This Help information is
stored in the file Project.htm in the subdirectory - \Program
Files\DataPoint\Help. This file can
be copied to, and viewed or modified on, the desktop computer. If viewed on the
The Project Screen is used to:
1. create
new Projects, Areas and Samples,
2. edit
existing Samples within existing Projects and Areas,
3. export
data in a comma delimited format (.
4. import
data in a comma delimited format,
5. purge
data from the database.
The Project Screen has
numerous data fields that describe a particular sample. When the OK button is tapped, the next
screen (called the Main Screen) will allow the entry of the vegetation sample
data.
Data
format and location of the data on the PDA
QUICK START:
To begin entering data, follow
these steps by tapping the command line options and entering information with
the keyboard:
Project>New Project –
Enter the project name
Tap in the Data File Box -
Enter the Data File
Tap in the Species Box - Enter
the Species lookup file as “colo05” no quotes, note that there is a
zero before the 5.
Tap in the Area Box – Enter
the Area name
Tap in the Sample Box –
Enter the Sample ID (NOTE: sample ID’s may not end with the letters
“D” or “U” – see below for explanation)
Tap in the Sampler Box - Enter
the Sampler name or initials
Clear the keyboard by tapping
the keyboard icon in the lower right corner
Tap OK to move to the Main
Screen
For additional Help on the
Main Screen Tap the Help Command.
The command line is located at
the bottom of the Project Screen and has the following Commands and Options:
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File subcommand:
File>Exit – this will
permit exiting the program. If any
data have been entered in the Main Screen it will first return you to the Main
Screen where you must also tap File>Exit and you will be prompted to save
the data prior to exiting.
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Project subcommands:
Project>New Project –
will create a new project
Project>New Area –
will create a new area
Project>New Sample –
will create a new sample - NOTE: sample ID’s
may not end with the letters “D” or “U”. This is because data are automatically
assigned a suffix of “D”, “DWU”, or “U”.
These suffixes are processing triggers for the Ecotone Data Table creation
program. If you must end samples
with the letter D or U you can work around this by ending with another letter
after the D or U such as “x”. Point intercept data can be
collected with an optical scope (CoverPoint
ESCO) that will allow collecting Up (U) hits as well as Down (D) hits. As a further refinement, all those down
hits which occur immediately below an Up hit are recorded in the Down-With-Up
(DWU) category. This allows you to
differentiate hits that occur below tree canopy from those that don’t.
Project>Edit Current Sample
– will allow the Sampler, Easting, Northing, Elevation, Aspect,
Slope°, Slope%, Orientation, and Comment to be edited.
Project>Purge>Current
Project – will permanently delete the current project and all of the areas and samples
associated with the current project.
These data should be exported before purging or there will be no
recovery of the data.
Project>Purge>Current
Area – will permanently delete the current area and all of the samples
associated with the current area.
These data should be exported before purging or there will be no
recovery of the data.
Project>Purge>Current
Sample – will permanently delete the current sample. These data should be exported before
purging or there will be no recovery of the data.
NOTE: Purging of data should
only be necessary when the size of the database is so large that the program
processing speed is significantly degraded or the data are using up too much
memory.
Project>Import – will
import data from a .
Project>Export>Current
Project – This will export all of the Areas and Samples from the current
Project to a comma delimited file (.
Project>Export>Current
Area – This will export all of the Samples from the current Project/Area
to a comma delimited file (.
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Species subcommands:
Species>Import Form Table
– will import the file that has all of the growth form categories. The growth form is recorded only as a
numeric code on the sample data, and the growth form table links these codes
with the specific growth form (i.e., 1 = Native annual and biennial forms, 2 =
Introduced annual and biennial forbs).
The form file can not be exported, but a Form.
Species>Import Species
Table – will import a comma delimited species list file in a specified
format (see above). Multiple
species files may be accessed with DataPoint, but only one species file may be
used for a single Project.
Species>Export Species
Table – will export the current species table as a comma delimited
file. Since species can be added to
the list in DataPoint, this allows the update of external species lists.
Species>Drop Species Table
– will permanently remove the species table from the database. This is only necessary if the size of
the overall database is so large that unused species lists are degrading
program processing speed or using up too much memory. You will be prompted to save/remove all
of the data files that are associated with the species file before you are
allowed to purge the species file.
