GeoRSS Reader for your Desktop

GeoFeeder is a simplistic GeoRSS viewer in Adobe AIR.

It focuses on the map (in all flavors: Virtual Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo Maps, OpenStreetMap …) and on the data. An advanced, html-capable tooltip window displays the feed-entries’ information. A

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Instantly Translate Google Talk Chat Into Other Languages

Hey Surveyors...are you using Google Talk for messaging and chat?  If so, I bet you didn't know that you could chat with other surveyors in their native language by adding translation bots!   Here's how you do it.  Pick the languages that you'd like

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Download Google Books for Free with These Tools

In this discussion, I will show surveyors how to download almost any book from Google Books for free using free tools.

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Check Elevation Profile for Any Address With One Click

Hey Surveyors!  I found a terrific tool for finding the elevation profile for any address with one click

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Guide for Selecting Cellphone Modem SurveyPro NTRIP

How to Select a Cellphone Modem for Survey Pro NTRIP
Short Description: Selecting a Cell Phone Modem for Survey Pro NTRIP. Using Survey Pro’�s NTRIP Solution requires a digital cell phone capable of connecting a PDA to ...

Content Inside: Selecting

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Historical Markers Database is Great Tool for Surveyors

I recently ran across the Historical Markers Databade (HMDB) and thought it would be a great tool for surveyors to use and contribute to.HMDB is a voluntary effort to document and catalog historical markers, mainly from the US and Canada (a few marke

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A Geocoder and Coordinate Finder with Autosuggest

I whipped together this tool for geocoding and reverse geocoding specifically for Land Surveyors United members.  Start typing a location and it will return the geographical coordinates with auto suggest feature.

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Free Hard Disk Utilities for Surveyors

A nice list of hard disk utilities for when your computer craps out.  Enjoy Surveyors!

• Free Hard Disk Backup and Restore, Hard Disk Image and Cloning Utilities
• Free Data Recovery, File and Partition Recovery, Undelete and Unformat Utilities
• Free

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Custom Google Maps Icons

If you are looking for some icons for your mapping project, here you go.  You can find the page for these google map icons here and the creator accepts donations.  Below are some of the placemarker icons which can be found for using in your mapping p

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Physics, 3D Plotting and Mapping Tools for Surveyors

I ran across a terrifically valuable set of physics tools which could be very helpful for surveyors on this Live Physics site.

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MegaConverter and MegaCalculator Make Conversions a Snap

Another great tool for surveyors to use online is the MegaConverter, which is quite impressive, to say the least. In their own words: This is a world favorite educational and research site, giving you an easier to use interface, with more converters,

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State Plane Conversion to Long/Lat with These Tools

To answer Gary's question in the comments, I have dug up a few tools for simple conversion of State Plane Coordinates to Longitude/Latitude.

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