Share, describe and discuss maps and mapping tools in this group for land surveyors who love maps!
Below is a list of mapping terminology links on Wikipedia, which could always use a few revisions. If you have something you can add, feel free to follow to the link and edit Wikipedia as you need.
Documentation is being added to Wikipedia. Many entr
Read more…There is a new mapping tool which i figured I'd try out and found it to be pretty amazing. It's called Wordmap and you can search any word to find out how it translates across the planet into any language.
Give a try searching for the word 'surveyo
Read more…An article in American Surveyor Magazine called Uncertain Future indicates retirement in the near future for many land surveyors in the United States.
It turns out that the average age of a land surveyor in the United States is 54.
So when I ran a
Read more…The thought occurred to me that it might be helpful to provide a downloadable dictionary/glossary of mapping terms and cartography definitions for our members to have handy. Over the next few weeks I will be posting useful r
There's a new tool worth checking out for GIS in your Browser. Dropchop is a browser based GIS built with Mapbox and Turf.js. It allows you to perform quite sophisticated spatial queries on mapped data without a server and in your choice of interne
Read more…Topographic Map Symbols are used by professional Land Surveyors everyday. If you are hoping to learn more about the meaning behind these symbols, feel free to download the attached USGS Topographic Map Symbols guides.
Line of Sight was another very popular interactive map this week which seemed to cover some familiar ground. There are already a number of maps which allow you to track the real-time position of satellites orbiting the Earth. However the futuristic
Read more…Many surveyors are experimenting with surveying using aerial drones these days, but we of course must be careful where we fly. Mapbox has published a No Fly Zones map compiled from Federal Aviation data as a starting point to building your own No Fly
Read more…These free downloadable vector world maps could be just the perfect resource you might need for your mapping project.
Vector maps (EPS + SVG) for graphic designers.
Mapas Vectoriales (EPS + SVG) para diseñadores gráficos.
Download p
Read more…View a brief timeline that highlights the key points of cartography progress and development since ancient times.
Access a large online bank of cartography resources focused on old and out of print maps, along with
Read more…Take a look and be amazed at the new USGS Historical Topographic Map Explorer Tool. This is a great way to explore the growth of US cities using USGS historical maps. Its a terrific tool for the mapping toolbox for surveyors.
Click on the modern Esri
Read more…World Coordinate Converter Tool for Mappers
There is a new geocoding tool that will surely delight all you mappers out there. TWCC, or "The World Coordinate Converter", is now available with user friendly features.
What makes TWCC apart from the res
Read more…For those of you who are dabbling or working hard with aerial imagery and Google Earth, here are a couple of tricks that I have learned along the way.
If you
Read more…Taken in the years 1656-1658, the Down Survey of Ireland is the first ever detailed land survey on a national scale anywhere in the world. The survey sought to measure all the land to be forfeited by the Catholic Irish in o
There should be no question whatsoever about why this map I am about to show you could be incredibly valuable to land surveyors. Hillmap is a somewhat new Google Maps application that allows users to view topographical maps on top of and alongside Go
Read more…If you have land surveying to do, do NOT click this link, as you might not get very much done. That link — Newspaper Map — is quite possibly the simplest and coolest way to surf newspapers, visually, online that I’ve ever encountered. It has now bec
Read more…With Google Maps, you can do amazing and helpful things including creation of detailed engineering planning. Check this out from GMapsMania
Roof Mapper is a Google Maps based tool that was developed for a roof engineer who needed a way to create det
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