Using GeoWeed in the Field

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Using GeoWeed in the Field
Step 3 Field Data Collection
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ArcPad Workflow (different!)

• O Create Occurrence (if new)
• A Create Assessment (link to O)
• T Create Treatment (link to O)
• Link to 1-3 Occurrences
• (will be relinked to Assessments on import)
• S Create Surveys at any time

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ArcPad Work Flowexample

• O 1 Occurrence for next A only if new this
  session
• A 1 (treated) Assessments Links to O

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ArcPad Work Flowexample

• O 1 Occurrence for next A only if new this
  session
• A 1 (treated) Assessments Links to O
• O 1 Occurrences for next A only if new this
  session
• A 1 (treated) Assessments Links to O

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ArcPad Work Flowexample

• O 1 Occurrence for next A only if new this
  session
• A 1 (treated) Assessments Links to O
• O 1 Occurrences for next A only if new this
  session
• A 1 (treated) Assessments Links to O
• T 1 Treatment (has 2 treated Assessments)
  Links to 2 Os

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ArcPad Work Flowexample

• O 1 Occurrence for next A only if new this
  session
• A 1 (treated) Assessments Links to O
• O 1 Occurrences for next A only if new this
  session
• A 1 (treated) Assessments Links to O
• T 1 Treatment (has 2 treated Assessments)
  Links to 2 Os
• O 1 Occurrence for next A only if new this
  session
• A 1 (treated) Assessments Links to O
• T 1 Treatment (has 1 treated Assessment)
  Links to O

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ArcPad Work Flowexample

• O 1 Occurrence for next A only if new this
  session
• A 1 (treated) Assessments Links to O
• O 1 Occurrences for next A only if new this
  session
• A 1 (treated) Assessments Links to O
• T 1 Treatment (has 2 treated Assessments)
  Links to 2 Os
• O 1 Occurrence for next A only if new this
  session
• A 1 (treated) Assessments Links to O
• T 1 Treatment (has 1 treated Assessment)
  Links to O
• O 1 Occurrence for next A only if new this
  session
• A 1 (untreated Assessment) link to O only

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Workflow Desktop FieldWhy different?

• Desktop T-O-A
• ArcPad O-A-T
• ArcPad can use Treatment polygon as visual
  Lasso to select Occurrences (and from them,
  latest Assessments of same).
• Desktop does not have that option, but does allow
  many Assessments to be linked to a Treatment

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In the field...

• Looking at the
• Occurrence,
• Assessment, and
• Treatment forms in ArcPad
• (Skipping Surveys for now)

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Where we begin this tale
You Just Completed GIS Export to Handheld Unit
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Open ArcPad

• Notice
• GeoWeed Toolbar appears
• Gweed Icons are greyed out

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Open ArcPad

• Notice
• GeoWeed Toolbar appears
• Gweed Icons are greyed out
• Next Step
• Tap Add Layer button

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Add Layers

• Navigate to the GeoWeed folder
• Check the 4 boxes forGeoWeed shapefiles
• AreaSurveys.shp
• Weedassessments.shp
• Weedoccurrences.shp
• Weedtreatments.shp

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Add Layers(ArcPad 7)

• Navigate to the GeoWeed folder
• Check the 4 boxes for GeoWeed shapefiles
• Optionally add Background layers
• Click OK when done

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Add Layers

• Navigate to the GeoWeed folder
• Check the 4 boxes for GeoWeed shapefiles
• Optionally add Background layers
• BE PATIENT takes a few minutes to load!
• (during which nothing changes)

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Add Layers

• Navigate to the GeoWeed folder
• Check the 4 boxes for GeoWeed shapefiles
• Optionally add Background layers
• BE PATIENT takes a few minutes to load!
• (during which nothing changes)

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Add Layers

• Navigate to the GeoWeed folder
• Check the 4 boxes for GeoWeed shapefiles
• Optionally add Background layers
• BE PATIENT takes a few minutes to load!
• (during which nothing changes)
• It seems Really Long, but ArcPad is chewing
  away

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Add Layers

• Navigate to the GeoWeed folder
• Check the 4 boxes for GeoWeed shapefiles
• Optionally add Background layers
• BE PATIENT takes a few minutes to load!
• (during which nothing changes)
• Tapping more things now will NOT make you
  happy later!

