Go To Label Advanced Select

Activate the Go To tool. Activate the Label tool. Activate the Advanced Select tool.

Point Capture Point Using GPS Add GPS Vertex

Activate the point feature type for data capture. Capture a point feature in the editable point layer using the current GPS position. Capture a single vertex in the current polyline or polygon feature using the current GPS position. Continuously capture vertices in the current polyline or polygon feature using the current GPS position. Open the Feature Properties dialog box (or custom edit form) for the selected feature. Activate offsets for point data capture.

Select at GPS Position Center on Selected Feature Zoom to Selected Feature Go to Selected Feature Clear Selected Feature

Select the feature at the current GPS position. Center the map on the selected feature without changing the current map scale. Zoom to the selected feature. Set the selected feature to be the current destination for navigation. Unselect the selected feature.

Text Point Text Polyline Text Polygon Text Rectangle Text Ellipse

Capture a text feature relative to a point using the pen. Capture a text feature relative to a line using the pen. Capture a text feature relative to a polygon using the pen. Capture a text feature relative to a rectangle using the pen. Capture a text feature relative to an ellipse using the pen.

OFFSET POLYLINE/POLYGON DROP-DOWN LIST

Offset Point Offset Polyline/ Polygon Linear Traverse Activate offsets for point data capture. Activate left or right offsets for polyline or polygon data capture. Activate the linear traverse mode for capturing a new polyline or polygon feature. Activate the radial traverse mode for capturing a new polyline or polygon feature. Set a reference point, A, for capturing a single-point offset. Set a second reference point, B, for capturing a two-point offset. Activate adding new polylines that start at the end of the selected polyline. Activate copying of attributes from the previous feature into the new feature.

Edit Stops

Open the Edit Stops dialog box, which allows you to change the order of the stops, temporarily disable stops, and delete stops. Display or hide driving directions for the current route. Open the StreetMap Preferences dialog box.

Create Optimized Route

Find a route between stop points by reordering intermediate locations. Remove a calculated route from the map.

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Quick Reference
GPS POSITION WINDOW
The GPS Position window displays a rich variety of information about the GPS satellites, position coordinates, and navigational information. The information is spread across four tabs: Data, Skyplot, Compass, Quality and Debug. The Data tab displays the following GPS position information:

Driving Directions StreetMap Preferences

Clear Route

EDIT STOPS DROP-DOWN LIST

Edit Stops Open the Edit Stops dialog box, which allows you to change the order of the stops, temporarily disable stops, and delete stops. Open the Edit Barriers dialog box, which allows you to edit properties of barriers, temporarily disable barriers, and delete barriers. Open the Edit Pushpins dialog box, which allows you to edit properties of pushpins, temporarily disable pushpins, and delete pushpins.

FIND DROP-DOWN LIST

Find Features Clear Selected Feature Open the Find tool. Unselect the selected feature.

Add GPS Vertices Continuously

FIND LOCATION DROP-DOWN LIST

Find Address or Location Find Location from GPS Position Find by Latitude/ Longitude Unselect Location Open a dialog box for nding an address, city, intersection, or POI. Find a location using the current GPS position. Find a location using the coordinates. Remove the location highlight from the map. Edit Pushpins Edit Barriers

Radial Traverse

Feature Properties

POINT DROP-DOWN LIST

Point Line Polyline Activate the point feature type for data capture. Capture a straight line feature using the pen. Activate the polyline feature type for data capture and start a new line feature. Capture a freehand line feature using the pen. Capture a rectangle polygon feature using the pen. Activate the polygon feature type for data capture and start a new polygon feature. Capture an ellipse polygon feature using the pen. Capture a circle polygon feature using the pen. Capture a freehand polygon feature using the pen.

FEATURE PROPERTIES DROP-DOWN LIST

Set Reference Point A Feature Properties Open the Feature Properties dialog box (or custom edit form) for the selected feature. Insert new vertices to the selected polyline or polygon. Add new vertices to the end, or tail, of the selected polyline. Move the selected feature. Rotate the selected polyline or polygon feature. Change the size of the selected polyline or polygon feature relative to the original size. Change the size of the selected polyline or polygon feature. Delete the selected feature. Repeat Attributes Set Reference Point B

GPS Position Coordinates

Tap and hold the coordinate display to change the coordinate system: Map Projection DMS (dddmmss.sss) DMM (dddmm.mmmm) DD (dd.ddddddddd) UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) WGS84 DMS (dddmmss.sss) WGS84 DMM (dddmm.mmmm) WGS84 DD (dd.ddddddddd) MGRS (Military Grid Reference System)

EDIT TOOLBAR
Start/Stop Editing Display a submenu containing all the editable layers in the ArcPad map. Tapping a layer toggles its editing state. Activate the Select tool.

