Creating New Sessions
New sessions are created by clicking the Create a new session icon in the Session Manager tool bar. This opens the session editor wizard in the lower portion of the Session Manager window. Enter the name, a description, and select one or more data sources. The session name is required, but the description and data source selection is optional.
The session's visibility is indicated to the right of the session name entry field. Private visibility means that the session can only be seen by the user that created it. Public visibility means that the session can be seen by all users except for users with a private session having the same name as the public session. The session is created with public visibility if the OpenSpirit Desktop is in admin mode. OpenSpirit Desktop is in admin mode when running the on the OpenSpirit administrator account. OpenSpirit Desktop can also be put into admin mode using the admin mode toggle in the desktop tool bar.
Press the button in the lower right corner of the session editor wizard to advance to the Units and Coordinates panel.
The data sources that were selected on the previous wizard panel appear in a list at the top of the Units and Coordinates panel. The session's coordinate reference system can be selected from one of these data sources, or it can be selected from the list of predefined EPSG coordinate reference systems by clicking the button. See the Coordinate System Preferences section of the OpenSpirit Desktop Help guide for information about using the EPSG coordinate system selection window.
A window will appear after the session coordinate system is selected that asks if you want to use the coordinate system for the session's unit preferences. Answering yes causes the unit preferences to be set to the units found in the selected coordinate system.
The last step to creating the session is to select the unit preferences and then press the save button in the Session Manager tool bar to create the session. The new session appears in the session list when the save is performed.