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We received the following information from one of our users in American Samoa. They are looking for a surveyor. Here is your opportunity! “I am in the process of closing down my survey business. Old age has taken it toll. “So you better understand there are only 3 licensed surveyors here in American Samoa. I am one of the three. Both of the other two work for the American Samoan Government and do not have time to do much outside … Read More
TPC Desktop 2017 special pre-release update offers are now available to all Traverse PC users. It doesn’t matter if you are on version 1 or on TPC Desktop 2016 – We have a special offer for you! Eric Tanikawa, Traverse PC Sales #surveying #landsurveying #landsurvey #survey #landsurveyors #surveyors #surveyor #landsurveyor #subdivisionsurveying #constructionstaking #TitleSurvey #TopographicSurvey #topography #maps #mapping #map #cartography #topography #geodesy #cadastre #cadastral #plss #gps #dgps #gnss #rtk #traversepc
Our offices will be closed Friday, December 23rd through Monday, December 26th for the Christmas holiday weekend. We will also be closed Saturday, December 31st through Monday, January 2nd for the New Year holiday weekend. Please spend time with your families and loved ones and be safe. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Mark Lull, Technical Support #surveying #landsurveying #landsurvey #survey #landsurveyors #surveyors #surveyor #landsurveyor #subdivisionsurveying #constructionstaking #TitleSurvey #TopographicSurvey #topography #maps #mapping #map #cartography #topography #geodesy #cadastre #cadastral #plss #gps #dgps #gnss … Read More
In case you hadn’t noticed, we are all very excited about the improvements we are making to TPC Desktop. The reason is that all of the improvements we are making have the potential to save you a lot of time. From the very first version of Traverse PC, we have focused on improving your efficiency by providing tools that are intuitive for surveyors to use and that allow you to automate much of your workflow. The more things we can … Read More
Traverse PC Desktop 2017 will have many new features, however only one of them will change the world. Just kidding. It may not change the world but it will make your life a bit easier. I’ve been working on Font Tools. It’s a new right-click menu in the Drawing Data Manager that’s designed to help you manage the fonts used by the drawing. Simply expand the Font subtree and right-click a font to get to your options. Convert To Font: … Read More
Here at Traverse PC, we have been evaluating potential road blocks to learning and using TPC. Those moments when you have to break stride to figure out how and why TPC did or didn’t do something you thought it should or shouldn’t have done. We know these are inherent in any software, but we want to minimize them so you can work confidently and efficiently with TPC. We just added 187+ help topics for the pop-up message windows in TPC. … Read More
We want to provide more options for you to take advantage of all the new features and improvements we are constantly making to Traverse PC. To do this, we have implemented a new TPC Software Subscription plan that may appeal to those of you who do not care about having a perpetual license. Here’s how it works. You have the option of purchasing a 90-day subscription for any Edition of TPC at a very competitive price. At the end of … Read More
With the speed improvements from TPC 2016 R2 coming soon, it made sense to talk about another way to make your computer faster that doesn’t involve new software. TPC has made a great effort to ensure opening and working with survey files is fast. Opening a large survey on a standard hard disk drive versus a newer SSD can make all the difference. I’m going to talk a bit about SSDs – Solid State Drives. SSDs are one of the … Read More
The Message View (Window | Message View) is one of the ways that Traverse PC communicates with the user. It is stored automatically and retains all messages, past and current, until the user removes them. I sometimes receive files from users who may be having trouble doing something in Traverse PC. When I open the file, TPC pops up the Message View telling me that it has detected this or that which could interfere with some operations. It is important … Read More
Check out Traverse PC in GeoConnexion Magazines Fall Company Showcase. (We’re on page 10) Mark Lull, Technical Support #surveying #landsurveying #landsurvey #survey #landsurveyors #surveyors #surveyor #landsurveyor #subdivisionsurveying #constructionstaking #TitleSurvey #TopographicSurvey #topography #maps #mapping #map #cartography #topography #geodesy #cadastre #cadastral #plss #gps #dgps #gnss #rtk #traversepc
What is on-line training? Well, here at Traverse PC, it is a personal training session through the internet. The computers will “screen share” simultaneously, so both the trainer & the trainee can view and work on the same screen. Here are some of the benefits: You can see how Traverse PC can work with “your” data. Any questions you have, you can see the answer. Of course, “seeing is believing,” that your data can easily be transformed to your map … Read More
Our next agile release focuses on speeding up parts of the program that run slow in surveys with lots of points, like LIDAR data. The Points Manager is a good example. In previous versions, just opening the Points Manager in a survey with 50,000 points took just over a minute. In this release, it’s almost instantaneous. The Traverse and Drawing views have similar results. So working with these files in the next release is just a better overall experience. Some … Read More
We have always advocated safe computing, backups, virus scanners, firewalls and whatever else helps keep your computing experience fun and safe. We give you tools that let your time using Traverse PC be safe and fun. For example The Multiple Backups tool gives you the ability to save up to 10 versions of your survey. It turns out that Windows has a feature like this but for your system files! Let us talk about it… What are Shadow copies? Shadow … Read More
I polled our office on Chicken preference of White vs Dark meat. It was a split decision! So, I decided that Dark meat wins! This BBQ chicken recipe is juicy, flavorful and easy to do! Teriyaki Glaze: ½ cup soy sauce 1 cup of water 2 tablespoons cornstarch 2 tablespoons of rice vinegar & pineapple juice 1 cup of honey (optional) pinch of cayenne pepper (this is suggested by Jamee Chambers of Chambers Consulting) Whisk together the soy sauce, water, … Read More
I am frequently asked by users whether they should update from Windows 7 to Windows 10. Up until now, I have always said, “It’s up to you.” Everything changed in the last few weeks. Now, my answer is, “Absolutely! I would definitely update to Windows 10 if I were you!” I have been on Windows 10 since the day it released. So why has my opinion changed this week? Well, before now, I had seen a couple of things I … Read More
It’s been a long time since we shipped a program CD with a TPC Connection renewal. Most folks just download the updates from our web site or use the automatic update feature that’s built into TPC. We have also been moving to online learning guides. You can still install them along with the program, but you don’t need to. By default, they open up online. This allows us to keep them up to date with all the agile release changes … Read More
TPC Desktop 2016 R1 improved how we bring your existing Program Data forward when you update to a new release. This is another “little detail” that is very important to our users. TTPC no longer creates copies of your program data folders, we bring all of your program data forward into your new folder and merge the information within files with the same name such as the UserQvSettings.dat and UserSymbols.dat files. Now you don’t need to browse to find the … Read More
Traverse PC 2016 has jumped farther ahead of the rest of the pack with the release of R1 in April. This release has added the ability to compute medial lines on a closed loop traverse! It’s one of best tools I’ve developed for TPC and I had a lot of fun with it. This is a very easy routine to use. Simply provide a point label and an optional description and press compute. TPC takes care of the rest. We … Read More
Remember the saying, “Don’t miss the Boat!” There are several meanings such as; to miss out on something, or to lose the opportunity that could lead to success. In the last 10 years Traverse PC has released 15 major updates with over 110 new features! Take a look here at What Am I Missing? Traverse PC has always listened to our users and provided what they want. We continue to fulfill their “wish list”, and we remain the standard of … Read More
Last week was fun. I talked with a number of TPC users who said something to this effect, “I can’t tell you how much I enjoy doing my drawings in TPC”. They said it out of the blue – unsolicited. They were enjoying using TPC and wanted us to know. Of course, it’s always fun to hear that someone likes your product or service, but all their comments were about their TPC drawings. They were doing lots of them and … Read More