Topo Calc'R
Topo Calc'R software is intended for the calculation and the drawing of caving topographies.
Features
Its main features include:
- Management of the cavities at the level of a massif (or a network). One file for several cavities that can be displayed and plotted simultaneously.
- Direct input of survey data with management of instruments and operators as well as the possible continuations.
- Dynamic drawing of the skin on the screen (the drawing is attached to the survey and it is automatically repositioned if the survey changes) with an option to raise the notes (or other image) in the background.
- Drawing of longitudinal sections expanded or projected, global or partial
- Import of surface points from a GPS (GPX file)
- Import of survey data and drawing from a topographic electronic pad (Pocket Topo, Auriga, TopoDRoid, Qave)
- Import of survey data from Visual Topo or Toporobot files
- Import of survey data from a text file made with a spreadsheet
- Digitalisation from an old scanned topography.
- Import of a drawing in SVG format.
- Visualization and plotting at different scales of plans and sections.
- Possibility to see in the background scanned card or other raster (with georeferencing function)
- Direct display in Google Earth
- 3D visualization
- Export drawing to SVG format
- Export drawing in DXF format
- Export drawing to KML for viewing in Google Earth.
- Export data to .TRO files (Visual Topo)
- Export of topographic path in GPX format for displaying on a GPS
- Print and export survey data and caves data in various text formats.
- Export in SVG with script to integrate the report in a website with the functions of displacement and zoom. See an example with the Les Chuats network
Last update of the software : 05 march 2025 - version 3.06.11
The actual version runs only with Windows
To see all the features of the software and its last evolutions you can display the operating instructions
The topography of the network "Les Chuats" in Font d'Urle in the South Vercors (France) which was realized with Topo Calc'R (more than 50 km surveyed to date) won the prize of the surveying contest in the "large networks" category at the 18th UIS International Congress at Le Bourget du Lac in 2022.
You can see this survey on the Les Chuats network
Related article available on this site (in french) : The precision of a caving topographic survey
Designer
This software has been designed and produced by Jean-Paul Héreil
38340 Voreppe (France)
All suggestions and comments are always welcome
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