The position editor allows you to quickly remove any unwanted or erroneous position fixes from a raw data file. You can also use this tool to quickly remove any data which is outside the project's boundaries and no longer needed.
Use the position editor to remove unwanted or erroneous position data from a raw data file.
The position editor is part of the "Sounding Wizard" and can be found on the data correction page. To start the position editor, just click the "Edit..." button in the "Edit position data" section shown below:
The position editor can be found on the data correction page of the "Sounding Wizard".
Using the position editor is very easy. Just select the positions you want to remove with the mouse with the right button pressed. When the selection is done, click the remove "selection button" to remove the unwanted positions from the raw data file.
When done editing the positions or GPS fixes, click the "OK" button to save your changes. To discard, click "Cancel".
When positions has been removed, a new modified raw data file is written in the "Modified" folder in your project root.
To remove invalid or out of bounds GPS positions, you can select the data by moving the mouse while press and holding the right button.
When the invalid data has been selected, click this button to remove it from the data file.
Reload the GPS positions from disk.
Use this button when you removed data by accident. This button undoes the last operation.
Redo an operation which has been undone.
Select to the previous raw data file in the collection of files you are currently editing.
Select to the next raw data file in the collection of files you are currently editing.
When the panning mode has been selected, you can drag the map around with your mouse cursor while holding the left mouse button.
Zoom in on the data which is currently visible.
Zoom out on the data which is currently visible.
Reset all zoom operations, shows all data in the file.
Send the current echogram view to a printer or plotter.
Show the name of the file you are currently editing. To change the file, click the 'e' or 'f' button.
Displays the X or easting position of the mouse cursor.
Displays the Y or northing position of the mouse cursor.