Manufacturer's website --------------- make your selection -------------- http://www,cedra.com http://www.cedra.com http://www.eaglepoint.com http://www.quickcogo.com http://www.smi.com Tel: 800-446-7848 www.agtcad.com www.bestfit.com www.caris.com www.cvlSoft.net www.dotsoft.com www.sitecomp.net www.traverse-pc.com www.trimble.com
Cost --------------- make your selection -------------- $1,000 $1595 $195 $199 (1) $245 $30,000 $495 $50 $59.00 $795 $8,000 $84.00 $85 $99 Yearly Subscription $995 Call for details, toll-free at... Contact Eagle Point at 1-800-6... Contact Vendor Depends on modules purchased Free Starting at $199 Starting at $395 US$495.00 [1] Varies
Technical Support policy --------------- make your selection -------------- 1 Email Free Free email support, 30 days fr... Free support for 60 days Free Technical Support Phone,Fax,E-mail Yearly Subscription Service Technical Support is provided ... Thirty Days Free (2) Yearly:Phone Fax E-mail Yes [2] [Note 1]
Are Multi-License discounts available? --------------- make your selection -------------- (1) N/A NA No Only need one license for all ... Y Yes Yes [3]
Can individual modules be purchased separately? --------------- make your selection -------------- N/A No Y Yes
Operating Systems --------------- make your selection --------------
Windows 98 --------------- make your selection -------------- No Y Yes
Windows 2000 --------------- make your selection -------------- Y Yes
Windows XP --------------- make your selection -------------- Y Yes
UNIX --------------- make your selection -------------- ? Most baseline formats No Y Yes
Other (specify) --------------- make your selection -------------- N/A No None Palm OS 4,x /5.x Solaris Vista Windows 95 Windows CE (this is a handheld... Windows NT Windows Server 2003 and Vista Windows Vista Windows Vista, Windows NT Windows Vista, Windows NT, 95,...
Provide file locking for network use? --------------- make your selection -------------- ? N/A No Y Yes
CAD program required for its operation? --------------- make your selection -------------- AutoCAD R14 or above. AutoCAD R14 through 2006 No No (3) No - but can manage CAD drawin... No - but you can upload CAD fi... Unlimited Y Yes
Will it produce a complete drawing? --------------- make your selection -------------- 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]
Legal Description Writer? --------------- make your selection -------------- Compatible with Legal-Aid cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Provided by host software Yes
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
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
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 Provided by host software Y Yes Yes, pre-analysis
Customizing Abilities --------------- make your selection --------------
Menus --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Y 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 Not Needed in TPC Y Yes Yes (Audit Trail)
Batch files --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Not Needed in TPC Y Yes Yes - Group files
Keyboard macros --------------- make your selection -------------- cvlTracker tracks projects, em... N/A No Not Needed in TPC 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 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
Other (please specify) --------------- make your selection -------------- Appforge and NSBasic Avenue cvlTracker tracks projects, em... Embedded VB + NSBasic Java, HTML, Java script N/A No Oracle Spatial Based Visual Basic Yes (via CAD)
Graphics display --------------- make your selection -------------- 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 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 [Note 3]
Direct connect to total stations & GPS --------------- make your selection -------------- N/A No Y Yes
Drawing files: If yes, DXF, DWG or DGN? --------------- make your selection -------------- All DWG DXF DXF, DWG DXF, DWG, DGN N/A No Yes 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 DXF DXF, DWG DXF, DWG, DGN N/A No Provided by host software Yes Yes (AutoCAD 12 DXF) Yes (via CAD) 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, ODBC