FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

1. How do I add the toolbox?

   ArcMap - open the ArcToolbox window pane, right click in the white space, and select Add Toolbox. From there, navigate to the folder that has the arcproject code in it and choose wq-processing-toolbox.pyt (single click), then click Open. The tools will be available in a toolbox called ArcProject WQ toolbox.

   ArcGIS Pro - go to the Insert tab, select the Toolbox dropdown and choose Add Toolbox. From there, navigate to the folder that has the arcproject code in it and choose wq-processing-toolbox.pyt (single click), then click Open. Afterward, the tools will be available from the Geoprocessing pane if you go to the Toolboxes view.

2. How do I add a water quality transect to the database?

   First, the transects require two files - a raw water quality file from the sonde as well as a gps track. The gps track should be a series of points with field called GPS_Date and GPS_Time. These fields should be added by default and you won't need to mess with the file once it is exported from the differential correction software (Trimble pathfinder). These fields are important because the underlying code trys to match the water quality data with the gps point using the timestamp.

   To add the transect to the database, open the ArcProject WQ toolbox, select Add Data, and open the