Transform Testimonials
"Thank you Dennis for providing this powerful yet simple tool. It
works awesome. I am definitely going to suggest to the higher ups that we
purchase this product."
Tony Cucinotta
Alha Surveying & Engineering Inc.
Middleboro, MA
“I have been using PrimaCode's Transform and its predecessors for
almost twenty years and have found that it gives me the fastest and most
accurate way to compute the most likely location of a missing monument based
upon record plans and field evidence. The more I use it, the more uses I
find for it. I depend on it exclusively for these types of computations.”
MaryAnn Corcoran, PLS
Hill Engineers, Architects, Planners
Dalton, MA
“Transform is to analysis what the EDM is to measuring, or what CAD is
to drafting. Once you use it, you won’t do without it.”
Stephen A Salvini, PLS
PIONEER Land Services
Chester, MA
"... I used the method of my old-time mentor to hold the coordinate for
one monument and use another monument for line. Not being confident of what
two monuments would be the best, I decided to additionally analyze the
distances between all combinations of pairs of monuments to determine what I
thought was the 'best pair' to use. I was not particularly confident of this
solution either because there were usually quite a number of monuments in
good condition that were included in the surveys that were considered but
not used."
"With Transform, it is so easy to search for probable matching monuments, to
include or exclude monuments from consideration and to achieve a
transformation solution. I particularly like the way the data is displayed.
I can see on one page a large number points under consideration, the current
and old monument descriptions, the direction and distance between them and
the statistical data for any solution."
"I will typically spend only five to ten minutes using Transform and I feel
confident that I have determined the defendable, best fit of the
monumentation available to me."
Robert Nunnemacher, PLS
Thompson-Liston Associates, Inc.
Boylston, MA
"Just wanted to take a moment to let you know how much we appreciate
Transform for Windows. The more I use it the more I want to use it even
more! Looking forward to new software from you, especially a COGO package
Thanks for the great program!"
Joseph F. Hammond, L.S.
Buckman & Whitbeck, PC
82 Main Street
East Berne, NY 12009
"I have been using PrimaCode Technologies “Transform” program for
several years now, and am very satisfied with its capabilities. Prior to
discovering this software I utilized an Excel spreadsheet that a business
partner and I originally developed using Lotus 1-2-3 to compare found
monument locations with their record locations. It was functional, but very
cumbersome to use. I have found that Transform is relatively easy to use and
provides amazing functionality. It is the only software I have found that
allows the surveyor to compare the locations of any number of monuments with
their record positions in an easy to understand format. To my knowledge, it
is the only method of analyzing the locations of complex arrays of found
monuments with true mathematical repeatability. Determining which monuments
are consistent with their platted location can become overwhelming in short
order. It simply is not possible to properly evaluate the positional
relationships of more than a few monuments without some type of mathematical
analysis, as the amount of information to digest grows exponentially.
Transform allows the surveyor to evaluate the positions of any number of
monuments and arrive at a mathematically repeatable determination of the
most probable location for missing monuments. Transform allows the surveyor
to use a “trial and error” method to visualize the ramifications of
accepting or rejecting any number of recovered monuments. Weights can be
assigned to each monument to provide a method of relying more heavily on
certain monuments."
"Each scenario produces a scale factor, translation, and rotation that is
mathematically unique for those points under consideration. This allows the
surveyor to realize the true relationships of the monuments and removes
subjectivity in trying to decide which monuments to accept or reject."
"The Help topics alone will more than likely increase the average surveyor’s
comprehension of several surveying concepts. One of the most valuable of
these is an explanation of the problems created by maintaining the record
distance across right’s of-way instead of using proration. The program’s
author clearly understands the concept of that monuments control over
distances, and does an admirable job of explaining why this concept must be
used in the restoration of lost monuments."
James A. Folkers, R.L.S.
The WLB Group
Flagstaff, AZ 860001
