# To stake out positions relative to the road

1. In the Stake field, select To the road, or double‑tap an empty part of the map. This will clear any selected items in the map, leaving you ready to stake positions relative to the road.

2. To stake points offset from the road, leaving the roadway clear for construction, define a construction offset.

3. To view the perpendicular cut/fill to the road, select Options and in the Road group box set the Design cut/fill field to Perpendicular.

4. Tap Start.

5. Use the plan or cross section view to see your position relative to the road.

   If your current position is:

   - Within 30 m of the horizontal alignment, the plan view shows a dashed green line drawn at a right angle from your current position to the alignment.
   - More than 30 meters from the horizontal alignment, the software navigates you to a position on the horizontal alignment. This is calculated by projecting your current position at right angles to the horizontal alignment.

6. When the point is within tolerance, tap Measure to measure the point.

   When using a Trimble SX12 scanning total station in TRK mode with the laser pointer enabled, the Stakeout screen shows the Mark point softkey instead of the Measure softkey. Tap Mark point to put the instrument into STD mode. The laser pointer stops flashing and moves to position itself at the EDM location. When you tap Accept to store the point, the instrument automatically returns to TRK mode and the laser pointer resumes flashing. To remeasure and update the stakeout deltas, tap Measure after you tap Mark point and before you tap Accept. For more information, see EDM settings.

7. Tap Store.

   The software returns to the navigation screen.

   You can then:

   - Continue measuring points along the road.
   - Tap Esc to exit this stakeout method.
   - Change stakeout methods. To stake:
     - To the road, double-tap an empty part of the map.
     - To a string, tap the string in the map.
     - A Station on a string, tap the station on a string in the map.