LUPMIS - GIS User Manual for Land Use Planning
Main menu:
- Home Page
- 0. Rationale
- 1. GIS handling
- 2. GIS data entry
- 2.1 Create new layer
- 2.2 Digitize line
- 2.3 Digitize point
- 2.4 Digitize polygon
- 2.5 Edit existing layer
- 2.6 Delete feature
- 2.7 Split line
- 2.8 Split polygon
- 2.9 Merge lines from different layers
- 2.10 Unite lines
- 2.11 Snap lines
- 2.12 Join polygons
- 2.13 Extend polygon
- 2.14 Insert island
- 2.15 Define unit surrounding islands
- 2.16 Create 'doughnut'
- 2.17 Fill 'doughnut' polygon
- 2.18 Fill polygon with 'holes'
- 2.19 Digitize parcels from sector layout
- 3. GIS operations
- 3.1 Create buffer
- 3.2 Create exclusion zone
- 3.3 Overlay units
- 3.4 Convert line to polygon
- 3.5 Derive statistics (area size, length)
- 3.6 Clip unit according to other unit
- 3.7 Create geographic grid
- 3.8 Move entire vector map
- 3.9 Move or copy individual features on a map
- 3.10 Adjust polygon to line
- 3.11 Convert points to polygon
- 3.12 Define by distance
- 3.13 Create multiple objects
- 3.14 Transfer styles from one layer to another
- 4. Attribute database
- 4.1 Start with database
- 4.2 Import database
- 4.3 Display database information
- 4.4 Enter attribute data
- 4.5 Attribute matrix of multiple layers
- 4.6 Seeds
- 4.7 Repair attribute data
- 4.8 Merge lines with attached database
- 4.9 Transfer attribute data from points to polygons
- 4.10 Copy styles, labels, attributes
- 5. Conversion of data
- 5.1 Points
- 5.1.1 Import list of points from text file
- 5.1.2 Import list of points from Excel file
- 5.1.3 Convert point coordinates between projections
- 5.1.4 Convert point coordinates from Ghana War Office (feet)
- 5.1.5 Convert point coordinates from Ghana Clark 1880 (feet)
- 5.1.6 Track with GPS
- 5.1.7 Download GPS track from Garmin
- 5.1.8 Download GPS track from PDA
- 5.2 Vector maps
- 5.3 Raster maps
- 5.3.1 Import raster map from external source
- 5.3.2 Quality-check raster file
- 5.3.3 Georeference scanned map
- 5.3.4 Re-georeference image
- 5.3.5 Load sector layout map
- 5.3.6 Shift raster map
- 5.3.7 Download Google Earth image
- 5.3.8 Clipping and masking images
- 5.3.9 Enhance georeferenced image
- 5.3.10 Batch-convert raster images
- 5.4 Communication with other GIS programs
- 5.4.1 Import GIS data from SHP format
- 5.4.2 Import GIS data from E00 format
- 5.4.3 Import GIS data from AutoCAD
- 5.4.4 Export LUPMIS data to other programs
- 5.4.5 Export GIS to AutoCAD
- 5.4.6 Change a shape file to GPX
- 5.4.7 Transfer GIS data to other LUPMIS installations
- 5.4.8 Digitize lines in Google Earth
- 5.5 Terrain data
- 5.1 Points
- 6. Presentation
- 7. GIS for land use planning
- 8. LUPMIS Tools
- 9. Databases
- Annexes
- A1. Map Maker setup
- A2. Background to cartography and raster images
- A3. Glosssary
- A4. Troubleshooting
- A5. Styles
- A6. Classification for land use mapping and planning
- A7. GIS utilities
- A8. Map projection parameters
- A9. Maps in pilot areas
- A10.Standards
- A11. LUPMIS distribution CD
- A12. Garmin GPS
- A13. Training
- A14. ArcView
- A15. Population statistics
- A16. Entry and display of survey data
- A17. External exercises
- A18. Programming
- A19. Paper sizes
- A20. Various IT advices
- A21. Site map and references
5.1.8 Download GPS track from PDA
5. Conversion of data > 5.1 Points
5.1.8 Download GPS Track from PDA
Level of expertise required for this Chapter: Advanced; general GIS training
See Chapter 5.1.6 for the procedure to track in the field.
You can download tracked data from your PDA either through KML or through GPX files.
A) KML file approach:
1. Connect PDA to PC via download cable.
2. Turn PDA on.
3. Wait a few minutes, till it has synchronized.
4. Copy the files from folder SD-MM card to your PC. (It is recommended to keep the same filename).
5. Disconnect (or turn PDA off). Do not un-sychronize.
6. Load software GPSUtility (If not available, contact TCPD-HQ / LUPMIS. For installation see Annex 7). See Chapter 2.2 for full description of a similar conversion.
7. Load GPSUtility > License conditions for GPS Utility window: Yes > GPSUtility window: Open > Open window: Select Data type: Google Earth (kml, kmz) > Select folder and file > Open > Confirm window: Yes >
> File > Save/Export options > Save / Export / Print Options window: Select Format: Shape fileset (SHP+SHX,DBF) > Export As >
> Save as window: Select folder > Specify file name > Save > File > Exit
8. Load Map Maker.
9. Check the polyline, you just created.
10. Most likely, you have a far away point of coordinates 0,0, which you have to delete.
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B) GPX file approach:
1. Connect PDA to PC via download cable
2. At the PDA: Turn PDA on > Wait a few minutes > Copy the files from folder SD-MMcard to your PC. (It is recommended to keep the same filename) > Disconnect (or turn PDA off). Do not un-sychronize.
3. With conversion program EGPS2shp: Load software EGPS2shp. (If not available, contact TCPD-HQ / LUPMIS, email. For installation see Annex 7) >
4. In MapMaker: Check the polyline, you just created > Most likely, you have a far away point of coordinates 0,0, which you have to delete
Sub-Menu:
- 5.1.1 Import list of points from text file
- 5.1.2 Import list of points from Excel file
- 5.1.3 Convert point coordinates between projections
- 5.1.4 Convert point coordinates from Ghana War Office (feet)
- 5.1.5 Convert point coordinates from Ghana Clark 1880 (feet)
- 5.1.6 Track with GPS
- 5.1.7 Download GPS track from Garmin
- 5.1.8 Download GPS track from PDA ←