes will be displayed.
A “Route” is a sequence of point readings stored with
location and time information. Each route consists of one or
more legs.
Each leg is a part of the route and consists of a sequence
of points without any interruption.
Each route is represented into this list by an individual card
containing statistics of its contents.
Routes are ordered inside the list by their internal ID.
Under normal circumstances this means that they are order
by creation data, where the last modified area appears last.
Legs indicates the number of legs of the route.
Points indicates the number of “Reference points” that
are defining the route. The second value inside the
parenthesis represents the number of readings. Reference
points are calculated during the “Calculate info” procedure.
The number of readings is usually greater than the number
of reference points, because
readings may be rejected or grouped during the calculation process. If the first value is empty then
the calculation process have not been run for this area, or there are not enough readings to process.
Time indicates the time passed between the first and the last reading. This value includes the
pause between the legs.
Duration indicates the sum of the times of all the legs. This value does NOT includes the pause
between the legs.
Distance indicates the distance between the start reference point of the first leg and the end
reference point of the last leg.
Azimuth indicates the azimuth of the line connecting the start reference point of the first leg and
the end reference point of the last leg.
Length is the total length of the route containing all the legs.
Height indicates the height difference of the the start reference point of the first leg and the end
reference point of the last leg. The values inside the parenthesis are the lower and the higher high
values recorded during collection of readings.
Velocity indicates the mean velocity recorded while moving from one point to another.
Created is the time-stamp of the creation to the route.
Last modified is the time-stamp of the last modification of the data of the route.
 Touching or clicking the card of a route opens the “Survey map” screen of the route where all
reference points and all of its legs are displayed as a polyline.
Long touching or long clicking the card of a root opens the “Legs infodata” screen which displays
information of each leg of the route. (see “Legs infodata” section for more details)
Each route card actions menu. Touch or click the 3 dots to
invoke this menu. From here, you can perform almost every
possible action. Let’s take a look:
• Project on map (the same as touching or clicking the
card).
• Legs infodata, shows the legs infodata. (the same as
long touching or long clicking the card).
• Readings, brings up the list of readings that have been
used (or will be used) for the calculation of the route and the
legs. (See Route Readings for more info).
• Edit route, opens a dialog window where you can
review and edit the properties of the selected route.
• Delete route, deletes the selected area and all of its
properties, readings, references points, legs. Proceed with
caution as this action is irreversible.
• Calculate info, starts the calculation process for this
route. All data of its legs will be calculated.
• Export route, starts the exporting sequence. Legs
infodata, reference points and readings can be exported in
.txt, .csv, .gpx, .kml, .dxf or .shp (shape files) file formats.
In the following paragraphs we will see in details how to perform each action.
Legs infodata
Select “Legs infodata” from a route card inside the list of
routes.
The infodata of all th legs of the route will be presented to
you.
For each leg one line of data is presented. The first leg
labeled “All” displays data for the whole route.
Each data line contains the following data values:
• “Leg” the label of the leg.
• “Readings” the number of readings of the leg.
• “Points” The number of reference points of the leg.
• “Duration” The time elapsed between the readings of
the start point and the end point of the leg.
• “Distance” The distance (in straight line) between the
start point and the end point of the leg.
• “Azimuth” The azimuth of the line connecting the
start point and the end point of the leg.
• “Height from” the height of the start point of the leg.
• “Height to” the height of the end point of the leg.
• “Height difference” the height difference of the start point to end point.
• “Height min” the height of the lowest point of the leg.
• “Height max” the height of the highest point of the leg.
• “Height average” the average height of all points of the leg.
• “Height range” the height difference between the lowest and the highest points of the leg.
• “Velocity min” the minimum velocity recorder while moving from one point of a leg to
another.
• “Velocity max” the maximum velocity recorder while moving from one point of a leg to
another.
• “Velocity average” the average velocity recorder while moving from one point of a leg to
another.
Velocity min” the minimum velocity recorder while moving from one point of a leg to another.
 List of Readings
From the action menu of a route card select
“Readings”. A list will appear.
This list contains all the readings that have been previously
collected. This readings are the ones used (or will be used)
to perform the calculation of the legs infodata.
Each item of the list represents one reading with all of its
data.
Entries in red color represent the leg dividers.
