CARLSON SOFTWARE

Carlson software has provided complete solution in the field of civil engineering and mining. Since its incorporation in the year 1983 in US the company continues to develop powerful software solution for surveying and mining application as per advanced engineering. It is more powerful software for land development markets it includes land surveying construction mining civil engineering mission control and accident reconstruction. The head quarter was established in Maysville, ky, with offices in atlantaand boston.

Carlson mining software using more that 800 company in worldwide. Including 90 of the US industry. Using this mining package, this is particularly designed client driven development. This software work on Auto-Cad platform the mining software is mainly used for coal, industrial minerals, Hard Rock Ore , Lime Stones and aggregates.

Carlson civil It was designed for the project data management and exchange, surface modeling, Grading, volumes, Profiles, Sections, Template Design, Road Networks, Pipes, Lot Layouts, Annotations, Site Estimation and many more modules.

Survey Data Collection:

This is the base of all of our software, the gateway to integrated office processing and design. We offer Carlson SurvCE, the most popular choice for third-party data collection. We also produce special versions of SurvCE for manufacturers, such as Thales Fast Survey. The software drives virtually all GPS and total stations, and works on most Windows CE data collectors from Juniper Allegro® and Archer to the At-Work Ranger and even cell phones with Windows CE capability. And we also provide SurvCE integrated on the Carlson Explorer, our own data collector. The Carlson Explorer has been hugely successful, and we offer three models: the Explorer I, Explorer II and the new Explorer 600+. The 600+ comes with built-in USB, bluetooth, wireless and a super-fast 624 mh processor. We also offer the unique Carlson Field data collection product, which works on Windows-based computers and uses the AutoCAD® engine. It brings full CAD capability, even image file, aerial photo backdrop capability, to the field. By docking a data collection screen with an AutoCAD menu, Carlson Field has all the power of SurvCE combined with the graphics of AutoCAD, and full field-to-finish. It works great on the touchscreen-based Panasonic Toughbooks®. Data collection capability has led us strongly into other related markets. Carlson AgStar is similar to Carlson Field, but offers land leveling features for optimized regrading of nearly flat farmland, and includes live data collection using all major brands of GPS. Carlson GIS-CE is an extremely low-cost GIS solution for data gathering, which includes “TIF”-file image backdrops and full attributing of feature codes for utility and other GIS-related mapping. It outputs DXF and SHP files for import to ESRI. Finally, we continue to offer the venerable C&G Field data collection program, available on DOS data collectors such as the Psion®, but also bundled with SurvCE on the Carlson Explorer.

Civil Engineering Products:

Carlson Software offers the Carlson Civil Suite for road, site and hydrology design. Carlson Civil requires AutoCAD or AutoCAD Map, and will work with Autodesk Land Desktop as well. The “basic 4” modules of Carlson Survey, Civil, Hydrology and GIS complete the civil suite. The Civil module includes faster contouring, better detection and review of TIN errors such as crossing 3D “break lines” and a new dynamic surface file that allows for pad design editing by moving or raising/lowering the entire pad or by gripping and moving pad vertices. There is a new centroid analysis for cut and fill earthwork design and costing, as well as a powerful surface flyover feature for analyzing existing and design terrains. You can drive the site with a variety of vehicles at vehicle speed, or walk the site at pedestrian speed, all with high-quality shading and graphics. The Civil module introduces “Road Networks”, a new command that allows for interactive, heads-up design of entire subidivision road systems, including intersections and cul-de-sacs, all in 3D. Edits can be instantly reprocessed, leading to final contours and finished section and profile sheets. The Hydrology module contains major enhancements covering DTM-based runoff calculations by layer, new inlet selection options, and a link to the popular HYDRA® calculation engine by Pizer Incorporated for complex municipal stormwater network analysis.

Mining Products:

The Carlson mining solutions are comprehensive and diverse. Our flagship product is Carlson Mining, with its 3 component modules of Geology, Surface and Underground. A separate Blasting module is also available. Carlson Mining is used by 90% of the U.S. coal industry, and is a dominant solution in the clay, phosphate and trona markets as well. The Surface Module offers block modeling for the hard rock industry and includes the leading routine for carving pits with benches and haul roads into existing DTM surfaces. The Blasting Module lays out blast hole patterns, calculates explosive quantities and produces blast reports for field use. Even the Carlson GIS module has a strong emphasis on mining applications for royalty analysis, land management, and pit and underground panel data queries and reporting. Other office products include Hole Manager (open-ended geologic database) and E-Logger (processes E-Logs into drillholes). One of the most exciting, breakthrough products is the new Natural Regrade program. This module will regrade land to natural landforms and create a balance of cut and fill based on user-defined ridgelines, yet at the same time implement the required slopes, cross sections and sinuosity of drainage channels for minimum, long-term erodibility. The concepts in this module helped win the “Best of the Best” Reclamation Award for 2004. Mining, however, is all about heavy equipment and moving earth and minerals. That’s where Carlson Grade, along with Productivity Tools, take over. The office terrain models are fed to the heavy equipment by radio link, and then the cut and fill work begins. Carlson Grade contains the drill solution for drill navigation and logging of blast holes, the interface for dozer cut and fill operations, and the excavator interface for overburden and ore removal. Points can be logged by the drill, the excavator or the dozer to update the geologic model, real-time on the equipment or by office personnel through radio transfer of the data. The radio link is managed by two pieces of software: Telescope for 900 mhz, “spread-spectrum” type radio linkage and Stargazer for high-speed, 80211b “wi-fi” radio links. Productivity Tools analyzes the production rates for all heavy equipment and is the industry-standard analysis tool, used by discriminating mine contractors such as Roche and Thiess Construction. Carlson TruckPro is a newly developed program for truck loading and haul management, minimizing paperwork, logging loads and recording product quality at all load and dump locations and analyzing haul routes. TruckPro includes dispatch features and an office component for viewing truck locations and status. Peer-to-peer communication enables viewing of all trucks by all operators. Truck information is also analyzed in Productivity Tools. Carlson Truckpro can also link to weight and tire pressure sensors and back-up video cameras for improved operational performance and safety. Lastly Carlson Dragline 3D completes the full suite by offering dragline swing monitoring and productivity feedback. Both TruckPro and Dragline 3D use low-cost Garmin® or equivalent GPS receivers, and are extremely affordable solutions for mines interested in reducing paperwork and reviewing equipment performance.