Logger Pro can export data in a form recognized by most GIS software. The following information presents the basics on getting your data into ArcView and ArcExplorer Java Edition for Education (AEJEE), products of ESRI, www.esri.com. For more general help with your GIS software, please refer to the Help in that respective software.
For ease of use once in your GIS software, you
will want the
following
columns included in your Logger Pro data
table.
Note: Latitude and longitude should be entered in
the form
of decimal degrees, (hdd.ddddd), not degrees, minutes, and seconds. If
you are
using a GPS to obtain these values, there is usually a way to set the
units to
this format. Also note that in most GIS software, longitudes in the
Enter Data into Logger Pro
There are two recommended ways to enter data into
Logger Pro for GIS export:
Manual
Entry
One method is to simply type the data you have collected into a Logger Pro data table. A template called "GIS Manual Entry" can be found in the GIS (Geographic Info System) folder inside the Experiments folder.
Events
with Entry
Another method is to collect data using Events
with Entry mode. Three entries will be used, Site Number, Latitude, and
Longitude. A template called "GIS Temp Event w Entry", created using
Temperature as an example, can be found in the GIS (Geographic Info
System) folder inside the Experiments folder.
AEJEE users, please note that your column names
should have no spaces or special characters and that they should not
exceed nine characters.
Export Data from Logger Pro
When your Logger Pro data are ready, choose Export as – GIS format … from the File menu. Select the location you would like to export to, give it a name, and click “Save.” Your file is now saved in *.txt format.
Add
Data to ArcView 3.3
1. Open your ArcView project.
2. In the project window, click on the Tables icon, then click Add.
3. In Add Tables window,
a. Choose
“Delimited Text (*.txt) from the “List Files of Type” pull-down menu.
b. Navigate
to your *.txt file.
c. Highlight your file and click OK.
4. Make the View window active and choose Add Event Theme from the View menu.
5. The three options will probably be correctly identified for you. If not, identify your table, X, and Y coordinates.
6. Click OK. ArcView adds a theme where each
location in the
table is represented by a point.
Add Data to AEJEE (ArcExplorer-Java
Edition for Education)
1. Open your AEJEE project.
2. Select Add Event Theme from the View Menu.
3. Navigate to your *.txt file.
4. Select Long for the X field and Lat for the Y
field.
5. Click OK.