This prevents data files from being left on the
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Help subcommands:
Help>Content – invokes
this help file
Help>About
– invokes the initial splash screen that describes the program version
and contact information.
Project – Mandatory
entry - Alphanumeric text – 40 characters max
Data File – Mandatory
entry - Alphanumeric text – 40 characters max
Species – Mandatory
entry - Alphanumeric text – 10 characters max
Area - Mandatory entry -
Alphanumeric text – 40 characters max
Sample ID - Mandatory entry -
Alphanumeric text- should not end with a “D” or “U”
– 40 characters max
Sampler - Mandatory entry -
Alphanumeric text – 40 characters max
Date - Mandatory entry –
Date - auto-filled with the current system date, format dd/mm/yyyy.
Easting – Optional entry
- Numeric integer – 10 places max
Northing – Optional
entry - Numeric integer – 10 places max
Elevation - Optional entry -
Numeric integer – 10 places max
Aspect - Optional entry -
Numeric integer - 0 to 360
Slope° - Optional entry -
Numeric, one decimal place – 0 to 90
Slope% - Optional entry -
Numeric, one decimal place - 10 places max
Orientation - Optional entry -
Numeric integer – 0 to 360
Comment - Optional entry -
alphanumeric – 254 characters
All data are stored internally
in a single SQL CE database file called DataPoint.sdf found in the
subdirectory - \Program Files\DataPoint\Data.
All data are stored in this
file until purged by the user. This
data file is probably (may be different in newer
Data are imported and exported
to a user-selected subdirectory (that can include non-volatile storage) via
comma delimited files with a .
There are 4 types of .
-Project/Area Vegetation
data - When vegetation data are exported/imported
they are always exported/imported as a single file that contains all of the
sample data from a specific Project and Area.
Example:
PROJECT,AREA,SPEFILE,STAND,SAMPLERS,SPECIES,SCIENTIFIC,VALUE,DATE,
NewProject1,Area1,colo05,
A7D,PM,2,LITTER ,1,2/18/2006,TRUE,51,1
NewProject1,Area1,colo05,
A7D,PM,9,ACETOSELLA VULGARIS ,1,2/18/2006,TRUE,5,2
NewProject1,Area1,colo05,
A7D,PM,125,AVENA FATUA ,1,2/18/2006,TRUE,4,3
The attributes for each of
these fields are as follows:
PROJECT - Alphanumeric text
– 40 characters max
AREA - Alphanumeric text
– 40 characters max
SPEFILE - - Alphanumeric text
– 10 characters max
STAND - Alphanumeric text-
should not end with a “D” or “U” – 40 characters
max
SAMPLERS - Alphanumeric text
– 40 characters max
SPECIES – Numeric
integer
SCIENTIFIC –
Alphanumeric – 50 characters max
VALUE – Numeric –
10 places max including decimal point
DATE – Date format dd/mm/yyyy
FORM – Numeric integer
REKORD – Numeric integer
= record number
-Project/Area Site data
– When a vegetation data file is exported/imported, a companion site data
file is exported/imported that has all of the site specific information and
comments. This file is given a name
that is prefaced with the same name as the vegetation data and is given the
text “Site” as a suffix.
For example, if the vegetation data file is called AreaX.
Example:
PROJECT,AREA,SAMPLEID,SAMPLERS,EASTING,NORTHING,ELEVATION,ORIENTATION,ASPECT,SLOPEDGR,SLOPEPRC,COMMENT,DATE
NewProject1,Area1,A1,pm,,,,,,,,,
NewProject1,Area1,A2,pm,,,,,,,,,
NewProject1,Area1,A3,pm,123456,1234567,1234,234,180,23,42.4,”Text
that is a comment”,2/18/2006
The attributes for each of
these fields are as follows:
Project - Alphanumeric text
– 40 characters max
Data File - Alphanumeric text
– 40 characters max
Species - Alphanumeric text
– 10 characters max
Area - Alphanumeric text
– 40 characters max
Sample ID - Alphanumeric text-
should not end with a “D” or “U” – 40 characters
max
Sampler - Alphanumeric text
– 40 characters max
Date–
Date - auto-filled with the current system date format dd/mm/yyyy.
