SprayView Guide

Version 5.18

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 Table of Contents

SprayView – AG-NAV Data Processing ............................................................................................................ 3

1. Typical Initial Operations ..................................................................................................................... 3
2. Map Overlay ....................................................................................................................................... 15
3. Map Generation .................................................................................................................................. 19
4. New Area Generation from Maps ...................................................................................................... 28
5. Report Generation............................................................................................................................... 37
Sample Flight Report with Map:......................................................................................................... 45
6. Quick Report....................................................................................................................................... 46
7. Shapefile to AgNav Conversion ......................................................................................................... 49
8. AgNav to Shapefile Conversion ......................................................................................................... 53
9. AgNav to KML Conversion ............................................................................................................... 57
10. Spray Data Display on Google Earth ................................................................................................. 60
11. Polygon Digitizing in Google Earth ................................................................................................... 63
12. Project (Multiple Areas) Digitizing in Google Earth ......................................................................... 74
13. Variable Flow Rates ........................................................................................................................... 87
13.1 Creating a new Variable Flow Rate area ........................................................................................ 87
13.2 Using a Prescription in Shape File to Create VFR File .................................................................. 91
14. Ground Mapping................................................................................................................................. 95

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SprayView – AG-NAV Data Processing

1. Typical Initial Operations

After finishing the mission and copying the data to a USB key, you can replay the flight by using NavviewW or
SprayView program. SprayView is similar to NavviewW for most features. NavviewW can be used for basic
flight planning and flight replay. SprayView offers more functions for data analysis, mapping, flight reports and
data conversions. This document is intended for both SprayView and NavviewW because most functions are
the same in both sofware. However only SprayView will be mentioned as the name of the software.

This chapter will help you do the following with SprayView:

a) Copy area and flight data files created by an AG-NAV system to your office computer,

b) Open an area or project,

c) Replay spray data,

d) Print out data if you have a printer, and

e) Generate a flight report.

After finishing a flight, you can use the File Manager to copy the flight data to a USB key, also called thumb
drive or USB disk.

Notes: For terminology flight data includes spray and flight path, i.e. ferry and turns, data. Spray data consists
of Spray On data only. Area data includes spray boundary and everything related to the area, for example
exclusion zones, grid lines on spray boundary, key and event logging during the mission, etc…

For learning SprayView, if you don't have real data on a USB disk, you can use the sample data on your hard
disk created when you installed SprayView. When you get more familiar with SprayView, you can do more
tasks as required by your job. There are many functions in SprayView that may be helpful for you and clients.
You should take advantage of all free seminars provided by AG-NAV to learn more.

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1.1 Copy Area and Flight Data Files

1) Double click the SprayView icon on the desktop to run SprayView.

Tool Bar

Figure 1- 1: SprayView StartUp

2) Plug the USB key with flight data to your computer.

3) Click Open Menu button on the Tool bar.

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4) Move the mouse to File Operation to highlight it. Another menu should appear.

Figure 1- 2: Open Menu – File Operation

5) Move the mouse to Copy Area then click it.

6) The “File Operation - Copy FROM “ dialog is shown.

Figure 1- 3: Copy Data – Default Hard Drive

7) If you want to copy areas and data from a USB key, select the correct USB drive, for example E:\.

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 Figure 1- 4: Copy Data - Select USB Drive

8) The folders on the USB key are shown. You can select the desired folder, for example AGNAV.

Figure 1- 5: Copy Data – List of Areas on USB Key

9) Select the areas or files by highlighting the files in the right window. To highlight more than one item,
hold the <Ctrl> key down and click the filename.

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 Figure 1- 6: Copy Data – Select Files

10) When all desired files are highlighted, click the “Copy” button to continue. The “Copy TO” dialogue is
shown. The folder you are working on is shown as default.

Figure 1- 7: Copy Data – To Hard Drive

11) Select the directory or folder you want to save the data files to, for example C:\AGNAV.

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 Figure 1- 8: Copy Data – Select Folder to Copy To

9) Double click the desired folder. The list of files in this folder is shown.

Figure 1- 9: Copy Data – Select Folder

10) Click the “OK” button to complete the Copy operation.

11) Note that if the files already exist on the hard drive, you will get a prompt whether you want to overwrite
the files or not. If you want to have the latest information in the area or project file, select “Yes”. Note
that depending on the settings in the Guia and pilot’s actions, the information in the area and/or project
files might be changed.

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1.2 Open Area or Project

1) Click Open Area/Project button on the Tool bar. The dialog "Open Area, Project or [Link]
File" should appear.

2) Select an area or project by clicking the desired file name (*.no1 for area or *.prj for project, for
example “testarea.no1”) then click the Open button, or just double clicking the file name.

Figure 1- 10: Select Area/Project File

Important: From the list of files, select the one with the extension ".no1" or ".prj"only. If you
don't see the file extensions, do the following:

a) Exit SprayView.

b) Run Windows or File Explorer or My Computer.

c) For Windows 95/98, select View, Options. For Windows NT, select View, Folder Options.
For Windows 2000 and XP, select Tools, Folder Options. For Vista, 7, and 8, select Organize,
Folder and search Options. For Windows 10, select View.

d) On the View page, uncheck the box "Hide MS-DOS file extensions..." or "Hide file
extensions for known file type ...", or check mark “Filename Extensions”. Click Apply, click
OK to finish. For Windows 10, just exit File Explorer.

e) Run SprayView again and start from step 1.

SprayView automatically selects the flight data files for you. If it does not find any files, it will show the
dialog "Select Flight Data Files" for you to select the data files. The AgNav data filenames always
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 start with letter "n" followed by 7 digits. The file extension always start with ".t" followed by 2 digits. In
general, the spray data filename is indicated as n*.t*.

Figure 1- 11: Select Data Files

3) Select the data files (n*.t*) to be replayed. If you have only one file, double click it to select. If you
have more files to select, do the following:

a) Point the cursor to the first filename then click the left mouse button. The filename should be
highlighted.

b) Point the cursor to the next filename, hold down the "Ctrl" key and while holding down this key,
click the left mouse button. Release the "Ctrl" key. This filename should be highlighted.

c) Repeat step b) for the next data file. Note that all selected filenames should be highlighted.

d) When all files have been highlighted, click the Open button to finish.

