Trimble Penmap

Trimble Inc.

About this app

Trimble Penmap is a premium data collection and map creation solution that brings accurate data collection and stake out workflows to Android field devices. Trimble Penmap is differentiated by its simplicity, ease of use and graphical user interface. Trimble Penmap for Android is compatible with Trimble R series receivers and RTX positioning service allowing users to get access to high accurate positions from Android phones and tablets.

• GIS data question and editing
• Create Maps with Features and attributes
• Accurate location information using Trimble R-Series GNSS receivers
• Stake-out workflows
• Map-based visualization of data collection
• Point numbering and Coding
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Trimble Penmap is a cloud mobile application and is part of the Trimble Connect Spatial platform which allows for ease of managing your field data collection projects.

Ratings and reviews

I have been using Penmap for 2.5 years and have experienced countless bugs, issues, and lost time on the job and troubleshooting off site. Penmap has the potential to be a great app if Trimble is able to fix the issues. These frequent issues include location cursor rapidly bouncing around on the map, difficulty connecting to correction sources, "RTX start via satellite" failure error when connecting to Trimble Corrections Hub, inaccurate elevations off by several feet while RTK Fixed with TCH.

This review is for the 'freemium' version of Penmap. If you are hoping to use this without paying Trimble for the subscription - don't bother ... You can't download the data which you have collected without it. I wasted an hour out in the field collecting test data for validation before I found this out. It doesn't mention this fact anywhere before you start using it. This App, just like Trimble's MANY others is a signature Trimble product. Another subscription.

This GNSS app by Trimble is extremely frustrating to use for a first time user of operating GNSS. Trying to set up the Catalyst with this software and Trimble mobile manager has many issues. Getting random error messages with Can-net when setting up RTK. This program is not user friendly, and I would recommend anyone considering using this app to stay away and look elsewhere. You will be wasting alot of time and resources troubleshooting this app.

What's new

* Updated coordinate databases to version 110
* Updated TPSDK version to version 2024.1 to connect to GNSS receivers
* Update VRSNow NTRIP casters from IP address to URL usage
* GNSS: Fixed an issue at repair project in conjunction with the CRS datum reference
* minor bugfixes