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After Layers finish loading

• Looks like blank screen but scale has changed
• GW layers are empty (first time)
• You will usually have to Zoom before data appears

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Zoom to See Aerials / Maps

• Zoom in or Out
• Zoom to full extent
• Or Zoom to a layer

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Activate GeoWeed

• Zoom to the area you will be working in
• Click the Key to activate GeoWeed toolbar
• GeoWeed Icons will light up in color

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Activate GeoWeed

• Zoom in to the area you will be working in
• Click the Key to activate GeoWeed toolbar
• GeoWeed Icons will light up in color

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Activate GPS

• Pull down GPS menu
• Click GPS Active
• (Use same icon to DeActivate)
• Cursor will change
• It will take a while (seconds to minutes) to get
  a GPS Fix

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Creating Occurrences O-A-T

• Click O button to create or edit an Occurrence
• The button stays depressed
• A third toolbar will be inserted above GWeed
• Has point tools

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Creating Occurrences O-A-T

• Create point using GPS, or
• Create point using stylus

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Creating Occurrences O-A-T

• Using the stylus to indicate location
• Click Point tool to enable point entry
• Tap at Occurrence location on map
• Occurrence form will pop up to be filled out

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Creating Occurrences O-A-T

• Using the GPS to indicate location
• Stand in the location to mark as Occurrence
• Use GPS Point tool to record current location
• Occurrence form will pop up to be filled out

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Occurrence Attributes
One Primary Region is required
(Optional)
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Creating Assessments O-A-T

• Click A button to create or edit an Assessment
• The button stays depressed
• Third Toolbar inserted above GWeed
• Has polygon tools

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Creating Assessments O-A-T

• Create polygon using GPS, or
• Create polygon using stylus
• Use either Polygon or Freehand Polygon button

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Assessment Attributes - Basic

• Occurrence (select)
• Plant (autofill)
• Notes
• Data recorder
• Session date (autofill)

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Assessment Attributes - Time

• Start (no colons)
• End (17005pm etc)
• Autocalc
• This will let the GIS Import calculate labor
  hours from start and end times
• OR
• You can enter hours manually by leaving autocalc
  unchecked

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Assessment Attributes - Size

• From polygon (preferred if your polygon is good)
• LxW Dimensions(if you think that will be more
  accurate)
• Direct entry in square units

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Assessment Attributes - Stats

• Cover class
• Phenology
• Distribution
• Vegetation
• Dist. From water
• Accuracy
• (Requirements depend on your field Protocol)

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Assessment Attributes - Misc

• Can record plants assessed or treated (if
  appropriate for the species and your protocol)
• Treatment-related fields used only if the
  assessment is treated
• Bags of material removed from here
• Can indicate it is a ReTreatment

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Assessment Attributes - Dens

• Plant density (a number)
• Of (what part of plant is counted)
• Per (areal unit)
• (often optional, depends on your field Protocol)

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Assessment Attributes - Photo

• Photo taken?
• Azimuth (camera facing direction, in compass
  degrees, clockwise from North)
• Description (hint include camera photo name / )
• Photographer (contact)

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When record complete..

• You can return to earlier tabs to view or correct
• When done, click OK
• (or cancel)

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Assessment Complete

• Polygon turns color (no longer selected)

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Creating Treatments O-A-T

• Click T button to create or edit a Treatment
• The button stays depressed

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Creating Treatments O-A-T

• Create polygon using stylus
• Use Polygon to enclose Occurrences being Treated
  (polygon as lasso)
• (used to populate picklists as shown later)

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Treatment Attributes - Basic

• Treatment type
• Notes
• Date (automatic)
• Data Recorder (Contact)
• (Chosen type affects which other tabs are enabled)

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Treatment Attributes - Time

• Start time
• End time
• (Same notes as other time tabs)

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Treatment Attributes - Weather

• Needed for Chemical
• Wind speed/dir
• Temp
• Time
• R/h
• Cloud cover
• Precip

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Treatment Attributes Which patches

• Choose 1 to 3 Occurrences being treated
• These picklists populated from occurrences which
  were inside or near the lasso polygon
• (remember it?)

