Hello everybody,
I think I was a member here before because when I entered my user name as a new member, it said that name was already taken...very unlikely because of the name itself. Anyway I changed my password, etc. and still could not get in. So...I began a new account and here I am. My reason for joining again is because while trolling through one day, I saw a post looking for a free cogo program for students. I don't see it anymore so guess that need was filled. I do have software that I developed a long time ago and used for my own business and eventually, at the insistence of my associates, sold through my home-made website and now doing the same through the reincarnation of the site but without the associates. I am 87 and retired for 26 years but still try to market the software. An order will even come pouring in once in a great while. I am willing to offer the program free for students. In fact, it has a free limited evaluation version not really suitable for meaningful work but still a good teacher for anyone learning cogo. I will have to find out whether or not I am allowed to offer it here or even mention the website. I would take the limitation away and let them use the paid version for free if asked by a certified survey instructor in a school. I would also like to have someone pass judgment on the program and my website since I have not kept up with the sophistication of the "big boys". I can't afford an SEO expert and like to think I can do it myself. I keep forgetting that I was a rear chainman for George Washington and that I used to memorize 8 place trig functions while calculating subdivisions before computers were around (true, except for the chainman part). A lot of longhand calcs for line-line, line-curve and curve-curve intersection problems taught me a lot of trig but glad I don't have to do it that way anymore. Please advise.
Hi Jim!
Welcome back. 🙂
I have merged your two accounts so you have all of your history and sent you an email with further details.
I am sure Wendell will be okay with you posting a link for us to look at your COGO software.
The same Jim that I remember from CK?ý ???
I talk with Tim from time to time, I think that "we" are all retired (or expired) these days.
Good to hear that you are still in the game.
Loyal (Rat) Olson?ÿ
Hello, Jim, it's good to hear from you. I'm still using a copy of your software that I bought in about 2008. I'm 98% retired and don't do many surveys, but for what I do it works quite well.
I don't have enough background to talk about how your software compares to other programs, but it's simple and straightforward and uses very little memory and processor power. The point file for the biggest job I've ever used it on is 32 KB.
