Roads

Enhancements

Station interval improvements

For an RXL, LandXML and 12da road we have made the following improvements when defining station intervals:

• You can now define a station interval for lines and a separate station interval for arcs and transitions. A separate station interval value for arcs and transitions enables you to tighten the interval for curves and more accurately represent the design on the ground.

• We have made it easier to specify or edit the interval values:

  • When defining a road you can now specify the interval values when you enter the road name. Previously the interval was specified as part of the horizontal alignment Start point element.

  • When editing a road you can now edit the interval values from the Options screen. You can still edit the values when starting the stakeout process.

  • When staking a road you can now edit the interval values using the new Station settings screen when selecting a station from the list.

• Using the new Select station screen when selecting a station from the list, you can now:

  • Specify the available stations from the station list. Previously they were only available at the Options screen when starting the stakeout process.

  • Select the Method used to increment the station interval:

    • The 0 based method is the default method and gives station values that are multiples of the station interval.

    • The Relative method gives station values relative to the start station.

For more information, see the topic Stations available for stakeout in the Spectra Geospatial Origin Help.

Road selection

You can now select a road from the map by tapping the road surface, rather than tapping the alignment.

Menu workflow enhancements

You can now select LandXML string roads from the Define and Stakeout menus and you can select 12da roads from the Stakeout menu. Previously you could select LandXML or 12da roads only from the map.

Clearer RXL selection from the menu

When you edit a road using the Define menu, the road list no longer remains displayed after you select the road. This avoids the possibility where you could select a different road and yet still be editing the first road you had selected.

Construction offset deltas

You can now display all three construction offsets in the stakeout form.

• Horizontal const. offset

• Vertical const. offset

• Station const. offset

Previously you could only display the horizontal offset by selecting the Constr. Offset delta which has now been removed.

Stakeout performance improvements

You should now see fewer map update delays and faster update of stake deltas, particularly when staking out long roads on Android controllers.

Resolved issues

• RXL reference alignment: When you select an RXL road for stakeout from the menu and then select another RXL road as the reference alignment, the reference alignment is now highlighted in the map.
• GENIO road alignment shown when navigating: We have fixed an issue where the alignment was not shown as excluded when staking to a string or a station on a string. This was an issue only in the navigation screen and did not affect the stakeout deltas.
• 12da one string/two string stakeout: We have made several fixes for these stake methods, including:
  • When staking a 12da road using the Two strings method you can now apply a vertical construction offset.
  • When you return to the string selection list the currently selected string is now shown selected.

  • When your position is not adjacent to the string, the selected string is now shown selected.

  • We have improved the selection of strings from the map. Previously, if you tapped more than one string on the map and then selected a string from the list, the name of the string did not always appear in the String name field on the first attempt.

  • When you add a construction offset it is now displayed at the plan view.
  • The correct station for a string that returns on itself is now being targeted. Previously, the software was not always targeting the closest station.
  • You no longer have to select Zoom extents to see the target in the cross section view. This was an issue only when the target was not between the two strings.
  • Improved support for roads where the horizontal alignment has non-tangential elements.
  • The Nearest string field is now reliably auto populated with the alignment name.
  • For the Two strings stake method, we have fixed an issue where the deltas were sometimes displayed only for String 2.
  • We have fixed an issue where the One string and Two strings stake methods were sometimes missing from the Stake drop-down list.
  • When staking relative to a DTM, the DTM drawn in the cross section view will extend to your current position.
• Stakeout road list: You can now sort the list by file type.
• Available strings list: We have fixed an issue where the list of Available strings accessed from the Strings field was sometimes empty or showed only the alignment.
• Staking a side slope: We have made several fixes to the workflow when adding or editing a side slope at the navigation screen, including:

  • When staking a station on an outermost string that is not a side slope, you can now stake the cut ditch. Previously the navigation deltas were null and there was no target shown.

  • When staking to a side slope string, after editing the slope values the target position is now updated to reflect the new values.

  • When staking to a side slope string and staking the cut slope hinge, a target is now displayed in the cross section view.

• Staking relative to a DTM: We have fixed the following issues when staking relative to a DTM:

  • When using a perpendicular offset, the Perp. Dist to DTM and the V. Dist to DTM deltas are now shown. Previously, the Perp. Dist to DTM delta showed the V. Dist to DTM value.

  • The V.Dist to DTM delta is now displayed at the Confirm staked deltas screen.

• Target centered stakeout navigation: We have fixed an issue when the stake method was To the string where if the display mode was set to Target centered the software continued to display Surveyor centered mode.

• Construction offsets: After entering a construction offset, the highlight now moves to the next construction offset field. Previously the highlight moved back to the Stake field.

• Station construction offset: We have fixed an issue where the station construction offset was not being applied when the stake method was Station on string and you keyed in an offset instead of selecting a string.

• Station selection for station equations: You no longer need to include the zone number when keying in a station value for a road that includes station equations. This was an issue at review and stakeout. ]
• Precise elevation V.dist: We have fixed an issue where the V.dist delta was null when measuring a station on a string during a precise elevation integrated survey.
• Nominal station calculator: We have reinstated the Station field at the base of the station list, where you can enter a nominal station value and, if required, access the calculator to calculate the nominal station value. While you can enter a nominal station in the Station field on the stakeout form, the calculator is only available when you use the Station field at the base of the station list.

• Application errors: We have fixed several issues that caused occasional application errors when using or closing the software. In particular:

  • After viewing the Construction offsets screen and then using the main menu to return to the map and double-tapping a point.

  • When you select a 12da file at the New job screen when the Layer manager is open and there is no other job in the project.

  • When attempting to define a GENIO road.