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- Added reflectorless EDM modes for Sokkia instruments.

- Added support for the Zeiss Elta R Series total station.

- Added new prism offset for reflectorless EDM observations.

- Added new reflectorless target height field.

-  The cursor button when using a total station now controls re-centering the map onto newly observed points.  This option is available on the instrument toolbar.  If you are connected to a robotic instrument, this button still controls the cursor tracking.

- GPS Rover - Rover sub profiles have been implemented.  You can now specify three different tolerance sub profiles.  Your sub profiles are then accessible during your RTK session.  You can specify for example high tolerances for control measurements, and less strict tolerances for topographic measurements.  To switch between them on the go, simply press the GPS Task button on your GPS toolbar, then select the tolerance mode you want to use.  The important thing is that you do not have to disconnect from the receiver, simply select the tolerance mode you want to use.

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- GPS ProPak - Added RTK support for the Novatel ProPak LB receiver.

- Quick Measure Mode - in the program settings you can turn on a "Quick Measure Mode".  On screens such as resections, horizontal angle offsets etc.., when this feature is turned on, pressing the measure button will immediately trigger your instrument to take a shot.

- Topcon APL-1A:  Removed Topcon robotic setting of tracking speed (survey) which now forces the user to control this on the instrument instead.

- Target heights are now written to the msurvey.ini file so the last used target height is available for subsequent projects.

- Leica TPS driver:  a new EDM mode called Manual Setting is now available.  When this mode is used, it stops FieldGenius from changing the EDM mode on the instrument.  This allows the user to change the EDM mode manually on the instrument.

- The Horizontal and Vertical Angle Offset routines have been updated to be more flexible.

If you make a mistake, simply highlight the shot and redo the measurement. After you store the point, the program will remain in the routine allowing you to continue measuring more offsets.

- When you complete a resection, more notes are written to the raw file indicating what was constrained by the user and the computed standard deviation of the measurements. Here is an excerpt from a raw file showing the records stored:

--Resection
SP,PN1,N 3.7945,E -3.6397,EL2.5615,--BUILDING
SP,PN6,N 6.3975,E 3.0272,EL2.5703,--BUILDING
SP,PN14,N 0.8493,E 5.1913,EL2.5591,--BUILDING
--Resection Obs: Horz-Yes Vert-Yes
LS,HI1.300,HR0.000
RS,PN1,CR104.23350,ZE77.34320,SD4.9370
--Resection Obs: Horz-Yes Vert-Yes
RS,PN6,CR190.04380,ZE79.14300,SD5.7590
--Resection Obs: Horz-Yes Vert-Yes
RS,PN14,CR259.35390,ZE77.17540,SD4.8340
--Resection Pnt: StdDevN=0.001m StdDevE=0.003m
SP,PN101,N 1.3298,E 0.5166,EL0.1969,--RP

- GPS Stake Points - When connected to a GPS receiver, any point you stake will go through the same tolerances and masks as it does when you measure a point.

- GPS Reference - The startup procedure when connecting to your Reference Receiver has been made easier. When you connect you will see the Map Screen similar to the screen you see when connected to the rover. When you're ready to program a position into the base, you simply press the Measure button. If you watch the GPS movies you will see how much this has been improved.

- GPS Localization - This part of the program has been updated to make it more intuitive to use. We also now allow the user to select new measured coordinates for the control point pairs.

- Stakeout - The description of the point you are staking will be displayed in the information toolbar.

- In EDM Settings, the "Set Instrument" check box was changed to "Force Instrument to 0" so it is more intuitive to the user what this option does.

- Occupy Point - Changed labels so they are more generic; azimuth replaced with direction.

- Sokkia GPS- Fixed a problem that would prevent FieldGenius from connecting at baud rates greater than 9600 baud.

- GPS Topcon - Fixed bug that would display GPS/Glonass satellite skyplot information incorrectly.

- When connected to the Leica TCR 702, if the user had "user" prism offsets set on the instrument, FieldGenius would force the instrument to use the IR or RL prism offset defaults.  The user can now specify the offsets in FieldGenius instead of on the instrument and FieldGenius will upload the "user" offset to the instrument prior to the measurement being taken.

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