If you have many data files to select, the quicker way to select all of them is following:

a) Point the cursor to the first filename then click the left mouse button. The filename should be
highlighted.

b) Point the cursor to the last filename, hold down the <Shift> key and while holding down this
key; click the left mouse button. Release the <Shift> key. All filenames should be highlighted.

c) Click the Open button to finish.

4) If you click the “Files & Waypoints” tab on the left panel, you will see all the selected data filenames are
shown. Each file is numbered. This is the replay sequence. When you get more familiar with
SprayView, you may want to change the replay sequence or replay only a particular file. To do this,
double click any filename on the panel to reset the sequence, then click the file names in the order you
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 want to replay them. If you don't want to replay some file, don't click it.

If everything is done properly, the spray area and grid lines will be shown on the screen.

Figure 1- 12: Open Area

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1.3 Replay Spray Data

1) Click the Go button on the tool bar to start replaying data. You may see the flight path and spray
data drawn on screen now. If not, click Zoom Out to see if the flight path is far away. The spray
data is indicated by magenta or pink cross-hatches or solid-paint where spray was applied.

Figure 1- 13: Replay Data

2) Click Ouput1 tab on the left panel to display the numerical information. The Output1 panel mainly
shows the GPS data.

3) If you want to view the spray information, click the Output2 tab. Flow data, spray acreage and a lot
more information are shown here.

4) In Output3, a brief summary of spray mission is shown.

5) If some of the flight path or spray data is off screen, zoom out the display by clicking the Zoom Out
button .

5) Play with the Zoom In , Zoom Out , Up , Down , Left , Right buttons to see how
the display is changed.

6) If FlightMaster was used, the meteorological data was saved in the flight data as well. To view
meteorological data, click the MET tab on the left panel. The wind speed, wind direction, temperature,
relative humidity and spray height are shown when flight data is replayed on screen.

7) On the MET panel, you can select “Spray Location” to plot spray where it was applied (no drift); or
“Effective Spray” to plot spray where it was drifted to. Every time you change the option, click “Go”
to replay data again.
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8) By default spray data is solid painted on the screen. You can select other ways to plot it. To change
the spray indication, select the Settings tab.

Spray
Indication
Options

Replay Speed
Adjust
Figure 1- 14: SprayView Settings

9) On the line that shows “Thin/Thich Hatch Solid”, click the first button for thin cross hatch, the second
button for thick cross hatch, the third button for solid paint, and the fourth button for light paint.

10) To adjust replay speed, you can slide the button on the Speed bar. Move the slider button to the left to
slow down replay speed. Move the slider button to the right to speed up replay.

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1.4 Print Data
11) Make sure a printer is connected to your computer and turned on. You can print to a pdf file if a pdf
printer was installed.

12) If this is the first time you print, select Open Menu Print Setup to check if a printer is selected. If you
want to print to a pdf file, select your pdf printer in the Print Setup. When done, click “OK”.

13) Change the display on screen the way you want to see it on paper. To change the display, use the
Zoom In , Zoom Out , Up , Down , Left , Right buttons.

14) Click Print button on the Tool bar. A confirmation dialog appears asking if you want to "Print Pilot
Information?".

Figure 1- 15: Print – Pilot Information Confirm

15) Read the pilot information displayed at the bottom right corner of screen. If you want to print this on the
printout, click Yes. If not, click No.

16) Confirm if you want to print now. If you want to change the pilot information or change scale or
anything, you have the last chance to cancel the print order. Select “No” if you want to cancel print.
Otherwise, select “Yes” to print now. SprayView sends the data to the printer, the cursor is changed to
sand clock icon. When done, the cursor will resume to normal pointer icon.

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2. Map Overlay

2.1 Open Map File

SprayView supports digital map files in ShapeFile, DXF, MRK, CSV, Bitmap and JPEG formats. The Bitmap
and JPEG maps are called raster maps or images. The Shp, DXF, CSV and MRK maps are vector maps. For
positional data conversion, SprayView needs to know the Earth datum (ellipsoid) and datum shifts (DX, DY,
DZ) of data in the selected map file. For Word Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84) or North American Datum
1983 (NAD83), the datum shifts should be zero. For a local datum, for example NAD27 or CLARKE 1866, the
datum shifts must be known. SprayView reads this information from an area (*.no1), a project (*.prj), or the
template file [Link]. Therefore, before opening a map file, you should open an area/project file first.

When overlaying an area with spray data on a map, it is very important to have all geographic (Lat/Long) and
UTM coordinate data corresponding to the same Earth datum or Ellipsoid. If the map in a map file corresponds
to a different datum, it is needed to apply local shifts to bring the area and data to the right place on the map.

To open a map for map overlay or digitizing, do the following:

1) To open an area/project, click Open Area/Project .

2) From the "Open Area (*.no1), Project (*.prj), or [Link] File" dialog, select an area or project file
associate with the map for map overlay, or [Link] to create a new area file. If you have spray data
and want to overlay data on the map, select the data files. If not, click Cancel to close the Spray Data
dialog.

Figure 2- 1: Open Area

3) Click Open Map .

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4) Select the desired map file, for example “[Link]”, from the list of files displayed in the "Open
Map File" dialog. Always check for the right file extension *.DXF, *.SHP, *.MRK, *.CSV, *.JPG or
*.BMP. If the map file is in another folder, select that folder in the "Look in:" box then select the map
file.

Figure 2- 2: Select Map File

5) For a raster map file *.bmp or *.jpg, a registering file is required to georeference the map. SprayView
will automatically selects the associate georeferenced or world file (*.pbm or *.jgw). If file not found,
SprayView will prompt you to select it as shown below.

Figure 2- 3: Select Registering File

If everything is OK, the map will be shown on screen.

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 Figure 2- 4: Map Display

2.2 Overlay Data on Map

To overlay an area/project and spray data on a map, do the following:

a) Open area and map as described in section 2.1.

b) Click Go to start the data replay.

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 Figure 2- 5: Overlay Spray and Flight Path on Map

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3. Map Generation

3.1 Download Map for Existing Area

1) Open an area or a project, click Open Area/Project .

2) Select an area or project file and select flight data files if you want to overlay data on map.

3) Zoom in or zoom out display to your scale preference. You can click Go to replay data.

Figure 3. 1: Area with Flight Data

4) Click the Download Map button. This button is next to the Open Area button.

5) Based on the display scale, SprayView will calculate

the coordinates of the map origin (top left corner) and
the map size. It shows the map filename as well. By
default, the area name is used for the map name.
You can use this name or enter a different name.
Then click “Continue”.

