MrSidd

[GEM]

[Ed Gasbarre]

[B. K. Lemons]

[Glen Cameron]

[surveyor6925]

[B. K. Lemons]

[surveyor6925]

BK, you are correct. I use Mr. Sid to export a specific area as specified by gps coordinates to a tiff file. Usually you also must specify in Mr. Sid a reduced resolution ie 2,4,8,16 etc.:1 if the area is very big. Otherwise the file is to large for Microsurvey to handle. I've used this technique on several ditch jobs for Soil & Water agency. Although the ditch area of interest is only 50 ft wide, it wanders all over hell and creation for 1 - 5 miles depending on the job. You may block out a 5000 ft by 15000 ft area to get the whole project.

[B. K. Lemons]

Canvas X with GIS is good for this. I'm told that a free 15-day trial is available, then can be extended for an additional 15 days. All it takes is an email address. It imports MSCAD, AutoCAD and ESRI shapefiles, too.