Two apprentices were sent to measure a flag pole, and after trying to measure with tape, which bent and fell, trying to climb and sliding down and measuring the shadow but not knowing what to do with it, a salty old party chief noticed their dilema and ask what their problem was. The said they need to find out how high the pole was, the Chief grunted and retrieved a wrench from his truck, unbolted the pole, laid it down and measured it, 45 feet he exclaimed, and walked away, The two apprentices

GPS L1/L2 position fixing incapability under heavy foliage is a thing of the past with the advent of GPS L5. This is according to GPS/GNSS sales people. With my very limited knowledge in telecommunication, I shall say without any degree of certainty that this is not true.

To my opinion, the only advantage of GNSS over GPS is the speed of position fixing. This is I guess due to greater number of navigation systems and channels supported. Greater number of satellites, channels, and frequencies prov

hi friends i need entry level surveyor job.
i have done my masters in geo-spatial science and technology from Indian institute of surveying & mapping, survey of India. so provide me small entry level job

GeoTag Your Surveying Photos

We've highlighted mobile Android Apps for land surveyors in the past, but the app we are introducing today will knock your socks off!   Make way for PhotoTag, an app developed by our partners at Surveying.org  for Android Devices which takes the pain out of attaching geolocations to your photos from the field!

PhotoTag is not just an application for taking photos with Latitude, Longitude and Direction but adds addresses like those we use every day for giving direc

Two apprentices were sent to measure a flag pole, and after trying to measure with tape, which bent and fell, trying to climb and sliding down and measuring the shadow but not knowing what to do with it, a salty old party chief noticed their dilema and ask what their problem was. The said they need to find out how high the pole was, the Chief grunted and retrieved a wrench from his truck, unbolted the pole, laid it down and measured it, 45 feet he exclaimed, and walked away, The two apprentices

You may not know this, but our surveying community on Facebook has over 11,000 followers, many contributing their surveying photos with us from there.  For example, take a look at this post from this morning.

Back in 2007 when we began Land Surveyors United network, we had no idea that one day we'd have the largest collec

This happened over 25 years ago but I still remember it. 

When I was an instrument man for a small surveying firm, I was new, young, and being trained by the party chief that had twenty years of field experience and was quite the outdoorsman. It was very hot outside, and we were way out in the county surveying a large tract of land. I had a good set up and the party chief was about 300 feet ahead of me with a prism pole. The rodman, who was also new on the job, had stayed back for whatever reason

You've decided that you want to save money and survey your own land. Maybe you just bought a piece of land, or inherited your grandfathers farm, or maybe you've had a dispute with a neighbor and you want to survey your own land to know where the boundary line is located. The idea is a great one, you pick up a few pieces of surveying equipment, take some measurements and you just avoided all the expense of hiring a land surveyor. You have been told by your friends that land surveys are expensive

As the largest community body of land surveyors anywhere in the world with close to 9000 members, we have a responsibility. We must do all that we can to educate the public regarding our importance to society in order to pave the way for those who come after us.  One way to accomplish this would be for each of us to record a short PSA sharing the nature of surveying jobs in the places where we live.  

For Example, this PSA was submitted by Kennedy Komla of Ghana

For those who do not know,  PS

Construction in Infographics

Over the past couple of years, infographics have become a powerful method of visual story-telling on the web. Information graphics or infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge intended to present complex information quickly and clearly. They can improve cognition by utilizing graphics to enhance the human visual system’s ability to see patterns and trends. The process of creating infographics can be referred to as data visualiza

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Hi All

There is a major upgrade on the Mobile Surveying Program for Windows Mobile Handheld Units, which can be downloaded for free at www.ceaser.co.za.

Regards

Michael

Register, Learn and Earn 10% Towards LSU

Land Surveyors United is an awesome community, and I'm pleased to be able to give back to LSU with your help. Colburn Strategic Partners will donate 10% of every Geov8 Virtual Expo registration to LSU using this link, Click Here.

About Geov8

Geov8 2015 Virtual Expo is an online virtual geo+innovation event showcasing new and innovative geospatial technologies. Industry leaders and experts in geospatial tech will present cutting edge information and turnkey s

UPDATE:  Please Share with Your Fellow ‪#‎Surveyors‬ 
SURVEY EARTH IN A DAY 5 RSVP here:https://www.facebook.com/events/782567225208901/
June 21st @ Noon
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Here we are busy giving training on CEASER and the use of UAV's for Aerial Surveys, which was very successful.

For a free demo of the CEASER program visit www.ceaser.co.za. All processing of the Aerial data is done by using Photoscan from Agisoft.

If we cannot think outside our local environment, we become chained to it.  We are all chain-breaking for the Future on Land Surveyors United!

UPDATE:  NOW You can RSVP for International Surveyors Week 2015

Check out Importance of Community

by Justin Bradley Farrow at Mode

International Land Surveyors Week 2015 (June 14-21) is for Land Surveyors in any country on earth to celebrate the value of professional land surveyors in society. This is our 3rd year celebrating this week and it is slowly changi

Chartered Surveyors - putting out the good word..