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Party Chief

A List of Really Helpful Facebook Shortcuts

For those surveyors who happen to be on Facebook (and you're not alone) below is a list of really helpful Facebook shortcuts for you to use at will.

In fact many if not most of us have an account on Facebook. Some keep telling us that Facebook an

Started by Jaybird

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Party Chief

Will Google +1 Be a Facebook 'Like' Killer?

Hey Surveyors...if you have a website, here is a little tip for the near future which will keep you in the game.

Google +1 Will Help in Search rankings

I know I know..everyone is talking about how Google's +1 is a facebook "Like" killer. Ahhh...but d

Started by Jaybird

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GEO Ambassador

Hacking GPS Guide and Download

Guide to Hacking GPS

* This is the "user manual" that didn't come with any of the 30 million GPS receivers currently in use, showing readers how to modify, tweak, and hack their GPS to take it to new levels!
* Crazy-cool modifications include exploiti

Started by Skip Farrow

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GEO Ambassador

Run AutoCAD Script file from an Excel workbook

incredibly useful tool.. to add to your toolbox, Surveyor!

Online demo video

Tips

* Runs inside MS-Excel (2000, XP, 2003 or 2007) and your AutoCAD setup remains unaltered.
* Used for writing command scripts which are supported by any AutoCAD versio

Started by Skip Farrow

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Party Chief

The Ultimate Job Hunting Tool: Google Maps Extractor

Picture this Job Hunting Scenario,Surveyors:

You're looking for a job at a local land surveying firm and decide to head over to Google Maps to see those firms in your surrounding area. You search for "Your City" +land surveyors and hit search. All

Started by Jaybird

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Android/Iphone Apps for Surveyors

Try IP Webcam Compatible if the camera shows green screen or you have android version below 2.2.

Turns your phone into a network camera with multiple viewing options. View your camera on any platform with VLC player or web browser.

Works with third-par

Started by Ty Olinghouse

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Free and inexpensive Cogo Software

http://wareseeker.com/free-cogo/

Copan 09.11 brings users a professional yet easy-to-use geomatics engineering tool for computing and managing plane land survey coordinates. Designed for land surveyors, geodetic engineers, professionals and students

Started by Ty Olinghouse

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Google Sketch Up

Google SketchUp Pro is a simple but powerful tool for exploring and presenting your ideas in 3D. SketchUp Pro is everything traditional CAD software isn't -- quick to learn and intuitive to use.

Create 3D Models
Using SketchUp Pro, you can create 3D m

Started by Ty Olinghouse

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Party Chief

Guide to Finding Old Newspaper Articles Online

Land surveyors are (or should be) keen researchers and artists of meshing the past with the present. Without a clear understanding of the past, how would we know what we are looking at? Below is a helpful guide to finding archived newspaper artic

Started by Jaybird

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GEO Ambassador

Automagically Backup Files with Dropbox

Did you know that you can automatically backup your files with Dropbox? (Get Dropbox for free here). Below is a handy work around.

Using Dropbox for File Backup

Backup with Dropbox is effortless but one big limitation is that your files and folders ne

Started by Skip Farrow

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Party Chief

Surveyors, Need an Umbrella Today?

Would it be wise to bring an umbrella to work today, Surveyors? You can never be too prepared. Well, single-function website UmbrellaToday answers just that with one click. Simply input your zip code and get a simple yes or no weather forecast. It

Started by Jaybird

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Party Chief

Calculate Sunlight and Preplan Your Surveying Day

SunCalc

SunCalc Lite is a little app that shows sun movement and sunlight phases during the given day at the given location. It's a 10k version of the SunCalc project.

You can see sun positions at sunrise,specified time and sunset. The orange arc

Started by Jaybird

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Party Chief

Cell Tower Triangulation with Google Maps

Skyhook Coverage Map provides a location system based on Wi-Fi positioning, GPS and cell tower triangulation. It uses the hundreds of millions of Wi-Fi access points around the world to provide accurate loca

Started by Jaybird

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Party Chief

Android Apps for Surveyors

I was browsing through AppBrain for some surveyor-related applications for Android devices and found quite a few worth sharing. This post will be the first in a series related to using your android phone to accomplish amazing things in the field.

Started by Jaybird

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Party Chief

Real Time Collaboration,Conferencing,Chat and Sharing for Land Surveyors

Real Time Collaboration between Land Surveyors is Here!

By visiting this "room" on Vyew, you can share files, collaborate on projects and drawings and get your work done, together-in real time.

What is Vyew?

Do you use Google Chrome Browser? If so,

Started by Jaybird

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Party Chief

How to Extract Text from Images

At times a surveyor must do many types of investigation and reporting in order to get the results needed by a client. Hopefully, this tool will both help with your level of creativity and go deeper with your investigative reporting.

i2OCR is a free

Started by Jaybird

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GEO Ambassador

Use Google Docs as FTP and Upload Your Docs Fast

Labnol pointed out a helpful tip on uploading your Desktop folders to Google Docs which I thought was worth sharing.

While some rumors seem to suggest that Google could be working on an “online storage and sync” solution to rival Dropbox or even Windo

Started by Skip Farrow

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Party Chief

101 Most Useful Websites on the Web

From our buddies over at Labnol (digital inspiration blog), I am passing on the 101 most useful websites on the web today. These websites will make your surveying life easier. Take a look!

Started by Jaybird

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Party Chief

Coordinate Calculator Saves Times

A couple of days ago, we covered aSurveying field hack that uses aGreasemonkey script for Firefox that adds geo coordinates to the top of Google Maps. Today, I ran across a post fromGlobal Surveyors Blog that announced a Co-Ordinate Calculator that

Started by Jaybird

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Party Chief

OCR Convert PDF to TXT for Sharing Parts of Documents

Surveyors, sharing your best manuals and help guides in PDF form is one thing which is very important for the future of land surveying as we know it. However, there often comes a time when you are trying to support a fellow surveyor and you don't wan

Started by Jaybird

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Picture this Job Hunting Scenario,Surveyors:

Land surveyors are (or should be) keen researchers and artists of meshing the past with the present. Without a clear understanding of the past, how would we know what we are looking at? Below is a helpful guide to finding archived newspaper artic

Using Dropbox for File Backup

SunCalc

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Note: this page is for Futurist members who support the community and help us sustain financially.Please subscribe to unlock this page an almost 100 surveyor tools.

Note: this page is for Futurist members who support the community and help us sustain financially.Please subscribe to unlock this page an almost 100 surveyor tools.