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Add station button. If the Stations shapefile is present, this button is enabled. Tap it to make the Stations shapefile editable and then click where the station is located.

Offset station button (drop down menu item of Add station button). If a point from the Stations shapefile is the current selected object, this button is enabled. Tap it to get a form where you can enter the bearing and distance to another station, which is then created. The ‘Rangefinder’ method of calculating an offset has not been implemented (email Evan Thoms [ethoms@usgs.gov] for a script that will enter laser rangefinder points into a 3D point shapefile) When this button is tapped, the station ID of the selected station is stored as the ‘datum ID’. This value is then passed on to all offset stations. If you later move the datum station to a known location, all offset stations will be moved as well.

Station at GPS button. If the Stations shapefile is present and ArcPad is receiving valid GPS fixes, this button is enabled. Tap it and a station will be added.

 Freehand geoline button. If the Geolines shapefile is present, this button is enabled. Tap it to make the Geolines shapefile editable and start drawing a freehand line.

  Poly geoline button (drop down menu item of Freehand geoline button). For adding lines vertex by vertex.

 Digital mylar button. If the Mylar shapefile is present, this button is enabled. Tap it to make the Mylar shapefile editable and start drawing a freehand line. Edit the internal drawing command as for the Geolines button by searching for ‘modedrawfreehandline’ within the DigitalMylar sub-rountine.

Draw toolbar toggle button. Toggles the Draw toolbar on and off. Faster than turning it on and off through the Tools menu on the main toolbar.

 Help button. Launches this help file.

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