NAIP Imagery in Trimble Business Center

That's outside my area of expertise, have you tried talking to Eric Bock at NEI?

Lee D, post: 400794, member: 7971 wrote: That's outside my area of expertise, have you tried talking to Eric Bock at NEI?

Not yet. I'll email him.

andrewm, post: 400779, member: 10888 wrote: I just figured out how to display a background map in Trimble Business Center. According to the help file, I should be able to chose from the following background maps:

• Trimble Mapview with OpenStreet Map data
• Trimble Outdoors topographic quadrangle data
• NAIP (National Agriculture Imagery Program) agricultural growing season data

However, I am only getting Trimble Mapview as an option. How do I get the NAIP Imagery as a choice?

As a separate question, is there any way to use another web service (Esri service) as a background layer in TBC?

I'm using TBC v3.80, with the Base license & GIS Module.

How did you get mapview to display?

It was rather convoluted and not explained very well:

1. Sign up for a Trimble Connect account. I chose the free one ( http://connect.trimble.com/get-started )
2. In TBC goto File>Options>External Services-Profiles and enter your Trimble Connect account info
3. Right click the project name in the plan view and select Properties. Below the General Information box you should now see a Background Map box. You can turn the map on and off and select the map you want. According to the help file you should also be able to choose a topo map and NAIP aerial photography in addition to the OpenStreet Map. But I don't see that option. Perhaps that has to do with the free Trimble Connect account I have. I don't know.

Darn. I need them to update me to 3.8