Third-Party Tools

"Connect to any computer: Jump Desktop is a secure and reliable remote desktop app that lets you connect to any computer, anywhere in the world."

Why we love it: Jump Desktop just works. Regardless if you're using a PC, Mac, iOS, or Android device Jump Desktop provides a seamless experience that's secure, easy to setup, and available when you need it.

Powerful yet easy to use description drawing/plotting software featuring auto-completion, area calculation, custom labels, sections, layers, GPS, compass rule adjustments and more.

Why we love it: We haven't found anything that is on par with Metes and Bounds at a similar price point.

"The free Adobe Scan app turns your device into a powerful portable PDF scanner that recognizes text automatically (OCR). Use this mobile document scanner to turn anything — receipts, notes, documents, pictures, business cards, whiteboards — into an Adobe PDF with content you can reuse from each PDF and photo scan."

Why we love it: Adobe Scan is a fantastic solution for scanning and saving large survey maps.

"LibreOffice is a powerful office suite – its clean interface and feature-rich tools help you unleash your creativity and enhance your productivity. LibreOffice includes several applications that make it the most powerful Free and Open Source office suite on the market: Writer (word processing), Calc (spreadsheets), Impress (presentations)…" and more.

Why we love it: LibreOffice provides all the office tools necessary without the cost of commercial software.

"Online privacy is more important than ever and how your browser handles sensitive data is crucial. Vivaldi doesn’t track or store any of your data."

Why we love it: Vivaldi is built on the Chromium open source project. Allowing it all the compatibility of Google's Chrome browser without the security concerns currently surrounding Google.