Manufacturer's website --------------- make your selection -------------- http://www,cedra.com http://www.cedra.com http://www.eaglepoint.com http://www.quickcogo.com http://www.topconpositioning.c... Tel: 800-446-7848 www.agtcad.com www.autodesk.com/civil3d www.bestfit.com www.caris.com www.cvlSoft.net www.dotsoft.com www.GeneralCADD.com www.kubitusa.com www.leica-geosystems.us www.maptek.com www.microsurvey.com www.primacode.com www.scanpointgeomatics.com www.sitecomp.net www.trimble.com
Cost --------------- make your selection -------------- $1,000 $1,995 $1595 $1690 $1790 -$4990 $195 $1990 $245 $30,000 $3990 $49.00 $495 $50 $5995-$7495 $698 $79.00 $795 $8,000 $85 $99 Yearly Subscription $995 445.00 Call Call for details, toll-free at... Contact Eagle Point at 1-800-6... Contact Vendor Depends on modules purchased Free On enquiry POA Scalable Starting at $199 Starting at $395 US$725.00 [1] Varies
Technical Support policy --------------- make your selection -------------- 1 3 months free Available to all customers Direct and through VARS Email email, web, phone Free Free email support, 30 days fr... Free support for 60 days Free Technical Support free telephone and email suppo... Free Unlimited Email/Web Techn... Full Support for all customers phone & email Phone,Fax,E-mail Yearly Purchasable through Customer C... Subscription Service Technical Support is provided ... with subscription Yearly:Phone Fax E-mail Yes [2] [Note 1]
Are Multi-License discounts available? --------------- make your selection -------------- contact reseller N/A NA No Only need one license for all ... Special Cases only Y Yes Yes [3]
Can individual modules be purchased separately? --------------- make your selection -------------- N/A No No currently Y Yes
Operating Systems --------------- make your selection --------------
Windows 98 --------------- make your selection -------------- No Y Yes
Windows 2000 --------------- make your selection -------------- no Y Yes
Windows XP --------------- make your selection -------------- 32 bit/64 bit OS Y Yes Yes 32/64 bit
UNIX --------------- make your selection -------------- ? Most baseline formats No Vista 32 & 64 bit OS Y Yes Yes, core modules only
Other (specify) --------------- make your selection -------------- All Windows versions N/A No None Palm OS 4,x /5.x Solaris Vista Vista 32/64 bit vista, windows 7 Windows CE (this is a handheld... Windows NT Windows Server 2003 and Vista Windows Vista Windows Vista, Windows 7 Windows Vista, Windows NT Windows Vista, Windows NT, 95,... Yes (Vista)
Provide file locking for network use? --------------- make your selection -------------- ? N/A No The survey database can be Che... Y Yes
CAD program required for its operation? --------------- make your selection -------------- AutoCAD & all verticals AutoCAD R14 or above. AutoCAD R14 through 2006 AutoCAD/LT & all verticals built on AutoCAD natively n/a No No - but can manage CAD drawin... No - but you can upload CAD fi... No - Comes with General CADD Unlimited Y Yes
Will it produce a complete drawing? --------------- make your selection -------------- It can produce cartographic qu... N/A No No but you can edit CAD drawin... Provided by host software Simple sketch graphics Y Yes Yes (AutoCAD 12 DXF)
Is the database double precision? --------------- make your selection -------------- N/A No No but you can edit CAD drawin... Y Yes
Does program have 3D editing capability? --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Y Yes Yes (via CAD)
COGO capabilities? --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... Full N/A No Provided by host software Y Yes
Traverse Adjustment? --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... Leveling Adjustment N/A No Provided by host software Y Yes
Crandall --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Y Yes
Compass --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Y Yes
Transit --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Y Yes
Least squares --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Y Yes Yes [Note 2] Yes*
Legal Description Writer? --------------- make your selection -------------- Compatible with Legal-Aid cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Provided by host software Yes yes, via LandXML
Contouring Capabilities? --------------- make your selection -------------- 1 Compatible with TinMaster cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Provided by host software Y Yes
Feature Mapping --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Y Yes Yes: Heavy feature mapping
User-defined feature codes? --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Y Yes Yes (one per file) Yes (Spot Elevations) Yes(Symbols Manager)
Field-issued commands trigger program functions? --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... n/a No Yes Yes (rectangles)
DTM capabilities? --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Y Yes Yes with Civil 3D
Multiple surfaces? --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Provided by host software Y Yes
Generate new surface based on two or more existing surfaces? --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Provided by host software Y Yes
Earthwork? --------------- make your selection -------------- 1 2 cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Provided by host software Yes
Design capabilities? --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Partial Provided by host software Y Yes Yes, pre-analysis Yes/Elevation design & image r... Yes: Adding databse structure ... Yes: Adds database structure, ...
