Share, describe and discuss maps and mapping tools in this group for land surveyors who love maps!
The thought occurred to me that it might be helpful to provide a downloadable dictionary/glossary of mapping terms and cartography definitions for our membersĀ to have handy. Ā Over the next few weeks I will be posting useful r
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.
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Read moreā¦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
World Coordinate Converter Tool for Mappers
There is a new geocoding toolĀ that will surely delight all you mappers out there. TWCC, orĀ "The World Coordinate Converter", is now available with user friendly features.
What makes TWCC apart from the res
Read moreā¦As a global community of land surveyors, it may become important to at least know the type of language that one of your fellow surveyors speak, it order to eliminate possible misinterpretations during chat or email. That is where this new Language Ma
Read moreā¦Use This Radius Map to Draw Circles for Radius
This toolĀ will help you accomplish the following without a compass and pencil.
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 newĀ Google Maps application that allows users to view topographical maps on top of and alongside Go
Read moreā¦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 diseƱadores grƔficos.
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Read moreā¦If you have land surveying to do, do NOT click this link, as you might not get very much done. Ā That link āĀ Newspaper MapĀ ā is quite possibly the simplest and coolest way to surf newspapers,Ā visually,Ā online that Iāve ever encountered. It has now bec
Read moreā¦I've been hearing a lot about land surveyors heading to the Northeast to assist with disaster recovery from Hurricane Superstorm Sandy. Ā I was looking for a before and after map in order to get a visual of just what is being done and GMaps ManiaĀ happ
Read moreā¦Below is a list of mapping terminology links on Wikipedia, which could always use a few revisions. Ā If you have something you can add, feel free to follow to the link and edit Wikipedia as you need.
Documentation is being added toĀ Wikipedia. Many entr
Read moreā¦With Google Maps, you can do amazing and helpful things including creation of detailed engineering planning. Check this out fromĀ GMapsMania
Roof MapperĀ is a Google Maps based tool that was developed for a roof engineer who needed a way to create det
Read moreā¦I'm glad we started this group forum, as it will give us all an opportunity to discuss and explore the different versions of ourĀ global member map as created in different mapping platforms. Below you will see our global map of land surveyors (members
Take a look at this map by Stamen called the Burning Map. Ā Take a look and you'll know what I'm talking about. Ā It is on fire!
Be sure to zoom in and out to see the flames change.
One area where OpenStreetMap has traditionally had the edge over Goog
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