Specifications

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Creating a New Job
During your First
MobileMapper
Field Session
After entering the activation code, MobileMapper Field
displays the map screen.
Because it is the very first time you are using the software,
there is no job open In MobileMapper Field. Follow the
instructions below to create one:
1. Tap Menu>Job>New...
2. Enter the following parameters:
• Name: Enter a name for your job using the virtual
keyboard.
• Folder: Choose a folder and storage location where to
store the job file you are creating (see also Location
parameter below).
The None option stands for either the “My Documents”
folder in the main memory, the root folder of the
storage card or, for MobileMapper 100 only, the
“Storage Disk” folder in the main memory. Any other
option available from the drop-down menu can only be
a sub-folder of the “My Documents” folder in the main
memory, the root folder of the storage card or, for
MobileMapper 100 only, the “Storage Disk” folder in
the main memory.
If you want to use a special folder to store your job
files, first create it using File Explorer. You can only
create new folders in the “My Documents” folder, on
the storage card, or in the “Storage Disk” folder.
• Type: For the job file format, choose between “Map
files (*.map)”, the native MobileMapper Field format
and “DXF File (*.dxf)”, which is a standard format for
vector files.
A *.map job is just an “envelope” text file containing
the definition of the coordinate system used as well as
the filenames of all the layers that are part of the job
(layers are held in separate files; see below).
The features you will log through that job will be saved
to the corresponding layer files. Each layer consists of
the following five files: <layer_name>.prj,
<layer_name>.shp, <layer_name>.shx,
<layer_name>.dbf, <layer_name>.drw,
In contrast, a DXF job consists of the following files: