COGO Survey Calculator
Gabriel John Fordan Productivity iPhoneiPadiPod touch
COGO Survey Calculator is a free Productivity app for iPhone and iPad by Gabriel John Fordan. Rated 5.0/5 from 1 ratings. Requires iOS 26.0.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 1 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 8 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 5
- 2026 · v2.1
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About COGO Survey Calculator
Native COGO calculator for surveyors and field crews — traverse, closure, curves, intersections, area, and CAD export. Fully offline. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Bearing-and-distance traverse with running coordinates; edit any leg in place; enter legs in metres, feet, US survey feet, or links • Inverse / join: two points to distance, azimuth, and quadrant bearing • Inverse list / radiations: bearing & distance from one point to every other point • Sideshot reduction: horizontal angle, zenith, and slope distance to northing, easting, and elevation • Closure: linear misclosure, misclosure bearing as azimuth or quadrant (your choice), precision ratio (1 : N) • Balance a traverse by the Compass (Bowditch) or Transit rule • Enclosed area by coordinates, with acres / hectares and perimeter • Horizontal curve solver — R, Δ, arc, tangent, chord, external, mid-ordinate, degree of curve, PC & PT — plus a deflection / chord stakeout table (CSV) • 3-point circle / arc — fit a circle through three points and divide the arc into stake points • Angle calculator — add/subtract angles, angle between two bearings, bearing ± angle, editable running total • POB calculator — chain editable bearing-distance calls from a point of beginning • COGO intersections — bearing-bearing, bearing-distance, distance-distance — and 3-point (Tienstra) resection • Line tools — four-point intersection, parallel and perpendicular lines with station, offset, and left/right • Common tangent — all four tangents between two circles from two centres or a bearing + distance, with offsets • Two unknowns — solve two missing traverse distances, bearings, or one of each, offsets included • Recessed invert — reduce a slant tape shot to pipe invert depth and elevation • UTM converter — latitude/longitude as decimal degrees, DMS with N/S/E/W, DDMMSS, or packed D.MS • State Plane (SPCS83 and SPCS2022 preview) — lat/lon to grid with scale factor, convergence, and combined factor • Grid ↔ Ground converter — distances through a typed or zone-derived combined scale factor • Horizontal alignment — PI-chained tangents, curves, optional spirals, stationing, station & offset, stakeout • Predetermined / hinged area subdivision — parallel cutoff or hinged line to a target area • Metes-and-bounds legal description — generate a written deed description from a closed traverse • Plot / sketch view of the traverse with north arrow, scale bar, and legend • Import/export points as CSV in your column layout (PNEZD, PENZD, NEZ, ENZ …) and delimiter • Export DXF (AutoCAD R12) and a one-page PDF report — CSV, DXF, and PDF export are free • Work in DMS, decimal, or packed D.MS; azimuth or quadrant; feet or metres — set your defaults once • Native iOS keyboard by default, or the in-app survey keypad with dedicated DMS keys • Ask “Theo,” the on-device AI assistant (Apple Intelligence), in plain English PRIVATE BY DESIGN 100% offline. No account, no network, no ads, no tracking. Your jobs and points never leave your device. WHO IT'S FOR Land surveyors, party chiefs, survey techs, civil engineers, and students. FREE & PRO Free includes one job and up to ten points, full on-screen computation, and CSV / DXF / PDF export. COGO Pro unlocks unlimited jobs and points, Compass/Transit closure adjustment, and enclosed-area output — as a Weekly, Monthly, or Yearly subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Always verify computed results against your project control. This app is a field calculator, not a substitute for a licensed surveyor's checks. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS COGO Pro Weekly, Monthly, and Yearly are auto-renewable subscriptions; Lifetime is a one-time purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://cogo.vendrato.com/privacy
What’s new
Version 2.1 · Updated September 5, 2026
v2.1 is built from working surveyors' feedback: misclosure bearings the way you read them, editable legs, mixed units, and four new geometry tools. • Misclosure bearing display: choose azimuth or quadrant and DMS or decimal. Closure & Area shows the bearing at full size, the plot legend and PDF report follow the same setting. • Entry defaults: set your distance unit, azimuth/quadrant entry, and angle format once in Preferences. • Edit any traverse leg in place — downstream coordinates, closure, area, and plot recompute. • Mixed units per leg: type metres, feet, US survey feet, or links on any leg; the job converts in the background. Changing a job's unit now converts stored values. • Line Tools: four-point intersection, parallel and perpendicular constructions with station, offset, and left/right. • Common Tangent: all four tangents between two circles (L-L, R-R, L-R, R-L) from two centres or a bearing + distance, with offsets. • Two Unknowns: solve two missing distances, bearings, or one of each against the closing point, offsets included, and apply the result. • Recessed Invert: field-term calculator for recessed pipe inverts with a diagram. • What's New on update and a Version history screen in Preferences. Fully offline. Thanks for using COGO Survey Calculator.
App privacy
The developer, Gabriel John Fordan, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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