Easting - Numeric integer
– 10 places max
Northing - Numeric integer
– 10 places max
Elevation - Numeric integer
– 10 places max
Aspect – Numeric integer
- 0 to 360
Slope° - Numeric, one
decimal place – 0 to 90
Slope% - Numeric, one decimal
place - 10 places max
Orientation - Numeric integer
– 0 to 360
Comment - Alphanumeric –
254 characters
-Species List data
– This file is used as a species lookup file for the program. Species can be added but not modified
using the DataPoint Program. This
file can be easily modified externally and then reimported. This file can be imported and exported,
and there may be multiple species files imported and exported, to allow
different species nomenclature to be used for different projects.
Example:
Code,SpeName,Genus,Species,SubCat,SubSpe,GrowthFormID,Modified
7,"
1040,"ABIES BIFOLIA",ABIES,BIFOLIA,,,15,"
903,"ABIES CONCOLOR",ABIES,CONCOLOR,,,15,"
902,"ABRONIA
FRAGRANS",ABRONIA,FRAGRANS,,,5,"
The attributes for each of
these fields are as follows:
Code – Numeric integer
SpeName – Alphanumeric – 50 characters max
Genus – Alphanumeric
– 30 characters max
Species – Alphanumeric
– 30 characters max
SubCat– Alphanumeric – 5 characters max
SubSpe– Alphanumeric – 30 characters max
GrowthFormID – Numeric integer
Modified – Date/time
format dd/mm/yyy#hh:mm:ss#AM or PM
-Plant Growth Form data
– This file is used as the lookup file for the species growth forms and
can only be imported, not exported.
The complete template for this file is provided below and can be created
and modified easily using EXCEL or similar spreadsheet program.
FORM,LONG,SHORT
1,NATIVE
ANNUAL & BIENNIAL FORBS,NATIVE
2,INTRODUCED
ANNUAL & BIENNIAL FORBS,INTRO.
3,NATIVE
ANNUAL GRASSES,NATIVE
4,INTRODUCED
ANNUAL GRASSES,INTRO.
5,NATIVE
PERENNIAL FORBS,NATIVE PERENNIAL FORBS
6,INTRODUCED
PERENNIAL FORBS,INTRO. PERENNIAL FORBS
7,NATIVE
PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool),NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (c)
8,INTRODUCED
PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool),INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c)
9,NATIVE
PERENNIAL GRASSES (warm),NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (w)
10,INTRODUCED
PERENNIAL GRASSES (warm),INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (w)
11,NATIVE
SUBSHRUBS,NATIVE SUBSHRUBS
12,INTRODUCED
SUBSHRUBS,INTRODUCED SUBSHRUBS
13,NATIVE
SHRUBS,NATIVE SHRUBS
14,INTRODUCED
SHRUBS,INTRODUCED SHRUBS
15,NATIVE
TREES,NATIVE TREES
16,INTRODUCED
TREES,INTRODUCED TREES
17,NATIVE
VINES,NATIVE VINES
18,INTRODUCED
VINES,INTRODUCED VINES
19,FERNS,FERNS
20,
21,LICHEN,LICHEN
22,SUCCULENT,SUCCULENT
23,EPIPHYTE(PARASITE),EPIPHYTE(PARASITE)
24,MUSHROOMS,MUSHROOMS
25,DOMESTICATED
ANNUAL CROP,DOMESTICATED ANNUAL CROP
26,UNKNOWN
SPECIES,UNKNOWN SPECIES
27,NATIVE
PERENNIAL AQUATIC FORBS,
28,TREES
COMBINED,TREES COMBINED
29,SHRUBS
COMBINED,SHRUBS COMBINED
30,FORBS
COMBINED,FORBS COMBINED
31,GRASSES
COMBINED,GRASSES COMBINED
50,STANDING
DEAD,STANDING DEAD
51,LITTER,LITTER
52,BARE
SOIL,BARE SOIL
53,
54,WATER,WATER
55,NON-OVERLAPPING
VEGETATION,NON-OVERLAPPING VEGETATION
The attributes for each of
these fields are as follows:
FORM – Numeric integer
LONG – Alphanumeric -
35 characters max
SHORT – Alphanumeric
– 35 characters max