June 3, 2008:
Harry O. Ward, PE, Named VP of Carlson Software
In recognition of the growth that Carlson Software has been experiencing in civil engineering sales and its training division, Harry O. Ward, PE, has been named a vice president and as such, he will be directing the operations of Carlson College and the Civil Engineering Division.
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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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April 10, 2008:
Carlson Software Supports JAVAD GNSS.
Carlson Software recently announced that it will provide support for the all-new receiver technology provided by JAVAD GNSS.
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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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For Professional Land Surveyors Since 1983
What Is "Sight" Survey?
"Sight" Survey is a fully three dimensional coordinate geometry package containing all the tools you need to solve your day to day COGO problems! With a virtually unlimited capacity for points (over 3.5 trillion), "Sight" Survey is capable of projects from the smallest lot survey to the largest subdivision. And, if you're wondering about the word "Site" being misspelled as "Sight" rest assured we didn't misspell it. Why? Because "Sight" Survey is more than just a COGO program. It even includes a fully operational CAD program that allows you to compute your data and produce your drawing at the same time! With "Sight" Survey, you can SEE your work in progress! !
Major Features
 
Here are just a few of the features contained in the "Sight" Survey Feature List.

3.5 trillion point capacity.
Full suite of Inverse and Traverse routines including lines, curves, and stationing
Intersections including: Arc-Arc; Arc-Bearing; Arc-Distance;
Bearing-Arc; Bearing-Bearing; Bearing-Distance; Distance-Arc;
Distance-Bearing; Distance-Distance; Offset Intersection.
Adjustments including: Least Squares; Compass, Crandall, & Transit Rule; Metric/English conversions; Translation & Rotation.
Best Fit Routines for lines and curves, and three point curves.
Review, Edit, and Re-run traverse raw data from a spreadsheet style format.
Predetermined Areas for Two Parallel Sides, Radial Sides, and Line through a Point.
Defined Figures for use with Inverse routines and also with Point to Point Area routines.
Full suite of CAD routines including: 65,000 layers, Draw Entity; Cut, Copy, Paste; Import ASCII files, Bitmaps, AutoCAD DWG files, TrueCAD DRG files, and DXF files; Zooms; Screen Redraw; Multiple Drawing Ports; Undo & Redo up to 1000 actions; Plot to any Windows device.
Predefined and custom line types. You can even create your own custom line types.
Collector Connector
 
Finally, a low cost replacement for high-priced OEM* communications software! The Collector Connector, from Simplicity Systems, provides you with accurate PC to data collector communications all wrapped up in a quick, convenient, menu-driven, easy to use package. Collector Connector not only saves you money, but it allows you to easily.

Download ASCII data from your data collector to your PC through your computer's serial port!
Upload ASCII data from your PC to your data collector through your computer's serial port!
Transfer both raw data files and coordinate lists!
Automatically format downloaded coordinate files for use with your favorite COGO program!
Convert data collector coordinate files that are already on your PC into files that are compatible with your favorite COGO program!
Set and update COM port parameters such as Baud Rate, Data Bits, Stop Bits and Parity!
Select data collector and file types from a menu!
 
So just how easy is the Collector Connector to use?
he program begins and ends at the Configuration Menu. This screen allows you to select configuration items by moving the cursor with your arrow keys or mouse. A selected item may then be updated by choosing from the item's parameters as displayed in a pop-up menu.
 
After setting the configuration information, your next step is to select your data recorder type from the menu of supported data recorders. To access the menu, simply highlight the Data Collector field using the cursor keys and press <Enter>, or select the field with your mouse. When the menu of collectors appears, select the correct collector by once again using your cursor keys or your mouse.

The next step involves the selection of a data file type from the menu of supported file formats. To access this menu, highlight the File Type field using the cursor keys and press <Enter>, or select the field with your mouse. When the File Format menu appears, select your file format by once again using your cursor keys or your mouse. It couldn't be easier.
 
Or could it?
 
Of course it could! How? On-line help is available at the touch of a key! And, the Collector Connector will store all of your configuration information between sessions, so in most cases, you can skip setting the COM port parameters, collector and file type selection and get right to work! All that remains is to enter the file name and select Send, Receive or Convert.
 
Fast, accurate, flexible and simple to operate. All the qualities you want in your data collector communications software, in one very affordable program. Makes sense, doesn't it?
 
The Collector Connector currently supports the following:
 
DATA COLLECTORS: D'Zign HP48 Survey Packet 1; Lietz SDR 2, 20, 22 & 24; Nikon*; Pentax SC-V*; SMI CO-OP 48 SC/AC/DC; Sokkia SDR 33; TDS HP48; Topcon FC-4; Topcon FC-48 (using TDS-48 emulation); Wild GRE-3*; and most other collectors sending ASCII formatted data.
* using Lietz emulation
   
FILE FORMATS: Simplicity Systems Survey Series & CogoMate; ASCII custom formats & direct transfer; Autocogo; BenchMark (ASCII); Bischoff; C & G (ASCII); CivilComp CC-Surv; CivilSoft Cogo PC Plus; Collier; DCA (ASCII); GEM (SDF); Generic CADD Batch File; Houseman PC-Cad; Lewis & Lewis; L.I. Contour; Maptech; MTI 3000; NOAA State Plane Record; PacSoft; Plus III (ASCII); Surfer; Surv-A-Soft; Surveyor II; SurveySoft; Technical Advisors; Traverse PC; WildSoft (ASCII); and more!  
LegalEase
 
LegalEase is an easy to use legal description processor for use with "Sight" Survey, Survey 4.0 and Survey Lite from Simplicity Systems. With LegalEase, writing a legal description is as simple as inversing around the subject property by entering point numbers. And, since LegalEase runs from within your Simplicity