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 SprayView will search for the Google map on the internet. The time length for map download will
depend on the size of map. SprayView will plot the map when it’s available.

Figue 3. 2: Download Map

6) The map controls are shown at the top of screen.

Save Map Map Types Exit

Figure 3. 3: Map Controls

7) As default, a Hybrid map is downloaded. This gives you the picture of the selected area and landmark
names. If you don’t like the landmark names, click the “Satellite Map” button. If you want a street
map, click the “Street Map” button.

8) When a whole map is shown, click the “Save Map” button to save the map to the hard disk of your
computer. The map file is saved in the folder that you have the area or project file.

9) After saving the map, click the Exit button to exit the map download operation.

10) Click the middle of screen to resume the display.

11) To overlay area and data on the map you’ve just downloaded, click Open Map . This button is next
to the Download Map button .

12) Select the desired map file. The map extension must be “.jpg”, for example [Link]. If the map
file is in another folder, select that folder in the "Look in:" box then select the map file.

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 Figure 3. 4: Select Map File

13) The map is drawn with the spray area on it. To overlay spray data on the map, Click Go .

Figure 3. 5: Map Display with Spray Area

If the map looks blurry, the screen scale might be small. Click Zoom Out for better view. If the map is
too small, the screen scale might be too big. Click Zoom In.

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 You can try the Zoom In , Zoom Out , Up , Down , Left , Right buttons to see how
the display is changed.

Notes: If the spray area, grid lines, spray painting or flight path has the same color as the map background,
you can change the colors by selecting Open Menu Set Colors.

Figure 3. 6: Change Colors

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3.2 Download New Map

1) Open an area or a project, click Open Area/Project .

2) Select the [Link] file from the list of area and project files.

Figure 3. 6: Select [Link]

3) Check the information displayed on screen. For map downloaded from internet, the Ellipsoid must be
WGS-84. Datum shifts X/Y/Z must be 0.

Figure 3. 7: [Link] Information

4) Also make sure the Central Meridian and hemisphere are correct. The Coordinates shuld be Lat/Lon.
5) Click the Download Map button. This button is next to the Open Area button. The New Map
Information dialog is shown.
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 Figure 3. 8: New Map Information

6) On the Map Filename box, enter the filename of the new map without extension, for example
“MyNewMap”. SprayView will add appropriate file extension.

7) On the Coord Entry Format box, use the arrow button to select the format of entry you will enter for
latitude and longitude. The format can be:

“Deg Min Sec”, for example “44 04 16”, that means 44 degrees, 4 minutes, 16 seconds.
“Deg [Link]”, for example “44 04.2647”, that means 44 degrees, 4.2647 minutes.
“[Link]”, for example “44.07108”, that means 44.07108 degrees.

8) On the Latitude box, enter the Latitude of the center of map you wish to download. Note that the entry
must in the format you selected on the Coord Entry Format box. Push <Enter> to accept the entry.
The display of coordinate is changed to degrees.

9) Select “N” for North or “S” for South on the direction box for Latitude.

10) On the Longitude box, enter the Longitude of the center of map you wish to download. Note that the
entry must in the format you selected on the Coord Entry Format box. Push <Enter> to accept the
entry. The display of coordinate is changed to degrees.

11) Select “W” for West or “E” for East on the direction box for Longitude.

12) On the Map Size box, enter the map size. Select the unit for map size: “m” for meters, “ft” for feet,
“km” for kilometers and “mi” for miles.

13) Click the “Continue” button to start downloading map. Or click “Cancel” to exit without downloading
map. Note that the New Map Information is saved for future use.

Once you click “Continue”, SprayView will download a map from Google Map. The map can be
satellite image, street (topo) or hybrid (landmarks on satellite image).

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 Figure 3. 9: HyBrid Map

Figure 3. 10: Street Map

The map controls are shown at the top of screen.

Save Map Map Types Exit

Figure 3. 11: Map Controls

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14) When a whole map is shown, click the “Save Map” button to save the map to the hard disk of your
computer. The map filename will be the filename you entered in the New Map Information with the
extension “.jpg”. For example [Link]. The map file is saved in the folder or directory that you
have the [Link] file.

15) After saving the map, click the Exit button to exit the map download operation.

16) To open the map you’ve just downloaded, click Open Map . This button is next to the “Download
Map” button.

17) Select the desired map file. The map extension must be “.jpg”, for example [Link]. If the map
file is in another folder, select that folder in the "Look in:" box then select the map file.

Figure 3. 12: Select New Map File

18) The map is drawn on screen at the default screen scale.

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19) If the map is shown too small, click Zoom In to reduce the screen scale.

Figure 3. 14: New Map Display

20) If the map is too big or blurred, click Zoom Out to increase the screen scale.

You can try the Zoom In , Zoom Out , Up , Down , Left , Right buttons to see how
the display is changed.

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4. New Area Generation from Maps

You can generate a new spray area from a map downloaded from internet. To make a new area, do the
following:

1) Click the button Open Area/Project .

2) Select the [Link] file from the list of area and project files.

Figure 4. 1: Select [Link]

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3) Check the information displayed on screen. Make sure everything is correct for the new area. For map
downloaded from internet, the Ellipsoid must be WGS-84 and the Datum shifts X/Y/Z must be 0.

Figure 4. 2: [Link] Information

4) Also check the Central Meridian, Coordinates (Lat/Lon or UTM), Hemisphere, Units, Swath Width and
other information.

5) When done, click OK.

6) Click Open Map .

7) Select the desired map file. The map extension must be “.jpg” for map downloaded from internet, for
example [Link].

Figure 4. 3: Select New Map File

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8) The map is drawn on screen at the default screen scale. You can use the Zoom In , Zoom Out
, Up , Down , Left , Right buttons to adjust the map display to the desired scale.

Figure 4. 4: Map Display

9) Click the Digitizing button “123” on the Tool bar to digitize map. The left panel is changed for you to
make a new area.

Figure 4. 5: Digitizing Map

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10) On the left panel, make sure the “Area” and “Man” options are checked. A dot must be in the circle of
each item. If not, click the circle of the items.

11) Click the “Add” button on the Corners panel. The “Add” button should look like to be pressed down.
The cursor changed to cross hair icon.

12) Move the cursor to the map, click around the area you want to spray. Everytime you click, a corner is
added to make a polygon for spray area. If you make a mistake, click the “Del” button on the left panel
to delete the last point. As an example, we will make an area along the Harry Walker Parkway as
shown on the map. The boundary is plotted in red.