Offset Point

START/STOP EDITING DROP-DOWN LIST

Point Features Target Layers Line Features Target Layers Polygon Features Target Layers Display the editable point feature layers. Display the editable line feature layers. Display the editable polygon feature layers. Display the editable layers that support multiple feature types including graphics layers.

Insert Vertices Append Vertices Move Feature Rotate Feature Scale Feature

Segment Polyline

Select

Freehand Line Rectangle Polygon

CONVERT TO STOP DROP-DOWN LIST

Convert Location to Stop Convert Location to Barrier Convert Location to Pushpin Convert the current location to a stop. Convert the current location to a barrier. Convert the current location to a pushpin. Save Geometry Changes

COMMAND BAR
Save geometry changes to an existing feature. End the geometry capture of a new feature and proceed to capturing the features attributes. Undo the last edit made to a feature. Enable or disable use of the pen for capturing new features. Cancel edits to an existing features geometry, or cancel capture of a new feature.

ArcPad Resources
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Multi-Features Target Layers

STREETMAP TOOLBAR
Find Location Convert Location to Stop Create Route from Stops Reverse-geocode a location. Convert the current location to a stop. Find a route between stop points while preserving the order of the stops.

Proceed to Attribute Capture Undo Pen Toggle Cancel

GPS Mode
NOFIX: No position 2D: x,y position 3D: x,y,z position DGPS 2D/3D: Real-time differential GPS SBAS 2D/3D: Real-time differential GPS from a satellite-based augmentation system such as WAAS (SiRF protocol only) RTK x/ t: Real-time kinematic xed or oat solution PPS 2D/3D: Precise positioning service

SELECT DROP-DOWN LIST

Select Select and Vertex Editing Activate the Select tool. Activate the Select and Vertex Editing tool.

Ellipse Circle Freehand Polygon

Resize Feature Delete Feature

CREATE ROUTE FROM STOPS DROP-DOWN LIST

Create Route from Stops Find a route between stop points while preserving the order of the stops.

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Elevation
Tap and hold the elevation display to change units: Altitude (meters or feet) Depth (meters or feet) SOG: Speed Over Ground Tap and hold the COG display to change the reference: TCOG: True North Course Over Ground MCOG: Magnetic North Course Over Ground DST: Distance to Destination BRG: Bearing to Destination

Compass
The compass shows the GPS direction with a black arrow and direction to destination in red.

Options Quick Reference Help Refresh

Open the ArcPad Options dialog box. Open the ArcPad Quick Reference.

Map

Close the current map and create a new map. Create a new shape le and load it into the current map. Create a custom form for an existing shape le. Create a new graphics layer and load it into the current map. Create a new photo layer and load it into the current map.

GPS Preferences

Open the GPS Preferences dialog box.

Pack Shape le

Pack a shape le by removing records agged for deletion. Reproject a shape le to another projection and/or datum.

About ArcPad

Open the About ArcPad dialog box.

Zoom to Selected Center on GPS Zoom to Full Extent Zoom to Layer

Zoom to the extent of the selected feature. Center the map on the current GPS position. Zoom to the full extent of the map. Zoom to the extent of a particular layer in the map.

Shape le

Navigation Information

Debug
This feature shows the GPS data being received from GPS.

Range nder Preferences GPS/Range nder Debug Automatic Map Rotation Clear Rotation

Open the Range nder Preferences dialog box. Open or close the GPS and Range nder Debug window. Automatically rotate the map to course up when the GPS is active. Clear the map rotation so that the map is north up.

Reproject Shape le Export Projection Information Run Script

BROWSE TOOLBAR
Zoom In Zoom in on the map using the pen. Zoom to the full extent of the map. Zoom back to the previous extent you were using. Activate the Identify tool. Open the Find tool.

Redraw the map.

QuickForm

GPS Status Bar

The GPS status bar is a translucent window that displays over the top of your map. The background color of the GPS Status Bar indicates the current conditions of the GPS measurements according to the alerts that have been de ned in ArcPad. A green background indicates that the quality is acceptable according to the set alerts, yellow indicates that the quality parameters are not met, and red indicates no x.

