Welcome to GIS for Surveyor Hub

Welcome to the GIS Surveying Hub, a specialized group within the Land Surveyors United Global community dedicated to professional land surveyors who work in GIS and utilize GIS software. This hub serves as a central point for all things GIS in the world of land surveying. Engage in in-depth discussions and share your insights in our forum for GIS discussions, specifically tailored to the needs and challenges of land surveyors. Contribute to our photos section by uploading and describing GIS-related images, providing visual context and enhancing our collective knowledge. Our videos section also offers a platform for sharing and exploring video content focused on GIS techniques and tools.

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Survey Legend

Valuable Geospatial Listings, Datasets and Repositories for Land Surveyors

Valuable Geospatial Resource Listings and Repositories for Land Surveyors Free GIS Datasets A comprehensive, well-organized list developed by Robin Wilson, University of Southampton. It contains free global, regional, national, and subnational geodata in vector/raster format, organized by theme. This resource is particularly useful for land surveyors looking for diverse datasets to support their projects, ranging from topographic maps to population data. Example: A land surveyor working on…

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Started by Justin Farrow in Smart GIS, GIS, and GIS Software
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Survey Legend

Giganic List of Amazing GIS Products, Services and Tools

Gigantic List of GIS Resources and Tools for Land Surveyors Hello Land Surveyors United Community! I hope this post finds you all in great spirits and busy with exciting projects. Today, I’m thrilled to share a treasure trove of GIS resources and tools that can significantly enhance our surveying tasks, streamline workflows, and boost productivity. Whether you're a seasoned surveyor or just starting your journey, this list has something for everyone. DOWNLOAD MASTER LIST HERE: DOWNLOAD GIS…

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Started by Justin Farrow in GIS, GIS Software, and GIS Tools
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GEO Ambassador

GIS Cookbook and Guide Book

I ran across this GIS Cookbook and Guidebook for GIS that I thought you might be interested in checking out in your spare time. It's from 2007, but the information is still very relevant for GIS beginners.  You can read the GIS Cookbook here online and here as HTML or members of the network can download it below.  Enjoy!

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Started by Skip Farrow
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Land Surveyor

GIS Mind

GIS Mind?  What is that? Here is something I shared elsewhere a few minutes ago because I saw a need to precede other comments:The "Pincussion Effect"? I don't believe that a fourth measurement should constitute a fourth monument, unless precluded by statute, code, or judicial opinion that a land surveyor may tend to be squandered of his professional opinion thereby. Now, what if the legal description of the property in question calls for an iron pipe? Thence N 25°32'16" E, 325.12 feet to an…

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Started by Scott D. Warner, PLS
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Survey Legend

Origins and History of GIS

These days, the line which separates land surveying and GIS seems blurred for many. In fact, the interplay between the two is so conversational that some might say that they are merging. The history of land surveying has been discussed at length on this network but not much about the history of GIS. So i figured it was about time to open this discussion up, and what better place than the GIS group, right? On the Origins of GIS Any thorough and detailed history of GIS is not presently well…

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Started by ⚡Survenator⌁
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GEO Ambassador

Portable GIS on a Stick!

GIS on a Stick from Free Geography Tools Jo Cook of Oxford Archaeology has created a portable suite of Windows’ GIS applications that can be run from a thumb drive on any Windows XP/Vista system, or from your local hard drive, with no installation required. Applications include:GRASS, a powerful but complicated GISQuantum GIS (version 10), a simpler GIS viewer/editor that incorporates some GRASS functionalitygvSIG, a full-blown GIS viewer/editorGeoServer, a open-source map serverPostGreSQL with…

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Started by Skip Farrow
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Support Group for Land Surveyors

 
 

In this GIS support group forum, share any tips, tricks, resources or links that you might think will be helpful to other land surveyors who work with or specialize in Geographic Information Systems.

 

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  • GEO Ambassador
    Jaybird October 22, 2013 at 4:50pm

    nathaniel quarshie you know you should start a new discussion in this group and formally ask the group for what you need.  No one answers the comments section.

  • Student Surveyor
    nathaniel quarshie October 22, 2013 at 4:43pm

    PLEASE CAN ANYONE HELP ME, HOW TO IMPORT AN  IMAGE INTO ILWIS

  • Student Surveyor
    Kennedy Kwashie Komla October 30, 2012 at 3:28pm

    Hi everybody... Great to be part of this group..

    I have being given my first ever GIS work, it's about determining the areas that are likely to get flooded and accessing the impact on the community.   All views are welcomed ...

  • Reason Mlambo February 14, 2012 at 12:46pm

    Can anyone help me with tips on how to develop a GIS application for monitoring the progress of a civil engineering project. The civil works to be monitored include sewage reticulation, water and road construction.

  • Survey Legend
    ⚡Survenator⌁ June 25, 2011 at 11:56pm
    GIS videos now added to this group.  In the future please tag all videos, photos and discussions related to GIS with the tag: GIS  and it will automatically be sent into this group...if you already have GIS related videos you've added to the site please Edit them to include the GIS tag
  • Arnel M. Domag June 10, 2011 at 7:39am
    @Adekanbi: Can you be more specific? GIS is not just a topic. It is of huge coverage. In fact, it is a discipline. Cheers! :)
  • Adekanbi Riliwan Adeshina June 10, 2011 at 2:13am
    someone help me out, am given CIS as a Project. i need the best and the easiest methodology to adopt. the Land covers about 22 hectares and the Layout is not well structured.
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