NADCON


User Manual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 March 2013

 

 

 

This document has been prepared by Information Manufacturing Corporation, 310 State Route 956, Rocket Center, WV. 26726, under Contract Number EA133E-06-NC-0503. 

Reviewed and edited by Cindy Craig, NGS


Table of Contents

Section 1 – What Is NADCON Used for?. 1

1.1   The Purpose of NADCON.. 1

1.2   What Does NADCON Do?. 1

SECTION 2 – NADCON Features 3

2.1   Why Was a new NADCON Developed?. 3

2.2   What’s New - NADCON Key Features. 3

2.2.1   The Basics. 3

2.2.2   The Details. 3

2.3   Datums. 5

2.3.1   Available Datum Conversions. 5

2.3.2   Additional Details About the Grid Files. 5

Section 3 – Using NADCON. 7

3.1   Opening  NADCON

3.2   Converting Data Points – General Information. 7

3.3   Converting a Single Data Point 8

3.3.1   Method. 8

3.3.2  Coordinate Formats. 9

3.3.3  Using the Clipboard. 11

3.4  Converting Multiple Data Points. 12

3.4.1   Method. 12

3.4.2   File Format Descriptions. 12

3.5   Removing, Adding, and Main-taining Conversion Types. 15

3.5.1   The Basics. 15

3.5.2   Adding a New Datum Transformation. 16

3.5.3  Removing a Datum Transformation. 17

3.5.4  Tailoring the Appearance or Order of a Datum Transformation. 17

3.6   Viewing Conversion Reports. 18

3.6.1   Conversion Detail Report 18

3.6.2   Conversion Summary Report 19

3.6.3   Conversion Summary Error Reports. 20

3.7   Help. 21

SECTION 4 – Troubleshooting. 22

4.1   General Trouble-shooting Tips. 22

4.2   Error Messages. 23

SECTION 5 - Technical Information About This Release. 25

5.1   System and Operational Require-ments. 25

5.1.1   Requirements for a Locally-Installed Application. 25

5.2   Installing NADCON.

5.3   Installing the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 29

5.3.1   NADCON Requires a Java Runtime Environment (JRE). 29

5.3.2   Checking for Existing JRE Software. 29

5.3.3   Locating Java using Add or Remove Programs. 31

5.3.4   Installing the Java Runtime Environment 32

5.3.5   Ensure that the Java bin Directory is in the Path Environment Variable. 34

5.4   Release Notes. 37

5.4.1    New and/or Key Features. 37

5.4.2   Brief Design Overview.. 38

5.4.3   System Design Diagrams. 39

5.4.4   Software Description. 41

5.4.5   Data Flow Diagram.. 41

SECTION 6.0  Additional References 43

6.1  Reference Documents and Web Sites. 43

6.2  Contact Information. 43

 List of Figures

Figure 2-1:   Graphic Representation of Latitude and Longitude. 4

Figure 3-1:   NADCON Main Form (Locally- Installed on the Workstation) 7

Figure 3-2:   NADCON Main Form – Web-based Application. 8

Figure 3-3:   Main Form: Converting a Single Data Point versus Multiple Data Points. 9

Figure 3-4:   Maintain Conversion Types Form.. 17

Figure 3-5:   Conversion Detail Report 19

Figure 3-6:   Conversion Summary Report 21

Figure 3-7:   Conversion Summary Error Report 22

Figure 5-1:   File Download screen. 28

Figure 5-2:   NADCON Setup Wizard screen. 29

Figure 5-3:   NADCON Select Installation Folder screen. 30

Figure 5-4:   NADCON Confirm Installation  screen. 31

Figure 5-5:   Control Panel screen. 32

Figure 5-6:   Java Control Panel screen. 33

Figure 5-7:   About Java (Java Version Information) 34

Figure 5-8:   Add or Remove Programs screen. 34

Figure 5-9:   Java Support Information screen. 35

Figure 5-10:   Java Free Download screen. 35

Figure 5-11:   Java Begin Download screen. 36

Figure 5-12:   ActiveX Control message. 36

Figure 5-13:   Internet Explorer Installation Security Warning. 36

Figure 5-14:   Java License Agreement 37

Figure 5-15:   System Properties screen. 38

Figure 5-16:   Environment Variables screen. 39

Figure 5-17:   Graphic Representation of Latitude and Longitude. 40

Figure 5-18:   NADCON Architecture. 43

Figure 5-19:   System Classes and Relationships. 43

Figure 5-20:   Module and Class Structure for Interaction of UI and Library Classes. 43

Figure 5-21:   NADCON Data Flow Diagram.. 44