The contents of each list entry contains the following:
• The “Label” residing in the upper space of a point and
displayed in bold. The label is combination of a counter and
the time-stamp of the reading.
• The “WGS84” part including Latitude, Longitude, and
Altitude of the point.
• The “local CRS” part including E, N, Z. (You can always
change the selected local CRS from the settings of the
application).
• The “Orthometric Height” representing the high of the
point above MSL (Mean Sea Level).
• The “HDOP, VDOP, Accuracy” values of the reading.
At the upper right part of each reading entry there exist two buttons. The “ Drive me” button
activates drive me functionality which will guide you to the location of the reading at the field, and
the “Delete” button which deletes the selected reading. Deleting a reading is irreversible.

Use the bottom toolbar of the list of readings to perform one of the following actions: (The same
option can also be found into the action menu of the list)
• “Save list” Saves the list of readings into a file. A saved list can be reloaded later to a route.
Specify a filename and press [OK] in the presented dialog. The filename you specified will be
given the extension .pts. The file will be saved into:
[internal storage]/MobileTopographerGIS/Route_saves
• “Load list” Loads a list of readings from a file. If the current list is not empty it will be overwritten
by the loaded one. A confirmation dialog will ask you to verify the action. Tick the [I’m sure] box
and press [OK]. Select the list you want to load via the “File manager” dialog and press [OK].
• “Clear list” clears the contents of the current list. Clearing the list is irreversible so proceed with
caution, providing confirmation to the next dialog.
• “Add readings manualy”, a dialog appears letting you
manually input the coordinates of a point you want to add as
a reading. Use the “Projection
switcher” button to switch between WGS84 format and
local CRS format. While in WGS84 format touch or click the
“Latitude” or “Longitude” labels in order to switch between
decimal and sexadecimal formats. You can manually input
either the ellipsoidal altitude or the orthometric height. The
application automatically calculates the other using its
embedded geoid models.

• “Add readings via GNSS”, the “Collect GNSS readings”

dialog appears. Via this dialog you can collect a reading of
increased accuracy. See the “Add GNSS point” section for
more information regarding the contents of this dialog and
how to use it.
• “Import list”, let’s you import readings from a .txt, .csv,
.dxf file or shape files. See “Importing data” section for more
info on how to successfully import some readings. The
imported readings are added to the list and do NOT
overwrite any existing data.
• “Export list” will guide you through the export
procedure. All readings will be exported into a file which will
be placed into:
• [internalStorage]/MobileTopographerGIS/route_
exports
Please note, that changing the readings of a route in any
way, will delete the calculation of the legs and their infodata,
if they exist.
Edit route
The “Edit route” dialog lets you edit the properties of a
route.
It contains the fields “Label”, “Notes”, “Marker” and
“Linecolor”.
• “Label” field cannot left empty. Although it is not
mandatory for the label to be unique it is highly
recommended not to repeat existing labels.
• “Notes” field is offering the possibility to add free text
notes regarding this route.
• “Marker”, select the drawing to be used while
projecting this route on the map. Touch or click the color
sample to select the color of the marker.
• “Linecolor” Touch or click the color sample to select the
color of the lines connecting the points of the route.
Delete route
From the action menu of a card inside the list of routes,
select “Delete route”.
A dialog will appear informing you about the contents of
this route and asking for your confirmation before
proceeding.
Proceed with caution. This action is irreversible and all the
data of the route will be lost forever.
 Calculate info
From the action menu of a card inside the list routes, select
“Calculate info”.
If a calculation already exists. A dialog will appear
informing you that about the contents of this route and
asking for your confirmation before proceeding.
The calculation starts. You can cancel it at any time by
touching or clicking the [CANCEL] button, or the back key of
your device.
Please note, that this calculation may take a lot of time to
be completed.

Export route
From the action menu of a card inside the list of routes, select “Export route”.
A dialog window will let you specify the file type and the filename to be used. You can select
between .txt, .csv, .kml, .gpx, .dxf and shape files format. Depending on the file format chosen, some
data may not be exported.
The export file will be placed into:
[internalStorage]/MobileTopographerGIS/route_exports
 The file manager
There many times into Mobile Topographer that you will
find yourself looking at the “file manager”. One example of
such a case is when you want to restore a previously backed
up image of the database.
The file manager view consists of two parts. The upper part
is the “storage media selector”.
