I am an environmental geologist at a State regulatory agency. We are working on an enormous remediation project that will include dozens of separate excavations ranging from a few thousand to a few hundred thousand cubic yards of soil. Some excavations will be backfilled, some partially backfilled and some left unfilled. All of our data, including LIDAR elevation contours and hundreds of boring with depth data, is currently in Access database files viewed in ArcGIS. What software do you recommend for doing volume calculations? Thanks.
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Volume calculation software?
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Carlson Takeoff is pretty easy to use.
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seems like you can do it with your current software
ArcGIS Help 10.1 - TIN Polygon Volume (3D Analyst)
resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/.../00q900000064000000.htm
ArcGIS geoprocessing tool that calculates the volumetric and surface area between polygons of an input feature class and a TIN surface.
ArcGIS Help 10.1 - TIN Polygon Volume (3D Analyst)
resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/.../00q900000064000000.htm
ArcGIS geoprocessing tool that calculates the volumetric and surface area between polygons of an input feature class and a TIN surface.
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CAD Civil3D is your best bet if you can generate point data files with existing and proposed contours, which you should be able to do with google earth. I used Earthworks#D when I did estimating for large earthwork jobs. Just don't forget fluff factors and compaction factors, you can put a company out of business(or lose your job) if you don't take into these factors.
ArcGIS should be able to do this on its own.
If I were in your shoes, and decided not to just do it in ArcGIS, I'd choose PayDirt over Civil3d. Civil3d is a monstrous program with a huge stack of options you don't need, and a higher learning curve. Then again, so is ArcGIS.
If you're going to invest the time in learning a complex software, you'll probably get more mileage out of ArcGIS given your profession.
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If I were in your shoes, and decided not to just do it in ArcGIS, I'd choose PayDirt over Civil3d. Civil3d is a monstrous program with a huge stack of options you don't need, and a higher learning curve. Then again, so is ArcGIS.
If you're going to invest the time in learning a complex software, you'll probably get more mileage out of ArcGIS given your profession.
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I-Site Studio - Very expensive, very fast/accurate/intuitive. Can handle TONS of data including LiDAR, survey, CAD, etc...
Global Mapper - Very inexpensive, still very accurate, not intuitive, slower workflow, can also handle almost any data you throw at it.
Hope this helps!
Global Mapper - Very inexpensive, still very accurate, not intuitive, slower workflow, can also handle almost any data you throw at it.
Hope this helps!
I was hoping to find a single-purpose software
This is what our heavy earthwork contractors use.
This is what our heavy earthwork contractors use.
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