CDSViewer Surveying & Setout

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A Lite Survey App to give Surveyor's/Civil Engineers the appropriate tools which can be practically ran in the field on mobile phone or tablet.

It contains a number of sections.

Allows user to take a SDR33 file from there Total Station and store on Android device. From there convert it into a human readable form which is displayed in a tabular format. User can check all appropriate measurements have been taken. From there you can create a viewable file which shows the layout of the points picked up in Plan View.

Second part allows user to view Subdivision, Contouring and Road Design jobs in the field created by desktop program CDS. If you have other software such as CivilCad, 12D, Civil3D etc please note that CDS on desktop includes input routines that will convert your data to a usable form. CDS on windows desktop is available in 60 day free trial so that you can create your appropriate designs in the office.

Once in the field this App lets you do joins/inverts and also allows setouts using in-device GPS. Please note that the Android GPS is not survey grade but is helpful in that it can help you locate predefined features etc.