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02-APR-2002, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tripod Data Systems to give away $24,750 in TDS COGO for Pocket PC software
Free exhibit hall passes available
Contacts:
Victoria Gagnon
Tripod Data Systems
541-753-9322
victoria@tdsway.com
Julia Oliver
Sanda Communications
503-445-2400
jo@sandacom.com
Corvallis, Oregon—April 2, 2002—Tripod Data Systems (TDS) announced today it's giving away $24,750 in TDS COGO for Pocket PC software at the FIG/ACSM/ASPRS Spring 2002 Conference being held April 19-26 in Washington, D.C.
"The first one hundred qualified surveyors or surveying students to register at our booth on both April 22 and 23, and the first fifty on April 24, will receive a free TDS COGO for Pocket PC program," said Bill Martin, TDS director of survey marketing and sales. "This isn't a drawing. Qualified show attendees will get this software just for being among the first each day to register at our booth."
TDS will be at booth #400, located just inside the entrance to the exhibit hall. For a free pass to the exhibit hall, email victoria@tdsway.com or call 541-753-9322.
TDS COGO for Pocket PC provides a feature-rich computational package that helps surveyors perform tasks more efficiently. It includes features like COGO; traverse, sideshot and other survey routines; coordinate translation and rotation; and point staking. TDS COGO for Pocket PC runs on the Compaq iPAQ. TDS encourages surveyors to visit www.tdsway.com for a free TDS COGO for Pocket PC demo. The program retails for $99.
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The American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) works to advance the sciences of surveying and mapping and related fields, in furtherance of the welfare of those who use and make maps. ACSM encourages the development of educational programs in surveying, mapping and charting and supports publications that represent the professional and technical interests of surveying and mapping. ACSM members include more than 7,000 surveyors, cartographers, geodesists and other spatial data information professionals working in both public and private sectors throughout the world.
Tripod Data Systems, Inc. (TDS) develops software for land surveyors and others who collect and process spatial data. The company's software runs on programmable calculators, handheld computers and desktop and laptop PCs. Handheld computers running TDS software are compatible with many brands of total stations, digital levels and laser rangefinders. The company's easy-to-use survey software is used by more surveyors than all other competitors' combined. (According to Business News Publishing Company's "Surveying and Mapping Industry Study 1995-2000." Includes TDS software sold by dealers and TDS partner companies.)
TDS was founded in 1987. The company is headquartered in Corvallis, Ore. TDS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Trimble.
For more information, please contact TDS at 541-753-9322, sales@tdsway.com, or www.tdsway.com.
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