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PhotoEntry: 3D Surveying in Cuba

3DSurveying for anchor bolt check in CUBA with our leica ts06 plus.Cuba

Added by Jairo Maduro at 3:25pm on January 16, 2017

PhotoEntry: anchor bolt check in CUBA

3DSurveying for anchor bolt check in CUBA with our leica ts06 plus.

Added by Jairo Maduro at 3:26pm on January 16, 2017

DiscussionEntry: CUBA

Looking for possible employment with a US company that has upcoming work in Cuba,I am a Calif Licensed Land Surveyor. Please email me with your response surv001@aol.com

Added by Paul Jenkins at 10:08pm on July 18, 2015

DiscussionEntry: International Surveyors Wanted

age, or knows of any surveyors who are already there and looking for more work please let me know. We are looking for experienced people who are ready to go. I'm not sure (someone who has surveyed in Cuba will know more) but we may have to have someone who lives in Cuba or close to that area pick up those projects. We are looking for surveyors who are comfortable traveling abroad and can acclimate to our standards and procedures. Please shoot me a message with your info and work experience. Thank you!…

Added by Dylan Shoshin at 5:45pm on October 9, 2013

DiscussionEntry: Hurricane Matthew Mapping and Data Resources

able data and some have already conducted analysis of the data. APAN: https://community.apan.org/pfa/hurricanemathew/ Standby Task Force: http://www.standbytaskforce.org/2016/10/04/sbtf-is-activating-to-collect-information-on-hurricane-matthew/ GDELT Project: http://gdeltproject.org/ ESRI - Mapping Tweets associated with Matthew: http://edc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/LiveMaps/index.html?appid=b669ee734a744d5da44321f415fb2ed1 Humanitarian Open Street Map - Create custom OpenStreetMap (OSM) exports: http://export.hotosm.org/en/exports/create/ Humanity Road Hurricane Matthew Situation Report: http://humanityroad.org/monitoring-hurricane-matthew/ EU Copernicus: http://emergency.copernicus.eu/mapping/list-of-components/EMSR185 Google Crisis Map: https://www.google.org/crisismap/weather_and_events Esri ArcGIS Hurricane and Tropical Cyclones Map: http://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=db6238df958148108cceb3b05619a7f6 ECHO Map on Relief Web from UN: http://reliefweb.int/map/haiti/haiti-cuba-bahamas-dominican-republic-tropical-cyclone-matthew-echo-daily-map-04102016 Prevention Web: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/maps/index.php?cid=12 GeoComm: http://data.geocomm.com/catalog/BA/datalist.html GDACS: http://www.gdacs.org/resources.aspx?eventtype=TC&eventid=1000316&episodeid=29 UN OCHA: https://vosocc.unocha.org/GetFile.aspx?xml=https://vosocc.unocha.org/rss/4150rwzo_l1.html&tid=4150&laid=1 HDX: https://data.humdata.org/group/hti MAP ACTION: http://mapaction.org/ WorldPop: www.worldpop.org.uk Haiti Data Project: http://haitidata.org/layers/ Real-Time Services and Data Sources: Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) PDC’s GeoRSS Feed (ArcGIS Online Capable GeoRSS): http://d2mxabrykbl1km.cloudfront.net/feed.xml Active Hurricane Live Service (ESRI, NOAA, JTWC, CPHC, NHC) (ArcGIS Online Capable): http://tmservices1.esri.com/arcgis/rest/services/LiveFeeds/Hurricane_Active/MapServer Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS) (ArcGIS Online Capable GeoRSS): http://www.gdacs.org/xml/rss.xml Recent Weather Radar Imagery (NWS, NOAA) (ArcGIS Online Capable): http://nowcoast.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/nowcoast/radar_meteo_imagery_nexrad_time/MapServer NOAA's National Hurricane Center (NHC) Active Storm Feed (ArcGIS Online Capable): http://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/arcgis/rest/services/igems_haz/MapServer/5 DOI’s Interior Geospatial Emergency Management System (IGEMS) Real-time Hazards Feed (ArcGIS Online Capable): http://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/ArcGIS/rest/services/igems_haz/MapServer Humanitarian Open Street Map (**Data Request Submitted for Haiti/Jamaica/Dominican Republic bounding box: http://export.hotosm.org/en/exports/create/) No values returned in data files, technical difficulties Service-Based Infrastructure: World Ports (IHO) (ArcGIS Online Capable) Large: http://services.arcgis.com/CuKhy9lf5rURr3iI/arcgis/rest/services/Large_Ports/FeatureServer/0 Medium: http://services.arcgis.com/CuKhy9lf5rURr3iI/arcgis/rest/services/MediumPorts/FeatureServer/0 Small: http://services.arcgis.com/CuKhy9lf5rURr3iI/arcgis/rest/services/SmallPorts/FeatureServer/0 World Airports (WFP) (ArcGIS Online Capable): http://services.arcgis.com/5T5nSi527N4F7luB/arcgis/rest/services/World_Airports_(WFP)/FeatureServer/0 Haiti Health Facilities (USAID) (ArcGIS Online Capable): http://services.arcgis.com/Djjoop3BmZekEtDo/arcgis/rest/services/Health_Facilities/FeatureServer/0 Haiti Hospitals (USAID) (ArcGIS Online Capable): http://services.arcgis.com/Djjoop3BmZekEtDo/arcgis/rest/services/Haiti_Hosp4/FeatureServer/1 Haiti Schools 2015 (ArcGIS Online Capable): http://services.arcgis.com/F2I26pyLBcVqlW3x/arcgis/rest/services/HaitiSchools/FeatureServer/0 AGOL Cuba Province Outlines: http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=eadae54129644676923de7f89867d862 AGOL Cuba Municipality Outlines: http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=42cdb158ec5a4dc3b118568eeab32acb AGOL Cuba Population by Province: http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=5e6f37c3d159416d9bd4f33ee25d637a AGOL Locations of public WiFi in Cuba: http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=a3931f6d55514eef87a3ab7e0d8f2853 …

