Site Management

  • Jobs are organized in Sites.

  • For each site, the main information required for all jobs associated with that site can be entered:

    • Coordinate system.

    • Survey codes and GIS codes.

    • External references.

    • Position and photo.


  • To open the Sites Manager, after application is started, click on Site bar on top of Jobs list.

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  • Or, if already inside a job, click Job page.

  • Click New/Open Job.

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  • Click Site bar.

  • This opens the Sites list, with list of all available job sites.

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If an X-PAD 365 Professional or Enterprise subscription is available, it is possible to create collaborative sites. A collaborative site is indicated by this icon image-20250228-135257.png .

  • To open a site select it from our of the available views.


Create a new site

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  • To create a new site, click New site.

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  • This opens the Name page.

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    • Site name: the name of the site.

    • Codes library: to select the code library to be used by default by jobs in this site.

    • GIS features: to select the GIS features library to be used by default by jobs in this site.

    • Annotation: optional notes related to the site.

    • Collaborative site: If an X-PAD 365 Professional or Enterprise subscription is available, it is possible to create collaborative sites. A collborative site is a site where jobs are automatically shared in the cloud.

  • In Coordinate system page it is possible to define the default coordinate system for jobs in this site.

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    • Click Tools to load a predefined system or load a coordinate system from a file, for example a saved GNSS localization.

    • Elevations: defines the vertical system to be used.

  • In External reference page it is possible to load external reference files in different formats. These files will be linked to all jobs in this site.

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    • Click Add to add an external document.

  • In Position page, it is possible to define the position of the site. If the tablet position is available, the position is automatically provided.

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    • Long-press on the map to define a new position.

    • Or click Update position to update the position provided from controller GPS.

  • In the Photo page it is possible to load a photo of the site, which will be available in the Carousel view.

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    • Click Photo image-20250228-140327.png to load or take a photo.

    • Click Accept to save the site.


Sites visualization

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  • The software offers different ways to visualize the available sites.

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    • Carousel view: shows the sites in a carousel view with their picture.

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    • List view: lists the sites.

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    • Map view: shows the created sites on a map.

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Delete a site

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  • To delete a site, while in carousel or list view, long press the site.

  • Click Delete to delete the site.

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Deleting a site will delete all jobs in the site. The operation is permanent.