The “storage media selector” is a dropdown list of the
available storage media of your device. These include the
internal storage, the emulated SD card, the external SD card
(if exists), and any other external storage devices such as a
USB stick that may be connected.
Apart from these the “storage media selector” provides
shortcuts to the “MobileTopographerGIS” folder, the
“Download” folder and the “Documents” folders located
into the emulated SD card. A link to the “root” of the file
system of your device is also provided.
Right below the “storage media selector” the path of the
selected folder is displayed.
At the lower part of the file manager view you can find the
contents of the selected folder.
Sub-folders are displayed in accent color (red) and are always preceding the files. Touch or click
on a folder entry to select it.
The first entry into the list is the parent folder entry (..).
Touch or click it to go to the parent folder of the displayed one.
You can change the sort order of the folder contents by touching or clicking on the “sort order
buttons” located In between the “storage media selector” and the folder contents. The leftmost
button lets you select by which property the items are sorted. Available options are “ Name”,
“Contents” and “Date”. Change the order from ascending to descending by touching or clicking the
arrow button to the right.
Touching or clicking on a file entry, selects this files and ends the file manager.
 Current Location
From the navigation menu choose “Current location” in
order to display the current location info.
The screen is divided into two parts:
The upper part (or the leftmost in landscape mode)
contains the “Projection switcher” button (the globe or map
icon) letting you to switch between geodetic and cartesian
coordinates. For geodetic coordinates the "World Geodetic
System 1984" (WGS84) is used. For cartesian coordinates
you can choose which system to use from the settings of the
app.
To the right of the projection switcher resides the
“satellites info“ part. The satellites info part contains five
lines, each one representing a GNSS satellites constellation.
(Some devices do not provide constellations information.
In such a case there is only one line visible with the label
GNSS) .
Supported constellations are:
• GPS,
• GLONASS,
• QZSS,
• BEIDOU and
• GALILEO
The colored indicator determines the existence and quality of fix of the constellation. When it is
“off”, it means no signal from any satellite of this constellation is received. When it is “red”, it means
that the signal of the satellites of this constellation is very weak not providing positioning info. When
it is “yellow”, it means that the signal of the satellites of this constellation is fairly good providing
coarse positioning. When it is “green”, it means that the signal of the satellites of this constellation
is good providing fine positioning.
Further to the right, the number of satellites used for positioning and the number of visible
satellites of this constellation is displayed.
The constellation of GPS provides some extra info which are displayed inside the parenthesis.
These are the number of satellites (from the ones used for positioning) that are providing Almanac
and Ephimerides data.
 The bar below each constellation label indicates the signal strength of this constellation.
The lower part of the screen (or the rightmost in landscape orientation) contains a list of three
cards displaying the positioning information. Each of these cards can be collapsed by touching or
clicking the small gray button on the upper right corner of it.
 The first card, contains the coordinates of the current position. The coordinates are displayed into
WGS84 or local CRS format. While in WGS84 format, touch the latitude and longitude values to
switch from decimal to sexadecimal format.
The second card contains accuracy information together with the compass declination value. DOP
and accuracy values are provided from the GNSS receiver.
The third card provides a map projection of the current location. The map is zoomed to the
maximum available zoom level and is automatically paned as the location marker moves. You can
enable an image or WMS server overlay on the map projection via the settings of the app.
The small button at the upper right corner of the map is the “Follow marker” button. When it is
accented the “auto follow” position marker is enabled. Long touch it or click it to disable or re-
enable auto follow. When “auto follow” is disable you can touch or click this button shortly to zoom
once to the current position of the marker.
 Convert
From the navigation menu choose “Convert” in order to
invoke the coordinates converter.
In this screen you can manually input geodetic or cartesian
coordinates of a point, and convert them to cartesian or
geodetic respectively.
The screen is divided into two parts. The upper part
contains the geodetic coordinates (WGS84 format) while the
lower part contains the cartesian ones (local CRS format).
While in geodetic to cartesian mode, input the latitude, the
longitude and optionally the altitude of a point in WGS84.
Then press the [CONVERT] button. The cartesian coordinates
of the point will be displayed on the lower part of the screen.
In the other hand, while in cartesian to geodetic mode, key
in the Northing and Easting values and optionally the altitude
of a point in the current CRS. Then press [Convert] button.
The geodetic coordinates of the point in WGS84 will be
displayed on the upper part of the screen.
