I’m reflecting on my impressions of the inaugural meeting of the Kansas City Carlson User Group meeting held at the corporate office of Griner & Schmitz on August 20, 2009. About a dozen individuals Read the rest of this entry »
The Kansas City Carlson User Group
August 26, 2009
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Posted by Ladd Nelson, Carlson Software
Carlson 2010 Sneak Peek
June 18, 2009The 2010 edition of Carlson Software is a few weeks away from general release and is slated to have approximately 400 new features and enhancements. Suffice it to say, there should be something for just about everyone with this release. While by no means exhaustive, here are just a few of the new features that will be found in Carlson 2010 (a few of which were mentioned in the Coming in Carlson 2010 post): Read the rest of this entry »
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Another Twist for World
May 6, 2009I’d like to offer a few other arguments for the use of the DVIEW TWIST routines discussed in North Rotation: Using Twist Screen. The four Carlson DVIEW routines cited:
- Standard - This option allows you to select a rotation angle using the mouse.
- Line, Polyline or Text – This option allow you to select an object to set as a view baseline. It is the most useful when trying to match views to objects such as property lines or road centerlines.
- Surveyor – This option prompts for the manual entry of a bearing or azimuth for the rotation angle.
- Restore Due North – This option returns the screen to the orientation where North is straight up.
fall right in line with remarks made by ESRI’s Brent Jones at the 2009 Carlson User Conference who said: Read the rest of this entry »
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Brent Jones of ESRI discusses ‘Why GIS Needs Surveyors’
April 8, 2009Combining all the GIS and land development technologies that exist today is what Brent Jones suggested surveyors do in his keynote address to the attendees at the 2nd annual Carlson User Conference. Jones, PE, PLS, is the Survey, Cadastre, and Engineering Industry Manager for ESRI, which designs and develops the world’s leading geographic information system (GIS) technology.
To help surveyors accomplish this, Jones announced an upcoming grant program to be offered by ESRI for every Carlson IntelliCAD user. “ESRI is very supportive of Carlson’s development on IntelliCAD and we want to support your users,” said Jones of this specialized grant program being developed exclusively for Carlson IntelliCAD users. “We want to help surveyors leverage their existing resources to help in the GIS market.” With this offer Carlson IntelliCAD users will be able to access GIS technology and jump-start a GIS practice. Read More
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