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.