Consider the following best practices when importing point coordinates from a field book file:
When importing point coordinates from an FBK file, you need to distinguish between the US Survey Foot and the International Foot. If the units in your field book (FBK) file are in US Survey Foot, you must specify this in the FBK file, using the <UNIT USFOOT DMS> tag. Once this is done, the coordinates in the Survey database will match the FBK file values.
If the units in the FBK file are in International Foot (<UNIT FOOT DMS>) and the Survey database is set to a zone that uses US Survey Foot, the coordinates are converted automatically.
When entering coordinates, you must use the correct field book "language" syntax. In a field book file, coordinates must always be entered in the following order: Northing, Easting, and Elevation. You cannot reverse this order.
This sample line contains the correct syntax for a field book file entry: NE SS 1 200.00 600.00 100.00 or NEZ 1 200.00 600.00 100.00.
NEZ command should be used only for fixed control points, whereas NE SS should be used for numerous non-control points, such as those collected and reduced by GPS RTK surveys.