Storage
Every time you work on a field, a large amount of data is produced. We call it “Field data” here. The field data must be saved so you can use it in the future.
Data type
Field data consists of the following information:
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- Field boundaries
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- Reference point
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- Guidance lines
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- Areas where product has been applied
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- Marked obstacles
Formats
The terminal saves the field data in two formats simultaneously:
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- ngstore format - This is the terminal's internal data format. It is used as a standard and contains all of the field data.
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- The ngstore format is different on non-touch terminals and on touch terminals. You cannot exchange data between a touch terminal and a non-touch terminal. An alternative is described in the following section: Data exchange between touch and non-touch terminals
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- The files are located in the “ngstore” folder.
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- On a PC, you can only open ngstore data with the TRACK-Guide Desktop application.
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- shp format or kml format - These are standardised formats that are used by many GIS programs.
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- The files are located in the “SHP” folder.
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- To find out how to open files in shp format, read the ISOBUS-TC section in the terminal operating instructions.
Memory device
The ngstore data is saved on the SD card. To transfer it to the USB memory device, you have to use the Import/export function. During export, the shp and kml files are saved to the “SHP” folder on the USB memory device.
ISOBUS-TC
If you process tasks with the ISOBUS-TC application, you must not save the field data in TRACK-Leader. The data will be automatically saved together with the task in the Taskdata.xml file.
Further information