Origin Help

Designed by surveyors for surveyors, Spectra Geospatial Origin software supports your everyday survey fieldwork.

For new features and improvements, see the release notes.

New to Origin? Start here

Other ways to view Origin documentation

  • Download PDF guides from the PDF guides page.

  • View the help installed on the controller running the Origin software.

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To search the Origin Help, enter your search term in the Search field in the yellow bar near the top of the page.

Version 2025.10

Origin 2025.10 is here

Origin 2025.10 features enhanced Auto Resection functionality, allowing for much faster station setup. You can now configure Measure codes to create polylines instead of feature coded linework and you can now easily insert or remove points from polylines. Other improvements include staking stations relative to a selected start station, and exporting linework to Shapefiles.

Origin Roads now supports staking to the nearest string when staking from strings and surfaces.