Manage your field data with easy-to-use software
SOLO Office software, the Windows-based companion product for SOLO Field, helps you manage your SOLO Field projects. SOLO Office has many of the same functions as SOLO Field, and adds several project management tools including SHP file extraction, image preparation, user-defined ASCII export, batch transfer, printing and much more.

Because SOLO Office is Windows-based, and it has an interface that's similar to SOLO Field, it's intuitive and easy to learn and use. SOLO Office makes it easy to manage your SOLO Field projects.

Project management
SOLO Office provides several key project management features. You can package your projects for download into your field data collector to eliminate forgotten files and errors caused by changed settings. You can also selectively transfer files to avoid sending files you already have in your data collector, and merge multiple projects together for easier file management and export.

SOLO Field
TDS SOLO Field GIS mapping software lets you gather position and attribute data on a handheld computer such as the rugged TDS Recon or Ranger, or other Pocket PC or Windows devices. And SOLO Field provides advanced features for advanced users while remaining easy to learn and operate.

SHP file extraction
The SHP File Extraction routine lets you open your large ESRI SHP files in SOLO Office, and then extract only the region that you need in the field. You can download the resulting SHP file into your field data collector for use as a basemap. And you can choose the attributes in the associated database file to download, saving significant amounts of memory on your field data collector.

User-defined ASCII export
To customize the output of your collected data, use the SOLO Office advanced ASCII output wizard. This wizard lets you specify the output order for your data as well as separators, headers, footers and more. And you can create and store multiple profiles for use with future projects.

Image preparation
Using the image preparation routine, you can specify a particular region of an existing image to take into the field. The selected region will be clipped from the original image and stored in the TDS SIF format for use with SOLO Field. TIFF file images will be compressed during the conversion to SIF format. And you can establish geo-reference information for scanned-in images.

Printing and plotting
SOLO Office lets you send your data to any Windows-supported printer or plotter. You can print whatever is currently displayed in the map view, or you can send collected data, basemaps and images to the selected output device. You can also print your feature files for a hard-copy reference.