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Treatment Attributes Which patches

• MAKE SURE that you create a new Assessment for
  each treated Occurrence
• (Could be done before or after recording
  Treatment)
• These will be linked to the Treatment during GIS
  Import
• (ie Treated Assessments)

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Treatment Attributes Which patches

• If you have more than 3 patches being treated,
  use another Treatment
• Or fix on desktop (You can have as many
  Assessments as you want within the same Treatment
  in the desktop database)

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Treatment Attributes Herb1 (Chemical)

• Different tab(s) to fill out for each treatment
  type
• For Chemical records Herbicide, Adjuvant, and
  Method also see Herb2 tab

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Treatment Types
In this example of a chemical Treatment, only the
Herb1 Herb2 tabs are enabled, other pages are
disabled
Fill out the tabs needed
Then tap OK to save (or Cancel..)
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Treatment Complete

• Polygon no longer selected (highlighted)

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Editing Existing Records - Why

• Can edit later to enter ending time
• Can give extra information about treated
  Assessments after completing treatment (eg
  treated)
• General review and correction

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Editing Existing Records - How

• Depress the O,A,T, or S button for the record
  type you wish to edit

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Editing Existing Records - How

• Depress the O,A,T, or S button for the record
  type you wish to edit
• Enable the Selection tool (shown later)

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Editing Existing Records - How

• Depress the O,A,T, or S button for the record
  type you wish to edit
• Enable the Selection tool
• Tap on a point or polygon of that type to select
  it (dashed box will show selected)

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Editing Existing Records - How

• Depress the O,A,T, or S button for the record
  type you wish to edit
• Enable the Selection tool (see next slide)
• Tap on a point or polygon of that type to select
  it (dashed box will show selected)
• Tap the properties button (see next slide) to
  open selected record for editing
• The same form used for adding new records of that
  type, will pop up for editing selected record

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Edit Example

• A for Assessment button depressed
• Selection tool chosen
• (This toolbar doesnt show up until an OATS
  button is depressed)

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Edit Example

• A for Assessment button depressed
• Selection tool chosen
• Select Assessment (tap polygon edge)
• Dashed line around polygon show which is selected
• Click Properties button to edit

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Editing AssessmentExample

• Open as described above
• Select Misc tab (in this example)
• Edit some treatment-related fields
• Click OK to save edited Assessment data

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Suspend Handheld

• Click physical 1/0 button
• Screen powers off
• Same button to retart / power on
• MUST RESTART GPS after power cycle, in most
  cases
• De-Activate GPS
• Activate GPS again

(Location varies)
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De-Activate GeoWeed

• Tap key button
• OATS buttons are now grayed out

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Exiting Arcpad (and thus GeoWeed)

• Use pulldown
• Select bottom item Exit
• Using the (X) at the corner only switches
  programs, does not exit ArcPad
• Must exit before GIS import or export

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Exit ArcPad

• Use the Exit menu item from top left menu to
  really exit ArcPad
• Clicking on the X just suspends ArcPad, good for
  field use in some case
• Be sure you really exit before doing GIS Import
  or GIS Export connected to desktop, as ArcPad
  locks some files

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To Exit ArcPad

• Use the pulldown menu in upper left (Top ArcPad
  ToolBar)
• Then tap Exit in Menu(Bottom of pulldown menu)
• Do NOT use the (X) in corner, that just switches
  to other programs without exiting ArcPad
• You must Exit ArcPad before doing GIS import
  or GIS export

(It locks the files otherwise!)
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To Exit ArcPad

• Use the pulldown menu in upper left (Top ArcPad
  ToolBar)
• Then tap Exit in Menu(Bottom of pulldown menu)
• Do NOT use the (X) in corner, that just switches
  to other programs without exiting ArcPad
• You must Exit ArcPad before doing GIS import
  or GIS export

(It locks the files otherwise!)
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To Exit ArcPad

• Use the pulldown menu in upper left (Top ArcPad
  ToolBar)
• Then tap Exit in Menu(Bottom of pulldown menu)
• Do NOT use the (X) in corner, that just switches
  to other programs without exiting ArcPad
• You must Exit ArcPad before doing GIS import
  or GIS export

(It locks the files otherwise!)