OPEN MAP DROP-DOWN LIST

New Display a submenu for creating a new QuickProject, map, shape le, QuickForm, graphics layer, or photo layer. Open an ArcPad map (a le with an .apm extension). Save the current ArcPad map.

Export the ArcPad projection information into CSV and text les. Open the Script dialog box.

Graphics Layer

Zoom to Full Extent Go Back to Previous Extent Identify Find

Photo Layer

GO BACK TO PREVIOUS EXTENT DROP-DOWN LIST

Go Back to Previous Extent Go to Next Extent Create Bookmark Zoom to Bookmark Zoom back to the previous extent you were using. Zoom forward to the next extent in the extent history. Create a spatial bookmark. Zoom to an existing spatial bookmark.

Position Measure of Quality

Tap and hold the display to change the measure: PDOP: Position Dilution of Precision HDOP: Horizontal Dilution of Precision VDOP: Vertical Dilution of Precision TDOP: Time Dilution of Precision HPE: Estimated Horizontal Position Error VPE: Estimated Vertical Position Error EPE: Estimated Position Error SATS: Satellites Used in Solution DAGE: Differential Data Age DSID: Differential Reference Station ID This shows the almanac of satellites that should be available. Black outlined: Available and used for calculating the GPS position Colored with no outline: Available but not used Gray: Unavailable Signal Chart Shows a vertical bar chart of the PRN numbers and relative signal strengths of the satellites in the almanac. An asterisk (*) indicates the satellites used for calculating the GPS position.

Tools

Open Map Save Map

ADD LAYER DROP-DOWN LIST

Add Layer Add one or more layers to the current map. Add an ArcGIS Server ArcPad service or ArcIMS image service as a layer to the current map. Upload and download data to and from an ArcGIS Server ArcPad service.

Open the Preferences dialog box for the loaded extension.

OPTIONS DROP-DOWN LIST HELP DROP-DOWN LIST

Options Scale Bar Map Navigator Panning Frame Open the ArcPad Options dialog box. Display or hide the scale bar. Display or hide the map navigator. Display or hide the map panning frame. Display or hide the status bar. Reference Guide North Arrow Camera Advanced Settings Display or hide the north arrow in the map view. Open the camera tool. Opens the Advanced Settings dialog box. About Extension Open the ArcPad Reference Guide (PC only). Go to the support.esri.com Web site using the default Internet browser. Display a submenu listing all loaded ArcPad extensions. Help Display a submenu containing quick reference help, user guide, reference guide and link to ESRI Support Center. Open the ArcPad Quick Reference.

Save Map As

Save the current ArcPad map with an new name and/or in a different folder. Open the Map Properties dialog box. Display the nine most recently opened maps. Display the nine most recently added layers. Close ArcPad.

Add Data from Server Synchronize Data with ArcGIS Server

ZOOM IN DROP-DOWN LIST

Zoom In Zoom Out Pan Rotate Map Zoom in on the map using the pen. Zoom out on the map using the pen. Pan the map using the pen. Set the map rotation angle.

MAIN TOOLBAR
Open Map Open an ArcPad map (a le with an .apm extension). Save the current ArcPad map.

Map Properties Recent Maps

Quick Reference Help User Guide

IDENTIFY DROP-DOWN LIST

Identify Measure Radial Measure Freehand Measure Activate the Identify tool. Measure distances in the map view in point mode. Measure radial distances in the map view using the pen. Measure distances in the map view in freehand mode. Activate the Hyperlink tool.

Satellite Skyplot

GPS POSITION WINDOW DROP-DOWN LIST

GPS Position Window GPS Active GPS Tracklog Open or close the GPS Position window. Activate or deactivate the GPS. Start or stop storing GPS points in the track log shape le. Activate or deactivate the range nder.

Save Map

Recent Layers

Open the ArcPad User Guide (PC only).

Status Bar

Add Layer

Add one or more layers to the current map. Open the Table of Contents dialog box. Activate or deactivate the GPS.

Exit

ZOOM TO FULL EXTENT DROP-DOWN LIST

Fixed Zoom In Fixed Zoom Out Zoom in on the center of the map by 25%. Zoom out from the center of the map by 25%.

NEW SUBMENU
Table of Contents QuickProject Close the current map and create a new data capture project with readyto-use point, polyline, and polygon shape les.

ESRI Support Center

GPS Active

Range nder Active

Hyperlink