Another alternate is to find someone that really knows how to run Carlson and see if you can get together with them for some informal training. My suggestion would be to take the funds that you are going to use to purchase Traverse PC and apply that to some training on the Carlson Survey package that you already have. If you are doing mainly boundary surveys and limited topos, it may be ok, but if you are running major projects and doing government level work Traverse PC comes up a little short. Traverse PC may be a good product for many peoiple but it does not have all of the tools that I have in Carlson Survey with embedded AutoCad. I have looked at both products in the past and Carlson was the only one that met my needs and my client's needs. Going to Traverse PC without any training on its use will result in the same problems. Any software is easy to use if you know how to use it. I have been on Carlson Survey software for 3 years now and find it VERY easy to use, but then I spent the money to get trained on the software via Carlson College. Perhaps switching software is not the answer to your problem.
