Patent ID: 8224577

Claim:
Method for setting up a mobile work machine ( 1 ), in which the subsurface ( 28 ) at a location of use is analyzed with regard to its composition and/or load-bearing capacity, before the work machine ( 1 ) is positioned there and/or oriented and supported by means of support legs ( 20 , 24 ) that can be moved out, into suitable set-up positions (VR, VL, HR, HL), in accordance with the subsurface composition and load-bearing capacity that has been determined, wherein geodata ( 38 ) of a geographic area that contains the location of use, having a layer of known subsurface data ( 40 ) that define the subsurface composition and load-bearing capacity, are read into a data memory ( 44 ), by way of a computer, wherein the geographic position of the work machine ( 1 ) and its orientation at the location of use are determined and linked with the geodata and subsurface data ( 38 , 40 ) that have been read in, in the form of a data set that defines at least the geographic set-up positions (VR, VL, HR, HL) of the extended support legs ( 20 , 24 ), and wherein the work machine ( 1 ), with its support legs ( 20 , 24 ), is navigated into a suitable set-up position, in accordance with the geodata and subsurface data that have been read in, in each instance.