In order to switch between geodetic to cartesian and
cartesian to geodetic conversion mode, touch or click
arrow on the left of the [Convert]. The direction of the arrow
indicates the direction of conversion.
The default input format in WGS84 mode is decimal ("dd.dddddddd"), but you can switch to
degrees - minutes - seconds format (dd°mm'ss.sss'') by pressing the corresponding button in the
bottom toolbar.
You can change the cartesian system of coordinates at any moment from the settings screen of
the application.
At the lowest part of the screen resides the bottom toolbar (Press and hold on an icon, to see a
short help text).
Starting from left to right:
• The "Change format" icon switches the input format of the geodetic coordinates between
decimal ("dd.dddddddd") and degrees - minutes - seconds sexadecimal (dd°mm'ss.sss'')
format.n
• The "Orthometric or Εllipsoidal height" icon switches the altitude-height input between
Orthometric height and Ellipsoidal altitude.
 Drive me
From the navigation menu choose “Drive me”. Use
this tool to locate a point at the surveying field, or just use it
as a simple compass displaying both magnetic and true
north.
The screen is divided into three parts:
The upper part (or the leftmost in landscape mode)
contains the “Projection switcher” button and the
“satellites info“ part. (See “Current location” section for
more info regarding this part).
The center part of the screen contains the compass view.
In the compass view you can find:
• The “Magnetic North” in “red”.
• The “True North” in black.
• The “Magnetic declination” of the compass at your
position.
• The “Bearing pointer” (the red arrow in the center of
the compass view).
• The “Distance” and “Bearing” values.
• The “Specify new target” floating action button
located at the bottom right crner of this part.
(Note, that the true North and declination values may
need some time before been displayed. Also the bearing pointer is only visible when you've
already specified a target point).
The lower part of the screen consists of a list of three card views. All card views are expandable /
collapsible via the small gray floating action button at the upper right corner of it. The three cards
are:
The “GNSS position” card is displaying information regarding the current position of the device.
(see “Current position” for more info regarding this card).
The “Target” card is displaying the coordinates of the target point plus the distance and bearing
form your position to the target.
The “Map” card projects both the current position (with a green marker) and the target point
(with a red marker) on the map. The map is zoomed to the maximum possible zoom level and is
automatically paned so as to contain both markers. The small button at the upper right corner of
the map is the “Follow markers” button. When it is accented the “auto follow” markers is enabled.
Long touch it or click it to disable or re-enable auto follow. When “auto follow” is disable you can
touch or click this button shortly to zoom once to the current position and target markers. You can

enable or display an image or WMS server overlay from the settings menu of the app.
 Just touch or click the “Specify new target” floating action
button and enter the coordinates of the point you want to
locate, wait for a GNSS fix, and follow the pointer.
If you want to change the target point just touch or click
again the “Specify new target” button, and input the
coordinates of a new target point. In the other hand you can
touch or click the [STOP] button from the “Input
new target coordinates” dialog, in order to stop targeting a
point.
In order to cancel targeting a point, touch or click again the
“Specify new target” button, and touch or click the [STOP]
button in the “Input new target coordinates” dialog.
 Satellites
From the navigation menu choose “Satellites”. Use this
tool to see where all visible satellites are locataed in the sky
and evaluate the quality of fix.
The screen is divided into two parts:
The upper part (or the leftmost in landscape mode)
contains the “Projection switcher” button and the
“satellites info“ part. (See “Current location” section for
more info regarding this part).
The lower part displays the sky view. In this view the sky
dome is represented with four circles. The outer circle stands
for the horizon when the other three are dividing the dome
in four parts, each one representing a portion of the dome
of 22.5 degrees. The center of the view is the zenith point of
the sky which means the point which is exactly vertically
above you. A satellite marker is drawn for every visible
satellite. The color of the marker indicates the constellation
of the satellite. Touch the "Legend..." icon (3 dots) to see a
constellations color map. The number in the center of the
marker is the unique ID of the satellite also called PRN. When
the center of the marker is white it means that the satellite
is visible but it is not used for position. A filled with color
marker means that the satellite is been used for positioning.
The colored glow around the marker is representing the
signal strength. Bigger glow means stronger signal.
(Note: Some devices hardware and or firmware don't provide all the data described before. In
these cases some of these data may be not available or they may be inconsistent) .

