Multimedia Share - Land Surveyor Blogs - Land Surveyors United - Global Surveying Community2024-03-29T02:15:53Zhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/feed/category/Multimedia+ShareThe Misunderstood Profession: A Look at AI's Lack of Understanding of Land Surveyinghttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/the-misunderstood-profession-a-look-at-ai-s-lack-of-understanding2023-02-02T20:09:47.000Z2023-02-02T20:09:47.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10953352671?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><span style="font-size:18pt;"><strong>AI</strong> seems to know quite well what an image of a <em>doctor</em> looks like, or a <em>warrior</em> or a <em>princess</em>. However, <em>Artificial Intelligence</em> seems to have absolutely no idea about what a land surveyor should look like. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:18pt;">sometimes it invents things it doesn't understand</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:18pt;">Granted, I doubt many out there are trying to use Stable Diffusion or other AI tools like DALL-E to generate images of land surveyors doing this and that. However, I have. Mostly because I am curious about how much the public actually knows about what a land surveyor is or does. For example, if you run a prompt like "a photorealistic painting of a professional land surveyor in the future using a total station instrument to measure a mountain holding a plumb bob and gammon reel" you'll get something like the image above. Here are a few others that might make someone wonder whether AI knows any more than the general public about the <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/surveyors-sustainability-society-and-social-satisfaction" target="_blank">importance of Land Surveyors</a>.<br /> </span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:18pt;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10953356278,RESIZE_1200x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10953356278,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="AI generated Land Surveyor Art" width="710" /></a></span><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10953356854,RESIZE_1200x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10953356854,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="AI generated Land Surveyor Art" width="710" /></a><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10953357454,RESIZE_1200x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10953357454,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="AI generated Land Surveyor Art" width="710" /></a></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:18pt;">As technology continues to advance, artificial intelligence (AI) has become more prevalent in various industries. However, the field of land surveying seems to be an exception in the AI world. Despite the crucial role that land surveyors play in the development and maintenance of our communities, AI seems to lack an understanding of <em>what a land surveyor actually is</em>.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:18pt;">This reflects the fact that, unfortunately, most of the general public has little to no understanding of the importance of land surveying. However, it is essential to recognize that land surveyors are the ones responsible for providing any and all accurate measurements and data that form the foundation of our built environment, which society relies upon. They ensure that boundaries are properly marked, maps are up to date, and construction projects are completed to meet local and national regulations.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:18pt;">The field of land surveying is more complex than just measuring and mapping land. It requires a thorough understanding of geometry, mathematics, geodesy, and laws related to property rights. Land surveyors must also possess strong communication and critical thinking skills to effectively work with clients, design professionals, and government agencies.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:18pt;">The lack of understanding of the role of land surveyors has led to the undervaluation of their work and the misconception that their skills can be easily replicated by AI. However, the reality is that AI cannot replace the human touch and expertise that land surveyors bring to their work. The accuracy of land survey data is critical for ensuring public safety, protecting property rights, and promoting sustainable development, and only a licensed land surveyor can provide the level of precision required. <br /> </span></p>
<h3><span style="font-size:18pt;">Is AI Useless to Land Surveyors? Absolutely not.</span></h3>
<p><span style="font-size:18pt;">All of this may seem like "preaching to the choir" inside a community for land surveyors. Nevertheless, there are many ways that land surveyors can use AI to improve their businesses. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:24pt;">A professional land surveyor can use AI in several ways to enhance their work, including:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:24pt;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Enhanced mapping and visualization:</span></strong> AI can be used to create detailed, high-resolution maps and 3D models of the land being surveyed, allowing surveyors to visualize and analyze the data in new ways.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:24pt;">I<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>mproved accuracy:</strong></span> AI can be used to improve the accuracy of land surveys by analyzing multiple sources of data and combining them to create a more complete and accurate picture of the land.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:24pt;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Predictive analytics:</strong> </span>AI can be used to predict potential issues or challenges that may arise during a survey, allowing surveyors to proactively address them before they become problems.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:24pt;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Streamlined report generation:</strong></span> AI can be used to automate the creation of reports, including generating charts, graphs, and other visualizations to help communicate the results of a survey.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:18pt;">As you can see, there are many opportunities for Land Surveyors to both use and improve AI. In conclusion, it is crucial to raise awareness about the importance of land surveying and the valuable role that land surveyors play in our communities. Let's work together to educate the public and dispel the myths about this important profession. Surveyor Podcasts like The Geoholics and Mentoring Mondays are helping to pave the way. If you want to learn more about land surveying, take a listen.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Check out the new <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Surveyor?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Surveyor</a> Radio Room where you can catchup on all of the surveying podcasts like <a href="https://twitter.com/GeoholicsR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GeoholicsR</a> all in one place. <a href="https://t.co/PSC7tBiEZ8">https://t.co/PSC7tBiEZ8</a> <a href="https://t.co/H8suAxLpeG">pic.twitter.com/H8suAxLpeG</a></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:18pt;"><br /> Are you trying to wrap your mind around AI, ChatGPT or generative art in general? Let's talk about it...</span></p></div>A Beautiful List of Updates to the Surveyor Communityhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/a-beautiful-list-of-updates-to-the-surveyor-community2021-08-27T19:10:00.000Z2021-08-27T19:10:00.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1922647898?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>I hope everyone has had a great week of surveying! We are finally back on track with the community and traffic is up over 1100% from this time last month. We just accepted our <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles" target="_blank">15,200th member </a>to the community just a couple of days ago! I just wanted to give you all a few important updates about new features and the fulfillment of several requests made by members inside the community. Updates are always posted to our <a href="http://twitter.com/landsurveyorsu" target="_blank">Twitter Page</a> and <a href="http://facebook.com/landsurveyorsunited" target="_blank">Facebook Page</a> so be sure to follow them.</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Updates for Those Looking for Surveying Jobs</strong></span></p>
<p>For those looking for <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/jobs" target="_blank">Surveying Jobs</a>, Version One of the <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/apps">Surveying Jobs App</a> has been released for free use..updates every hour with new jobs in all locations.</p>
<p>The new <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/gethired" target="_blank">Get Hired section</a> of the site now allows you to record a Video Resume and upload it for recruiters and employers.</p>
<p>And if you truly want a surveying job, <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/seekingjobs" target="_blank">follow the instructions on this page</a> to make your search easier and make yourself simpler to find by an employer.</p>
<p>If you are Seeking Employment, make sure you set your Member Status as <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors" target="_blank">seeking employment to show up here</a>.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/apps" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}1922706309,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="302" alt="1922706309?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a>New Apps to Help Everyone Get Better Connected</strong></span></p>
<p>We've developed <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/apps" target="_blank">several new apps</a> for helping everyone easily post photos and discussions from the field inside their local hubs. These apps are free anc can be added to your phones home screen for quick access. I imagine the <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/apps">Surveyor Dictionary app</a> may be one that everyone will like to use and contribute to.</p>
<p>A new app is currently in development to make it easy to find <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/epalmetto" target="_blank">available deals on Survey Equipment and software</a> and should be available next week. <a href="http://equipment.srvyr.com" target="_blank">Equipment Hunter</a> presently has close to 3500 deals to check out.</p>
<p>You can now answer <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/forum/topics/" target="_blank">Forum Posts</a> as yourself or your Facebook Page. We are considering adding FB commenting to <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/video">videos</a> and <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/photo">photos</a> if everyone thinks this may be beneficial.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Getting To Know the Community and Who's With Us</strong></span></p>
<p>Our <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/start" target="_blank">Getting Started</a> section has a growing collection of tutorials for how to do things on the site based on member feedback.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles" target="_blank">Community profiles section</a> gives you an overview of members, self categorized.</p>
<p><strong><em>Are you the Administrator of a Hub?</em></strong> Look inside <a href="https://surveyearth.ning.com/hubs/list/myGroups" target="_blank">Your Hubs</a> to see if there is one that you started. If you started a group or were an admin of a group inside the old site you have control! <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/start/hub-owners-how-to-edit-pages-inside-your-hub" target="_blank">Check out this video</a> to learn how to make changes and add pages to your hub. Take a look at the new <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/landmentor" target="_blank">Land Mentor hu</a>b and take a look at what this innovative software company is doing with their hub. Another great hub to check out is <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/sss" target="_blank">Superior Surveyor Services</a>, where you can find deals on all sorts of equipment and gear.</p>
<p>You may have noticed the <strong>My Community Awards</strong> section on your profile. What this does is calculate and attach points to your community profile for contributions you have made to the community in the form of commenting, posts, photos, blogs, inviting members, etc. You will soon be able to trade points for real gear, software and perks. So post often and get your points up! </p>
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<p>The Best is Yet to Come! Thanks for all of your contributions and participation inside the community. </p>
<p>Have a great weekend everyone!</p>
<p> </p></div>Roundtable Discussion: What is the best total station you used in the field up to now?https://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/roundtable-discussion-what-is-the-best-total-station-you-used-in-2021-05-26T21:30:00.000Z2021-05-26T21:30:00.000Z⚡Survenator⌁https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/Survenator<div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/landsurveyorsunited/photos/a.10150827164257586.518173.41140237585/10155191328337586/" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}1198868277,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="Land Surveyors discuss best total stations equipment to use for surveying" width="750" class="align-full" /></a>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/landsurveyorsunited/photos/a.10150827164257586.518173.41140237585/10155191328337586/?type=3&theater&comment_id=10156668952692586&force_theater=1&notif_t=photo_comment&notif_id=1506460668425971"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}1198868506,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="Best Total stations Discussion" width="150" class="align-right" /></a>Wanna see the type of surveying equipment your fellow land surveyors are using around the world? More specifically... would you like to know what kind of Total Stations everyone is using? Take a look at the comments on the following thread for some very valuable insight from all corners of the earth.</p>
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Feel free to comment below and let us know what type of Total Station you are using in the field and why you like it!</div>Back of Curb Digest: Latest Updates on Mentorship Project - Surveying Jobs and Morehttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/back-of-curb-digest-latest-updates-on-mentorship--surveyingjobs2021-04-23T20:58:01.000Z2021-04-23T20:58:01.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8829367264?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Let's extend a warm welcome to all of our <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors">newest members</a> to join the community! </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">We just crossed our 18,200th member this week! YOU are the reason why Land Surveying will outlive all of us....as it should.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Land Surveying becomes stronger everyday and will never die as long as we continue to breathe new life into the art and science which continues to inspire all of us toward becoming better surveyors.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Our Focus for this message today is on <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/mentorship">Mentorship</a> and how to bridge the gaps currently holding surveying back. Please try to wrap your mind around what we are trying to do here as it gets better </span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:24pt;"><strong>Mentorship for Land Surveyors United Members</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em>Because the public knows more about Bigfoot than they do about Land Surveyors...</em></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Our <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/mentorship">Mentorship Hub</a> has been completely redesigned and we even threw in an explanation for why we are using Bigfoot as our Mentorship Guides...</span></li>
<li style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">A BIG Thank you goes out to those who have been helping spot bugs and work out the kinks... The apps have been updated and fixed with a new onboarding process which helps everyone know where everyone else is coming from...</span></li>
<li style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Here is a <a href="http://go.srvyr.com/surveyingexperience" target="_blank">quick link</a> to check out the new apps designed to bring the community together and educate the next generation. Learn more inside this page for our <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/crew-apps">Crew Apps</a></span></li>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="https://go.srvyr.com/surveyingexperience" target="_blank"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8829194696,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="100%" alt="8829194696?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:18.6667px;">Check out the <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/mentorship/photos" target="_blank">Mentorship Apps and Tools</a> that we have been developing</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/help-the-community-with-a-mentorship-experiment-new-toolkits" target="_blank"><img class="align-full" src="https://go.srvyr.com/3soT0xX" alt="Land Surveyor Mentorship" width="100%" /></a></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:24pt;">You can learn more about this project <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/mentorship">here</a> and inside the <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/mentorship">Mentorship Hub</a>.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:24pt;">Latest Community Updates and Features</span></p>
<h3 class="entry-title" style="text-align:center;">You do not want to miss the following posts and we look forward to your feedback and suggestions.</h3>
<h3 class="entry-title" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/quickly-see-the-latest-available-surveying-jobs-around-the-world">Quickly See the Latest Available Surveying Jobs Around the World</a></span></h3>
<h3 class="entry-title" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/help-the-community-with-a-mentorship-experiment-new-toolkits">Help The Community with a Mentorship Experiment + New Toolkits</a></span></h3>
<h3 class="entry-title" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/articles/collection-of-surveying-articles-to-learn-something-new">Collection of Surveying Articles to Learn Something New</a></span></h3>
<h3 class="entry-title" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/mentorship/photos/shop-smarketplace">Simple Smarket Quick launch Shop</a></span></h3>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em>is now one of the coolest tools in the community! Bookmark it!</em></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:24pt;"><strong>Surveying Jobs</strong></span></p>
<h3 class="entry-title" style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/mentorship/photos/surveying-jobs-latest-east">Latest Available Land Surveying Jobs North America, South America, Oceania, Middle East</a></h3>
