I don't have Pathfinder on my computer. I need to pull data off of my Trimble unit (Geoexplorer 6000 series) and save it on an external hard drive or USB key, without using Pathfinder. This way, I can send the storage device to a colleague in another location who has Pathdfinder and can import it properly and convert it to a shapefile for me. Is this possible? I've tried to copy and past raw data from the unit to my computer and have been met with an error.
Sending the GPS unit back and forth to import data from it is quite expensive and I'm trying to avoid this.
Best Answer
You don't actually need the full Pathfinder Office suite to get your data off the handheld and onto a PC, all you need is the Trimble Data Transfer Utility. It's a free download. The same utility is included in the full Pathfinder Office suite, but Trimble makes the data transfer utility freely available since (as you know) the people using GPS in the field, collecting the data, are often very geographically separated from the people processing and using the data. Ideally, everyone in your organization who uses a Trimble in the field would have the Data Transfer Utility installed.
If you don't have the rights to install software on your computer, Kevin's answer will work too, it's just a more error-prone procedure because you're selecting and copying a lot of files manually.