'Real Estate and Property Mgmt' Category

• Exporting parcel outlines to AutoCAD DXF

  

  Steve K. writes: “I’m using your trial software to see if it’s right for me. I’m an architect and I need the ability to export to AutoCAD. As an experiment, I drew the metes and bounds of a particular parcel over the aerial photo map that loads automatically in the trial version. I did this [...]

  
  

  July 10th, 2009

• How to Send Cadastral Property Boundaries to your GPS

  

  Ray K. asks: “I have downloaded property shape files from the Montana Cadastral mapping web site and want to place them on top of the Garmin TOPO 2008 MapSource map that in in my GPS to outline the property on the TOPO map.” Dan Foster shows how to use ExpertGPS Pro to import cadastral [...]

  
  

  July 10th, 2009

• Send Sales Territory Client Addresses from Excel or Outlook to your GPS

  

  Stacie R. writes: “Is there a GPS system that will allow me to import my sales territory which is on excel with columns such as Agency Name, Address, City, State, ZIP (similar to mappoint) onto a GPS? I could have 1000 or more addresses based on a several state territory which is why I [...]

  
  

  May 28th, 2009

• Mapping and Updating Golf Course Designs in the Field with a Garmin GPS

  

  Jim S. needs to view his golf course designs and engineering documents out in the field, where he can collect way points and make notes using a GPS. GPS expert Dan Foster offers two solutions.

  
  

  April 3rd, 2009

• Drawing Land Use Maps and Modifying Field Boundaries

  

  Dale writes: “My application requires that I measure the areas of various land use types within a given project area. I had problems when I tried to append a particular shape of one land use to another shape of a different land use. I had to leave a gap to keep things from [...]

  
  

  April 2nd, 2009

• How to Get your Business Listed in GPS POI Databases

  

  How do you get a POI for your business listed on Garmin, TomTom, and other GPS receivers? This is a question small-business owners ask all the time. Here’s how to get your business POI added to Garmin GPS receivers and others.

  
  

  March 3rd, 2009

• How can I view Section, Township, Range coordinates on a GPS map?

  

  Terry F., a rural real estate appraiser in Montana, needs to be able to view a map with Section, Township, and Range coordinates. Dan Foster explains how ExpertGPS Pro can be used as a moving-map display in a vehicle.

  
  

  December 18th, 2008

• How to make a ranch map with a Garmin GPS

  

  Drew needs map-making software for his West Texas ranch. ExpertGPS will allow him to map out his land, roads, and fences and create a detailed ranch map over any topo map, aerial photo, or USGS soil survey map.

  
  

  December 5th, 2008

• Mapping Legal Land Descriptions in ExpertGPS

  

  Here’s a preview of a feature in development for the next release of ExpertGPS Pro: the ability to import entire “metes and bounds” land descriptions in one step You can already enter these into ExpertGPS using the Project Waypoint command, but this requires you to input calls one-at-a-time. Take a look at what [...]

  
  

  November 10th, 2008

• Why can’t I find this address on your map?

  

  Joe from South Carolina asks “I am trying to set up a waypoint for 408 richfarm ct, lexington, sc 29072. It plots it with the incorrect coordinates about 5 mi NE of proper location. (it is really off of richmond farm circle, which it plots correctly.) Is your source data outdated?? I want [...]

  
  

  November 10th, 2008