<h3 class="entry-title" style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/mentorship/photos/surveying-jobs-latest-west">Latest Available Land Surveying Jobs USA, Asia, Europe, Africa</a></h3>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/forum/topics" target="_blank">Ask a Question</a> - <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/photo">Share a Photo</a> - <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/video">Add/Embed a Video</a> - <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/articles">Share an Article</a> - <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/almanac">Add a Term</a> - <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/events">Share an Event</a> - <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs">Join a Hub</a></strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Fun fact:</strong> 116,000+ individuals have tried to join this community since March of 2007, but only those who clearly demonstrated within their profile the goal to improve themselves as surveyors and appear willing contribute to the longevity of surveying have been admitted. With that said, since our last update, we've accepted <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors">our 18,100th</a> member, which is valuable, if not priceless, for the surveying profession. Nevertheless, in the grand scheme of things, numbers mean very little for future surveyors if we do not unify, build bridges of understanding and strengthen our body of knowledge, as a community of practice and passion. It is my hope that you will find more similarities than differences inside Land Surveyors United while learning something new everyday. Our goal is for all members to recognize that this is the place to come together, focus through the noise and share our percieved differences so that the similarities that we share in surveying become illuminated. Together, we are actively educating the public while supporting and celebrating each other's hard work, innovations and expertise. Thinking locally and surveying globally as a virtual l crew upon which all of us can depend for support is how we usher surveying into the next generation.</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/forum/topics" target="_blank">Ask a Question</a> - <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/photo">Share a Photo</a> - <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/video">Add/Embed a Video</a> - <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/articles">Share an Article</a> - <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/almanac">Add a Term</a> - <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/events">Share an Event</a> - <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs">Join a Hub</a></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">All of these simple ways to make surveying better and more well connected are here, available for you everyday! <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/main/authorization/signIn?target=/my/profile" target="_blank">Your community profile</a> is a reflection of your experience and expertise in land surveying and someday when you and I have passed on, it will be your lasting legacy which continues to inspire in perpetuity. I keep this community alive for this very reason.... it is what my dad, Skip Farrow wanted when we first began to build it...and here is it today, his ever lasting legacy and testiment to what he cared the most about, helping surveyors solve problems. It does not cost anything to care but not caring may cost all of us everything in the future.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Have a great weekend everyone!</strong></span></p></div>Help The Community with a Mentorship Experiment + New Toolkitshttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/help-the-community-with-a-mentorship-experiment-new-toolkits2021-04-16T20:48:20.000Z2021-04-16T20:48:20.000Z⚡Survenator⌁https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/Survenator<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8802437482?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Warm welcome goes out to all of <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors">our new Surveyors</a> in the community! We are just 7 members away from 18,200 members worldwide! Here are a few new additions to the community that you may not be aware of...</span></p>
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<h2><strong>Surveyor Mentorship and Surveying Knowledge Exchange Project - Crew Apps for the Field</strong></h2>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Your experience in Land Surveying is priceless to the next generation. But more importantly, it is the glue which holds your crew together. </strong>We are trying something new as a community in order to attempt to improve inner crew communication across generations. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:24pt;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/mentorship" target="_blank">Visit Mentorship</a></span></p>
<h3><strong><a href="https://go.srvyr.com/newsurveyor" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8794428868,RESIZE_180x180{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="New Surveyor App" width="100" /></a>For the Seasoned Surveyor</strong></h3>
<p><u>Seasoned Surveyor App</u> <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/seasonedsurveyor" target="_blank">https://go.srvyr.com/seasonedsurveyor</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:18pt;"> Imagine a world where you only had to say something once. Imagine the removal of frustrations involved with teaching the greenhorn the basics. If you were to add your expectations and advice to the app and then just ask the new surveyors to add the app to thier phone, they will have all of your instructions and knowledge on that phone they have a hard time putting down.</span></p>
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<h3><strong><a href="https://go.srvyr.com/seasonedsurveyor" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8794430065,RESIZE_180x180{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="Old Surveyor App" width="100" /></a>For Those New to Surveying</strong></h3>
<p><u>New Surveyor App:</u> <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/newsurveyor" target="_blank">https://go.srvyr.com/newsurveyor</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:18pt;">It is no secret that the boss doesn't understand you. You are most likely from a different generation and/or may have a different style of learning. One thing is for certain - you do not know what you are doing and that is ok. But imagine being able to save yourself the embarrassment of asking a surveying veteran a simple question about something which you are already expected to know. By asking for advice inside the New Surveyor App, you are asking ALL of the experienced surveyors in the community and crowdsourcing the answers. Not only that, you'll have the advice and expectations shared by your Party Chief so everyone is on the same page. </span></p>
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<h3><strong><a href="https://go.srvyr.com/prism" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8794430294,RESIZE_180x180{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="Prism Surveyor Mentorship App" width="100" /></a>For All Land Surveyors - Best of Both Worlds</strong></h3>
<h3><u>Prism Education App:</u> <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/prism" target="_blank">http://go.srvyr.com/prism</a></h3>
<p><span style="font-size:18pt;">This app not only aggregates the shared advice and questions from the other 2 apps, it is packed with surveying basics, surveying articles, resources, live events and more. Add this app to your phone to see content shared from both the <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/newsurveyor" target="_blank">New Surveyor App</a> and the <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/seasonedsurveyor" target="_blank">Old Surveyor App</a>.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:18pt;">To add any of these apps to your phone simply type in the URL to your mobile phone browser. Then look for the button at the bottom to install a shortcut to your home screen for quick access from the field.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:24pt;">For <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/mentorship/oldsurveyors-to-newsurveyors" target="_blank">Seasoned Land Surveyors</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:18pt;"><a title="Mentorship in Land Surveying" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/mentorship">Mentorship</a>: If you are not interested in using the <a href="http://oldsurveyor.glideapp.io/" target="_blank">app built for Seasoned Surveyors</a>, simply fill out <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1IHRPXkjlwyKqIPCC7MnzyfKOACLxm8_8APEMtnoVYNLYog/viewform" target="_blank">this form</a> to share your advice to new surveyors in the community.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1IHRPXkjlwyKqIPCC7MnzyfKOACLxm8_8APEMtnoVYNLYog/viewform" target="_blank"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8802298077,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="Share Advice for New Surveyors" width="50%" /></a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:24pt;">For <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/mentorship/newsurveyors-to-oldsurveyors" target="_blank">New Surveyors</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:18pt;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/mentorship">Mentorship</a>: If you are not interested in using the <a href="http://newsurveyor.glideapp.io/" target="_blank">app built for New Surveyors</a>, simply fill out <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScRjXRX-fJqyHsVRbYNOytP3A1rNZthqG-NSqktGMsIXeIYwQ/viewform" target="_blank">this form</a> to ask advice from seasoned surveyors in the community.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScRjXRX-fJqyHsVRbYNOytP3A1rNZthqG-NSqktGMsIXeIYwQ/viewform" target="_blank"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8802303497,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="New Surveyors Ask Advice from Older Surveyors" width="50%" /></a></p>
<h2><strong>Three New Surveying Toolkit Experiments to Explore</strong></h2>
<p><span style="font-size:18pt;"> In addition to the other <a title="Member Apps for Land Surveyors United" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/member-apps">Member Apps</a> which are out there in the world being tested and improved through member feedback, each of these toolkits contain apps, tools and directories which will forever be in a state of progressive enhancements. Your <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/donate">donations towards improving the individual apps</a> and community tools allow us to upgrade them, enhance their features and capabilities. <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/toolkits">View All Toolkits</a></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="font-size:18pt;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveying-business" title="target=">Surveying Business Toolkit</a></span> </strong> </p>
<p><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveying-business" target="_blank"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8767295677,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="Surveying Business Toolkit" width="100%" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:18pt;"><strong><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/jobs-toolkit" target="_blank">Surveying Jobs Toolkit</a> </strong></span></p>
<p><a title="Land Surveyors Jobs Toolkit" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/jobs-toolkit" target="_blank"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8767292691,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="Surveying Jobs Toolkit" width="100%" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:18pt;"><strong><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyor-training" target="_blank">Experimental Surveyor Training Apps</a></strong></span></p>
<p><a title="Surveyor Training Apps for Land Surveyors United Members" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyor-training" target="_blank"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8767278098,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="Surveying Training Toolkit" width="100%" /></a></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:24pt;"><strong>Add Your USA Surveying Company to the <a href="http://directory.surveyearth.com" target="_blank">Directory</a></strong></span></p>
<p><a href="https://directory.surveyearth.com/" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8767664074,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="8767664074?profile=RESIZE_400x" width="389" /></a><span style="font-size:18pt;">One of the recent trends which seems to envelope USA Based surveying companies is becoming longer than usual waiting times to have a survey performed. When we are more transparent about the current workload locally, they public will feel more informed and in turn, work with your time constraints. One of the ways that we are trying to help surveying companies convey these wait times to the public is to provide <a href="http://directory.surveyearth.com/" target="_blank">a search engine optimized surveying company directory</a> where they can create a surveying company listing which can be edited on the fly without having to edit your website or calling your webmaster. Simply make a post here and in the post body, tell the public about your current normal wait. When things change, simply edit your listing which you control. There is no charge to be added to this directory...it was built to for you to use and its incredibly simple to use. If you want to help make this better, you might consider <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/donate">donating</a> toward the upcoming Real Estate Agents App which aggregates Land Surveyors Near Them for referrals and waittimes when recommending a local land surveyor.</span></p>
<p> </p></div>Open Call for Survey Course Instructors and Book Authorshttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/open-call-for-survey-course-instructors-and-book-authors2020-12-20T21:42:32.000Z2020-12-20T21:42:32.000Z⚡Survenator⌁https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/Survenator<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8312090855?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=209"></div><div><p><span style="font-size:18pt;"><strong>Do you teach courses in Land Surveying? </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">We want to include your courses inside our new Survey School App which should roll out in early January. The <strong>Survey School App</strong> includes both free and premium courses for learning all aspects of Land Surveying. Here are a few screenshots of the new Survey School App:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:18pt;"><strong>Do Your Write or Sell Books about Land Surveying?</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">If you are a book author who would like to have your books on display and for sale inside the Smarketplace Vitual Mall, in the book store (an inside the Smarketplace App), we want to know more about your books. One of the most searched for items inside the community are good books about land surveying. Please tell us more about yourself and your work and we will be in touch soon to add you to the mix.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">We are actually putting the final touches on 2 new Member Apps (which include practically every other app in the <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/apps">Surveyor App Suite</a>). These apps will be for all Land Surveyors United Members and can be signed into with the same email as you use to log into the community. More updates on this throughout the week!</span></p>
<p><br /><br /></p></div>🌏️ Getting Ready for International Surveyors Week 2020 - 📺️New Videos and 🗓️ Add to Calendarhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/getting-ready-for-international-surveyors-week-2020-new-videos-an2020-06-01T20:32:26.000Z2020-06-01T20:32:26.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5494533490?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Community Members,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">The future of the surveying profession depends on us. It is up to us to inspire a new flock of land surveyors in order to mitigate the current Age Gap and Knowledge Gap in land surveying. We hope that you'll see that lot of time and effort has gone into helping unify surveyors for <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/internationalsurveyorsweek2020/isw-events" target="_blank">International Surveyors Week</a> in order to hopefully <strong>generate a critical mass of activity from the community</strong> to inspire a new generation of surveyors. For this reason, every single day of International Surveyors Week is dedicated to a different region of the planet. During the day dedicated to your geography we hope to have a continuous stream of land surveying photos, videos and discussions highlighting what it is like to be a land surveyor in your area of the world.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><img class="align-full" src="https://go.srvyr.com/2Bg877Q?profile=RESIZE_180x180" alt="Days of International Surveyors Week 2020" width="100%" /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">So,with <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/internationalsurveyorsweek2020/isw-events" target="_blank">International Surveyors Week</a> happening in less than 2 weeks (June 14th-21st 2020), let's make sure everyone knows the schedule and have joined their <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/locations" target="_blank">Local Chapter Hubs</a> so the fun can begin!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>At the moment, we only need you to do 2 simple things:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>1)</strong> Make sure you have Joined/Followed the Hub for your Country or State - <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/locations" target="_blank">find them here</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"> If you <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs">search Hubs</a> and find that your country does not have a Hub, <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin" target="_blank">please send me a message</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>2)</strong> RSVP for the day of the week that cooresponds with your Geography - <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/daysisw2020" target="_blank">Full List Here</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">We look forward to seeing all of the many ways that we can utilize International Surveyors Week to inspire future generations and help the Surveying Industry become more connected, worldwide!</span></p>
<h3 class="module-name"><span style="font-size:14pt;">#ISW2020 Events RSVP</span></h3>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/internationalsurveyorsweek2020/isw-events/oceania-surveyors-day-june-21st-isw2020" target="_blank">Oceania Surveyors Day June 21st #ISW2020</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/internationalsurveyorsweek2020/isw-events/survey-earth-in-a-day-9-june-20-isw2020" target="_blank">Survey Earth in a Day 9 June 20 #ISW2020</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/internationalsurveyorsweek2020/isw-events/middle-east-surveyors-day-june-19th-isw2020" target="_blank">Middle East Surveyors Day June 19th #ISW2020</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/internationalsurveyorsweek2020/isw-events/south-american-surveyors-day-june-18th-isw2020" target="_blank">South American Surveyors Day June 18th #ISW2020</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/internationalsurveyorsweek2020/isw-events/europe-surveyors-day-june-16th-isw2020" target="_blank">European Surveyors Day June 17th #ISW2020</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/internationalsurveyorsweek2020/isw-events/asia-surveyors-day-june-16th-isw2020" target="_blank">Asia Surveyors Day June 16th #ISW2020</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/internationalsurveyorsweek2020/isw-events/north-american-surveyors-day-june-15-isw2020" target="_blank">North American Surveyors Day June 15 #ISW2020</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/internationalsurveyorsweek2020/isw-events/african-surveyors-day-june-14th-isw2020" target="_blank">African Surveyors Day June 14th #ISW2020</a></span></p>
