Along with Matthew here,
TerraSync (Options Logging Interval) change capacity for Time, Distance is essential to migrate to TerraFlex, regardless if a schema is possible to set to an interval. This was the beauty of DDF/TerraSync and the dance we could do between them (bypassing what the NERD thought trails should be collected at, and then someone actually maps the trail). Two entirely different control levels, often ignored by industry. So we need to control levels.
But lets not forget the third and most powerful set of control a TerraSync running on a button based device (like the Geos). The PAUSE/RESUME function. here in NPS, we have mapped thousands of miles of trails, and they are all different in scale, and switchbacks etc. We map our trails at 5 meter distance intervals, but at a moments notice, that switchback up ahead needs 5 vertices to accurately portray its alignment. Pause/Resume,Pause/Resume,Pause/Resume,Pause/Resume,Pause/Resume, will create the needed vertices for its ground representations. No one else on the planet is doing this (exception is a new Garmin with a pause/resume on an activity). This third component Pause/Resume, function is mandatory in my mind. This could be a "pop up" window and a pause icon / Green Go icon available during line and Poly construction to allow this to occur. Were not mapping just points. GIS persons, unlike surveyors, construct lines and polys every day. Help use with a GIS centric software that can get close to TerraSync's long evolutionary path, and you can help us. Put TerraSync running on a Geo7x next to TerraFlex on a phone. You'll get the picture!
Thanks for the opportunity to enhance TerraFlex.
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Joel Cusick
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-12-2022 06:53
From: Matthew Stersic
Subject: Enhancement Requests for TerraFlex
Hello Hamish and thank you for your reply.
I am happy to hear that Trimble is working towards adding the aforementioned features to TerraFlex. I will continue to monitor the Community with great anticipation!
To answer your question, I adjust the logging settings within TerraSync and is dependent upon the type of on the ground feature I am collecting, terrain I am working within, and mode of transport.
I hope this helps!
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Matthew Stersic
Original Message:
Sent: 05-12-2022 02:58
From: Hamish MacMillan
Subject: Enhancement Requests for TerraFlex
Hi Matthew,
Thank you for your feedback here.
We are continuing to enhance the feature set of TerraFlex to fill the gaps between it and TerraSync. Items like customized logging rate, image watermarking, and improvements to navigation are high on our priority list.
On the logging interval specifically - did you have the logging settings for each Feature Type configured in your Data Dictionary File, or did you configure it within the Logging Settings in TerraSync?
Thanks
Hamish
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Hamish MacMillan
Original Message:
Sent: 05-10-2022 11:20
From: Matthew Stersic
Subject: Enhancement Requests for TerraFlex
As a recent convert to TerraFlex from Sync, I am puzzled as to why line data logging intervals is not customizable in Flex (as well as distance logging). A vast majority of my data collection is conducted in the woods where I am on foot and constantly negotiating obstacles, uneven terrain, and re-orienting my direction. Doing this at 1 second intervals creates an extraordinary number of excessive vertices that I have to edit out during post-processing. I was a huge proponent to have TerraFlex included in my organizations BPA with Trimble and move away from the sunsetting TerraSync, and now that I have it up and running, I am noticing other simple features that were available in Sync but did not carry over to Flex (date/time and coordinate stamps on photos is another). Additionally, setting Navigation Targets in Sync was as easy as selecting a feature and setting it as the target. As far as I can tell the only way to navigate to a feature is by entering its coordinates?!?! This is first generation Garmin technology.
I was under the impression that TerraFlex was the more advanced/next generation field data collection software of the two and was the reason why Trimble is no longer updating TerraSync. I shudder at the idea that I will have to maintain a TerraSync license and run it concurrently with Flex while conducting my field data collection. And unfortunately, because I do know that some of these features are included in PenMap, it is not available for me due to my organizations IT restrictions. Why does it appear that all the functionality of TerraSync was split into two new field data collection software's?
I am no programmer, but it seems like these features would be simple to include in TerraFlex which would ultimately make for a better end user experience.
Please consider and thank you for your time.
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Matthew Stersic
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