HOW TO
Below is the command sequence to register a manuscript map (taped to a digitizer) to a coverage in ArcEdit or Edit Tools.
Code:
Arc: ARCEDIT
Arcedit: &TERMINAL 9999
Arcedit: DISPLAY 9999
- set terminal and display types
Arcedit: EDIT <cover_to_digitize_into>
- Specify coverage to add features to
Arcedit: EDITFEATURE <feature_to_add>
- Specify feature to add
Arcedit: DRAWENVIRONMENT <feature ... feature>
- Specify features to draw
Arcedit: DRAW
- Initial drawing
Arcedit: DIGITIZER <digitizer_type> <port>
- Specify your digitizer and the port it is connected to
Arcedit: COORDINATE DIGITIZER <edit_cover>
- Register your paper map to the coverage
- enter tic ID on puck
- press “A” to accept tic ID
- locate puck over tic
- press “A” again to accept location
- repeat for other tics
- enter a tic ID of “0” to stop registering tics
Code:
Arc: ARCTOOLS EDIT
Edit Tools -> File -> Coverage: Open
- Select coverage and feature to digitize
Edit Tools -> Display -> Draw Env: General
- Select features to display
Edit Tools -> Edit -> Digitizer Setup
- Select digitizer type and port
Edit Tools -> Edit -> Coordinate Device
- Select DIGITIZER
- Enter tic ID on puck
- Press “A”"A" to accept tic I
- Locate puck over tic
- Press “ "A" again to accept location
- Repeat for other tics
- Enter a tic ID of "0"” to stop registering tics
Note:
If you are unable to register your tics, check with your System Administrator to determine if your digitizer and/or station file are properly set. These
files are located in $ARCHOME/digform and $ARCHOME/stations directories.
DIGITIZER
COORDINATE
&TERMINAL
DISPLAY
&STATION
Article ID:000001989
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