Augmented Reality
From the navigation menu choose “Augmented reality”.
 In Augmented Reality mode the camera of your device is used in order to project the satellites on
the real sky dome above you. Just move your device up, down, left or right and watch the position
of each GNSS satellite.
Use the zoom buttons [ - | + ] on the lower part of the screen to calibrate your sky dome view
following the steps below:\n
Hold your device in vertical position so as you can view the horizon. Rotate your device to the left
or right until you have a clear mark (for example a tree) at the leftmost part of your screen. Mark
the azimuth indication of the mark (for example 240°). Now move your device slowly to the left till
your mark is now situated at the rightmost part of your screen. If the azimuth indication of the mark
has know changed your device needs calibration. If the new azimuth value is greater than the one
when the mark was on the left side, press the zoom in button. If it is lower, press the zoom out
button. Repeat the procedure until you have calibrated the view perfectly. The new calibration is
stored.
The screen orientation remains locked, while this view is active. So feel free to rotate freely your
device and investigate the sky.
(Note: In some cases the camera background of the sky dome view may be distorted. The
magnitude of the distortion depends on the hardware of your device (camera and screen
resolution). A magnetic sensor is required for this view to function properly) .
 Subscriptions
Mobile Topogrpaher GIS works with subscriptions. You must have an active subscription in order
to use the application. If you don’t have an active subscription the application will exit. There are
two available options into the Subscriptions group:
The Show option:
Select this option in order to see your active subscriptions.
An active subscription is one that you have already
purchased and has not expired yet. As we’ve already seen,
active subscriptions are auto renewable by default upon
expiration.
Click on active subscription to see its details, cancel it,
and/or manage its auto renewing setting.
The Buy option:
Select this option to see available for purchase
subscriptions. Active subscriptions will not be presented.
Click on a subscription, in order to start the purchase
procedure.
Purchases and subscriptions are managed exclusively by
google play store. We do not have any access to your credit
card data, nor any details regarding your financial
transactions.
You can also manage your subscriptions directly via the
play store application of your device, or play store’s web
page.
 Calibrations
Mobile Topographer GIS is using two different types of calibrations:
“Display calibration” and “Positioning calibration”.
Use “Display calibrations” to correct inconsistencies of
map data, and/or use “Positioning calibrations” to correct
GNSS receiver errors.
The applications supports “Google map calibration” as a
display calibration.
From the navigation menu choose “Google map
calibration”
The existing calibration will be projected on the map.
There are two markers the red one represents the
coordinates of the calibration base, while the green one
represents the corrected position.
At the upper right part of the screen you can see the
“Quality indicator”. When it is green, it means that a near
calibration of this type exists. When it is yellow, it means that
the stored calibration of this type have been performed
relatively far from your location. When it is red, it means that
the calibration of this type have been performed far away of
where you are. When it
is gray it means that a calibration of this type does not
exist.
The use of a “red” calibration is prohibited and the app
doesn’t take them into account. Use of a “yellow”
calibration, although possible, it is not recommended.
Feel free to use “green” calibrations and
increase the accuracy of the projection on the map.
At the lower part of the screen you can find the
bottom toolbar.
When there is no calibration only two buttons are visible.
The “Zoom extends” button and the “Enter
coordinates” button. Touch or click the “Enter
coordinates” button and the corresponding dialog
will appear prompting you to input the coordinates of the
calibration base. The suggested coordinates are
fetched from the location services of your device as these
of the last location. Correct the coordinates and press
[OK].
 The red marker with these coordinates appears on the map. If the coordinates are placed
correctly, you don’t need to store any display calibration. If it is mispositioned. Touch or click the
“Move calibration target point” button located at the bottom toolbar (the four arrows). A crosshair
indicator will appear. Move the crosshair by panning the map so as to have the crosshair placed
exactly on the position that really has the coordinates previously entered. Touch or click the [Accept
changes] button (the check mark) to store the calibration or the “Erase calibration” (the X) to cancel
the calibration procedure.
While the crosshair is visible use the “Move left”, “Move up”, “Move down” and/or “Move right”
buttons to move the crosshair only one pixel and fine position it on the map.
While a calibration exists, or the crosshair is visible drag the bottom toolbar upwards. The
coordinates of both the calibration base and calibration target will be displayed.
