July 17, 2008:
Carlson Software Introduces All-New Simplicity ‘Sight’ Survey 2009.
Get well orchestrated harmony of COGO and CAD with this new release from Simplicity/Carlson that’s perfect for DOTs and for firms working with DOTs.
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June 30, 2008:
Carlson Survey 2009 Embedded AutoCAD® Just Released.
Carlson Software’s new release provides yet another choice for the surveyors and designers looking for feature-rich, intuitive surveying office software.
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April 28, 2008:
Carlson Software 2009 Office Solutions Released.
Get ready for increased productivity plus the ability to create better designs with Carlson’s new line-up of land development software solutions for 2009, all built to run on both AutoCAD® or Map® and IntelliCAD®.
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April 21, 2008:
Carlson Software and HydroCAD Form Alliance
A new alliance between Carlson Software Inc. and HydroCAD Software Solutions, LLC, to take advantage of the strengths of both companies and to benefit both companies' customers was recently revealed at the Carlson Silver Anniversary User Conference. HydroCAD is a Computer Aided Design tool used by civil engineers for modeling stormwater runoff.
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April 14, 2008:
Carlson Software to Give Users CAD Platform Choice.
At the opening session of the Carlson Silver Anniversary User Conference, Bruce Carlson, president and founder of Carlson Software Inc., announced the addition of the ability to run on IntelliCAD® (ICAD) to the 2009 releases of Carlson Software.
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March 11, 2008:
Carlson Software and Prolec U.K. Announce OEM Partnership.
Under a new agreement with Carlson Software, Prolec U.K. will be providing European distribution of Carlson machine control software and products.
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March 11, 2008:
All-New Carlson Grade 3.0 Introduced by Carlson Software.
Now contractors and heavy equipment operators have no need to buy or install more software than they need. Learn about Grade's Upgrade Option Authorization, Open Positioning Architecture, and User Defined Interface.
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March 3, 2008:
Carlson Software forms new Positioning & Machine Control Division
The construction industry is rapidly embracing technology and Carlson Software is ready with the newly formed Positioning & Machine Control Division incorporating its machine control software development team, a specialized sales force and global OEM distribution.
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Survey Product Comparison Chart
Product Carlson Survey for AutoCAD Carlson Survey Standalone 2008 Carlson Survey
Desktop
Carlson
SurvNET
Carlson Connect
Price $1500 $2995 $1000 $500 $Free
Requires Any AutoCAD or Map 2000 to 2008, LDT or Civil 3D None LDT 2007 or 2008 None LDT or Civil 3D
Summary Full-featured survey program running inside AutoCAD or Map. Built with AutoCAD 2007 OEM engine for complete survey with CAD package. Survey companion for LDT that runs inside LDT and is fully integrated with the LDT project database. Standalone data transfer and spreadsheet editor
with raw processing including network least-squares.
Free data transfer routines inside LDT or civil 3D.
           
Features*          
Data Collection
Transfer
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Edit-Process
Raw Data
Yes Yes Yes Yes No
SurvNET
(Network Least-
Sqaures)
Yes Yesn Yes Yes No
Field-To-Finish Yes Yes Yes No No
COGO Routines Yes Yes Yes No No
Deed Entry & Legal Descriptions Yes Yes Yes No No
Area Routines Yes Yes Yes No No
Centerline &
Cut Sheet Routines
Yes Yes Yes No No
AutoCAD Utilities Yes Yes Polyline Utilities only No No
Lot Files &
Lot Layout
Yes Yes No No No
Intersections &
Cul-de-sacs
Yes Yes No No No
Annotation Routines Yes Yes No No No
Contouring IYes Yes No No No
Surface Modeling & Volumes Yes Yes No No No
Profile Routines Yes Yes No No No
GIS Routines Yes Yes No No No
Coord. Conversion
CRD to MDB
Yes Yes No conversion needed No Yes
           
* This feature list is an overview. See sales representative for more details.