Figure 4. 6: AddCorners

13) When the boundary is completed, click the “End” button just under the “Add” button. Note that you
don’t have to close the polygon by making the first and last corners the same. SprayView will
automatically close the polygon.

14) Click the “Save” button on the left panel.

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 Save
Button

15) Enter the area filename, for example “hwarker.no1”. Then click “Save”.

Figure 4. 7: Save Area

16) The area is saved. If you want to make an exclusion zone (XCL) on the area, you can do so.
Assuming that we want to exclude the pool on the area.

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17) Click the “XCL” radio button on the left panel to select the XCL option.

XCL
Add XCL Numbers
Corners

XCL Option

18) Double click the box used to display XCL numbers. Number “1” should be shown.

19) Click the “Add” button to add corners for the first XCL. The cursor changed to cross hair icon.

20) Move the cursor to the map and click around the boundary of XCL.

Figure 4. 8: Make Exclusion Zone

21) When done, click the “End” button.

22) Click the “Save” button to save the XCL.

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 Figure 4. 9: Save XCL

23) Enter a filename for the XCL file. Note that the extension must be “.xcl”.

24) The new area with an exclusion zone has been generated. Click the digitizing button “123” to close the
digitizing function.

25) You can check if the area is OK. To do this, open the area.

Figure 4. 10: Open New Area

26) The exclusion zone is shown inside the area. Grid lines are automatically generated based on the best
heading. You can change the color of spray area by selecting Open Menu Set Colors.

27) Select Area, Grid Lines, XCLs, Map.

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 Figure 4. 11: Change Colors

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28) After changing the color of Spray Area. You can open the area and open the map. The spray
boundary is shown in the selected color.

Figure 4. 12: Check New Area

29) You can check the size of area on the Output 2 panel. Just click “Output 2” on the left panel.

Figure 4. 13: Check Area Size

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5. Report Generation

SprayView has a special feature for you to generate a report for your mission. To make a report, do the
following:

1) Open an area or a project, click Open Area/Project .

2) If flight data files are not selected automatically, select flight data files. Click Open Menu Add Flight
Data.
3) If you have a map and want to show the map on the report, click Open Map .

4) Select the map file.

5) Replay data, click Go

Figure 5. 1: Display Map, Area and Flight Data

6) Click “Open Menu” button

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7) Select “Create Report with Map” from the Open Menu.

Figure 5. 2: Select Create Report

8) Enter the information on the “Report Settings” dialog. The date should be the date when the spray
was done. The numerical information or summary will be printed on the report in three columns. You
can select what information to be shown by clicking the square box on each item. A checkmark in the
box indicates that the item is selected.

The settings are saved as default for future use.

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 Figure 5. 3: Create Report - Settings

9) If you want to save the current information as defaults for future use, click “Save Default Info” then
enter a filename for the settings. If you want to use your own default info saved before, click “Load
Default Info” button then select the settings file.

10) If you want to set different color or enter description for the spray data, click the “Set Spray Color”
button. This will open the Set Spray Color dialog. If you don’t want to change the spray painting color,
go to step 16 to Create Report.

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 Figure 5. 4: Set Spray Color
11) Click the color box to change the color.

Figure 5. 5: Change Color

12) Select the desired color from the Color Chart.

13) If you want to enter the description of spray data, click the Description line.

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 Figure 5. 6: Enter Description
14) Enter the description on the highlighted line. The description can be material or product name, spray
session, notes, etc..

15) When all information is correct, click the OK button on the “Set Spray Color” dialog to accept the
changes. This will return you to the Report Settings dialog.

16) Click “Create Report” to generate the report.

17) The Report Preview is shown with the controls located at the top of report. The map is shown in the
middle. The summary of spray is displayed at the bottom of screen.

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 Figure 5. 7: Spray Report Preview – Map & Spray Area

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18) You can use the sliding bar at the right side of display to move the display up to see the summary.
Note that some information is from the Settings you entered. Other information is calculated from spray
data.

Figure 5. 8: Map Preview - Summary

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19) The report controls are:

Figure 5. 9: Report Controls

20) To save the report, click the “Save Report” button.

Figure 5. 10: Save Report

21) Enter the report name. The folder you selected the area file is used as default. You can select different
folder if desired. The report is saved in pdf format.

22) Click “Save” to save the report.

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 Sample Flight Report with Map:

The boundary of spray area is depicted with blue lines.

The flight path is plotted in dark red. The sprayed area is shown in the selected color, for example pink.

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6. Quick Report
Another type of report that you may want to use is the Quick Report. This report summarizes the mission from
take off to landing. To do this,

1. Open an area or a project, click Open Area/Project .

2. If fligh data files are not selected automatically, select flight data files. Click Open Menu Add
Flight Data.
3. Replay data, click Go

Figure 6. 1: Open Area and Flight Data

4. Click Open Menu Create Report Quick Report.

Figure 6. 2: Open Menu – Quick Report

5. Enter information on the Quick Report Settings.

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 Figure 6. 3: Quick Report Settings

6. If you want to save the current information as defaults for future use, click “Save Default Info” then
enter a filename for the settings. If you want to use your own default info saved before, click “Load
Default Info” button then select the settings file.

7. Click Create Report. If successful, a dialog will be shown to let you know where the report is
saved.

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 Notes:

1) On the Report Settings, the Swath and Sprayed Area or Sprayed Coverage are taken from the
data recorded during the flight. You can not change these values.

2) You can change other information. The Amount of Product Used and Application Rate are
related to each other. If you enter the Amount of Product Used, the Application Rate will be
recalculated; and vice versa.

3) Quick Report is a text file. You can view it with Notepad or any text editor.

Sample Quick Report:

Figure 6. 4: Sample Quick Report

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7. Shapefile to AgNav Conversion

If you select to use Shapefile in the Guia system, you will have the area and all flight data saved in the
Shapefile format. To be able to replay the data in SprayView, you have to convert the data in Shapefile format
to AgNav format.

Note that in SprayView, a Shape file is considered as a map file. So you can open it as a map. If it has flight
data, SprayView will automatically convert it to AgNav file.

To convert spray data from Shapefile to AgNav, do the following:

1) Click the button Open Area/Project .

2) Select the [Link] file from the list of area and project files.

Figure 7. 1: Select [Link]

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3) Check the information displayed on screen. Make sure everything is correct and consistent with the
spray area.

