Critigen has made a APP for Android phones to assist in Finding a Control Point from National Geodetic Surveys website. Critigen is a Trimble and ESRI partner.
The easiest way to download and install it to your Android phone is to search for this APP or type in this web address on your phones browser: http://www.critigen.com/mobile/findacontrol/
Then you can download and install directly to your phone. The alternative is to download it from the website via your PC, extract the zip file to your PC and then copy it to your Android phone and install it.
Key features include:
- View NGS survey control stations in a map viewer.
- Toggle on/off layers used to identify station quality/type, i.e., horizontal, vertical, combined, low quality and Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) Network.
- Switch easily between Streets or Imagery basemaps.
- Search by County.
- Zoom to current location.
- View station summary information with map callouts.
- Direct access to NGS datasheets that summarize key geodetic information.
Further information on the data used in “Find-A-Control” can be found on the NGS website at www.ngs.noaa.gov.
