Get Email Alerts when New Local Aerial Images are available

Wouldn't you like to know when the Aerial images for Google Maps and Google Earth are updated for your local area?  You might imagine how helpful this could be for professional land surveyors around the world.  All you need is a Gmail account.

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New Useful Android Apps for Surveyors

Sync Your Phone Files Wirelessly

Dropspot Lite can be a surveyor's best friend.  It is an app for Android Phones which allows you to quickly sync files between your computer and cell phone, wirelessly!  This could, for example come in handy for Surve

Find Your Android By Remote Control SMS

How many of us have lost our phone on a jobsite.  When surveying, it can be hard to keep track of all of our gadgets.  This tip will help you find your Android phone using SMS remote control even if your phone ringer is turned off.  Thanks for this t

How to LEGALLY Sign Electronic Documents

The need for land surveyors and geospatial professionals to be able to electronically sign documents in a legal fashion is of high importance in this digital age. Below you will find two applications which make this possible. Add them to your online

How to Download Any Surveying Book from Google Books

Have you ever wanted a text book or surveying related book you found on Google Books that you need, but couldn't afford?  Well then you're in luck! Follow this simple tip hack and you can download any book you like from Google Books.  You'll need fir

Real Time WInd Map

I can think of many reasons why a land surveyor might want to take a look at a real-time wind map before starting a job involving skyscrapers or working near the water.  

An invisible, ancient source of energy surrounds us—energy that powered the fir

Identify Trees With Leafsnap App

Now this is a PERFECT application for land surveyors everywhere.  Identify trees while surveying, using just your phone!!

 Leafsnap is a new free app that identifies trees.

The next time you are out on a survey identifying trees, take a shot of a lea

Add Location-Based Alerts to Your Laptop with Geopad

For land surveyors, a location-aware and location-based notepad could be a tremendously valuable tool to keep in the toolbox.

Big thanks to Labnol for tipping us off to this.

Location-based reminders are now integrated into your iPhone and iPad while

Find Out if Flooding Will Effect Your Surveying

We all know that flooding could be a source of major concern when trying to get a survey completed.  Use this tool to find areas prone to flooding before heading out to the jobsite!

FloodMap – In the unfortunate case of a flood, you will want to know

Six Free Open Source Web Conferencing Tools

With all of the new excitement over broadcasting live presentations to the state boards and chapter meetings about LSU, I've been doing quite a bit of thinking and experimenting with ways to make face-to-face communication via webcams.  And like you,

Use Your Old Smartphone to Make Free Calls

Just because your old smartphone isn't connected to a carrier, doesn't mean its dumb!  Did you know that you can still make calls from your old smartphone even when it isn't shacked to a mobile phone carrier?  Its true.  

Make A Wifi Phone

So you bou

Tools for Converting Video Formats

With the exciting introduction of Land Surveyors University to the network, there may come a time in the near future when you will find yourself in need of a way to convert video formats before uploading them to the network.  And for purposes of clar

Turn Your Google Docs into a Fax Machine

What is the most inexpensive (or free) option for sending and receiving faxes online?  I get this type of questions all of the time.  Today, thanks to Amit, I'll show you how to turn your google docs account into a fax machine for close to free!

Whi

Hashify Take Notes, Track Markers, Share with Us

Surveyors Take a LOT of Notes

The Internet has many note-taking applications to offer. Most of the new ones being created do not differ much from their competition. An exception to this rule is a web app called Hashify. It is a note-taking web app t

Shortcuts For Using Google Chrome Like a Pro

How To Speed Up Your Firefox Browser

Are You Using Firefox Browser?

If you're still using Internet Explorer, its been covered before why this is not such a good idea.  If I were you, I'd switch to Firefox or Google Chrome.  If you're using firefox, here's a quick trick for broadband sur

AutoCAD AutoDesk Web App for Google Chrome Users

One thing I know for sure is that we have quite a few AutoCAD users on Land Surveyors United.  Today, i'm going to tell you a little bit about a new Web App for Google Chrome users that will streamline your document sharing using AutoCAD.

View the A

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

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

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