How do I Create Waypoints in ArcPad?
Answer
- Option1:Â Single Waypoints
- Click on the find tool in ArcPad (binoculars)
- Click on the Location tab
- Select your Coordinate System
- Current coordinate System
- Latitude/Longitude
- UTM Zone
- MGRS
- * If the Coordinate System isn’t in the list then see related article about changing ArcPad’s default projection
- Enter your values
- Label your point
- Click on OK
- this point should come up on the screen
- Turn on the GPS
- Turn on the GPS Position window
- Navigate to your point
- Option 2 Mulitple Waypoints
- Create a new shapefile (Waypoints)
- yellow folder icon, new, shapefile
- Make sure its a point shapefile
- Create some fields
- Save the shapefile
- Â Create a Quick Form
- make sure to check box next to Attributes and Geography page
- Â click on OK
- Create a new waypoint
- make sure the shapefile is editable (this should happen automatically…there will be a red box around the point shapefile)
- Â Digitize a point
- Type in your attributes (name)
- Click on the Geography tab
- Enter your coordinates
- Click on OK
- Repeat for all your waypoints
- Create a new shapefile (Waypoints)
- Navigate to your new waypoints
- Click on the select tool
- Click on your point (it will highlight with a box around it)
- Click on the information button
- Select the GoTo tool
- Use the GPS Position window to navigate
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