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Field: Any area on MobileMapper Pro's screen dedicated to displaying the value of
a parameter. Some fields are user-editable, some others are not.
Feature: Any element located in the field that you wish to record for further upload-
ing into a GIS database for example. A feature can represent a real object (stree-
tlight, park, electrical transformer, etc.) or on the contrary, something invisible or
impalpable (gas, noise level, dose of fertilizer, etc.). In addition, there are four dif-
ferent types of features and each of them has its own logging procedure:
Point feature: This feature can be described as a point that you should log in
static mode, which means you should stay stationary at that point.
Line feature: This feature can be described as a line that you should log in ki-
nematic mode, which means you should start logging this feature at the begin-
ning of the line, move along this line and stop logging when you have reached
the end of the line.
Area feature: This feature can be described as an area that you should log ei-
ther in kinematic mode (general case) or in "multi-static" mode if this area has
regular contours. (See explanations in this guide.)
Grid feature: This feature defines an array of evenly distributed waypoints
where you are supposed to make measurements using some instrument. See
User Manual on CD-ROM.
To log a feature: Means to save the characteristics of a feature into MobileMapper
Pro's memory. The user is in charge of entering the description of this feature
whereas the receiver is responsible for saving the GPS position(s) it has determined
on this feature.
To describe a feature: Means to give each attribute of the feature one of the
prompted values for this feature.
Attribute: A description item of a feature.
Attribute value: One of the possible values that can be ascribed to a feature.
Feature library: A file containing all the features relevant to a given job. Each fea-
ture is defined by a name, a certain number of possible attributes and the list of
possible values for each attribute.
Nesting: This word is used to describe a feature that you are logging whereas an-
other feature is already being logged.
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