<div class="embed-container"><iframe style="border:0;" src="https://landsurveyorsunited.github.io/cssfiles/isw/playlist/dist/index.html"></iframe></div></div>Community Needs Your Help | COVID-19 Live Stream Tomorrow | Topcon Free eLearning Courseshttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/community-needs-your-help-covid-19-live-stream-tomorrow-topcon-fr2020-04-01T22:13:46.000Z2020-04-01T22:13:46.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/roadmap" target="_blank"><img src="https://go.srvyr.com/2R4nBB4" alt="Land Surveyors United Community" width="250" /></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>You are ESSENTIAL! </strong> During this time of great universal confusion, Land Surveyors United Community is always here for you. Nevertheless, we come to you today to ask for your help.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">The financial sustainability of the community is undergoing a massive overhaul (as you may have read in the <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/roadmap" target="_blank">Roadmap</a>) but as the COVID-19 virus continues to spread, we need some help paying the bills associated with keeping our grassroots community alive and pushing forward into the future. Our goal is to have all of our paperwork and details worked out for our new organization we are assembling by summer - however, all of that has been temporarily stalled with everything going on. We cannot allow this community to become a casualty of this virus. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">We do not necessarily want to blanket the site with advertisements. We do not want to have to start charging everyone for access and membership because some simply cannot afford it, but I (<a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin" target="_blank">Justin</a>) personally cannot afford to keep it all afloat without your help. So what we have for you is 3 ways for you to help in a way that ultimately will help you.</span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:18pt;"><strong>First Way to Help Community as a Member</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><a href="https://form.jotform.com/1974053263" target="_blank">Donate to the Community "Member Dues" on Honor System $15/year</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/page/donate-to-lsu" target="_blank">Donate in any amount you can afford</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:18pt;"><strong>Second Way to Help Community for Vendors</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">If you are a <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/vendors" target="_blank">Vendor</a> who sells products we will set up a <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/marketplace" target="_blank">Marketplace Hub</a> for you and discuss a fair monthly rent to completely control your brand and sell products inside the community.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><a href="https://go.srvyr.com/vendorsgonewild" target="_blank">Visit Vendor Marketplace Presentation</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><a href="https://go.srvyr.com/getmarket" target="_blank">Request a Vendor Hub to be set up for your company</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>* You also now get a dedicated mobile app for managing your hub!</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:18pt;"><strong>Third Way to Help Community</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">If you cannot afford to contribute financially, help us by becoming more involved and assist with recruiting more surveyors to your <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs" target="_blank">Location Based Hubs</a>. Follow the hub for your location if you haven't already and share relevant surveying photos, videos and post local land surveying news for other surveyors in your area. Invite other surveyors in your crew to follow and become active inside your location based hub. You can also <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/xn/detail/6622436:VideoEntry:282186">Become a SURVambassador</a> for your area of the world. Inside the Mobile Apps for Surveyors Page you can find several apps which make it easier to stay connected to your local hub on Land Surveyors United.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Tomorrow Night we will be hosting a Geoholics Anonymous Live Stream on the <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/covid19" target="_blank">Covid-19 page</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Guests for the Live Discussion: </strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;">Kent Groh, LS - Host of The <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/geoholics-podcasts" target="_blank">Geoholics</a>, President of the United Surveyors of Arizona and Geomatics Associate at Stantec. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;">Justin Farrow – Developer, facilitator and manager of the Land Surveyors United community of over 17K surveyors from around the world. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;">Gavin Schrock – Editor of xyHt </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;">Michael Thompson, LS – Chair of Professional Surveyors Canada and President and General Manager at Halma Thompson Land Surveys Ltd. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;">Ryan Swingley, LS – President of the Indiana Society of Professional Surveyors, Adjunct Professor at Vincennes Univ and Geospatial Manager – Midwest for ESP </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;">Denver Winchester, LS – President of the FIG/Young Surveyors group and Vice President of Surveying at Crafton Tull </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;">James Combs, LS - VP of the FIG/National Young Surveyors group and Geomatics Technical Service Director for Souder Miller and Associates </span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Topics of Discussion: </strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;">Discuss what each of us is seeing as it pertains to how COVID19 is affecting the land surveying profession within their individual networks.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;"> Discuss how this situation differs from what happen after 9/11 and the economic crash of 2008. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;">Discuss if there is any assistance available for displaced surveyors. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;">Discuss how this may affect the future of the profession and anything that can be done proactively to minimize the damage.</span></li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Stay vigilant and safe out there. Remember this: Whether or not your government recognizes it, you are essential. This will all pass eventually and when it does, we are hoping to have strengthened the surveying community on the grassroots level. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:18pt;">Justin</span></p></div>Doesn't Feel Like Much of a #NationalSurveyorsWeek - Let's Change That!https://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/doesn-t-feel-like-much-of-a-nationalsurveyorsweek-let-s-change-th2020-03-17T19:20:15.000Z2020-03-17T19:20:15.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><p><a href="https://go.srvyr.com/2WnSljU" target="_blank"><img class="align-center" src="https://go.srvyr.com/2WnSljU" alt="2WnSljU" /></a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">With so much going on in the world right now regarding COVID-19, it is difficult to celebrate <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/nationalsurveyorsweek" target="_blank">National Surveyors Week</a> in the ways that are so needed. The public needs education and awareness. Surveyors need education and training and more importantly, each other. In the <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/USA" target="_blank">United States</a>, this week is undoubtedly National Surveyors Week, but it sure doesn't seem like it. Let's see what we can do to turn this around for the better. </span></p>
<p> Here are a few things to keep in mind as we try to salvage the remainder of National Surveyors Week and try to remain positive.</p>
<p><strong>1)</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>All 50 States in One Place</strong></span> All of the <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/USA" target="_blank">USA Chapter Hubs</a> inside Land Surveyors United have a new <strong>Surveying Photos section</strong> where you can upload and share your best surveying moments and give other surveyors a glimpse of what it is like to be a surveyor in your state. Your photos inspire new surveyors to get into the profession and will motivate other surveyors in your state to become more active about promoting surveying locally.</p>
<p><strong>2)</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Virtual Events instead of Cancellations</strong></span> Any and all events which have been cancelled on the state level due to Corona Virus can easily be attended virtually through your Chapter Hubs. Events which were originally geared to be informational or involve awards ceremonies can be streamed live to a page on your hub and can be attended by up to 16 other computers and can be virtually attended by an unlimited number of participants. I tried to work these details out with the NSPS when the outbreak occured but it looks like this sort of thing will have to be worked out on the state level. So if anyone would like to hold a virtual version of your event and stream it live, simply get in touch with me (<a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin" target="_blank">Justin</a>) and I will set everything up for you... All you need on your end is a computer with a webcam and I'll do the rest. Your participants will simply need to go to the URL at a specific time to tune into the stream. This practice of hosting virtual events is something we should have started a long time ago, as it is just as effective to provide information virtually as it is to be there in person. Save gas! Go Live! I can help!</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://go.srvyr.com/usasurveyorsapp" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4136198401,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="4136198401?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="310" /></a>3)</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>There's an App for That </strong></span> Our <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/usasurveyorsapp" target="_blank">United States Land Surveyors App</a> is already being used by a lot of surveyors in the US. Simply <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/usasurveyorsapp" target="_blank">visit the app</a> and add the shortcut to your phone or data collector home screen and use the app to start conversations in your local state hub or share photos to the hub from your phone. Everything is all set up for you.. just share relevant stuff and put your company on the map!</p>
<p><strong> Below you will find the quick links to all of the US chapter hubs... once inside your hub, simply click the follow button to contribute to the hub and to follow the posts added to your state.</strong></p>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/USA">All USA Chapters- Hubs for Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/alabamalandsurveyors/home">Alabama Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/arizonalandsurveyors/home">Arizona Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/arkansaslandsurveyors/home">Arkansas Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/californialandsurveyors/home">California Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/coloradolandsurveyors/home">Colorado Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/connecticutlandsurveyors/home">Connecticut Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/costaricansurveyors/home">Costa Rican Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/delawarelandsurveyors/home">Delaware Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/floridalandsurveyors/home">Florida Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/georgialandsurveyors/home">Georgia Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/hawaiilandsurveyors/home">Hawaii Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/historyandsurveyingusa/home">History of Land Surveying - USA - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/idaholandsurveyors/home">Idaho Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/illinoislandsurveyors/home">Illinois Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/indianalandsurveyors/home">Indiana Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/iowalandsurveyors/home">Iowa Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/kansaslandsurveyors/home">Kansas Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/kentuckylandsurveyors/home">Kentucky Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/louisianalandsurveyors/home">Louisiana Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/mainelandsurveyors/home">Maine Land Surveyors (MSLS) - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/marylandlandsurveyors/home">Maryland Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/massachusettslandsurveyors/home">Massachusetts Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/michiganlandsurveyors/home">Michigan Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/minnesotalandsurveyors/home">Minnesota Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/mississippilandsurveyors/home">Mississippi Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/montanalandsurveyors/home">Montana Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/nebraska-land-surveyors/home">Nebraska Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/nevadalandsurveyors/home">Nevada Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/newhampshirelandsurveyors/home">New Hampshire Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/newjerseylandsurveyors/home">New Jersey Land Surveyors (NJSPLS Welcome) - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/newmexicolandsurveyors/home">New Mexico Land Surveyors (NMPS) - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/newyorklandsurveyors/home">New York Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/northcarolinasurveyors/home">North Carolina Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/north-dakota-land-surveyors/home">North Dakota Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/ohiolandsurveyors/home">Ohio Land Surveyors (PLSO) - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/oklahomalandsurveyors/home">Oklahoma Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/oregonlandsurveyors/home">Oregon Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/pennsylvanialandsurveyors/home">Pennsylvania Land Surveyors (PSLS) - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/puertoricolandsurveyors/home">Puerto Rico Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/rhodeislandlandsurveyors/home">Rhode Island Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/southcarolinalandsurveyors/home">South Carolina Land Surveyors (SCSPLS) - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/southdakotalandsurveyors/home">South Dakota Land Surveyors (SDSPLS) - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/tennesseelandsurveyors/home">Tennessee Land Surveyors (TAPS) - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/texaslandsurveyors/home">Texas Land Surveyors (TSPS) - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/utahlandsurveyors/home">Utah Land Surveyors (UCLS) - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/vermontlandsurveyors/home">Vermont Land Surveyors (VSLS) - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/washingtonlandsurveyors/home">Washington Land Surveyors (LSAW) - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/westvirginiasurveyors/home">West Virginia Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<div><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/wisconsinlandsurveyors/home">Wisconsin Land Surveyors - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></div>
<p><a class="clickable" href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/wyominglandsurveyors/home">Wyoming Land Surveyors (PLSW) - Local Chapter Hub & Forum - Share Local Surveying Photos</a></p>
<p>Together, we can innovate ways around the communication barriers we currently face due to Corona Virus. Be sure to stay active by posting to your local chapters and <a href="http://twitter.com/landsurveyorsu" target="_blank">follow us on Twitter</a> as we will be resharing your posts. NationalSurveyorsWeek doesn't have to be a disaster... it could be our best opportunity to come together and push land surveying forward.</p></div>Big Thanks to Land Surveyors United's Top Fans -54k Followers Today!https://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/big-thanks-to-land-surveyors-united-s-top-fans-54k-followers-toda2020-02-21T22:57:52.000Z2020-02-21T22:57:52.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3889444206?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Today, <a href="http://facebook.com/landsurveyorsunited" target="_blank">our Page crossed 54,000 followers</a>. This is close to the same amount of Registered Land Surveyors in the entire <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/USA">United States of America</a>. I know it might seem like a small thing to become a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/landsurveyorsunited/community/" target="_blank">Top Fan of a Facebook Page</a>, but to me and the rest of the Land Surveyors United members, it is important. Speaking for myself and just a couple of other surveyors, the work of keeping a Facebook page interesting and promoting public awareness of the importance of Land Surveying to society is a daily task. For those of you who regularly tune in and share your Surveying Life and Surveying Moments with us, we thank you.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">And for those of you who have taken the small leap from Facebook and <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/main/authorization/signUp?" target="_blank">joined the Land Surveyors United Community</a>, we have enormous gratitude and we appreciate you helping us realize our vision. You may not have realized this but sharing your photos and videos to Facebook is only cool for about a day or so. After that, everything is pushed down and hard to find later. I have built this community to be the exact opposite. The <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/photo">surveying photos</a>, <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/video">videos</a>, <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/forum/topics">discussions</a>, <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list" target="_blank">blogs</a> and <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/events" target="_blank">events</a> you post to this website are here forever.... or at least as long as the internet exists, Land Surveyors United Community will be here for Land Surveyors. So if you want to know who you should get to know or follow on Facebook in the Surveying Industry, below is the Who's Who.. We are Stronger Together... and that is a Fact!</span></p>
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<h3 style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Top Fans of Land Surveyors United Community on Facebook</span></h3>
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In closing, just check out this post from today and see all of the wonderful posts from surveyors around the world.
<iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Flandsurveyorsunited%2Fphotos%2Fa.10150827164257586%2F10159475564822586%2F%3Ftype%3D3&width=500" width="500" height="760" style="border:none;overflow:hidden;" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allow="encrypted-media"></iframe></div>How to Draw Centerline Chainage of an alignment in AutoCAD instantlyhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/how-to-draw-centerline-chainage-of-an-alignment-in-autocad-instan2020-01-28T14:05:45.000Z2020-01-28T14:05:45.000ZSoumen Samantahttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/SoumenSamanta<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3837559501?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>In this excel file I have used some excel formula to draw the centerline chainage of an alignment in Road , Railway or tunnel project.</p><p>Here is the file <a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3837557775,original{{/staticFileLink}}">Chainage Plotting.xlsx</a></p><p>The chainages will be drawn instantly with the help of excel and AutoCAD.</p><p>You can make your alignment chainage very accurately with the help of our Excel sheet without typeing a single one by yourself.</p><p>You just have to paste your coordinates into the given columns and you need to put the chainage interval in the respective column and rest will be automatically calculated and</p><p>you just have to follow the instructions given by the tooltip box in the excel sheet.</p><p>This will also help you to maintain the text offsets from the center line according to the directions of the alignments.</p><p>This will be provide the chainages according to the various deflation of your alignment.</p><p>Hope this post will help you to do your work very easily and accurately.</p><p>If you think that this video is really helpful please do like and share with your friends and if you are new to our channel please subscribe our channel for more updates!</p></div>How is CAD Drafting Services Important for the Architecture Industry?https://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/how-is-cad-drafting-services-important-for-the-architecture-indus2019-12-03T13:44:44.000Z2019-12-03T13:44:44.000ZLalit Tyagihttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/LalitTyagi<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3753132536?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><span style="font-weight:400;">Multiple pages were filled with calculations and important drafting details in the architectural field. After CAD technology has been invented, Architectural CAD drafting technology has improved by leaps and bounds where bigger work systems replaced the smaller ones. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;">The architecture, engineering and construction industry has a big influence from the digital drafting technology and has brought amazing results in the architectural drafting industry. The constant demand in the architectural world for the improved ideas and methods of designing, visualization and construction have led to the non-stop enhancement of CAD software technology. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;">The traditional methods of architectural designs were time-consuming, arduous, and labor-intensive, as the sketches and designs needed to be drawn by hand and one absolutely can’t make a mistake in it, otherwise, it had to be redrawn. Architectural CAD drafting was slowly becoming a norm when everything started being digitized including the architectural drawings. Architects had more flexibility to create multiple options for a single concept. </span></p><p><strong>Importance of CAD Drafting in the Architecture Industry:</strong></p><ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Faster changing preferences as per the requirements of the client.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Utilizing the architectural CAD drafting services in design and drafting projects led to the improvement of efficiency, better dimensional accuracy and is cost-effective. </span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">You can utilize CAD drafting technology right from the planning stage.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Since the project file is editable, you can even make last-minute revisions to your project without worrying about the consequences. </span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">The open-space framing option in AutoCAD allowed users to create geometry in model space. </span></li></ul><p><strong>Mechanical CAD Drawing and Drafting</strong></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;">It involves converting rough hand drawings into a complete set of architectural plans. It’s highly beneficial for architects, real estate developers, interior designers, and civil engineers, etc. Polosoft Technologies is a leading <strong><a href="https://www.polosoftech.com/cad-services/" target="_blank">CAD services company</a></strong> that includes drawings of structural elements predominant for the architectural industry.</span></p><p><strong>Architectural CAD Drawing</strong></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;">Architectural drawing is the backbone of the building design and plays a vital role in translating a design into a feasible structure. The use of CAD systems is becoming increasingly popular to overcome the complexity attached to the storage and management of paper-based architectural drawings. Using CAD design and drafting, you can effectively visualize the structure and design of your project after it gets completed. You can even visualize the structure from multiple angles. </span></p><p><strong>What’s the Role of an Architectural Designer in This?</strong></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;">With the change of traditional technology, there’s always a necessity to evolve with the new modern technologies keeping in mind the ups and downs of it. Designers and drafters are now required to operate multiple CAD systems that are complex in nature and adapt to global trends. Global trends demand new ideas, methods of designing, visualizing, methods of designing, visualizing, building and operating structures. Small and mid-sized companies have replaced their large drafting departments with personnel who can handle CAD drafting and this step has helped them save costs. </span></p><p><strong>Conclusion</strong></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;">To adapt to the new scenario of architectural drafting technology, CAD technology is evolving with new software that includes enhanced tools to increase productivity. </span><strong><a href="https://www.polosoftech.com/cad-services/">Outsourcing CAD drafting services</a></strong><span style="font-weight:400;"> is the easiest and fastest way to increase your company’s productivity and not overburden your drafters. It initiates easier workflow and modifications. There’s the option of accessing the templates and draft database pretty quickly. </span></p></div>The Ultimate Guide to Geo-spatial Datahttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/the-ultimate-guide-to-geo-spatial-data2019-09-17T06:46:26.000Z2019-09-17T06:46:26.000ZLalit Tyagihttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/LalitTyagi<div><p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Did you know</span> that Geospatial Data is all around us? Weather reports, suggested routes on Google Maps, Geotagged tweets, store locations, and even airline routes, all of these represent Geospatial data. It’s important to know that the term only entered literature during the late 1980s and has been rising since then. So, what exactly is Geospatial data & why is it making all the rounds?</span></p><p><span style="font-size:14pt;"> <strong>Geospatial Data</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">A<span style="font-weight:400;">ny records in a dataset have locational information tied to them such as geographic data in the form of coordinates, address, city or ZIP code. GIS data is a form of Geospatial Data. The spatial reference component of most geographic data across domains is geographic coordinates, latitude, and longitude. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Types of Geo Data</strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;">Primarily, there are two types of Geo Data: Vector and Raster. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3560179944,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3560179944,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="3560179944?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="560" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Vector Data:</strong></span><span style="font-weight:400;"> It consists of vertices and paths. The best way to visualize it is to think of it as a spreadsheet with columns that contain your regular data, but in addition, it always has an extra column. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;">That column describes the geometry. It explains how to draw a point, line or polygon that represents that feature on the Earth. In other words, vector data is the data that represents the location and shape of the geographic features through geometric shapes. Example: Point, line, and polygons.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Raster Data: </strong></span><span style="font-weight:400;">It is made up of pixels and grid cells. If vector data is abstract, raster data is literal. Raster data is the data represented through a digital image. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;">It could be a bitmap image such as a TIFF or JPEG. This format is usually used for satellite imagery, aerial photography, elevation models and topographic maps. Raster data could even be a scanned map.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Geographic Themes: </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;">The Geodata can be categorized into as many themes as you can, to be honest. As broad or as narrow to your liking. But primarily it can be categorized into two, cultural and Physical. </span> </p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3560181698,RESIZE_1200x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3560181698,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="3560181698?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;">Being a surveyor is a challenging task and choosing the right land survey app can be even more time-consuming. Polosoft Technologies with Global GNSS has launched a Land Survey and <span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.globalgnss.gissurveyor" target="_blank">GIS data collector</a></span> app - “GIS Surveyor” for professional surveyors to make surveying easier and more efficient.</span></p></div>Huge Surveyor Community Updates - Surveyor App Suite Additions - Student Classroomshttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/community-updates-new-apps-and-app-updates2019-09-13T20:05:23.000Z2019-09-13T20:05:23.000Z⚡Survenator⌁https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/Survenator<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3554985120?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Welcome to (<em>almost the middle of</em>) September Everyone!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">First, a warm welcome to all of our <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors" target="_blank">newest members</a>! We are happy you joined us and look forward to learning from your experiences! Our <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/start" target="_blank">Getting Started Page</a> has been updated and upgraded in a major way for both new members and those who have been here for years. It is packed with ways to increase your visibility (<em>if that's your thing</em>) or simply build up your legacy in surveying for future surveyors to learn from. Creating a well rounded and impressive surveyor profile takes only a few minutes per week -just share photos and videos of what land surveying is like in your area of the world. If you have not updated your Profile information in a while, tell us what is new with you by <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/main/profilesettings/edit" target="_blank">editing your profile here</a>. In the coming weeks we will be releasing a <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/apps">major new app</a> which puts the entire community controls in your hands. For those of you who are SURVambassadors and Hub Admins (including <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/vendors" target="_blank">Marketplace Vendors</a>), you will be able to manage and update your hubs from anywhere!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/main/profilesettings/edit" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" src="https://go.srvyr.com/2kxQqJ4" alt="2kxQqJ4" width="185" /></a><strong>We have a hand full of cool updates and news to share this week but we'll start with the latest Community Stats:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Our community growth is strong and that is because of YOU! We are steadily approaching <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors" target="_blank">15,800 Members Worldwide</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/landsurveyorsunited/" target="_blank">52,500 Land Surveyors on the Facebook Page</a> Don't think of this as merely numbers - think of it as <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>collective years of land surveying experience</strong></span> that you can tap into while <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/forum/topics" target="_blank">sharing your tips,tricks, insights</a> and finding help with your surveying issues from the field.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">We send a big thanks to all of you who upload and embed helpful and relevant, <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/video/list/tag/tutorial" target="_blank">surveying related tutorials</a> for future generations, our community now has <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/video" target="_blank">2072 Land Surveying Video Tutorials</a> and close to <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/photo" target="_blank">8000 surveyor submitted photos</a> contributed by members of the community. Our <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/photo-categories" target="_blank">Photos Categories Page</a> has been updated. Our <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/page/video-categories" target="_blank">Video Categories page</a> has been updated.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Our <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/marketplace" target="_blank">Marketplace</a> is steadily growing with <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/vendors" target="_blank">Hubs sponsored by Vendors</a> inside the community. Our marketplace is in a way like a<strong><em> mall for land surveyors</em></strong>. Each <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/Marketplace" target="_blank">Marketplace Hub</a> is owned and controlled by either a Vendor of surveying equipment or software, a developer of innovative surveying software, authors of helpful surveying books or provider of unique land surveyor services. Each hub not only provides ways to purchase goods and services, the owners of the hubs also support their products inside the hubs.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/invertboot/purchase-invertboot" target="_blank"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3550097664,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="3550097664?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">We also send out a HUGE thanks to all of you who have written in suggesting App ideas! We've got so many little app projects going on that <a href="http://apps.landsurveyorsunited.com" target="_blank">we set up a subdomain</a> to hold it all. You can find it at <strong><a href="https://apps.landsurveyorsunited.com" target="_blank">https://apps.landsurveyorsunited.com</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">If you happen to be just tuning in, there are a growing number of <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/apps">Mobile apps being developed for Land Surveyors United members</a>. These apps do not have to be "installed" into your device. They are <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/apps">web apps which work inside your mobile browser</a>...both Apple and Android devices are supported and yes, they <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/notes/new-try-surveyor-app-suite-on-your-data-collector" target="_blank">work on data collectors</a> which have a browser.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Each app is actually a self updating web application driven by a sophisticated databaseof community content, meaning <strong>it will load in any mobile web browser without any need to install software</strong>. Simply add the shortcut to your homescreen of your phone and open when you have something to share or need to find community assistance in the field or otherwise. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:18pt;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/apps#dictionary">Surveying Dictionary</a> | <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/apps#usa">United States Surveyors</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:18pt;">| <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/apps#world">Global Surveyor Hubs</a> | <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/apps#jobs">Surveying Jobs</a> | <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/apps#sheets">Spreadsheets for Surveyors</a> | <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/apps#equipment">Survey Equipment Deals</a>| <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/apps#videos">Survey Videos</a></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:18pt;"><strong>TIP:</strong> Try any of the apps on <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/notes/new-try-surveyor-app-suite-on-your-data-collector" target="_blank">your internet enabled data collectors</a> as well as phones and tablets.</span></p>
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<h4>Apps for All Land Surveyors</h4>
<p><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/apps#dictionary" target="_blank">Surveyor Dictionary App</a></p>
<p><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/apps#videos" target="_blank">Surveying Videos App</a></p>
<h4>Apps for Employment Seekers</h4>
<p><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/apps#jobs" target="_blank">Surveying Jobs Search App</a></p>
<p><a href="https://go.srvyr.com/4recruiters" target="_blank">Surveyor Resume Pool For Recruiters</a></p>
<h4>Apps for Surveying Equipment</h4>
<p><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/apps#equipment" target="_blank">Equipment Hunter App</a></p>
<p><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/notes/survey-equipment-support-app-helps-surveyors-target-advice" target="_blank">Survey Equipment Support App</a></p>
<h4>Apps for Connecting with Surveyors Locally</h4>
<p><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/apps#usa" target="_blank">United States Land Surveyors Hubs</a></p>
<p><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/apps#world" target="_blank">International Surveyors Hubs</a></p>
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<hr /><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:18pt;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/geoeducators/request-classroom" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" style="padding:3px;" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3549889639,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="3549889639?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="423" /></a><span style="font-size:24pt;"><strong>Introducing Classroom Hubs for Educators</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Some recent studies have shown that education is more effective when delivered in a social context. Our community has always been driven by the mission of removing barriers to education for land surveyors and providing a more welcoming environment for students to become interested in surveying and geomatics. Several <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/geoeducators/home" target="_blank">GeoEducators</a> have inquired about possibility of hosting their Surveying Classrooms as Private Hubs inside the community. Our new Classroom Hubs are coming packaged with their own forum, classroom blog, podcasting, events, photos and videos, etc. You can now <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/geoeducators/request-classroom" target="_blank">Request Your Classroom Hub here</a>.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/geoeducators/home" target="_blank">GeoEducators</a> Hub for Connecting Teachers</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/studentsurveyors=join" target="_blank">Student Surveyors Hub</a> </span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/StudentSurveyors/" target="_blank">Student Surveyors Page on Facebook</a></span></p>