Use the “Erase calibration” (the X) to ease an existing calibration.

Positioning calibrations

Mobile Topographer GIS supports two different types of positioning calibrations”:

“On map calibration” and “Know point calibration”
From the “Calibrations” section of the navigation menu
choose “On map”.
The existing calibration will be projected on the map.
There are two markers the red one represents the
coordinates of the calibration base, while the green one
represents the corrected position.
At the upper right part of the screen you can see the
“Quality indicator”. When it is green, it means that a near
and recent calibration of this type exists. When it is yellow,
it means that the stored calibration of this type have been
performed relatively far from your location or is relatively
old. When it is red, it means that the calibration of this type
have been performed far away of where you are or long
before. When it is gray it means that a calibration of this type
does not exist. To the right of the color indicator you can see
the timestamp of the calibration.
The use of a “red” calibration is prohibited and the app
doesn’t take them into account. Use of a “yellow”
calibration, although possible, it is not recommended. Feel
free to use “green” calibrations and increase the
accuracy of the projection on the map.
At the lower part of the screen you can find the bottom toolbar.
When there is no calibration only two buttons are visible. The “Zoom extends” button and the
“Get accurate GNSS point” button. Touch or click the “Get accurate GNSS point” and the
corresponding GNSS semitransparent windows will cover the screen. Now you can start the collect
GNSS readings procedure as it is described earlier in this document.
 After having finished with the increased accuracy base point the red marker appear on the map
using these coordinates. If the coordinates are placed correctly, you don’t need to store any position
calibration. If it is mispositioned. Touch or click the “Move calibration
target point button” located at the bottom toolbar (the four arrows). A crosshair indicator will
appear. Move the crosshair by panning the map so as to have the crosshair placed exactly on the
position that really has the coordinates previously entered. Touch or click the [ Accept changes]
button (the check mark) to store the calibration or the “Erase calibration” (the X) to cancel the
calibration procedure.
While the crosshair is visible use the “Move left”, “Move up”, “Move down” and/or “Move right”
buttons to move the crosshair only one pixel and fine position it on the map.
While a calibration exists, or the crosshair is visible drag the bottom toolbar upwards. The
coordinates of both the calibration base and calibration target will be displayed.
Use the “Erase calibration” (the X) to ease an existing calibration.
From the “Calibrations” section of the navigation menu
choose “Known point”.
The existing calibration will be projected on the map.
There are two markers the red one represents the
coordinates of the calibration base, while the green one
represents the corrected position.
At the upper right part of the screen you can see the
“Quality indicator”. When it is green, it means that a near
and recent calibration of this type exists. When it is yellow,
it means that the stored calibration of this type have been
performed relatively far from your location or is relatively
old. When it is red, it means that the calibration of this type
have been performed far away of where you are or long
before. When it is gray it means that a calibration of this type
does not exist. To the right of the color indicator you can see
the time-stamp of the calibration.
The use of a “red” calibration is prohibited and the app
doesn’t take them into account. Use of a “yellow”
calibration, although possible, it is not recommended.
Feel free to use “green” calibrations and increase the
accuracy of the projection on the map.
At the lower part of the screen you can find the bottom toolbar.
When there is no calibration only two buttons are visible. The “Zoom extends” button and the
“Get accurate GNSS point” button. Touch or click the “Get accurate GNSS point” and the
corresponding GNSS semitransparent windows will cover the screen. Now you can start the collect
GNSS readings procedure as it is described earlier in this document.
After having finished with the increased accuracy base point the red marker appear on the map
using these coordinates. The “Enter coordinates” dialog appears waiting for you to correct the
coordinates. If the coordinates are accurate enough, you don’t need to store any position
calibration. If they are not accurate, input the accurate coordinates. Touch or click the [ Accept
changes] button (the check mark) to store the calibration or the “Erase
calibration” (the X) to cancel the calibration procedure.
While a calibration exists, or the crosshair is visible drag the bottom toolbar upwards. The
coordinates of both the calibration base and calibration target will be displayed.
Use the “Erase calibration” (the X) to ease an existing calibration.
Only one of the positioning calibrations can exist. Never try to perform both.
Use calibrations with caution. Wrong calibrations may lead to worst accuracy.
From the navigation menu use the switches of each available calibration to enable it.
When active a calibration is used applicationwide.