Figure 7. 2: [Link] Information

4) Click Open Map .

5) Select the Shape file that contains the information of spray area. The file extension must be “.shp”, for
example “[Link]”, then click “Open”.

Figure 7. 3: Select Shape File for Area

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6) The area is shown on screen. If the Shape file was generated by Guia, SprayView will create an area
file *.no1 automatically. As in the example, the file testarea2.no1 is created.

Figure 7. 4: Spray Area in Shape File

7) Select the Shape file for Spray On data. The spray data files are normally in the folder having the same
name as that of area Shape file. For example, if the area file is “[Link]”, the folder name will
be “testarea2”.

Figure 7. 5: Select Spray On Data

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8) Highlight and select all the spray on data files. Note that the filenames must have the word
“[Link]”, for example “[Link]”. When selected, this file will be converted to
AgNav data file. If the “sproff” with the same name exists, for example “[Link]”, this
file will be merged with the “spron” and all data will be saved to the same AgNav data file. For this
example, the AgNav file will be named ““n6082317.t10”. By default, the converted n*.t* file is selected
automatically. If not, a dialogue will be shown for you to select it.

9) Click Go to replay data.

Figure 7. 6: Display Spray On

Now you have the area file in *.no1 format and flight data in AgNav format. Next time you can open the area
and replay data as usual in SprayView.

Note that areas in the shapefile format have at least 3 files for each area: *.shp, *.shx, *.dbf. It may have a *.prj
file as well for map projection description. This prj file is not an AgNav project file so do not select them when
opening area or project.

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8. AgNav to Shapefile Conversion

If you select to use AG-NAV data format in the Guia system, you will have the area files saved in *.no1 files
and flight data saved in the AgNav binary format. You can convert area files and flight data into Shapefile for
use in ArcView, MapInfo and other GIS software.

To convert data, do the following:

1) Click Open Area/Project .

2) Select the desired area file *.no1 or project file *.prj from the list of area and project files.

Figure 8- 1: Select Area File

3) If flight data files are not selected automatically, select flight data files. Click Open Menu Add Flight
Data.

4) Click Go to replay data.

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 Figure 8- 2: Replay Flight Data

5) If the data is OK, click Open Menu

6) Select Convert Spray Data AgNav To SHP Lat/Long. Note that Convert Spray Data is
disabled when no spray data files are selected.

Figure 8- 3: Convert Spray Data Selection

If your customer requires the UTM coordinates in the Shape files, select “UTM X/Y” instead of
“Lat/Long”. If you don’t know, select “Lat/Long”.

7) Enter the Shape filename without extension “.shp”

Figure 8- 4: Enter Shape Filename

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 8) Select Shapefile Type:
• Coverage/Point: Each Spray On data record will be saved to the shape file as a rectangle with
width being the same as the swath width. Each Spray Off record will be saved as a single point.
• Point/Point: Each Spray On or Spray Off record will be saved as a single point in the shape file.
• Line/Line: Each Spray On or Spray Off data record will be saved as a line in the shape file.
• Separate: Spray On and Spray Off data will be saved separately.
• Combine: Spray On and Spray Off data will be saved to the same file. This option is available
when “Point/Point” or “Line/Line” was selected.

Figure 8- 5: Select Shape Type

9) Click “OK” to start the conversion. The cursor is changed to hour glass during conversion. It changes
to arrow pointer when conversion is done.

The output files are created and saved in the folder where the flight data files were selected.

Figure 8- 6: Output Files from Conversion

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Notes:

The prj files generated for Shape are the map projection files, not AgNav project files.

If you select Coverage/Point or Point/Point type, the *.dbf files contain the flight data for each SprOn and
SprOff point in the *.shp file. You can select the data to be saved by:

i. Click Open Menu.

ii. Select “Crop to Text”. A dialog is opened.

Figure 8- 7: Select Data to Output to DBF Files

iii. Check mark the data you want to save to dbf files. Note that the “Text/dbf” option must be “dbf”.
iv. When done, select “Exit”.

Now you can convert data to Shape files and get selected data saved in dbf files.

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9. AgNav to KML Conversion

KML stands for Keyhole Markup Language which is used to manage 3-D geospatial data in Google Earth. You
can use SprayView to convert spray and flight data in an AGNAV file to a KML file for display on Google maps
in Google Earth.

You can download and install Google Earth from [Link]

Once you have Google Earth installed in your computer, you can overlay KML files generated by SprayView on
Google maps to view the application.

If you select Shapefile in the Guia system, you will have to convert Shapefile to AgNav file first, then convert
AgNav to KML.

To convert AgNav to KML, do the following:

1) Click Open Area/Project .

2) Select the desired area file *.no1 or project file *.prj from the list of area and project files.

Figure 9 - 1: Select Area File

3) If flight data files are not selected automatically, select flight data files. Click Open Menu Add Flight
Data.

4) Click Go to replay data.

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 Figure 9 - 2: Replay Flight Path

5) If the data is OK, click Open Menu

6) Select Convert Spray Data AgNav To KML. Note that Convert Spray Data is disabled when no
spray data files are selected.

Figure 9 - 3: Select Convert Data To KML

7) Enter the KML filename without extension “.kml”. By default, the area name is used for KML filename.

Figure 9- 4: Enter KML Filename

8) Enter the information on the “KML Report Settings” dialog. The date should be the date when the
spray was done. You can select what information to be shown by clicking the square box on each item.
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 A checkmark in the box indicates that the item is selected. If “Spray Points” is checked, each spray
record will be saved to the KMZ file as a data point for detail analysis.

Figure 9 - 5: KML Report Settings

9) If you want to save the current information as defaults for future use, click “Save Default Info” then
enter a filename for the settings. If you want to use your own default info saved before, click “Load
Default Info” button then select the settings file.

10) Click “Generate KML File” to start the conversion. The cursor is changed to hour glass during
conversion. It changes to arrow pointer when conversion is done.

11) Note the path and KML/KMZ filename shown in the “Conversion done” dialogue. Click OK.

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10. Spray Data Display on Google Earth

The KML/KMZ files generated by SprayView can be displayed on the 3D maps of Google Earth. First you
must have Google Earth installed in your computer. To display a KML file on Google Earth maps, do the
following:

1) Select “My Computer” or run “Windows Explorer” or “File Explorer” then go to the folder you have the
KML/KMZ file. The output KML file is normally stored in the folder where you have the area file.