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<hr /><p><span style="font-size:18pt;"><strong>Land Surveying Jobs Update</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="https://go.srvyr.com/cvpooladd" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" style="padding:3px;" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3553448860,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="3553448860?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="193" /></a>For those of you who have recently joined because you are looking for <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/jobs">employment in Surveying</a>, here are a few things to know that will help you find work much quicker. New jobs are aggregated into the <a href="http://jobs.landsurveyorsunited.org" target="_blank">Surveyor Jobs Board</a> (<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/jobs">and this page</a>) and <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/apps#jobs">this App</a> every hour from most all locations around the world - we currently have a little over 17k jobs in the board. Having the app added to your phone homescreen will ensure you see the latest jobs. If you are like me and would like to be more proactive about finding employment and would like for recruiters to find you, make your community profile set to "Seeking Employment" so you will <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors?categoryId=6622436%3AMemberCategory%3A21982" target="_blank">show up here for recruiters</a>. This tip works really well when you come back to the community and regularly add content such as photos, videos and forum posts which demonstrate that you know what you are doing when it comes to land surveying. <strong>BONUS:</strong> Add <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/cvpooladd" target="_blank">your resume here</a> to show up inside <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/4recruiters" target="_blank">this app for recruiters and employers</a>.</span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-size:14pt;">I bet Mr. Skip Farrow is smiling down from Heaven on us, so proud of what we are accomplishing together. I am pleased to say that we are officially done with all of our migrations and now moving on to perfecting our apps, helping surveyors find jobs and a few other exciting upcoming releases that we'll just keep under our hats for the time being. Thank you all for being an integral part of the greatest land surveying community on the planet! Please remember that our community is currently and has always been <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/page/donate-to-lsu" target="_blank">powered by Member Donations</a> so if you can contribute any amount, it is much appreciated.</span></p>
<p> </p></div>300+ Land Surveyor Hub Communities to Get Involvedhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/300-land-surveyor-hub-communities-to-get-involved2019-07-31T21:54:01.000Z2019-07-31T21:54:01.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3399296934?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><div class="_2cuy _3dgx">
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<ul class="subnav expanded"><li class="subnav-current"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs">ALL LAND SURVEYOR HUBS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/list/myGroups">MY NETWORK HUBS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/list/featured">FEATURED SURVEYING HUBS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/Locations">LOCATIONS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/Introductions">INTRODUCTIONS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/USA">USA</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/N+America">N AMERICA</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/Africa">AFRICA</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/Asia">ASIA</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/Europe">EUROPE</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/Caribbean">CARIBBEAN</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/Middle+East">MIDDLE EAST</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/Oceania">OCEANIA</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/S+America">S AMERICA</a></li>
<li class="subnav-overflow"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/History">HISTORY</a></li>
<li class="subnav-overflow"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/Students">STUDENTS</a></li>
<li class="subnav-overflow"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/Beginners">BEGINNERS</a></li>
<li class="subnav-overflow"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/Business">BUSINESS</a></li>
<li class="subnav-overflow"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/Beta-Testing">BETA-TESTING</a></li>
<li class="subnav-overflow"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/Documents">DOCUMENTS</a></li>
<li class="subnav-overflow"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/Classrooms">CLASSROOMS</a></li>
<li class="subnav-overflow"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/Surveying+Topics">SURVEYING TOPICS</a></li>
<li class="subnav-overflow"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/Employment">EMPLOYMENT</a></li>
<li class="subnav-overflow"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/Surveying+Software">SURVEYING SOFTWARE</a></li>
<li class="subnav-overflow"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/Equipment">EQUIPMENT</a></li>
<li class="subnav-overflow"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/Government">GOVERNMENT</a></li>
<li class="subnav-overflow"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/Mapping">MAPPING</a></li>
<li class="subnav-overflow"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/Marketplace">MARKETPLACE</a></li>
<li class="subnav-overflow"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/Shop">SHOP</a></li>
<li class="subnav-overflow"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/Tools">TOOLS</a></li>
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</div></div>Surveyors-How Do You Represent Your State?https://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/surveyorshow-do-you-represent2019-07-23T19:00:00.000Z2019-07-23T19:00:00.000ZJaybirdhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/Jaybird<div><p><img style="float:right;" src="{{#staticFileLink}}1198846641,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="" /></p>
<h2><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Introducing The United States of America Land Surveyors Support Groups</strong></span></h2>
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<p>Its been a long and interesting process, but I finally managed to get all 50 state-based social support groups up for the United States of America. The idea here is to create a place for every surveyor in the United States (<em>and eventually the globe</em>) to go and have <strong>all of their state based information</strong> <em>all in one place</em>-including the most up to date documents and events from their state board. And because state board websites (with the exception of a few) are for the most part out dated and operate like they were built in 1985, these groups give surveyors from each state a way to track important news, communicate with others in their state in a discussion format and create state-based events for others to attend.</p>
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<h2><span style="font-size:x-large;"><strong><span style="font-family:mceinline;">The Next Step Involves You</span></strong></span></h2>
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<p>In the links below you can click on the state name and find other surveyors in your state and the link beside the state is for the new state based social support group. I am currently seeking a few <strong>super surveyors</strong> (LSU Party Chiefs)who would like to take charge of their state and invite other surveyors from their state to join and become active. Also, if you would like to change the background image of your state to something other than the state flag, simply upload a photo to LSU with the title "{State Name} Group BG" or drop it into a discussion on that state's dedicated discussion board. I styled the groups to be simple yet identifiable for each state, but left the opportunity for 100% customization of each state open for you the members to choose. In the very near future, there will be a revenue sharing incentive for group moderators who recruit new members from their state. Group moderators will receive an official seal of "LSU Party Chief" to display on their profile and will become featured for their state.</p>
<h3 class="SKYUI-Highlight-Node S01t02sP">United States Land Surveyors</h3>
<p><a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=al">Alabama</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/alabamalandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=ak">Alaska</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/alaskalandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=az">Arizona</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/arizonalandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=ar">Arkansas</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/arkansaslandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=ca">California</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/californialandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=co">Colorado</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/coloradolandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=ct">Connecticut</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/connecticutlandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=de">Delaware</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/delawarelandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=fl">Florida</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/floridalandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=ga">Georgia</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/georgialandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=hi">Hawaii</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/hawaiilandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=id">Idaho</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/idaholandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=il">Illinois</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/illinoislandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=in">Indiana</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/indianalandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=ia">Iowa</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/iowalandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=ks">Kansas</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/kansaslandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=ky">Kentucky</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/kentuckylandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=la">Louisiana</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/louisianalandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=me">Maine</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/mainelandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=md">Maryland</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/marylandlandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=ma">Massachusetts</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/massachusettslandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=mi">Michigan</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/michiganlandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=mn">Minnesota</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/minnesotalandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=ms">Mississippi</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/mississippilandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=mo">Missouri</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/missourilandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=mt">Montana</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/montanalandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=ne">Nebraska</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/nebraskalandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=nv">Nevada</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/nevadalandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=nh">New Hampshire</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/newhampshirelandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=nj">New Jersey</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/newjerseylandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=nm">New Mexico</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/newmexicolandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=ny">New York</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/newyorklandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=newfoundland+OR+labrador+OR+nl">Newfoundland and Labrador</a><br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=nc">North Carolina</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/northcarolinasurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=nd">North Dakota</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/northdakotalandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=oh">Ohio</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/ohiolandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=ok">Oklahoma</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/oklahomalandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=or">Oregon</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/oregonlandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/members/search?name=&age_min=&age_max=&q25=&q14=PA+OR+Pennsylvania+OR+York&q20=&q21=&q27=&q16=&q22=&q24=">Pennsylvania</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/pennsylvanialandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=ri">Rhode Island</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/rhodeislandlandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=sc">South Carolina</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/southcarolinalandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=sd">South Dakota</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/southdakotalandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=tn">Tennessee</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/tennesseelandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=tx">Texas</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/texaslandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=ut">Utah</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/utahlandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=vt">Vermont</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/vermontlandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=va">Virginia</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/virginialandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=wa">Washington</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/washingtonlandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=wv">West Virginia</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/westvirginialandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=wi">Wisconsin</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/wisconsinlandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]<br />
<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/list/search?adv=1&name=&age_min=&age_max=&q11=&country=&location=wy">Wyoming</a> [<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/wyominglandsurveyors">Support Group</a>]</p>
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<h2>For Example:</h2>
<p style="text-align:left;"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}1198846872,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="Florida Land Surveyors" /><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}1198846980,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="New Mexico Land Surveyors" /></p>
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<h2><span style="font-size:x-large;"><strong><span style="font-family:mceinline;">How can you Best Represent Your State</span></strong></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-size:x-large;"><strong><span style="font-family:mceinline;"><em>Today</em>?</span></strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><em><strong>We need exactly 9 members to reach our goal of 1000 United Land Surveyors this month</strong></em>. Please take a moment and join the state group for the state which you live and work. Then, invite other surveyors from your state using the invite form on the group. Together, we can take Land Surveyors United to a whole new level! I appreciate all of your participation and support of LSU and look forward to seeing how each of you represent the land surveying industry in your state! And for those of you who live outside of the US, you have the exact same opportunity by joining the group for your continent and soon we will be creating support groups for your individual countries of the world. Please contact me with any questions or concerns whatsoever, from the "feedback" button on the toolbar that runs across the top of every page on the network.</p>
<p> </p></div>South American Surveyors Day is Thursday!https://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/south-american-surveyors-day-is-thursday2019-06-19T20:46:15.000Z2019-06-19T20:46:15.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3023434919?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Our <strong><em>Worldwide Virtual Surveyor Conference</em></strong> is already half way finished and Tomorrow (Thursday) will be <strong>South American Land Surveyors Day</strong> and the 5th day of International Surveyors Week 2019. We need your stories! Please use the app to share photos and videos of Land Surveying in <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/samericasurveyors" target="_blank">South American countries inside your Local Chapter Hubs</a>. As the week progresses, I continue to remain hopeful for this experiment to bring us all closer together in a universal game of <em>Show and Tell</em>. Friday is the BIG BIG Day and <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/seiad">Survey Earth in a Day 8</a> which everyone should participate from Locally and <a href="http://isw2019.glideapp.io" target="_blank">Log a point using the ISW2019 App</a> at Noon.</p>
<p>As <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/wednesday-is-european-land-surveyors-day-time-for-surveyors-of-th" target="_blank">European Land Surveyors Day</a> comes to a close and <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveying">International Surveyors Week</a> continues on, Tuesday is Asian Land Surveyors Day and were looking forward to many photos and posts inside Local Chapter Hubs from the East! If you are a land surveyor based in Europe, you still have time to submit your photos and stories to <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/europeansurveyors" target="_blank">European Local Chapter Hubs</a>.</p>
<p><a style="text-align:center;" href="https://go.srvyr.com/samericasurveyors" target="_blank"><img class="align-center" src="https://go.srvyr.com/2La4rrt" width="100%" alt="2La4rrt" /></a></p>
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<h3 class="headerbar" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">SOUTH AMERICAN LAND SURVEYORS HUB FORUMS FOR INTRODUCING YOURSELF LOCALLY</span></h3>
<ul><li><a href="https://surveyearth.ning.com/hubs/south-america/brazil">Brazil</a></li>
<li><a href="https://surveyearth.ning.com/hubs/south-america/colombia">Colombia</a></li>
<li><a href="https://surveyearth.ning.com/hubs/south-america/argentina">Argentina</a></li>
<li><a href="https://surveyearth.ning.com/hubs/south-america/peru">Peru</a></li>
<li><a href="https://surveyearth.ning.com/hubs/south-america/venezuela">Venezuela</a></li>
<li><a href="https://surveyearth.ning.com/hubs/south-america/chile">Chile</a></li>
<li><a href="https://surveyearth.ning.com/hubs/south-america/ecuador">Ecuador</a></li>
<li><a href="https://surveyearth.ning.com/hubs/south-america/bolivia">Bolivia</a></li>