Added by Jaybird at 1:53pm on October 7, 2016

BlogEntry: Monday June17th is North American & Caribbean Land Surveyors Day: 2nd Day of International Surveyors Week 2019

Were off to a great start! Today (Sunday) has been Africa Land Surveyors Day and the start of International Surveyors Week is off to a…

Added by Justin Farrow at 8:21pm on June 16, 2019

BlogEntry: Coming Soon: Meetups for All Surveyor Locations

Show Surveyor Submitted Content for All Countries of the World

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Added by Justin Farrow at 2:50pm on December 21, 2015

DiscussionEntry: Mosquitos may be the most dangerous animals on the planet

f yellow fever in South America (2005)Mosquitoes are a vector agent that carries mosquito-borne disease, transmitting viruses and parasitesfrom person to person without catching the disease themselves.Contents[hide]1 Action in mosquitoes2 Control3 Epidemiology4 Types4.1 Protozoa4.2 Helminthiasis4.3 Virus5 Transmission6 ReferencesAction in mosquitoesMosquitoes carrying these viruses stay healthy while carrying them because their immune system recognizes them as bad and "chops off" the virus's genetic coding, rendering it harmless. It is currently unknown how they handle parasites so they can safely carry them. Infection of humans occurs when a mosquito bites someone while its immune system is still in the process of destroying the virus's harmful coding.[1] Female mosquitoes suck blood from people and other animals as part of their eating and breeding habits.ControlWhen a mosquito bites, she also injects saliva and anti-coagulants into the blood which may also contain disease-causing viruses or other parasites. This cycle can be interrupted by killing the mosquitoes, isolating infected people from all mosquitoes while they are infectious or vaccinating the exposed population. All three techniques have been used, often in combination, to control mosquito transmitted diseases. Window screens, introduced in the 1880s, were called "the most humane contribution the 19th century made to the preservation of sanity and good temper."[2]EpidemiologyMosquitoes are estimated to transmit disease to more than 700 million people annually in Africa,South America, Central America, Mexico and much of Asia with millions of resulting deaths. InEurope, Russia, Greenland, Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and other temperate and developed countries, mosquito bites are now mostly an irritating nuisance; but still cause some deaths each year.[3] Historically, before mosquito transmitted diseases were brought under control, they caused tens of thousands of deaths in these countries and hundreds of thousands of infections.[4] Mosquitoes were shown to be the method by which yellow fever andmalaria were transmitted from person to person by Walter Reed, William C. Gorgas and associates in the U.S. Army Medical Corps first in Cuba and then around the Panama Canal in the early 1900s.[5][6] Since then other diseases have been shown to be transmitted the same way.Mosquitoes are a perfect example of one of the many organisms that can host diseases. Of the known 14,000 infectious microorganisms, 600 are shared between animals and humans. Mosquitoes are known to carry many infectious diseases from several different classes of microorganisms, including viruses and parasites. Mosquito born illnesses include Malaria, West Nile Virus, Elephantiasis, Dengue Fever, Yellow Fever etc. These infections are normally rare to certain geographic areas. For instance Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever is a viral, mosquito borne