I wish someone, perhaps even the VectorWorks programmers, would write a script that would allow for more efficient importation of GPS data into Vectorworks. Currently I need to download the GPS data, convert it to a comma or tab separated text file, then strip the header, then reorder the columns and then import the file as a survey file in Landscape. This can be very tedious as this needs to be done for both waypoints and tracklogs each day. Furthermore when the tracklogs get imported they only appear as crumbtrail dots. It would be nice to have some function that takes the time of each tracklog locate and automatically draws a line connecting each consecutive timed locate. In essence this would require two new import functions one for the waypoints and one for tracklog. For a most efficient display (from my point of view) each days download should be in a separate layer and each import of waypoint and tracklog can be on separate classes thus allowing for changing of colour or lines.
An even more slicker way of doing this would be to link an application such as MacGPS Pro to work on a layer within VectorWorks. Then you could have a live GPS locate on the screen with an underlying VectorWorks map. This would be great for me as a geologist and others who creates geological maps in the field or wish to check out on site data locates.
I would even be prepared to contract a programmer interested in writing the code for this.
By the way MacGPS Pro only costs $50.00 US. See www.macgpspro.com