This is a great article by Greg Jordan who is currently serving his second term as secretary of the NCS Steering Committee and also serves on the Civil Task Team with me.

NCS: Common Language for CAD Users

POB Magazine has just posted a new article about Carlson’s Supervisor+ GPS Tablet that includes an interview with Butch Herter. You can see the full list of specs on the Supervisor+ here.

Come visit us next week at our booth at the North Carolina Surveyors Convention at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro NC. We’ll have the new Carlson Supervisor+ RTK GPS tablet available for you to test drive and you can learn how to use Carlson’s field software to collect GIS data that meets the criteria and that will import directly into Esri GIS software.

I will be teaching a concurrent session from 10:00-11:00 on Friday 2/3 on the topic of Carlson Software and GIS.

Also, if you’re brave enough, come by to take a quick CAD test – top scores eligible for great prizes!

Carlson Software and the ITC (IntelliCAD Technology Consortium) are getting pretty close to an official release for IntelliCAD 7.1…

If you’re interested in joining an “exclusive” group testing ICAD, let me know – we need your feedback. Email me at [email protected] if you would like to join the testing group.

Last fall I was interviewed by Penelope Grenoble for an article in an upcoming issue of Grading and Excavation Contractor magazine. The article has been published in the January-February 2012 issue and can be found online here: Lean and Mean: Training in Tight Times

For those who are interested, it looks like they also offer a free subscription to their print magazine to qualified readers.

Carlson Software released the 2012 version of their desktop software products today. A complete list of Improvements in 2012 can be found here. The newest version can be downloaded here. Current customers who are eligible for automatic upgrade to 2012 can automatically generate your new 2012 serial number by following this link and providing your current 2011 serial number.

Products released today include Civil Suite, Survey, Civil, Hydrology, GIS, Point Cloud, Construction and Takeoff among others. Only the products for installation with IntelliCAD or on top of your AutoCAD have been released at this time. The versions of Survey and Takeoff with embedded AutoCAD will be released in the next several weeks.

After so many years keeping their prices the same, you will notice that Carlson has slightly increased the prices of Civil Suite, Survey, Civil, Hydrology & GIS. In my opinion and even with the price increase, Carlson continues to offer the most bang for the buck when compared to other civil/survey/construction packages on the market today.

To find out about purchasing or upgrading, you can visit our new Online Store or our Carlson Pricing & Upgrades page. Or, feel free to call 919.417.8351 or Email Us with questions.

I’ve decided to try to clear out the Carlson Software stock that I have on my shelf right now. So, while they last, I have a few seats of the Carlson Survey/Carlson Civil 2011 bundles that were available last December and several Civil Suites that I am also selling at 2010 prices.

I’m not permitted to advertise the price, but you can call 919.417.8351 or [email protected] to find out more.

As of January 26th, I have 7 Civil Suites and 3 Survey/Civil bundles available at these prices. Check out our Carlson Pricing page to keep track of how many are left.

The classes listed below may be used for 2010 or 2011 NC PDH credit hours:

• Overview of Carlson Survey   $149 for 8 hours hands on training, includes lunch
• Surface Modeling with Carlson Software   $149 for 8 hours hands on training, includes lunch
• SurvNet & Least Squares with Donnie Stallings   $249 for 8 hours hands on training, includes lunch

Seats are limited so call 919.417.8351 or email [email protected] to reserve your seat today.

Please review our Training Policy here.

Since the Year-End-Special pricing on Carlson Software has now expired, see our new advertised Carlson Software Pricing here. Please [email protected] or call 919.417.8351 to request our current price sheet (effective 1/1/2011).

Our January 2011 Newsletter can be downloaded HERE