This is a test of my first YouTube Video.
If this works you should see a short video on how to customize the toolbars in CG for Intellicad.
I have some other ideas for useful videos. If you have something you'd like to see, let me know.
Larry P
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009
The details are finally in.... ArcView for Free
In the most exciting software related news I've heard in years ESRI and Carlson have joined forces to better serve their clients. As I indicated in my last post, we were just waiting on the details. The details are in.
All users of a Carlson product based on the Intellicad Engine will receive a GIS Starter Kit.
The kit contains:
Wow. There is some awesome and powerful stuff here.
So, I hope some of you are wondering, how do I get the GIS Starter Kit?
Call 1-800-GIS-XPRT (1-800-447-9778). You will need to tell them you are a Carlson ICAD user and want the kit.
When I called they asked me where I was located and told me to send an email request to an ESRI employee who was assigned to my territory.
In my email I was to include:
In a week I received my package and have been learning some really cool stuff every day since.
A few days before I received the package I got an email from ESRI. When you get this email, print it. The email contains registration information you'll need when you install your software.
There are some important things to understand about the free offer.
They have limited the offer to one free starter kit per company. (That does not seem unreasonable since they are giving people $1,700 worth of products.)
You need to provide the physical address because they ship the products via UPS.
You will want to have some time to devote to learning the software once you install it. The data that is available is mind boggling. This might be a really great time to think about setting up a company GIS to track your jobs.
If anyone isn't sure whether or not they qualify, or has any questions about the GIS Starter Kit, please do not hesitate to contact me at 336-846-1101. If you are using CG 7, or 8 or 9, this might be a good time to think about upgrading. The good news those who upgrade now should be eligible for a free copy of the next release which is due out in the next couple of months.
Larry P
All users of a Carlson product based on the Intellicad Engine will receive a GIS Starter Kit.
The kit contains:
ArcView 9.3.1
GIS Tutorial (a great book with step by step instructions to get you started)
A to Z GIS (dictionary of important GIS terms)
ArcView Data & Maps 9.3.1 (5 data dvd's)
- Data and Maps and StreetMap North America
- Global Imagery and Shaded Relief - North and South America
- Global Imagery and Shaded Relief - Europe and Africa
- Global Imagery and Shaded Relief - Asia and Australia
- Elevation and Image Data - World
Wow. There is some awesome and powerful stuff here.
So, I hope some of you are wondering, how do I get the GIS Starter Kit?
Call 1-800-GIS-XPRT (1-800-447-9778). You will need to tell them you are a Carlson ICAD user and want the kit.
When I called they asked me where I was located and told me to send an email request to an ESRI employee who was assigned to my territory.
In my email I was to include:
Name
Company Name
Physical address
Mailing address
telephone #
email address
Carlson with Intellicad Serial #
In a week I received my package and have been learning some really cool stuff every day since.
A few days before I received the package I got an email from ESRI. When you get this email, print it. The email contains registration information you'll need when you install your software.
There are some important things to understand about the free offer.
They have limited the offer to one free starter kit per company. (That does not seem unreasonable since they are giving people $1,700 worth of products.)
You need to provide the physical address because they ship the products via UPS.
You will want to have some time to devote to learning the software once you install it. The data that is available is mind boggling. This might be a really great time to think about setting up a company GIS to track your jobs.
If anyone isn't sure whether or not they qualify, or has any questions about the GIS Starter Kit, please do not hesitate to contact me at 336-846-1101. If you are using CG 7, or 8 or 9, this might be a good time to think about upgrading. The good news those who upgrade now should be eligible for a free copy of the next release which is due out in the next couple of months.
Larry P
Thursday, April 9, 2009
More big news from the Users Conference
Besides the announcement that the next version of C&G will be included within Carlson Survey there was another big announcement.
Brent Jones of ESRI did a fabulous job as keynote speaker at the conference. Among the things he announced was:
... an upcoming grant program to be offered by ESRI for every Carlson IntelliCAD user. "ESRI is very supportive of Carlson’s development on IntelliCAD and we want to support your users," said Jones of this specialized grant program being developed exclusively for Carlson IntelliCAD users. "We want to help surveyors leverage their existing resources to help in the GIS market." With this offer Carlson IntelliCAD users will be able to access GIS technology and jump-start a GIS practice.
