Locus Track

Overview

The GeoRover Locus Track extension is developed by SAIC to work with the commercial Esri ArcGIS Desktop software (ArcView®, ArcEditor™, or ArcInfo®). The extension loads a single toolbar into the ArcMap™ component of ArcGIS, streamlining and enhancing the process of creating, editing, importing, and sharing data with a combination of robust and flexible interactive editing tools and data import/export wizards. The tools present many of the most common and requested functions in a simple, efficient interface, greatly reducing the steps required to accomplish basic tasks, saving valuable time and reducing required training.

Features

• Interactive (point-and-click) and coordinate-based tools for creating, editing, and deleting points, lines, polygons, and rows
• Tools can edit existing shapefiles, geodatabase feature classes (personal, file, and enterprise ArcSDE®), and non-geospatial tables, and can create new shapefiles and non-geospatial tables "on-the-fly" within the ArcMap interface
• Supports DD, DM, DMS, UTM, MGRS, and XY coordinate formats. All tools employ robust, smart, and flexible coordinate parsing capabilities
• Supports address location formats when connected to a geocoding service
• Wizard-driven import of points, lines, or polygons from coordinates in:
  • any delimited text (.csv, .txt, .tab, etc)
  • Excel® spreadsheet
  • database (Access, Oracle®, SQL Server®, etc.)
  • semi-structured copy/pasted text
  • geospatial data (shapefiles, geodatabase feature classes) that currently exist within map document or using Add Data browser
• Enhanced Import Error Logs for identifying features that incurred errors during import process
• Export Wizard capable of exporting ArcMap layers into common formats, such as HTML pages, Excel spreadsheets, text, and customizable PowerPoint® slide show products
• Attribute editing tool allows for one-step database editing of any layer and the ability to add new attribute fields
• Simultaneous batch attribute editing of multiple features within a layer
• Add or delete individual vertices from line or polygon features with a simple right click option
• Add coordinate attributes (Lat/Lon, DD, DM, DMS, UTM, MGRS, or XY) to any point layer for one-step coordinate conversion. Coordinate attributes are verified and updated each time point features are moved or edited
• Add one or more linked files (video, images, audio, documents, slides, spreadsheets, databases, etc.), folders, or Web sites to any point, line, or polygon feature

Benefits

• Significant reduction in training required for basic ArcGIS use
• Faster more flexible interface for operational use
• Compatible with any ArcGIS datum/coordinate system
• All tools are fully compatible with enterprise (ArcSDE) databases
• Automatically generate, convert and update thousands of coordinate attribute records added to any point layer in seconds
• Create complete PowerPoint presentations from ArcMap data layers. Slide elements (visual content, title, bullets) are automatically generated from map data and are fully customizable
• Significantly eases user transition from FalconView™ to ArcGIS

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Using the Locus Track tools, generate ArcGIS data products or ArcGIS-derived products in seconds. Import Excel® spreadsheets (with coordinates) into geodatabase feature classes with a few mouse clicks or generate entire PowerPoint® presentations and web pages from ArcGIS layers within seconds.