illness usually regarded only as a risk in the tropics. However, cases of Dengue Fever have been popping up in the U.S. along the Texas-Mexican border where it has never been seen before.TypesProtozoaThe mosquito genus Anopheles carries the malaria parasite (see Plasmodium). Worldwide,malaria is a leading cause of premature mortality, particularly in children under the age of five, with around 2 million deaths annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control. HelminthiasisSome species of mosquito can carry the filariasis worm, a parasite that causes a disfiguring condition (often referred to as elephantiasis) characterized by a great swelling of several parts of the body; worldwide, around 40 million people are living with a filariasis disability.VirusThe viral diseases yellow fever and dengue fever are transmitted mostly by Aedes aegyptimosquitoes.Other viral diseases like epidemic polyarthritis, Rift Valley fever, Ross River Fever, St. Louis encephalitis, West Nile virus (WNV), Japanese encephalitis, La Crosse encephalitis and several other encephalitis type diseases are carried by several different mosquitoes. Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) and Western equine encephalitis (WEE) occurs in the United States where it causes disease in humans, horses, and some bird species. Because of the high mortality rate, EEE and WEE are regarded as two of the most serious mosquito-borne diseases in the United States. Symptoms range from mild flu-like illness to encephalitis, coma and death.[7]Viruses carried by arthropods such as mosquitoes or ticks are known collectively as arboviruses.West Nile virus was accidentally introduced into the United States in 1999 and by 2003 had spread to almost every state with over 3,000 cases in 2006.Culex and Culiseta are also involved in the transmission of disease. TransmissionA mosquito's period of feeding is often undetected; the bite only becomes apparent because of the immune reaction it provokes. When a mosquito bites a human, she injects saliva and anti-coagulants. For any given individual, with the initial bite there is no reaction but with subsequent bites the body's immune system develops antibodies and a bite becomes inflamed and itchy within 24 hours. This is the usual reaction in young children. With more bites, the sensitivity of the human immune system increases, and an itchy red hive appears in minutes where the immune response has broken capillary blood vessels and fluid has collected under the skin. This type of reaction is common in older children and adults. Some adults can become desensitized to mosquitoes and have little or no reaction to their bites, while others can become hyper-sensitive with bites causing blistering, bruising, and large inflammatory reactions, a response known as Skeeter Syndrome. References^ Susannah F Locke (1 December 2008)."Bug vs Bug: How do mosquitoes survive deadly viruses unscathed?". ^ History/reason of mosquito control in nj^ Mosquitoes and Mosquito Repellents: A Clinician's Guide by Mark S. Fradin:Annals of Internal Medicine, 1 June 1998. 128:931-940. Retrieved 10 July 2006.^ The American Plague, by Molly Caldwell Crosby, pg 12, Berkley Books, New York, 2005, ISBN 0-425-21202-5^ The Path Between the Seas: the Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914, by David McCullough,1977, Simon and Shuster, ISBN 0-971-22563-4^ The American Plague, by Molly Caldwell Crosby, pg 100-202, Berkley Books, New York, 2005, ISBN 0-425-21202-5^ Mosquito-borne diseases, infectious disease information, NCID, CDC…

Added by Scott D. Warner, PLS at 6:40pm on July 15, 2011