Figure 10- 1: Find KML/KMZ File

2) Select the desired KML or KMZ file *.kmz (double click). As an example, the file “[Link]” is
selected. The area name is “testarea”. Note that KMZ is the compression of KML file. To save space
on your hard drive, SprayView might make the KMZ file instead of KML file.

3) If you have Google Earth installed in your computer, Google Earth will run automatically showing your
spray area (red), spray data (pink) and flight path (yellow).

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 Figure 10- 2: Spray Display on Google Earth’s Map

4) Your spray mission is listed in the Temporary Places on the left panel. You can zoom in or zoom out by
using the scale bar at the right side of the display to have a better display. You can move the map by
holding down the left mouse key and moving the mouse at the same time. Release the mouse button
when the map is shown at the desired location.

5) Also at the bottom of the left panel, you see the list of Layers. Google displays the information on the
map when it has a check mark. You should check off the “Terrain” to see your spray area and spray
data. Your KML file also has layers to show spray area, spray on and flight path. To view your data
layers, click the “+” button at the left of the area name, for example “testarea”, to show the layers.

6) By default, all data layers are displayed. You can click on any blue header to see information. For
example, by clicking the “Spray Area”, you will see the area information.

Figure 10- 3: View Spray Area

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 7) Click “Spray Report” to see the report that you made in SprayView.

Figure 10- 4: View Spray Report

8) You can explore Google Earth by checking on/off display of layers to see the changes on the map. If
“Spray Points” was selected when generating the KMZ file, you can expand the Spray Points and click
at any point on the map to see the spray data.

9) You can view data in 3-D by using the navigation buttons (left, right, up, down with a circle showing N
for North). You can add a place mark with a push pin. There are a lot more nice things you can do in
Google Earth. Surely you will enjoy learning this software.

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11. Polygon Digitizing in Google Earth

From the maps in Google Earth, you can digitize a polygon and save it to a KML file. SprayView can import
the KML file and save the polygon as boundary of a spray area in a *.no1 file.

To do this,

1) Run Google Earth.

2) Find the map where your spray areas are.

Figure 11- 1: Locate Map on Google Earth

3) Zoom in or out for best view of map.

4) From the Add menu of Google Earth, select Polygon. The New Polygon dialog box appears and cursor
changes to a square icon. You can resize the dialog box to get more space for the map. Make sure
your polygon is shown clearly.

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 Figure 11- 2: Add Polygon

5) Enter the properties of polygon. For polygon or area name, the first 3 characters must be “spr” followed
by a desired name. Do not use a space or special characters. You can use underscore “_” or dash “-“.
As an example, we name the area “sprTest1”.

Figure 11- 3: Polygon Properties

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 Figure 11- 4: Enter Polygon Name

6) For Description, you can enter the same as polygon name.

7) As default, the polygon will be painted white on the map. If desired, you can select the color of polygon
but this is not necessary.

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 Figure 11- 5: Enter Color of Polygon

8) Now move the square cursor to the polygon. Click around the outline of polygon to add points. You
should click the points in clockwise order.

Figure 11- 6: Mark Polygon

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 9) When done, click the button “OK” on the dialog box to save the polygon.

10) The new polygon ‘sprTest1” is shown in the Temporary folder in the left panel.

11) To save the polygon to a file, highlight the polygon name “sprTest1”.

Figure 11- 7: Select Polygon to Save

12) Select File Save Save Place As

Figure 11- 8: Save Place As

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 13) Enter the KMZ file name. Then click Save. Note that you can also select to save the polygon to a KML
file. With the KML file, it’s easy to check the content of file if there is a problem. You should know
where you save the file. To keep life simple, you should save all files related to Guia or AGNAV system
to the AGNAV folder. The advantage is that it’s easy to look for it later.

Figure 11- 9: Save Polygon to KMZ File

14) If you want to make another polygon, repeat steps 2 to 13.

15) When all done, exit Google Earth.

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 Convert KMZ Files to Spray Area Files
1) Run SprayView.
2) Click Open Area/Project .

3) Select [Link]. Make sure all parameters (Central Meridian, Swath Width, etc..) are correct.

4) Select Open Menu Import Single Conversion (KML/KMZ).

Figure 11- 10: Import Google Earth File

5) Select the desired KML or KMZ file.

Figure 11- 11: Select KML/KMZ File

6) If you have more than one polygon in the KML file and want to combine them for spraying together in
the Guia, select “Yes”. If you want to spray all polygons separately, select “No”.

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 Figure 11- 12: Combine Multiple Polygons

7) If everything is OK, the polygon or spray area obtained from the KML/KMZ file is shown.

Figure 11- 13: Check New Area

8) Point the cursor to the center of area and verify if the coordinates of area are correct. The coordinates
of cursor are displayed at the bottom of screen.

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 Digitizing Exclusion Zones
You can digitize exclusion zones from the maps in Google Earth. Follow the procedure to make a spray
polygon first and save it to a KML or KMZ file. Then do the following:

1) Run Google Earth and select File Open

2) Select the KML/KMZ file that has the spray polygon, for example [Link]. The filename is shown
under Temporary Places.

3) Click the filename to show the spray polygon name, i.e. sprTest1.

Figure 11- 14: Digitize Exclusion Zone

4) Now add a new polygon for an exclusion zone. The procedure is the same as that of digitizing a spray
polygon, except that the name of polygon must start with “xcl” instead of “spr”. For example, if the
spray polygon is named “sprTest1”, the exclusion zone should be named “xclTest1”.

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 Figure 11- 15: Digitize Exclusion Zone

Figure 11- 16: Enter XCL Name

5) If you have more exclusion zones, just add a new polygon and use the same name for the polygon, i.e.
“xclTest1”.
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 6) After finishing all XCL polygons, save them to the KMZ or KML file. To do this, right click on the
filename then select Save Place As. Don’t change the filename, overwrite it.

Figure 11- 17: Save Spray Area and Exclusion Zone

Now your [Link] file has both the spray polygon and exclusion zone.

When importing the KML/KMZ in SprayView, the exclusion zone will be saved in a *.xcl file.

Figure 11- 18: Spray Area and Exclusion Zone

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12. Project (Multiple Areas) Digitizing in Google Earth

In the Guia, you can select to spray a single area or multiple areas. Multiple areas can be combined into a
project. You can digitize multiple areas in Google Earth and save all polygons to a KML or KMZ file.
SprayView can import the KML/KMZ file and generate a project file *.prj for your Guia system.

