Rascal GPS ocan now obtain a free copy of the latest Rascal firmware (version 3.0) from Allen Osborne Associate, Inc. The Version 3.0 Rascal firmware includes the following capabilities at no cost:
- Time-based Tagging
- Distance-based Tagging
- SSPT: On/Off for simultaneous saving of tag and SSPT information
- The ability to enter survey points and calculate position based on azimuth and range
- Improvement in ease of uploading future versions of firmware
- Ready access to COGO (with appropriate Upgrade - UPGR030)
In addition to the above free capabilities, the new firmware (with paid authorization code) sports several other new capabilities, as follows:
- Inversing for bearings, horizontal, slope and ground distances
- "Traversing" for area and perimeter values
- Bearing-bearing intersections
- Bearing-distance intersections
- Distance-distance intersections
- Calculator-like functionality for common Surveying problems
Source: Allen Osborne Associates Inc., May 10, 2004