<li><a href="https://surveyearth.ning.com/hubs/south-america/paraguay">Paraguay</a></li>
<li><a href="https://surveyearth.ning.com/hubs/south-america/uruguay">Uruguay</a></li>
<li><a href="https://surveyearth.ning.com/hubs/south-america/guyana">Guyana</a></li>
<li><a href="https://surveyearth.ning.com/hubs/south-america/suriname">Suriname</a></li>
<li><a href="https://surveyearth.ning.com/hubs/south-america/french-guiana">French Guiana</a></li>
<li><a href="https://surveyearth.ning.com/hubs/south-america/falkland-islands">Falkland Islands</a></li>
</ul><p style="text-align:center;"> <strong>A Hangout Webinar about Survey Earth in a Day 8 </strong></p>
<p>Geodetic Surveyor, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqfP3eAXAyBkuOmvIU9J2dQ" target="_blank">Jesse Koslowski</a>and I had a Hangout today about <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/seiad">Survey Earth in a Day 8</a>, which happens Friday Worldwide at Noon and what it entails. You can check out the recording here:</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qgvXiYO-tcw?feature=oembed" width="480" height="270" frameborder="0"></iframe></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>If you are a Land Surveyor in South America</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong><a href="https://go.srvyr.com/samericasurveyors" target="_blank">Find and Follow Your Local Surveyors Hub to Participate</a></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><br />
Please use this day to post local land surveying photos, introductions and videos to your Local Chapter Hub inside the community. You can find your local hub in the following ways:<br />
Via the ISW App: <a href="https://isw2019.glideapp.io/" target="_blank">https://isw2019.glideapp.io</a><br />
Via the Hub Page for All Country Hubs: <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/samericasurveyors" target="_blank">https://go.srvyr.com/samericasurveyors</a><br />
Via the Community Map Page with quick links to introduction forums:<br /><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/map" target="_blank">https://landsurveyorsunited.com/map</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>AGENDA FOR SOUTH AMERICAN LAND SURVEYORS DAY</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>10:30 am:</strong></span> Share a surveying photo and describe it<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>12:30 pm:</strong></span> Introduce yourself inside your local hub forum and tell us why you love surveying and something unique about being a land surveyor in your area<br /><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">3:00 pm:</span></strong> Film a short video about surveying<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>6:30 pm</strong></span> Make connections, comment on other's posts from the day..</p>
<p>*Remember that you earn points to your profile for engagements and contributions and you will soon be able to trade points and awards for real gear and prizes</p>
<p> *Friday is Survey Earth in a Day 8 and we may need translators to help with this as well <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/photo/international-surveyors-week-2019-schedule" target="_blank">see full schedule here</a></p>
<p>* Earn prizes from <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/invertboot" target="_blank">Invertboot</a> and <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/schonstedt" target="_blank">Schonstedt</a> for sharing the best photo or video during International Surveyors Week!</p>
<p>Follow us on <a href="http://twitter.com/landsurveyorsu" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://facebook.com/landsurveyorsunited" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">share your posts with us after you add them to community</span></em> using #ISW2019 hashtag</p>
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<p> </p></div>Wednesday is European Land Surveyors Day & Time for Surveyors of the EU to UNITE!https://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/wednesday-is-european-land-surveyors-day-time-for-surveyors-of-th2019-06-18T19:11:31.000Z2019-06-18T19:11:31.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2999259247?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Everything is starting to cook!  Our <strong><em>Worldwide Virtual Surveyor Conference</em></strong> is heating up and tomorrow (Tuesday) will be <strong>Asian Land Surveyors Day</strong> and the third day of International Surveyors Week 2019.  Over 2.2k surveyors are currently <a href="http://isw2019.glideapp.io" target="_blank" rel="noopener">using the app</a> so far and that is a great sign!  As the week progresses, I remain hopeful for this experiment to bring us all closer together in a universal game of <em>Show and Tell</em>.   Use this time to your advantage, <em>within reason</em>...</p>
<p><strong>Show the public</strong> what they pay you for. </p>
<p><strong>Plug your company</strong> and possibly get yourself a raise. </p>
<p><strong>Unemployed?</strong> Qualified? <em>Prove you can survey</em> and get a <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/jobs" target="_self">surveying job</a>. Share proof!</p>
<p><strong>Don't be afraid to be the first to 'break the ice'!</strong> Start a discussion inside your Local Hub forum. </p>
<p><strong>Introduce yourself</strong> and become a <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/survambassadors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">local SURVAmbassor</a>.</p>
<p><strong>The world needs more land surveyors</strong>-inspire the next generation and build your legacy in geomatics. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>We have gathered here to all become each other's best teacher.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Celebrate by contributing to the world's knowledge about land surveying</strong></p>
<p>As <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/asiasurveyors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Asia Land Surveyors Day</a> comes to a close and <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveying" target="_self">International Surveyors Week</a> continues on, Wednesday is <strong>European Land Surveyors Day</strong> and were looking forward to many photos and posts <strong>inside <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/europeansurveyors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Local Chapter Hubs from the EU</a>!</strong>  If you are based in Asia, you still have time to submit your photos and stories to <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/asiasurveyors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Asian Local Chapter Hubs</a>.</p>
<p><a style="text-align: center;" href="https://go.srvyr.com/europeansurveyors" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="align-center" src="https://go.srvyr.com/2WONWDl" alt="European Land Surveyors Day International Surveyors Week" width="100%" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>If you are a Land Surveyor in Europe</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><a href="https://go.srvyr.com/europeansurveyors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Find and Follow Your Local Surveyors Hub to Participate</a></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/start/how-to-move-your-photos-to-hubs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Feel Free to Move Your Photos to Local Hubs As well..</a><br />
Please use this day to post local land surveying photos, introductions and videos to your Local Chapter Hub inside the community. You can find your local hub in the following ways:<br />
Via the ISW App: <a href="https://isw2019.glideapp.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://isw2019.glideapp.io</a><br />
Via the Hub Page for All Country Hubs: <br />
Via the Community Map Page with quick links to introduction forums:<br />
<a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/map" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://landsurveyorsunited.com/map</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>AGENDA FOR EUROPEAN LAND SURVEYORS DAY</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>10:30 am:</strong></span> Share a surveying photo and describe it<br />
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>12:30 pm:</strong></span> Introduce yourself inside your local hub forum and tell us why you love surveying and something unique about being a land surveyor in your area<br />
<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">3:00 pm:</span></strong> Film a short video about surveying<br />
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>6:30 pm</strong></span> Make connections, comment on other's posts from the day..</p>
<p>*Remember that you earn points to your profile for engagements and contributions and you will soon be able to trade points and awards for real gear and prizes</p>
<p> * Thurday is <strong>South American Land Surveyors Day</strong> and we may need translators to help with this as well  <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/photo/international-surveyors-week-2019-schedule" target="_blank" rel="noopener">see full schedule here</a></p>
<p>* Earn prizes from <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/invertboot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Invertboot</a> and <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/schonstedt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Schonstedt</a> for sharing the best photo or video during International Surveyors Week!</p>
<p>Follow us on <a href="http://twitter.com/landsurveyorsu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://facebook.com/landsurveyorsunited" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a> and <em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">share your posts with us after you add them to community</span></em> using #ISW2019 hashtag</p>
<p> <span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><em>Quick Links to European Land Surveyor Forums</em></strong></span></p>
<h3 class="headerbar">EUROPEAN SURVEYORS</h3>
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<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/europe/france" rel="ajaxpanel">France</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/europe/spain" rel="ajaxpanel">Spain</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/europe/uk" rel="ajaxpanel">UK</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/europe/germany" rel="ajaxpanel">Germany</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/europe/poland" rel="ajaxpanel">Poland</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/europe/switzerland" rel="ajaxpanel">Switzerland</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/europe/ireland" rel="ajaxpanel">Ireland</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/europe/hungary" rel="ajaxpanel">Hungary</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/europe/romania" rel="ajaxpanel">Romania</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/europe/italy" rel="ajaxpanel">Italy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/europe/bulgaria" rel="ajaxpanel">Bulgaria</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/europe/greece" rel="ajaxpanel">Greece</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/europe/portugal" rel="ajaxpanel">Portugal</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/europe/serbia" rel="ajaxpanel">Serbia</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/europe/belgium" rel="ajaxpanel">Belgium</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/europe/russia" rel="ajaxpanel">Russia</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/europe/turkey" rel="ajaxpanel">Turkey</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/europe/ukraine" rel="ajaxpanel">Ukraine</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/europe/sweden" rel="ajaxpanel">Sweden</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/europe/norway" rel="ajaxpanel">Norway</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/europe/denmark" rel="ajaxpanel">Denmark</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/europe/albania" rel="ajaxpanel">Albania</a></li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>A Hangout Webinar about Survey Earth in a Day 8 </strong></span></p>
<p>Geodetic Surveyor, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqfP3eAXAyBkuOmvIU9J2dQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jesse Koslowski</a>and I had a Hangout today about <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/seiad" target="_self">Survey Earth in a Day 8</a>, which happens Friday Worldwide at Noon and what it entails.  You can check out the recording here:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qgvXiYO-tcw?feature=oembed" width="480" height="270" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
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</div>Monday June17th is North American & Caribbean Land Surveyors Day: 2nd Day of International Surveyors Week 2019https://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/monday-june17th-is-north-american-caribbean-land-surveyors-day-2n2019-06-17T00:21:05.000Z2019-06-17T00:21:05.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2967518068?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Were off to a great start!  Today (Sunday) has been Africa Land Surveyors Day and the start of <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveying" target="_self">International Surveyors Week is</a> off to a decent start. We've had some great photos and content shared today however I realized today that we need to recruit more translators for the site. If you are based in Africa, you still have time to submit your photos and stories to <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/africahubs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Africa Local Chapters</a>.</p>
<p>Monday is an entirely different story as the primary language of the site is English and our community is 53% land surveyors in North America!  <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/namericasurveyors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">North American Land Surveyors</a> today is your time to shine.   Use the <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/map" target="_self">Map Page</a> to introduce yourself locally inside the forum for your location- share photos and videos to your Local Hubs in <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/usasurveyors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">State Hubs for USA</a>, <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/caribbeansurveyors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Caribbean Island Hubs</a>, <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveyorscanada" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canadian</a> and <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/mexicolandsurveyors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mexican Land Surveyors</a> hubs.   Let's inspire the next generation with a showcase of our similarities and differences shared in surveying.</p>
<p>Hopefully you have already added the <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/isw2019app" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ISW2019 App</a> shortcut to your phone homescreen for quick sharing from the field and have already followed your Local Chapter Hub.   Tomorrow (<em>Monday June 17th</em>) - <strong>The entire day is dedicated to North America and Caribbean Island Land Surveyors!  <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/isw19days" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all the days of the week here</a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://go.srvyr.com/namericasurveyors" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="align-center" src="https://go.srvyr.com/2Kn0PCw" width="100%" /></a></strong></p>
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<p>For those just learning about #ISW2019, our primary objective is to bring the community together by sharing perspectives on Land Surveying locally and globally.  We hope to inspire future generations to persue land surveying by sharing photos and videos of survey life in different areas of the world and we ultimately hope to build public awareness regarding the important role land surveyors play in society and civilization.  But we cannot do this without you. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>If you are a Land Surveyor in North America</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><a href="https://go.srvyr.com/namericasurveyors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Find and Follow Your North American Surveyors Hub to Participate</a></strong></span></p>
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Please use this day to post local land surveying photos, introductions and videos to your Local Chapter Hub inside the community. You can find your local hub in the following ways:<br />
Via the ISW App: <a href="https://isw2019.glideapp.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://isw2019.glideapp.io</a><br />
Via the Hub Page for All Country Hubs: <br />
Via the Community Map Page with quick links to introduction forums:<br />
<a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/map" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://landsurveyorsunited.com/map</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>AGENDA FOR NORTH AMERICA LAND SURVEYORS DAY</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>10:30 am:</strong></span> Share a surveying photo and describe it<br />
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>12:30 pm:</strong></span> Introduce yourself inside your local hub forum and tell us why you love surveying and something unique about being a land surveyor in your area<br />
<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">3:00 pm:</span></strong> Film a short video about surveying<br />
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>6:30 pm</strong></span> Make connections, comment on other's posts from the day..</p>
<p>*Remember that you earn points to your profile for engagements and contributions and you will soon be able to trade points and awards for real gear and prizes</p>
<p> * Tuesday is Asia Land Surveyors Day and we may need translators to help with this as well  <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/photo/international-surveyors-week-2019-schedule" target="_blank" rel="noopener">see full schedule here</a></p>
<p>* Earn prizes from <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/invertboot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Invertboot</a> and <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/schonstedt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Schonstedt</a> for sharing the best photo or video during International Surveyors Week!</p>
<p>Follow us on <a href="http://twitter.com/landsurveyorsu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://facebook.com/landsurveyorsunited" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a> and <em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">share your posts with us after you add them to community</span></em> using #ISW2019 hashtag</p>
