{"id":579,"date":"2012-09-26T16:17:45","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T20:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gis.mtu.edu\/?p=579"},"modified":"2014-10-10T10:11:14","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T14:11:14","slug":"dnr-gps-tutorial-gps-data-to-michigan-georef-in-arcgis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gis.mtu.edu\/?p=579","title":{"rendered":"DNR GPS tutorial – GPS data to Michigan Georef in ArcGIS"},"content":{"rendered":"

1) Launch DNR GPS and ensure the projection is set to None (File > Set Projection<\/strong> and click the Set Projection to NONE<\/strong> button:\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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2) Connect your GPS and turn it on. You should see a message near the top of the window that your GPS now connected. If you don’t, verify the GPS is on, check your cable, and select GPS > Connect to Default GPS<\/strong>. If that fails, try GPS > Find GPS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

3) To transfer your GPS data, select Waypoint > Download<\/strong>. Your points should appear in the DNR GPS window.<\/p>\n

4) To save your GPS data, choose File > Save To > File…<\/strong> and Save as type…<\/strong> text file (comma delimited) (*.txt)<\/strong>. Consider this file your ‘backup’ that can be easily opened by DNR GPS without issue. Next, choose File > Save To > File…<\/strong> and Save as type: ESRI Shapefile (*.shp)<\/strong>. This file can be manipulated in your GIS software.<\/p>\n

5) Launch ArcMap and add the shapefile you just saved in step 4 to your map.<\/p>\n

6) Make ArcToolbox visible \"\"<\/a>and expand Data Management Tools > Projections and Transformations > Feature ><\/strong> and double-click the Project<\/strong> tool to open it. You can also open the Search<\/strong> window<\/strong> (Windows > Search<\/strong> or Ctrl-F<\/strong>) and search for the Project (Data Management)<\/strong> tool.<\/p>\n

7) Add your shapefile as the Input Dataset<\/strong> and verify that the Input Coordinate System<\/strong> is GCS_WGS_1984<\/strong>. Choose the location and name of your output file (maybe adding MGRF to the end of the file name). Click the Spatial Reference Properties<\/strong> icon to select the Output Coordinate System<\/strong>. \"\"<\/a>Expand Projected Coordinate Systems<\/strong>, then State Systems<\/strong>, and select NAD 1983 Michigan GeoRef (Meters)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Tip<\/strong>: If you right-click on this (or any) projection definition and choose “Add to Favorites<\/strong>” it will be easier to find in the future.<\/p>\n

8) Click OK<\/strong> to run the tool. Your re-projected layer will be added to your map after the tool has finished. You can verify its projection by opening the layer’s properties<\/strong> and examining the Source<\/strong> tab. If all went well, the Projected Coordinate System<\/strong> should read NAD_1983_Michigan_GeoRef_Meters<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1) Launch DNR GPS and ensure the projection is set to None (File > Set Projection and click the Set Projection to NONE button:     2) Connect your GPS and turn it on. You should see a message near … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[46,53,64,38],"class_list":["post-579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","category-information","tag-arcmap","tag-dnrgps","tag-how-to-2","tag-howto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gis.mtu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gis.mtu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gis.mtu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gis.mtu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gis.mtu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=579"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.gis.mtu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1004,"href":"https:\/\/www.gis.mtu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579\/revisions\/1004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gis.mtu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gis.mtu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gis.mtu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}