To do this,

1) Run Google Earth.

2) Find the map where your spray areas are.

Figure 12- 1: Locate Map on Google Earth

3) Zoom in or out for best view of map.

4) From the Add menu of Google Earth, select Polygon. The New Polygon dialog box appears and cursor
changes to a square icon. You can resize the dialog box to get more space for the map. Make sure
your polygon is shown clearly.

5) Enter the properties of polygon. For polygon or area name, the first 3 characters must be “spr” followed
by a desired name. Do not use a space or special characters. You can use underscore “_” or dash “-“.
As an example, we name the area “spr_PrjTest”.

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 Figure 12- 2: Project Name

6) Now move the square cursor to the polygon. Click around the outline of polygon to add points. You
should click the points in clockwise order.

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 Figure 12- 3: Mark First Polygon

7) When done, click the button “OK” on the dialog box to save the polygon.

8) The new polygon ‘spr_PrjTest” is shown in the Temporary Places in the left panel.

9) Save the polygon to a file by highlighting the polygon name. Then select File Save Save Place As

10) Enter the filename or just use the default name, for example “spr_PrjTest”. You can select to save it as
a KML or KMZ file. You should know where you save the file. To keep life simple, you should save all
files related to the Guia or AGNAV system to the AGNAV folder.

11) After saving, open the file. Select File Open.

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 Figure 12- 4: Open Project File

12) Look for the file you saved before, for example “spr_PrjTest.kmz”.

Figure 12- 5: Select KMZ File to Open

13) Select “Yes” to reload the polygon.

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 14) The left panel will show the KMZ filename “spr_PrjTest.kmz” under Temporary Places.

Figure 12- 6: Left Panel

15) Click the “+” sign to display polygon name “spr_PrjTest” under filename.

16) The selected polygon is shown. To see the map background, right click on the polygon name,
“spr_PrjTest”. Then select “Properties” from the pop-up menu.

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 Style of Area

Figure 12- 7: Polygon Properties

17) Select “Style, Color”. Then change the Style of Area to “Outlined”. This will turn off the polygon fill.
Then click “OK”.

18) Assuming that we have an exclusion zone (XCL) on this area. To digitize the exclusion zone, select
Add Polygon.

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 XCL

Figure 12- 8: Add Exclusion Zone

19) Enter the polygon name. Remember the first 3 characters must be “xcl” (lowercase). For example
“xcl_poly1”. You can change the colors of lines and area on the “Style, Color” page.

20) Now move the square cursor to the XCL polygon. Click around the outline of polygon to add points.
You should click the points in clockwise order. As shown in the figure above, the exclusion zone is
plotted in red, no fill.

21) Click “OK” button on the dialog box to finish the polygon. The left panel should show the name of the
exclusion zone.

22) Assuming that we have another spray polygon to digitize. We want to add this polygon into a project
for spraying. To do this, select Add Polygon.

23) Enter polygon name. Remember to use “spr” for the first 3 characters. For example “spr_poly2”.

24) Move the square cursor to the second spray polygon and click around the boundary.

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 Second
Spray Polygon

Figure 12- 9: Digitize Second Spray Polygon

25) When done, click “OK” on the dialog box. The left panel should show the name of the second spray
polygon.

26) If you have an exclusion zone on this polygon, select Add Polygon.

27) Enter the name of the second XCL. Remember the name should start with “xcl”. For example
“xcl_poly2”.

28) Move the square cursor to the second XCL polygon and click around the boundary.

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 Second
XCL

Figure 12- 10: Digitize Second XCL

29) When done, click “OK” on the dialog box. The left panel should show the name of the second XCL.

30) If you have more polygons to digitize, repeat steps 22 to 25. For another XCL, repeat steps 26 to 29.

31) After finishing all polygons, save them to the KMZ or KML file. To do this, select File Save Save
Place As.

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 Figure 12- 11: Save Project

32) Do not change the filename. Click the “Save” button on the dialog box to continue.

Figure 12- 12: Save Dialog

33) Select “Yes” to confirm replacing file.

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 Figure 12- 13: Confirm Replacing File

34) When done, close Google Earth.

35) To make a project file for Guia, run SprayView.

36) Select Open Area. Then select [Link].

37) Select Open Menu Import.

38) Select the KMZ file you created in Google Earth, for example “spr_PrjTest.kmz”. Then click “Open”.

Figure 12- 14: Select KMZ in SprayView

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 39) When the conversion is done, note the new project filename and where it is saved. As in the example,
the project filename should be “spr_PrjTest.prj”.

40) Select Open Area. Then select the project filename. Click “Open”.

Figure 12- 15: Open Project in SprayView

41) When being asked to select spray or flight data files, select “Cancel” for no data.

42) The project is open showing two spray areas and two exclusion zones.

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 Figure 12- 16: Project in SprayView

43) You can copy this project to a USB key for use in the Guia or AGNAV system. Note that each project
has at least one *.prj file and one *.dsp file. If there are exclusion zones, the *.xcl file will be copied as
well.

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 13. Variable Flow Rates
13.1 Creating a new Variable Flow Rate area
When you have need to spray different application rates for different areas, you can use the Variable
Flow Rate function in SprayView to set the application rates for the areas.

Figure 14- 1: Variable Flow Rate Button

To access this function, first open a spray area, project, or a map.

Figure 14- 2: Open Area/Project for Variable Rate Prescription

Then click the button on the toolbar. A new window will appear with functions on the left panel.

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 Figure 13-2: VFR Panel

If you have a variable flow rate prescription (.vfr) file, you can load them by clicking “Load Area” and
selecting the .vfr file that you want to open.

To make a new variable rate prescription file, click the “Add Area” button. The new area “VFR1” is
shown in the area list.

Click the “Add Corners” button. Your mouse cursor will change into a crosshair. With the map
background and/or spray areas, you can define the boundary for each application rate.

Move the mouse to the location where you want to make the area then click on the boundary. When
you click, you will make a corner for the area.

Click around the area or polygon on the map background to make the boundary for the application rate.
If you want to delete any corner, click the “Delete Corner” button.

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 Figure 14- 3: Make VFR Area – Enter Boundary

When you are done, click the “End” button on the left panel.

When you end the area, SprayView will show a dialogue for you to enter the desired application rate.

Figure 14- 4: Make VFR Area - Enter Desired Application Rate

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 Enter the application rate and press “OK” to accept the value. If you want to change the application
rate, click the “Change AppRate” button then enter a new value.

