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When adopting existing boundary observations is there a any difference between having the underlying boundary observations layer on, selecting a line and right click adopt as opposed to going through the adopt observation sequence process?

I have completed the process using the right click adopt approach BUT when the lines appear in the traverse/boundary capture they are missing three fields; bearing/distance source, survey class, equipment - all required before prevalidation can be completed. Why can't the adopted lines hold these attributes as well? This seems to defeat the purpose of adopting these observations when you have to extensively edit these lines anyway. Any thoughts?

There are two methods of Adopting the Underlying Observations from the Landonline spatial window. Both perform the same function but one is quicker than the other:

First method:
In the Current Layers, check the box next to 'Underlying Marks' and 'Underlying Observations' - these will draw up spatially. Make the 'Underlying Observations' layer the active layer (click on the wording of the layer). The user can then select one observation or multiple (by holding the shift key down), right click the mouse and select 'Adopt' The observation (and node, if not already adopted) will be adopted.

Second Method:
In the Current Layers, check the box next to 'Underlying Marks' and 'Underlying Observations' - these will draw up spatially. Make the Underlying Marks layer the active layer (click on the wording of the layer), holding the shift key down select the Start and End node of the parcel in question holding the observations (the Start and End nodes cannot be the same node), go up to Capture|Adopt Existing|Adopt Observation Sequence. The system prompts the user to then select an underlying parcel that the adopted observation sequence is based on. The user then highlights the 'Live Parcels All' layer then selects the parcel that the observations are associated to; a Continue icon appears at the top of the screen for the user to then select. There is a waiting period for the system to now go and adopt those observations. In order to complete adopting the observations for that parcel, the user has to repeat these steps.

The first method is quicker than the second.

Regardless of the method used, the fields in question are not populated as it is information that was captured at the time for that plan. This information is not held in Landonline for adopting, and has to be manually entered by the user to meet the requirements of the plan currently being captured. We know this occurs but the adopted observations have to be in terms of your plan as your plan may be of a different Class etc.

If you import XML files - part of the process in 3rd party software is to identify these fields in question, even though the data may have been extracted from Landonline. Therefore importing an XML file will - if done correctly - populate all these fields. Manually capturing a plan in Landonline requires the user to manually enter all data into all fields. The adopting observation process does the same thing. While the observations are correctly adopted the user must manually ensure the rest of the details of that observation are entered to ensure that all data is relevant to the plan being captured.