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A Windows-based non-CAD-centric COGO application that is cost-effective, reliable, and compatible.
Benchmark Survey software provides precise, automated calculations, streamlined analysis of survey field data, improved efficiency, and a rich set of layout design routines. It simplifies tasks like traverse closure trials and adjustments and field layout work, saving time and reducing errors. Benchmark Survey’s COGO features empower survey professionals to work more effectively, improving both productivity and calculation accuracy.
Benchmark Survey occupies a unique space as a non-cad-centric COGO application. It is still used regularly by many land surveyors who need a simple, reliable, compatible, and low-cost application on their desktops.
Based on our conversations with long-time customers, CAD-based COGO applications are not always the right fit. That’s why Benchmark for Windows retains its familiar and flexible command and text-based look and feel.
Benchmark consists of several programs divided into many flexible routines, some of which are described below. Routines may be selected by either numeric command or via our unique popup menus, providing easy access to Benchmark functions.
Benchmark’s unique, customizable menus allow users to set up the program to accept data and print results in accordance with their own standards. Benchmark will even allow the user to create “batch” files with a word processor for automated processing.
Benchmark Survey offers coordinate system transformations and rotations. It enables users to effortlessly convert coordinates from one system to another. The newly computed coordinates can either replace the existing ones or be stored in a new location within the project. Users have the flexibility to define the angle of rotation manually or by inputting two coordinates in each system. Reduction to sea level and scaling are also included, and individual points or groups may be specified.
Utility Programs:
Benchmark Survey offers special routines for curve staking, elevation reduction, and vertical curves.
Compatibility Notes:
Benchmark Survey can import and export ASCII text files of coordinate data that any other program can read. Benchmark also exports a DXF file that any AutoCAD-friendly application can digest.
If you'd like to try Benchmark Survey on the latest version of Windows, just complete the form to get your download link!
Benchmark Survey:
• First seat: $495
• Additional seats: $195
Need help? Please contact us! And check out the Benchmark Survey Full User Manual, the Benchmark Mini Manual, & the videos below.
If you’ve been around long enough, you probably remember Benchmark Survey as a DOS program from the early 1980’s. We actually tried to ‘sunset’ Benchmark in the early 1990’s but the users were pretty adamant that they wanted to keep using it, and kept pushing for a version that would run on Windows platforms.
We founded AST Survey in 2005 because we finally discovered an economically viable way to make Benchmark work in Windows, and it continues to be a popular COGO software choice for surveyors to this day.
Benchmark is dedicated to the proposition that ‘powerful’ need not equal ‘complicated’ or ‘expensive.’ Benchmark’s mission is to help land surveyors and other AEC professionals get their survey calculation work done faster, better, and more easily and accurately.
Most of Benchmark Survey’s users have been with us for a long time – we thank you! If you know other land surveyors who could benefit from Benchmark, please send them to our website. And don’t forget to follow our Facebook page where we post all the latest news and updates.
Thanks again for using Benchmark!
Dusty