{"id":91,"date":"2026-09-15T00:11:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T00:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.npoles.com\/?page_id=91"},"modified":"2026-09-15T00:11:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T00:11:25","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.npoles.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Overhead powerline survey and design<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From the pole to the drawing, in one application<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">nPoles surveys an overhead line, builds the model, checks it and documents it: stringing charts, clearances, pole loads, footings, schedules and CAD. Built for the surveyor at the pole and the designer in the office, on the standards of Australia&#8217;s distribution companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"\/index.php\/npoles\/\">Explore nPoles<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"\/index.php\/field-mini\/\">Try Field mini free<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/portal.npoles.com\">Customer portal<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"np-release\">Current release: see the <a href=\"\/changelog.html\">change log<\/a>.<\/p>\n<script>\nfetch('\/version.json', {cache: 'no-store'}).then(function (r) { return r.json(); }).then(function (v) {\n  var p = document.getElementById('np-release');\n  var date = String(v.releaseDate || '').split('-').reverse().join('.');\n  p.textContent = 'Current release: nPoles ' + v.version + ', ' + date + ' \\u00b7 ';\n  var a = document.createElement('a');\n  a.href = 'https:\/\/portal.npoles.com\/whatsnew?src=website';\n  a.textContent = \"What's new\";\n  p.appendChild(a);\n}).catch(function () {});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1876\" height=\"913\" src=\"https:\/\/www.npoles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/npoles-plan-view-aerial.jpg\" alt=\"nPoles plan view: a pole line on Victorian aerial imagery with property boundaries and survey marks\" class=\"wp-image-72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.npoles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/npoles-plan-view-aerial.jpg 1876w, https:\/\/www.npoles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/npoles-plan-view-aerial-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.npoles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/npoles-plan-view-aerial-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.npoles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/npoles-plan-view-aerial-768x374.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.npoles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/npoles-plan-view-aerial-1536x748.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1876px) 100vw, 1876px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A pole line on Victorian aerial imagery, with property boundaries and survey marks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Three products<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">nPoles \u2014 Field and Desktop<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The complete survey and design application for Windows. Total station and GNSS capture at the pole; stringing charts, clearances, pole loads and footing ratings; 3D review, reports and CAD export.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/index.php\/npoles\/\">Explore nPoles \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">nPoles Field mini<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Android collector in the surveyor&#8217;s pocket. Poles, conductors and clearances measured with the surveyor&#8217;s own instrument, maps and survey marks offline, and the job handed straight to nPoles. Free for 90 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/index.php\/field-mini\/\">Meet Field mini \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">nPoles PPE<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Construction plans from the survey. PPE opens the nPoles job and lays out the drawing, with title block, conductor schedule, scale bar and north arrow, for PDF, print and CAD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/index.php\/ppe\/\">About PPE \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why nPoles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Built for the pole, not only the office<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Text-and-forms screens that stay readable on a rugged tablet in full sun, high-contrast controls, large targets, and an on-screen keyboard made for gloved hands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The distributor&#8217;s standards, already loaded<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">17 company profiles across every Australian state and territory: stringing chart libraries, pole, crossarm and insulator databases, description codes and clearance rules.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">One model, every check<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stringing charts, MES, Chart Finder, clearances and pole loads all read the same surveyed points, so a change is checked everywhere at once.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Design Stress and Limit State, side by side<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both methods on one job, the way Australian distribution design is actually done, with the Victorian SECV footing method rated on every pole.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The map under the survey<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aerial imagery, survey marks and property boundaries across Australia, New Zealand and Switzerland; national maps for 17 countries; datums from GDA2020 to Swiss LV95.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The job is safe<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crash-proof saving, Undo with a visible history, point backups with notes, a Job Change Report, and a job rebuilt from its survey log if the file is ever lost.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What&#8217;s new<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"np-whatsnew\"><li><strong>Name your point strings<\/strong> (1.4.183)<\/li><li><strong>Total station reads land in every circuit and every box<\/strong> (1.4.183)<\/li><li><strong>Company data updates keep your edits<\/strong> (1.4.182)<\/li><li><strong>Draw buildings off the aerial image, and the view stays put<\/strong> (1.4.182)<\/li><\/ul>\n<script>\nfetch('\/whatsnew.json', {cache: 'no-store'}).then(function (r) { return r.json(); }).then(function (feed) {\n  function key(d) { return d.split('.').reverse().join(''); }\n  var majors = feed.entries.filter(function (e) { return e.tier === 'major'; })\n    .sort(function (a, b) { return key(b.date).localeCompare(key(a.date)); }).slice(0, 4);\n  if (!majors.length) { return; }\n  var list = document.getElementById('np-whatsnew');\n  list.innerHTML = '';\n  majors.forEach(function (e) {\n    var li = document.createElement('li');\n    var b = document.createElement('strong');\n    b.textContent = e.title;\n    li.appendChild(b);\n    li.appendChild(document.createTextNode(' \\u2014 ' + e.text.split('. ')[0] + '. (' + e.version + ')'));\n    list.appendChild(li);\n  });\n}).catch(function () {});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.npoles.com\/whatsnew?src=website\">Everything new this year \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Since 2003<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">nPoles grew out of POLES, the survey software of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria, and has been written from the ground up since 2003. Version 1.0 shipped in 2006, and designers and surveyors have used it on distribution lines ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/index.php\/history\/\">Our history \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2107\" height=\"1887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.npoles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TotalStationWithToughbook-03022011608.jpg\" alt=\"A surveyor at a Sokkia total station, driving it from nPoles on a rugged tablet\" class=\"wp-image-21\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.npoles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TotalStationWithToughbook-03022011608.jpg 2107w, https:\/\/www.npoles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TotalStationWithToughbook-03022011608-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.npoles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TotalStationWithToughbook-03022011608-1024x917.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.npoles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TotalStationWithToughbook-03022011608-768x688.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.npoles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TotalStationWithToughbook-03022011608-1536x1376.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.npoles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TotalStationWithToughbook-03022011608-2048x1834.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2107px) 100vw, 2107px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">nPoles on a rugged tablet, driving the total station at the kerb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions, a demonstration or a quote<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A reply comes by email. 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