Customizing Abilities --------------- make your selection --------------
Menus --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Y Yed Yes [1]
Symbols (blocks) --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Y Yes
Line Types --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Y Yes Yes (Custom Pattern Lines) Yes (via CAD)
Hatches --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Y Yes Yes (via CAD)
Fonts --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Y Yes Yes (via CAD)
Keystroke recording --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Y Yes Yes (Audit Trail)
Batch files --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Y Yes Yes - Group files
Keyboard macros --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Via Scripts Y Yes
Programming Languages --------------- make your selection --------------
C --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Y Yes
C++ --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No not natively Y Yes
VBA --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Y Yes Yes (via CAD)
Basic --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Y Yes yes, but not recommended
Other (please specify) --------------- make your selection -------------- ARX Avenue C# C# .Net cvlTracker tracks projects, em... Embedded VB + NSBasic Java, HTML, Java script LISP and .NET Macro Language N/A No NSBasic Oracle Spatial Based Visual Basic Yes (via CAD)
Graphics display --------------- make your selection -------------- Advanced 3D capabilities AutoCAD cvlTracker tracks projects, em... No Provided by host software Y Yes Yes (via CAD) Yes - Can store and display im...
Graphical analysis ability --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... n/a No Provided by host software Vizualizations and Legend Maps Y Yes Yes (via CAD)
Associative design functions --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Provided by host software Y Yes
Associative annotations --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Provided by host software Y Yes Yes (Point Coordinates/Elevati... Yes (via LandXML)
File Import Ability --------------- make your selection --------------
ASCII coordinate file --------------- make your selection -------------- N/A No Proprietary format Y Yes Yes (see notes) [2]
Raw data collector files --------------- make your selection -------------- N/A No some Y Yes Yes (SDMS) Yes - Maptech yes, via Survey Link [Note 3]
Direct connect to total stations & GPS --------------- make your selection -------------- Handheld Laser N/A No Y Yes
Drawing files: If yes, DXF, DWG or DGN? --------------- make your selection -------------- All DWG dwg, can import/export .DGN an... DWG/DXF DXF DXF, DWG DXF, DWG, DGN DXF/DWG N/A No Yes Yes (DXF and DWG) Yes (DXF, DWG) Yes (via CAD) Yes, DXF Yes. DXF, DWG & DGN
XML compatible? --------------- make your selection -------------- N/A No Provided by host software Y Yes
File Export Ability --------------- make your selection --------------
ACSII Coodinate File --------------- make your selection -------------- N/A No Proprietary format Y Yes Yes (see notes)
Drawing files: If yes, DXF, DWG or DGN? --------------- make your selection -------------- All Creates dxf DWG dwg, can import/export .DGN an... DXF DXF, DWG DXF, DWG, DGN DXF/DWG DXF/DWG/DGN N/A No Provided by host software Yes Yes (AutoCAD 12 DXF) Yes (DXF, DWG) Yes (via CAD) Yes(DXF and DWG) Yes, DXF Yes. DXF, DWG & DGN
XML compatible? --------------- make your selection -------------- N/A No Provided by host software Y Yes
Links to external database --------------- make your selection -------------- 2 It is your entire database for... N/A No Y Yes Yes - See notes Yes it is possible Yes SQL only Yes, ODBC Yes: Multiple