November 2013 Archives

Picks and Clicks: Assorted Carlson Tips and Tricks

This entry is part 7 of 8 in the series November 2013

Because my last column focused on tips and tricks for those who use AutoCAD or IntelliCAD, for this issue I put together a few of my favorite tips for working in Carlson Software. Non-Surface Points and Entities Like other survey/civil software programs, Carlson gives you several ways to specify the data that’s to be included […]

Editor’s Desk: Ordered to Shut Down

This entry is part 8 of 8 in the series November 2013

Note: The federal government is running once again; here Dave Doyle (former chief geodetic surveyor for the NGS and our geodesy editor) explains NGS’s role in the shutdown, work-arounds in case this happens again, and what you can do to help prevent a denial of access to essential surveying data in the future. Maybe Joni Mitchell […]