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<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/north-america/canada" rel="ajaxpanel">Canada</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/north-america/mexico" rel="ajaxpanel">Mexico</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/north-america/cuba" rel="ajaxpanel">Cuba</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/north-america/jamaica" rel="ajaxpanel">Jamaica</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/north-america/haiti" rel="ajaxpanel">Haiti</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/north-america/barbados" rel="ajaxpanel">Barbados</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/north-america/st-croix" rel="ajaxpanel">St. Croix</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/north-america/trinidad-and-tobago" rel="ajaxpanel">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/north-america/puerto-rico" rel="ajaxpanel">Puerto Rico</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/north-america/panama" rel="ajaxpanel">Panama</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/north-america/nicaragua" rel="ajaxpanel">Nicaragua</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/north-america/honduras" rel="ajaxpanel">Honduras</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/north-america/dominican-republic" rel="ajaxpanel">Dominican Republic</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/north-america/grenada" rel="ajaxpanel">Grenada</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/arizona" rel="ajaxpanel">Arizona</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/alabama" rel="ajaxpanel">Alabama</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/alaska" rel="ajaxpanel">Alaska</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/arkansas" rel="ajaxpanel">Arkansas</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/california" rel="ajaxpanel">California</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/connecticut" rel="ajaxpanel">Connecticut</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/delaware" rel="ajaxpanel">Delaware</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/florida" rel="ajaxpanel">Florida</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/georgia" rel="ajaxpanel">Georgia</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/hawaii" rel="ajaxpanel">Hawaii</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/illinois" rel="ajaxpanel">Illinois</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/indiana" rel="ajaxpanel">Indiana</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/iowa" rel="ajaxpanel">Iowa</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/kansas" rel="ajaxpanel">Kansas</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/kentucky" rel="ajaxpanel">Kentucky</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/maine" rel="ajaxpanel">Maine</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/maryland" rel="ajaxpanel">Maryland</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/massachusetts" rel="ajaxpanel">Massachusetts</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/michigan" rel="ajaxpanel">Michigan</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/minnesota" rel="ajaxpanel">Minnesota</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/missouri" rel="ajaxpanel">Missouri</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/montana" rel="ajaxpanel">Montana</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/nebraska" rel="ajaxpanel">Nebraska</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/nevada" rel="ajaxpanel">Nevada</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/new-hampshire" rel="ajaxpanel">New Hampshire</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/new-york" rel="ajaxpanel">New York</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/north-carolina" rel="ajaxpanel">North Carolina</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/north-dakota" rel="ajaxpanel">North Dakota</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/new-mexico" rel="ajaxpanel">New Mexico</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/oklahoma" rel="ajaxpanel">Oklahoma</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/ohio" rel="ajaxpanel">Ohio</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/oregon" rel="ajaxpanel">Oregon</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/pennsylvania" rel="ajaxpanel">Pennsylvania</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/rhode-island" rel="ajaxpanel">Rhode Island</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/south-carolina" rel="ajaxpanel">South Carolina</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/south-dakota" rel="ajaxpanel">South Dakota</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/texas" rel="ajaxpanel">Texas</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/utah" rel="ajaxpanel">Utah</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/vermont" rel="ajaxpanel">Vermont</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/virginia" rel="ajaxpanel">Virginia</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/washington" rel="ajaxpanel">Washington</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/wyoming" rel="ajaxpanel">Wyoming</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/wisconsin" rel="ajaxpanel">Wisconsin</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/west-virginia" rel="ajaxpanel">West Virginia</a></li>
<li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/usa-surveyors/events" rel="ajaxpanel">USA Surveying Events</a></li>
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</div>The Time is Now to Change Surveying Worldwide, Foreverhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/the-time-is-now-to-change-surveying-worldwide-forever2019-05-31T18:06:46.000Z2019-05-31T18:06:46.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2736513747?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><h3><span style="font-size: 18pt;">The Time is Now to Change Surveying Worldwide, Forever and for the better. </span></h3>
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<p><em> What am I referring to when i speak of things which need to change?</em>   </p>
<p>Yesterday, I was on the phone talking with a member of the community who has been a member since 2008.  They asked me quite simply "Why do you give a shit?"</p>
<p>In my humble opinion, land surveying as a profession is currently running on fumes, in a desert with very little hope in sight - that is, if we do not start to act.  Generational differences, aging work force, lack of shared knowledge and unwilling mentors all contribute to the current situation.  But do you care?   That is the question.  Many appear to have accepted this situation as inevitable, shifting their gaze toward retirement - especially those who have been in the field for years.  Many appear to have become settled if not comfortable with a negative approach to inner-crew dynamics, further contributing to the decline in surveying education and collective knowledge of the second oldest profession known to mankind.   Alone we might feel helpless, but together we can move mountains.</p>
<p>Kids are not the only people we should be getting into surveying - Adults who have stopped learning are also starting to need a real boost. </p>
<h3><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>The Age Gap Contributes to the Knowledge Gap in Land Surveying</strong></span></h3>
<p>It is well known that far less surveyors entering the field than we do leaving it, especially in the United States, but similarly in many other parts of the world.  Those new to the field have a difficult time, in many cases, finding engaging and patient mentors who are willing to pass the torch.  At the same time, there are both generational and technological challenges faced by many who have been surveyors for years which make crew communication, at times awkward and difficult.  In the field, there are many who wished there were more positive communication.  More than a few surveyors have expressed that they actually communicate better with their coworkers online and have an easier time grasping concepts which have been written out and explained for them.  This sort of situation does not only apply to land surveyors at work.  That confusing energy translates and has evolved into a real lack of public perception and a general blindness to the emormous importance of a land surveyor to civilization and the valuable role they play.  The public seem to have no clue of what a surveyor does and I would argue that many surveyors in the field accuse one another of the same thing. The public see you on the side of the road running facy equipment and keep you tucked in the back of their mind so as to be able to recognize you when you deliver news of your findings after they see you in a neighbor's yard.  The public does not understand what they are paying you for or the importance of what you do because you keep it to yourself, carry evidence of your work with you everywhere you go and have very few others to discuss it with because only another land surveyor will truly understand.  They truly seem to have no idea about how much more you most likely know about <em>their environment</em> than they do.</p>
<p>It is of critical importance that we systematically turn this around, together.  As a former land surveyor myself, turned surveyor community curator, I see clearly the flaws in the system from the inside out.  I see clearly that we much start from a root and work our way up this tree, together.  I see clearly that historical advertising and marketing methods used for decades have driven surveyors apart and converted the public perception of a surveyor into an association with enormously complex equipment and software, but not the surveyor.  I see clearly the anxiety that many surveyors stepping onto the field  have to endure because it is well known that rites of passage dictate how a new surveyor will be treated on their first day.   I see clearly that many who step onto that field simply arent cut out for all the aspects of land surveying that can't be learned in a classroom.  In terms of sustainability, the looming threat of land surveying profession evaporation is directly driven by lack of shared professional experience available for those who might otherwise enjoy toying with the idea of possibly entering the field.  But how do I suppose we change this?</p>
<p>The only way we can change any of this is by taking a systems approach to finding solutions, as a networked community.  Together, we can change land surveying by modernizing it and crowd-sourcing valuable surveying information, photos, videos, experience and more both for ourselves and for the public to learn from.  We can only do this by remaining so proud of what we do that we share our progress and our failures.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Marketing and Commerce Need to Involve Support and Must Evolve</strong></span></p>
<p>For years I have tried to come up with ways to make the community more helpful to the members without having to crowd the site with stupid banner ads and popups, while making it evermore sustainable. Sure...i've thought about basic membership fees but any amount seems to be unfair considering our international reach.  At the end of the day, Land Surveyors United is not just <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/community" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a community</a>.  It is also a collective experiment to see how many of you actually give a shit about the mark you leave in surveying.  In order to do that, my approach since 2007 is to build you a place which isn't over run with dozens of banner ads and distractions... a place which now has <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/marketplace" target="_self">commerce</a> in the form of a vendor driven marketplace, keeping everything compartmentalized and fresh.  It is up to the <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/vendors" target="_self">Vendors</a> to make the most of their <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/marketplace" target="_self">Marketplace</a> presence and reach by adding attractive offers to community members.  Those who run contests and host events and invite users to share experiences will do the best. By creating a way for members to select and control the interests they subscribe to, you are able to minimize the noise and receive notifications only from those hubs which interest you.   I feel that by building the community this way, I am giving you choices which puts you in better control of what you get out of this community.  In exchange, all I hope for is your knowledge and visual contributions to the future generations of land surveyor who will learn from you.   Land Surveyors United is a library, a social network, an educational platform, a discussion forum, a theatre and much more.  Every bit of that was built by me with not only you in mind, but more importantly the one you inspire down the road. </p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>So.... Why do I care in 2019</strong></span></p>
<p>Why do you think I put so much time and energy every year into <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveying" target="_self">International Surveyors Week</a> and <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/SEIAD=join" target="_self">Survey Earth in a Day</a>?  It should be obvious that the main motivation behind this community has never been money. Most other surveying sites and magazines are set up just to make money and that leaves a lot of stuff out.   All I have ever wanted to do is build a sustainable community which can exist by virtue of its usefulness and inclusiveness.   I do it for you as my personal yet global anthropological experiment and my artistic expression. I make sure this community is well maintained, in a state of improvement.  I make sure there are thousands of <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/jobs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">land surveying jobs</a> available, internationally.  I constantly build <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/apps" target="_self">apps</a> and try to make everything better and expand in all ways, always.   </p>
<p>For me, it seems to be the simplest thing you might do in your day to simply snap a photo or video and upload it to your Local Chapter Hub.  Perhaps that is asking too much.  What do you think?</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>What are YOU Doing to Make Land Surveying Better?</strong></span></p>
<p>I am curious about what you think about some of the following questions. </p>
<p>Is it asking too much from you, the community member, to raise your level rod and celebrate YOUR career by sharing photos and stories one time per year? </p>
<p>Am I off base by believing that any of this is worth it to you?  </p>
<p>In regards to <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/SEIAD=join" target="_self">Survey Earth in a Day</a>:  Is committing 30 minutes on the longest day of the year to submit a point to the community and representing land surveyors in your area of the world while simultaneously demonstrating to the public how important a surveyor is to society a lofty ask? </p>
<p>Is it worth it to you to participate when you can get your company some free publicity just by telling your local news station about it? </p>
<p>This community has the power to make the most accurate map of the world ever created.  Our precision could provide insight into shifts in the surface of the earth unnoticable by satilites alone- especially when you set up on the same point of a previous year. This will be our 8th time remeasuring the surface of the earth in a single day.  I want you all to have a tool to play with which encourages geomatics students to explore and become engaged. During this time of "climate crisis" and "flat earth movements" isn't it time to set the record straight on a lot of things?</p>
<p><strong>If Land Surveyors of the world cannot do this, who can?</strong></p>
<p>I started this post with the intention on writing a newsletter but I guess I had other things on my mind.  Instead, I'll just embed the latest issue here for you to read.   <a href="{{#staticFileLink}}2736576141,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Download community-newsletter.pdf</a></p>
<p><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/viewer?url={{#staticFileLink}}2736576141,original{{/staticFileLink}}&embedded=true" width="100%" height="500px" frameborder="0"></iframe></p>
</div>Story Map for International Surveyors Week 2019https://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/story-map-for-international-surveyors-week-20192019-05-22T21:12:08.000Z2019-05-22T21:12:08.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2652314677?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We've set up a really cool <a href="https://uploads.knightlab.com/storymapjs/68c88fd636967cf7a2528c9ca6dcd2b0/international-surveyors-week-2019/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Story Map for International Surveyors Week 2019</a> and we are ready for your stories photos and videos from around the world.   As you may well know by now, each continent on the planet has an entire day dedicated to Land Surveyors who live and work there.  By <a href="https://isw2019.glideapp.io" target="_blank" rel="noopener">adding the ISW2019 App</a> to your phone home screen you will have quick access to your local chapter hub, which you should already be following.  During the day dedicated to your location, simply use the app to try your best to share during the scheduled times.  Our hopes are 3 fold:  We want to give you a chance to contribute meaningful photos and discussions about land surveying in your local area.  We want to bring public awareness to the importance of land surveyors to society and civilzation.  And we hope to gather truly unique surveying related content for a global showcase of land surveying all around the world.</span></p>
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<p><iframe src="https://uploads.knightlab.com/storymapjs/68c88fd636967cf7a2528c9ca6dcd2b0/international-surveyors-week-2019/index.html" width="100%" height="800" frameborder="0"></iframe></p>
</div>Surveyor Community Digest: Surveyor Apps, International Surveyors Week, Vendors and Job Seekershttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/surveyor-community-digest-surveyor-apps-international-surveyors-w2019-05-13T18:25:25.000Z2019-05-13T18:25:25.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1876822227?profile=RESIZE_192X&width=183"></div><div><p>Welcome to all of our newest members of the community! By tomorrow we will have <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">over 15,400 members worldwide</a>!  I just want to bring you all up to speed on a few improvements, enhancements and additions to the community over the past week.   Our traffic is up over 400% from this time last month and the community is starting to explode with connectedness.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>International Surveyors Week 2019</strong></span></p>
<p><a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveying" target="_self">International Surveyors Week 2019</a> is just a month away (June 16th-23rd) with days dedicated to all countries and states of the world.  <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/events/international-surveyors-week-2019" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RSVP</a> and <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/internationalsurveyorsweek2019=join" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Follow the Hub</a>.  This is an entire week of celebration of the Land Surveying Profession, worldwide.  Use your day to share local surveying photos, videos and stories inside your Local Chapter Hub.  We also have this week as an opportunity to introduce ourselves to one another while at the same time promoting public awareness regarding the importance of Land Surveyors to Society.   We have made it simple for you to find your local forum and introduce yourself on the Community page.</p>
<p><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/community" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="align-center" src="https://go.srvyr.com/30e5vzD" alt="introductions for surveyors" width="675" /></a></p>
<p>Of course <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/SEIAD" target="_self">Survey Earth in a Day 8</a> happens on Friday of International Surveyors Week 2019 and the longest day of the year-the summer solstice.  At noon local time, submit a point in representation of land surveyors in your region.  Classrooms and organizations are encouraged to participate as well.  Share photos and videos from the day inside the SEIAD Hub.</p>
<p>I'm just going to drop a few more important mentions and some links to explore so you can see the improvements for yourself.</p>
<p>First, based on member feedback and requests, your community profile layout has been redesigned and optimized.  If you have an empty profile that means you have a lot you haven't shared with us yet.  Try to get in the habit of adding a discussion, some videos, photos and blog posts often to fill up your profile with surveying experiences from others to learn from.</p>
<p>Second, we have added a few new <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/apps" target="_self">Surveyor Community Apps</a> to the site to help everyone get better connected and more productive in the field.  You can also now add <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/surveyorapps" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the entire Surveyor App Suite</a> to your phone and then add only the apps that you want to use.  We now have 7 multifunctional apps built to help you do things from the field like share photos to your local hub,find helpful spreadsheets and tools, participate in Survey Earth in a Day and International Surveyors week, find jobs, promote yourself to recruiters and soon, our marketplace app will be completed <a href="https://form.jotform.com/72207212497151" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showcasing vendors who offer services and products to surveyors</a>.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Job Seekers Unite!</strong></span></p>
