Loading Background Imagery into GPS Pathfinder Office

Answer

1. \Download your aerial photography (DOQQ) or other files.
   • Arkansas: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/Portal/index.jsp
   • Florida: http://data.labins.org/2003/
   • Georgia: https://gis1.state.ga.us/index.asp
   • Louisiana: http://www.atlas.lsu.edu/rasterdown.htm
     •  All of imagery from Atlas is in UTM, Zone 15, Nad83, meters
   • Mississippi: http://www.maris.state.ms.us/
   • Statewide: http://libinfo.uark.edu/gis/us.asp
   • Texas: http://www.tnris.state.tx.us/
   • Unzip the files
2.  Open Pathfinder Office
   1. Set your coordinate system to match the DOQQ
      • Go to Options and select Coordinate System
        • Configure your system, zone, datum, coordinate units, altitude units:
        • Click on OK
   2.  Go to File, and select Background
      • Click on Add, and navigate to where you stored your DOQQ
      • Make sure the Coordinate System is displaying correctly
        • If not, click on the change button
      • Place a check box next to the DOQQ’s you want to load
      • Click on OK

Transfer the DOQQ background image to TerraSync

1. Make sure the Data Collector is connected to ActiveSync
2. Go to utilities and select data transfer
3. Make sure your device type is set to GIS datalogger on windows CE (or activesync) and that it’s connected.
   • If it isn’t click on the green check
4. Click on the Send tab
5. Click on Add, and select Background
   • Pick your files
   • Click on Open
   • Click on OK
   • Transfer All

Load Background file into TerraSync

1. Open TerraSync
2. Change your coordinate system to match the DOQQ
   • Go to Setup, and click on Coordinate System
   • Configure your system, zone, datum, coordinate units, altitude units.
   • Click on OK
   • Go to Map
• Click drop down arrow next to Layers and select Background file
• Scroll down and choose your DOQQ
• Click on Ok