Note the VFR area size and material needed to spray this area are shown on the left panel.

To make another VFR area, click the “Add Area” button and repeat the same sequence above.

When you finish making all VFR areas, click the “Save to File” button to save the areas and rates to a
file. Enter the prescription filename. The file extension must be “.vfr”. Then click “Save”.

Figure 14- 5: Make VFR Areas – Save To File

You can then load the .vfr file for viewing by pressing the button and pressing “Load Area”. Double
click the .vfr file you just made. You should now be able to see the variable flow rate areas on the
screen.

When done, click the button on the Tool bar to close the VFR function.

Important note: When you have one or more polygons inside another polygon, the inner polygons must be defined
first and then the outer polygon. A problem will happen if you have the outer polygon defined first then inner
polygons as shown in this example. There is one polygon inside a bigger polygon. Polygon 1 is the inner and must
be defined first. Polygon 2 is the outer and defined after. During flight, Guia will check if the aircraft is found
inside polygon 1, it will use the rate defined for polygon 1. If the aircraft is not inside polygon 1, then Guia will
check if it is inside polygon 2 or 3. If the aircraft is not inside any polygons, the default rate defined in the Guia
will be used.

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 13.2 Using a Prescription in Shape File to Create VFR File

To make a variable rate file *.vfr from a prescription file *.shp, do the following:

1) Run SprayView. Then Open an area/project, click Open Area/Project .

2) From the "Open Area (*.no1), Project (*.prj), or [Link] File" dialog, select an area or project file.
The best one would be the area you will work on with this vfr file, for example “Halton_Poly1.no1”. This
is used as reference for geodetic info.

Figure 14- 6: Open Area

3) Click the button “VFR”.

Figure 14- 7: VFR Button on the Tool Bar

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 4) On the left panel, click “Load Area”

Figure 14- 8: Load VFR Areas

5) Select your shp file. Click “Open”. Note that this file should have the prescription in the dbf file, i.e.
target application rate is read from the “WATER” column.

6) Polygons and var rates are shown on the left panel. The last polygon is highlighted for your verification.

Figure 14- 9: VFR Polygon Display

7) Check the data shown on screen, i.e. polygon boundary and application rate. For example, polygon
VFR8 has app rate of 20.00 lit/ha.

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 8) Click another polygon on the left panel to check other polygon. If you want to change the application
rate, just click “Change AppRate” and enter the desired value.

9) When finishing checking all polygons, click “Save To File”.

Figure 14- 10: Save VFR

10) Enter the VFR filename. The file extension must be “.vfr”. By default the filename is the same as your
shp filename.

11) Click “Save” to save the file.

12) Click the button on the Tool bar to close Variable Flow Rate function.

13) Copy the vfr file to a USB key. And copy it to the Guia by using File Manager.

14) Remember to select to “Load Variable Rates” before you select an area to fly or make a new area. The
polygons and var rates will be loaded into memory for use during flight.

Note that all polygons that have application rate of 0.0 L/Ha or Gals/Acre won’t be saved to the vfr file. These
polygons should be created as exclusion zones in the spray areas or projects.

When applying variable rates, the way the Guia works is that when receiving new coordinates of aircraft, Guia
will check if the a/c is inside any polygon. It starts checking from the first polygon in the list, i.e. VFR1, to the
last polygon, i.e. VFR8 in this example. If Guia found the a/c is inside a polygon, it will stop checking and use
the app rate assigned to this polygon for flow control.

Important note: When you have one or more polygons inside another polygon, the inner polygons must be defined
first and then the outer polygon. A problem will happen if you have the outer polygon defined first then inner
polygons as shown in this example. There are 2 polygons inside a polygon. Polygon 1 is inner and defined first.
This is OK. Polygon 2 is the outer and defined second. Polygon 3 is an inner and defined last. This is NOT good
because when a/c is inside polygon 3, Guia will find it inside polygon 2 first so it will stop and use app rate of 20
lit/ha for flow control instead of 30 lit/ha defined for polygon 3.

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 Figure 14- 11: Polygon Conflict

To fix this problem, you can use the button “Move Up” or “Down”. Highlight polygon 2, i.e. “VFR2”, then click
the button “Down” to move it down the list. This will make polygon 3 polygon 2 in the list, and polygon 2
becomes polygon 3.

Figure 14- 12: Fix Polygon Conflict

Problem solved.

When you change anything, remember to save the changes to file. Just click “Save To File” and click “Save”.
Confirm overwriting file if the same file is used.

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14. Ground Mapping

If you use the GPS Ground Logger system provided by AG-NAV, you can map a boundary of an area on
ground.

Figure 14- 13: GPS Ground Logger

When walking or driving around the area, the Ground Logger will log the path and save it to a micro SD card in
the system. You can use SprayView to view the path and digitize the spray areas for your Guia system.

To do this,

1) When you are ready to mark boundary, turn on the GPS Ground Logger.
2) Read the Quick Start guide to the Ground Logger available on our website.

Figure 14- 14: GPS Ground Logger - Buttons

Make sure that before you start recording, the device has locked onto satellites and that you have a
good signal. Go into “Measure” and press “Start” to start recording data.

3) Walk or drive around the boundary. If you want to mark a special point, press the MARK button.
4) When finished mapping, press “Save” and your area will be saved to a TRL file.
5) If you want to map another area, repeat steps 2-4. Every time you press Save, your area data is saved
and you start recording your next area.
6) When all mapping is done, turn off Ground Logger.
7) Attach the USB cable to the Ground Logger and plug the USB cable into the computer.

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 8) Run “My Computer”. Open the Ground Logger drive and open the “Area” folder. Copy the contents of
the “Area” folder onto a place on your hard drive.
9) Run SprayView.
10) Click “Open Area” and select the [Link] file. Check all information shown on screen. The
[Link] should have correct Geodetics settings (type of coordinates, ellipsoid, datum shifts, etc..).

Figure 14- 3: SprayView – Check [Link]

11) When all data is correct, click OK to accept all settings and continue.
12) Click “Open Menu”, then “Convert Map File”, then “to SHP” then “Lat/Long”. Select the TRL file.

Figure 14- 15: Getting to TRL File selection

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 Figure 14- 5: Selecting the TRL File

13) A message will pop up confirming successful conversion of the TRL file. Your map will be displayed on
the screen.

Figure 14- 6: Map Display

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