Hummm. Why is that important to CG users? With this next release, CG users will be Carlson IntelliCAD users. Well, you will be a Carlson IntelliCAD user unless you choose to upgrade to Carlson with the AutoCAD OEM embedded.
Ok, so what exactly does the "grant program" mean? Who exactly will qualify? When will this happen? Which ArcView products are involved? At this point, I can not say. The final details are being worked out.
What I can say is, the association of Carlson and ESRI should lead to really great things for us users.
Larry P
Brent Jones of ESRI did a fabulous job as keynote speaker at the conference. Among the things he announced was:
... an upcoming grant program to be offered by ESRI for every Carlson IntelliCAD user. "ESRI is very supportive of Carlson’s development on IntelliCAD and we want to support your users," said Jones of this specialized grant program being developed exclusively for Carlson IntelliCAD users. "We want to help surveyors leverage their existing resources to help in the GIS market." With this offer Carlson IntelliCAD users will be able to access GIS technology and jump-start a GIS practice.
Hummm. Why is that important to CG users? With this next release, CG users will be Carlson IntelliCAD users. Well, you will be a Carlson IntelliCAD user unless you choose to upgrade to Carlson with the AutoCAD OEM embedded.
Ok, so what exactly does the "grant program" mean? Who exactly will qualify? When will this happen? Which ArcView products are involved? At this point, I can not say. The final details are being worked out.
What I can say is, the association of Carlson and ESRI should lead to really great things for us users.
Larry P
Big News for CG Users
I just returned from the 2nd Carlson Users conference. There is big news for CG Users.
A few years ago Bruce Carlson and I had a conversation in his office. He told me it made no sense to pay different sets of programmers to solve exactly the same problems. Of course, he was right. The problem was how to integrate the Carlson approach to solving a survey problem and the C&G approach to solving those same problems. I'll admit, I was skeptical.
So when will the two products become one? It took some time, but the day is fast approaching. Carlson announced that the next version of Carlson Survey will include C&G software. That's right. Next time you upgrade your C&G software you will receive both C&G and Carlson Survey for the same price.
For us long term devotees of C&G software this might seem like a bad thing. It isn't. In fact, this is one of the best things I've heard lately. With many software upgrades the users receives a hand full of new routines and some limited improvements in others. When the user upgrades this time it will come with tons of new tools. Will it take some time to learn to take advantage of all the new routines? Yes. But the fact we have the new tools puts the power in the hands of us users. I like that. I hope you will too.
This leaves us with an important question. When will the new version of Carlson Survey (with CG Survey) be released? The "official" word is they hope to release by sometime in June. Of course, the programmers hesitate to speculate on release dates. They know well how unforeseen problems can cause needed delays. I personally believe we users can expect to see something in our hands sometime this summer. That is exciting news.
Larry P
A few years ago Bruce Carlson and I had a conversation in his office. He told me it made no sense to pay different sets of programmers to solve exactly the same problems. Of course, he was right. The problem was how to integrate the Carlson approach to solving a survey problem and the C&G approach to solving those same problems. I'll admit, I was skeptical.
So when will the two products become one? It took some time, but the day is fast approaching. Carlson announced that the next version of Carlson Survey will include C&G software. That's right. Next time you upgrade your C&G software you will receive both C&G and Carlson Survey for the same price.
For us long term devotees of C&G software this might seem like a bad thing. It isn't. In fact, this is one of the best things I've heard lately. With many software upgrades the users receives a hand full of new routines and some limited improvements in others. When the user upgrades this time it will come with tons of new tools. Will it take some time to learn to take advantage of all the new routines? Yes. But the fact we have the new tools puts the power in the hands of us users. I like that. I hope you will too.
This leaves us with an important question. When will the new version of Carlson Survey (with CG Survey) be released? The "official" word is they hope to release by sometime in June. Of course, the programmers hesitate to speculate on release dates. They know well how unforeseen problems can cause needed delays. I personally believe we users can expect to see something in our hands sometime this summer. That is exciting news.
Larry P
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