<p>We have officially made it as simple as it can be for you to find a Job in Surveying.  Simply visit <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/cvpooladd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this page to Create your Resume/CV</a> and you'll be added to <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/4recruiters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this new app for recruiters to find you</a>.  We also have over 15k surveying jobs inside our surveying jobs board.</p>
<p>We also added the resume pool form to <a href="https://go.srvyr.com/gethiredfb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this tab on our Surveying Jobs page on Facebook</a>.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Vendors Unite!</strong></span></p>
<p>With International Surveyors Week on the way, we have been working round the clock helping vendors set up their Marketplace Hubs.  ISW is a perfect time to show off your products and services so if you'd like to have your own Hub to completely control, <a href="https://form.jotform.com/72207212497151" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tell us about your company here</a>.</p>
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<p>Enjoy, explore and contribute to our community....a living library of land surveying which is not controlled by 3rd party interests- it is controlled by you, the surveyor.  No one else in the world aside from our community members catalogs changes in the surveying industry.  No one else collects, curates and showcases the importance of land surveyors to society for future generations to learn from and to promote public awareness of this importance.  It takes just a few moments per week to curate a rock solid legacy in surveying but every minute you spend sharing your experience will breathe ten years of life into the profession.</p>
<p>Have a great week everyone.  Feel free to contact me with any questions or suggestions.</p>
<p>Justin</p>
</div>Using the drone to update a new developing streethttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/using-the-drone-to-update-a-new-developing-street2019-05-07T01:45:38.000Z2019-05-07T01:45:38.000ZMontanohttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/Montano<div><p>In a new subdivision, Satellite background image was not updated so I used my drone to GeoReference my drone image to draw in the road.</p><p>Watch the video on YouTube</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwzxIZa56mg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwzxIZa56mg</a> </p></div>Survey Hitshttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/survey-hits2019-04-27T03:19:06.000Z2019-04-27T03:19:06.000ZRavinderhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/Ravinder<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2221499613?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>My Survey 6 Team </p></div>Back of Curb Digest: International Surveyors Week and Savvy Surveyor Showhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/back-of-curb-digest-international-surveyors-week-and-savvy-survey2019-04-26T20:31:49.000Z2019-04-26T20:31:49.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2036256038?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>It's been a great week on Land Surveyors United and a lot of new updates and features to share but I am going to try to make this short and just provide some links to things to check out and get involved with.   </p>
<p>This is the last weekend for the Profile Photo Contest  <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/profile-cover-photo-contest-win-level-rod-usb">Profile Cover Photo Contest: Win an awesome Level Rod USB</a></p>
<p>This week we calculated all of the years of experience we have in the community based on everyone's profile and we got...</p>
<p><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="align-center" src="https://go.srvyr.com/2GFBfV0" width="710" /></a></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We rolled out the <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/internationalsurveyorsweek2019" target="_blank" rel="noopener">International Surveyors Week 2019 Hub</a> and the Event for June 16th-23rd Wordwide </span></p>
<p><img class="align-right" src="https://go.srvyr.com/2XOyckG" width="250" /></p>
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<h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/events/international-surveyors-week-2019" data-ux="title-event-link">International Surveyors Week 2019</a>  </h3>
<p>Add <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/events" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Surveyor Events Happening in your area of the world here</a></p>
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<p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9215430,original{{/staticFileLink}}&width=205&crop=1%3A1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9215430,{{/staticFileLink}}?width=205&crop=1%3A1&profile=RESIZE_710x" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We are looking for Land Surveyors to interview for our new community Podcast - <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/savvy-surveyors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Savvy Surveyors Show</a></span></p>
<p>Learn about the podcast and <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/savvy-surveyors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">request to be interviewed here</a>.</p>
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<p><a href="https://form.jotform.com/42034957562963" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Link to Request to be Interview Form</a></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Vendors</strong></span> Would you like to have your own Hub for selling products and services?</span></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://form.jotform.com/72207212497151" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tell us here in this form</a></strong> and we'll set up a demo for you.    Log in to read about <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/marketplace" target="_blank" rel="noopener">benefits here</a></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/jobs" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}2061946820,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="200" /></a>For Those Seeking Jobs <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/jobs" target="_self">here is the place to start</a>.   Download the <a href="http://surveyingjobs.glideapp.io" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Surveying Jobs app</a> to your phone </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">and we currently have <a href="http://jobs.landsurveyorsunited.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">over 14,000 available jobs in the Jobs Board</a></span></p>
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<p>Looking for Equipment or to sell equipment, look no further than <a href="http://equipment.srvyr.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Equipment Hunter</a>  and <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/epalmetto" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the hub dedicated to Equipment</a></p>
<p>next week we will roll out our App for Hunting Surveying Equipment</p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Finally, we now have 6 Surveyor Apps to add to your phone home screen for quick access..  <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/apps" target="_blank" rel="noopener">learn about them here</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Have a nice weekend and we look forward to all you have to share with us and your fellow land surveyors around the world!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>Land Surveyors United Team</em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Follow us <a href="http://twitter.com/landsurveyorsu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on Twitter</a> and <a href="http://facebook.com/landsurveyorsunited" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a></span></p>
</div>Profile Cover Photo Contest: Win an awesome Level Rod USBhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/profile-cover-photo-contest-win-level-rod-usb2019-04-16T18:51:58.000Z2019-04-16T18:51:58.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2038195940?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Would you like to win a new Level Rod USB Stick while showing off your Land Surveyors United profile and making some new connections?   Here's how to do it!</span></p>
<p><a href="#" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}2038195940,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="Land Surveyor Cover Photo Contest" width="710" /><br /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>This is what you will win!</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Step One: </strong> Go to your profile by logging in and clicking on "ME" in the navigation.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Step Two:</strong> Find the "Options" button on your profile like so and click it. Upload your best surveying photo as your Cover Photo</span> <a href="{{#staticFileLink}}2038472475,RESIZE_1200x{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}2038472475,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" /></a> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Step Three:</strong> <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/profile-cover-photo-contest-win-level-rod-usb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Come back to this post</a> and in the comments below, paste the URL address of your profile so we can check it out and tell us something about the image you chose. Our panel of judges will review all submissions this weekend and we'll announce a winner!  Good Luck!</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Your cover photo should represent Land Surveying in or around your local area -it should be your best shot ever!</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/main/invitation/new" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Invite your crew</a> to the site and to visit your profile.  Profiles with the most visits have best chance to win.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Post on Facebook <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Flandsurveyorsunited%2Fposts%2F10158384008452586&width=500" width="500" height="570" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></span></p>
</div>Notes from Day 6 of Community Migrationhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/notes-from-day-6-of-community-migration2019-03-12T20:24:50.000Z2019-03-12T20:24:50.000Z⚡Survenator⌁https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/Survenator<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1392255018?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>A Few Important Community Announcements</strong></span></p>
<p>If building a Global Community of Land Surveyors were simple, there would be more than one. We are now in day 6 after moving <a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/" target="_self">to new community platform</a>.  Our small team is working around the clock- albeit <em>unpaid</em>- in our goal to get everything from the old site updated and snapped into place inside the new platform.  We want you to be able to find what you are looking for in a much simpler fashion than in the past, but we certainly need your help.  Before going further we also just wanted you to know that we appreciate those of you who have reached out helping us identify and fix abnormalities.</p>
<p><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/community" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="align-center" src="https://go.srvyr.com/2NYLJCo" width="133" /></a></p>
<p>  Our long game is as follows:</p>
<p><strong>1)</strong> We still have close to 300 pages which are being systematically worked through, updated or deleted.  This is dramatically lower than the 2,285,000+ pages we started with.   We should have all of these pages sorted before weeks end.</p>
<p><strong>2)</strong> If you have been trying to enter the community from the previous location of our <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/m" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mobile Rover at https://landsurveyorsunited.com/m</a> you will have reached a missing page until now.  Several are still using bookmarks on their phone to enter the community.  By June we hope to release an app for Android and Apple in order to have quick access on your phones and tablets.   Subsequently, we are having great success with accessing the community from all devices including TVs and even several Internet enabled Data Collectors from the field.</p>
<p><strong>3)</strong> You may have pages that you have bookmarked which have moved and if they are important to you and presently missing, please let us know <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/contact" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here in Feedback about Site</a>.  If you are having trouble logging in because you used a hotmail, outlook or windowsmail, please let Justin know at landsurveyorsunited@gmail.com     Most members do not have this problem but we have had 2 who had this problem.   When you log in please make sure your profile is up to date and change your cover profile on your profile to something which represents surveying in your location.</p>
<p><strong>4)</strong> The organization of all of our <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/Employment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hubs</a> into categorical navigation for quick access is a task that we are approximately 70% finished with.  We do not want you to lose anything you have contributed over the years and so far, we are missing less than 0.5%.  A detailed introduction to Hubs will be released once everything is in place.  At the moment you will see the vast majority of Hubs have been updated and arranged in a fashion best for all devices but there are still several which have yet to be sorted out.  You'll also notice that Hubs have all previous forum discussions and comments but now have other features and pages that give you more control.</p>
<p><strong>5)</strong> In April we will begin announcing <strong>SURVambassadors for Location Based Hubs</strong>, putting the control of those hubs in the capable hands of Local Surveyors In those Countries and States.  In order to best identify the highest contributors in each country we are asking every member to <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">visit the About Page</a> and Finding your location's forum and simply introduce yourself in a new discussion inside your local forum.  In fact, you can also find your country or state forum inside <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/Introductions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hubs categorized for Introductions</a>.  '</p>
<p><strong>6)</strong> You may have noticed that your profile now has Awards section called <strong>My Community Awards</strong>.   What this is and will become is a points system which allows members to earn achievements for sharing content inside the community, supporting other surveyors with issues and contributing to discussions.   In the future these points will be capable of being traded for Equipment, Software, Community Swag and more.  You earn points everytime you engage with the community, upload photos, videos, start discussions, ect.  so they add up quickly when you are active. You also earn points by <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/main/invitation/new" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Inviting your crew to the community</a>.</p>
<p>This may be enough for us all to digest for the moment but rest assure that the community is on a constant state of upgrade and we need your help finding things which need attention.  In the end, this is your community and we want you to have more control over every aspect of its existence.  If you would like to volunteer to help, send <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/Justin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Justin a message</a> to his profile and he be in touch very soon.   </p>
<p><strong><em>It takes a Village...</em></strong>Ultimately, we need to all work together to make this community as interesting and sustainable as possible.  This is a task that we can all accomplish together.  We are all each other's missing link!   A collection of <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/start" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Helpful videos for Getting Started</a> have been added here for your convenience.</p>
<p>There are a <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/new-site" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lot of new features to try out</a> on the platform and we are excited to see Land Surveyors in action all around this great planet of ours.  Best of luck to all of you out there and we'll see you inside.</p>
</div>UPDATED: Embed Your Resume Inside Your Profile in less than 3 minuteshttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blog/list/embed-your-resume-inside-your-profile-in-less-than-3-minutes2019-01-23T01:00:00.000Z2019-01-23T01:00:00.000Z⚡Survenator⌁https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/Survenator<div><p><em><strong>See the Update at Bottom of Post</strong></em></p>
<p>Let me make this simple for you. For all of the <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/category/seeking-employment" target="_blank">land surveyors seeking employment</a> inside the community, I am going to show you how to embed your resume inside your profile in 2 quick steps (add a 3rd step if you have a <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1330467/" target="_blank">Linkedin Profile</a>- but will work with any resume). This will make it much easier for Recruiters to find you.</p>
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<p><strong>Step One:</strong> Go to your profile on Linkedin and export a PDF version of your profile like so:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1330467/" target="_blank"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}1198871293,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="1198871293?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Step Two:</strong></span> Find the text box inside <a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/main/authorization/signIn?target=/my/profile" target="_blank">your Land Surveyors United profile</a> and click Edit, then add the following block of code to the HTML version of the block like so:</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsurveyingjobber%2Fposts%2F2036273286459439&width=500" width="500" height="485" frameborder="0"></iframe></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Code to Use- Copy and paste the following code into your text box: </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=<strong>!</strong>&embedded=true" frameborder="0" height="500px" width="100%"></iframe></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em>Notice the exclamation point after url= that is where you are going to paste the link to your pdf after uploading it in the last step</em>.</span></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Step Three:</strong></span> Now Upload your PDF to the Text Box inside your Land Surveyors United using the paperclip icon > Copy the file URL it gives you and then click cancel. > Then paste the URL you just copied in the place where the (!) is inside the code block. </p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsurveyingjobber%2Fposts%2F2036274509792650&width=500" width="500" height="485" frameborder="0"></iframe></p>
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<p>Then press save. You are done.</p>
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<p>Be sure to follow <a href="http://facebook.com/surveyingjobs" target="_blank">@SurveyingJobs</a> and the <a href="http://jobs.landsurveyorsunited.org/" target="_blank">Surveyor Jobs Board for the latest employment opportunities</a> for land surveyors. There are currently over 13k jobs.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Now comment below to let us know you have your resume embedded inside your profile so recruiters visit your profile.</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>UPDATE: We've added a question to your profile which asks "Is your company for hire?" and if you state yes, you can use the HTML box inside your profile to embed company information and link to company website.</strong></span></p></div>