Is there anyway to do a custom file export in SurvCE? What i am trying to do is export the localization file in a ASCII type format both in coordinates(US Survey feet) and in Lat/long.
Can you pull a LOC file in and see it's RAW Data on Carlson Grade or does it just hide in the background?
I need to convert the LOC file into a Trimble DC file. I have done this with Topcon by exporting a custom file type and basically marrying the two of them in Buisness Center but cant seem to do it in SurvCE
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
You should be able to open a Carlson SurvCE localization file with a textpad or another text editing program. I just opened a .loc file with TextPad and it had no problems reading the file.
Thanks for the response.That is how I converted the first LOC file and luckily I only had a 3 point localization. The way the file opens you have to copy and paste every lat, long, x,y,z and convert the metric elliipsoid elv. Not a big deal with a small loc. but if you had a 15+ loc. It could get a little tedious. Thats why I was hoping for a ASCII file.
There is a way to bring another manufacturer's localization file into SurvCE (2.58 or above I believe), but as far as I know there is not a way to save that file as anything other than a .loc (or .DAT or .SYS) file.
The Carlson LOC file is essentially an XML-based file and as such, should be able to have an XSL (XSLT) style sheet applied to it which would permit the formatting and presentation of the data to suit specific needs. I'm currently researching how to do this and am working through other on-line example(s) at:
As I learn and am able to put the content into a LOC context, I'll be sure to pass it along.
Otherwise, the localization information can be reported via:
- Carlson X-Port -- Tools -- GPS Localization Report, or,
- Carlson Survey -- Settings -- Drawing Setup -- Define Localization
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Ladd Nelson
> Is there anyway to do a custom file export in SurvCE? What i am trying to do is export the localization file in a ASCII type format both in coordinates(US Survey feet) and in Lat/long.
> Can you pull a LOC file in and see it's RAW Data on Carlson Grade or does it just hide in the background?
> I need to convert the LOC file into a Trimble DC file. I have done this with Topcon by exporting a custom file type and basically marrying the two of them in Buisness Center but cant seem to do it in SurvCE
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> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I would be nice if the data collector software let you dump a .txt file with that info in a useful format (dump directly out of the localization screen).