Rascal GPS owners can now obtain a free copy of the latest Rascal firmware.

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