C September 23, 2008 : Reclamation: Do It Right the First Time with Carlson Natural Regrade Carlson Natural Regrade gives mining companies – actually, anyone faced with disturbed lands – an affordable and natural way to achieve sustainability when doing reclamation. Those in the future will thank you. For Detailed Information. September 22, 2008 : New From Carlson Software: Carlson Mine Financials Get the total picture to improve mine efficiency and lower costs with Carlson Mine Financials from Carlson Software. For Detailed Information. September 22, 2008 : Winners of Carlson Mine Design Competition Announced Seniors (all now graduated) from Virginia Tech, the University of Nevada-Reno, and the University of Kentucky took the top three places in the 11th Annual Carlson Software National Senior Mine Design Competition. For Detailed Information. September 2, 2008 : It's time to trade up to the Carlson Surveyor+  Carlson Software is making it easier for surveyors to get the speed they want with the reliability they need by offering a trade-in program to help introduce their all new Carlson Surveyor+ data collector. For Detailed Information. July 17 , 2008 : Carlson Software Introduces All-New Simplicity 'Sight' Survey 2009 Get well orchestrated harmony of COGO and CAD with this new release from Simplicty/Carlson, perfect for DOTs and for firms working with DOTs. For Detailed Information.     Survey Product Comparison Chart Product Carlson Survey for AutoCAD Carlson Survey Standalone 2008 Carlson Survey Desktop Carlson SurvNET Carlson Connect Price $1500 $2995 $1000 $500 $Free Requires Any AutoCAD or Map 2000 to 2008, LDT or Civil 3D None LDT 2007 or 2008 None LDT or Civil 3D Summary Full-featured survey program running inside AutoCAD or Map. Built with AutoCAD 2007 OEM engine for complete survey with CAD package. Survey companion for LDT that runs inside LDT and is fully integrated with the LDT project database. Standalone data transfer and spreadsheet editor with raw processing including network least-squares. Free data transfer routines inside LDT or civil 3D.             Features*           Data Collection Transfer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Edit-Process Raw Data Yes Yes Yes Yes No SurvNET (Network Least- Sqaures) Yes Yesn Yes Yes No Field-To-Finish Yes Yes Yes No No COGO Routines Yes Yes Yes No No Deed Entry & Legal Descriptions Yes Yes Yes No No Area Routines Yes Yes Yes No No Centerline & Cut Sheet Routines Yes Yes Yes No No AutoCAD Utilities Yes Yes Polyline Utilities only No No Lot Files & Lot Layout Yes Yes No No No Intersections & Cul-de-sacs Yes Yes No No No Annotation Routines Yes Yes No No No Contouring IYes Yes No No No Surface Modeling & Volumes Yes Yes No No No Profile Routines Yes Yes No No No GIS Routines Yes Yes No No No Coord. Conversion CRD to MDB Yes Yes No conversion needed No Yes             * This feature list is an overview. See sales representative for more details.