Change map and data file locations

The locations of the map, database, and guidance files are set by default during installation. If you move these files, you need to change the paths to the files inside FH Mobile Response, so that it can find them in the new location.

Warning: If FH Mobile Response cannot find these files, it may cease to run correctly.

  1. Choose Go → Config → Data Locations.

    The Data Locations dialog box appears, displaying the Map tab.

    Basic 

    Premium 

  2. On the Map tab, under Map Document Path (.mxd), type the path to the file or click Browse, and then use the file browser that appears to navigate to the map document file.

    This file contains one map and its associated layers and tables.

    The map document path is an Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)-compatible map file, or a .MXD (extension .mxd) file. This file describes the layers and data tables that make up the map, and how they should be drawn.

    Note: The map file can refer wholly or partially to an external map service such as an ArcServer SDE or web map. If an external layer is unavailable, FH Mobile Response continues to function and draw the available layers.

  3. Click the File Synchronization tab.

    Basic 

    Premium 

  4. For Source File Location (Server), click Browse, and then use the file browser that appears to navigate to the location on a shared network drive where preplan data files for FH Mobile Response are stored and maintained.

    If you update the files on this shared network drive, you can synchronize the copy of these files on your mobile computer by downloading the file updates. Information on synchronizing the data files is available in Download file updates.

  5. For Destination File Location (Local),click Browse, and then use the file browser that appears to navigate to the location on your mobile computer where preplan data files should be copied to when you download file updates from the shared network drive specified in Source File Location (Server).
  6. Click the Pictometry tab.

    Pictometry is a third-party application embedded into FH Mobile Response. It is similar to Bing Bird's Eye imagery, in that the photographs it displays are taken at a 45-degree angle, oriented in four directions. Pictometry adds measurement tools to help you analyze a location.

    Information on Pictometry is available at http://www.eagleview.com/Products/ImageSolutionsAnalytics/PictometryImagery.aspx.

    Note: Pictometry must be properly configured with a license file and warehouse file to work in FH Mobile Response.

  7. For Pictometry License File (*.plf), click Browse, and then use the file browser that appears to navigate to the location of the Pictometry license file.
  8. Under Pictometry Directory (*.PIW), do the following.

    A file browser appears. Pictometry data is stored in a "data warehouse" (a hierarchy of directories), and each directory contains a .PIW file that points to the data in its directory and to other sub-directories. This lets you support multiple directories of data, and gives you the option to be selective about which directories of data you use.

    Example: If you have the directory hierarchy for an entire city, you can add only the .PIW file in the top-level directory of the hierarchy and load all the city map data. If you only want to only load the data for a specific parts of the city, you could add .PIW files from lower levels of the hierarchy instead.

  9. Click OK.

    The Save Configuration dialog box appears.

  10. Click OK.
  11. Exit and restart FH Mobile Response.