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The position of the sun is very important for nearly every land surveying job. I found this google maps mashup for you to check out which may come in handy (via Google Maps Mania)

SunCalc is a great Google Maps based tool for finding the position ofthe sun and the sunrise and sunset times for any location on the Earth.
The application auto-detects your current location but you also can drag
the marker or use the search function to move to a different location.

Areally great feature on this app is t
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Some HUGE improvements have been made to the LSU Local page which may be of interest to all members.
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I have added several new locations to the grid, in addition to the new Support Groups based on Location and on the Types of Equipment members are most familiar. We have many members who are having issues in the field simply because the equipment manufacturers do not offer the support needed for certain types of equipment-especially out dated or earlier versions. By visiting this page and joini

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On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Marcus Channell <[email protected]> wrote:
This is an enquiry e-mail via http://gbreisch.com/gwb from:
Marcus Channell <[email protected]>

Gary:

I just read your column in Professional Surveyor Magazine and thought "what a great idea!". So I am contacting you to see if you would be willing to send me a copy of one of your AOO and AIO pdf packets. I'd like to take a look and see if I can come up with something similar.

Sincerely,
Marcus Cha
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I just wanted to let you all know that I have added 6 new groups (more coming soon) for land surveyors based on geographical location. We now have groups for Africa, Asia, North America, South America, Australia and Europe. Please take a moment to add yourself to the group which matches your profile. This will make translations of documents easier to share, help similar location based surveyors find and connect with one another, etc.


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I've got some great news for those of you who are on facebook and like to share the valuable land surveying related information that you find here on LSU. You can now integrate and share posts and comments to facebook right from your profile or from any active pages and blogs on the network. Connecting your accounts is extremely simple!
All you need to look for is the button that looks like this under any post:

Click on that and click "Allow to Publish".

That's it! Now all of the conversations
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Two LSU Contests for Cash and Prizes-Ends on March 16th


Today, I come to you with 2 contests which will begin tomorrow Feb. 16th on Land Surveyors United and will end on March 16th at 8:00pm Eastern Standard Time. There are cash and prizes involved so you do not want to miss out on this....Let's get down to business:

First Contest: This contest is for the LSU member who invites the MOST new approved members to LSU within 30 days.
Rules: 1) New member MUST be a land surveyor or a student of land surveying
2) New member MUST upload a photo of themsel
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Today we have exciting new upgrade to the group- LSU Local. That's right- you can now search for other land surveyors in your area and form gatherings and meetups if you like based on location. I am in the process of adding more and more locations to the grid, so if you search your area and do not find yourself, you should go to your profile and fill in your location correctly. Also if you do not find your area listed yet, please send me a quick email to [email protected] and tell me
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In this post, I will give you some valuable resources and links to International surveying companies and some well know land surveying associations, in hopes that readers will add any links that I might have missed in the comments below. This will be PART THREE of my series of Surveying Resources
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help with Civil 3D and importing Lat and Long points

I need help. Can any one guide me on importing points collected from a GPS unit.What format should my Excel file be in or should I use a .txt file? Right now my Excel file is a .CSV and it only has 3 columns: point number, latitude, longitude looks like: 2 45.33353745 -122.7635515Also how to set up the import Point File format in Civil 3D?What should the drawing settings be as far as the zone and available coordinate system?Thanks
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I just ran across an article on Mashable about the first astronauts to send a twitter update from outer space and it got me to thinking more about our Field Support Group here on LSU. I've come to the conclusion that If Astronauts Can Tweet from Space, Surveyors Can Tweet from the Woods! If you are interested in becoming part of this experimental group which I have been masterminding, which will enable networked land surveyors to use Twitter and Google Wave to assist one another with real-time t
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A Couple of GPS Hacks via Software

Here are a couple of GPS hacks that I ran across via and thought might be useful if not just interesting to the group. The first is a location based browser plug-in called Geode, by Mozilla. Geode will let users to take advantage of location data embedded within a web page. Geode’s uses Skyhook’s Loki technology, which determines position base on what WiFi access points it sees just like the Eye-Fi.

Geode

Download & Try It OutYou can download Geode here.The second comes from Hackaday as well. Its calle
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Popular Mechanics has a detailed how-to on diy ruggedization of common portable electronics such as laptops, cameras, and cellphones. There is video of a laptop surviving an eight foot fall due to the tennis balls, pipe insulation, and weather stripping they’ve added. Its not just shock resistant, they’ve used a two-part compound marketed for making custom molded earplugs to make the laptop water resistant.

rugged laptop

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I've been meaning to make this post for quite sometime , so with the new year on the horizon i figured it is about time to explain how to customize your LSU profile so that we can all start off with a fresh look. This should take no more than 5-10 minutes and when you're finished, you'll have a more unique profile page, ready to represent you, your company or location for other surveyors across the world to admire.First, log in (if you haven't already) and click on the tab that says "My Page" in
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Google Wave Invites for LSU Members

Happy Holidays Surveyors!Just wanted to mention that there are a few Google Wave invitations available if any of you are in need of one. logo_preview.png I have 25 available so here's the deal: Kindly drop a comment under this post with a simple statement about your opinion of Land Surveyors United and how you think it is changing the way surveyors communicate and I'll send the invitation right out to you.If you are Already On Google WaveIf you are already on Google Wave, drop your wave id below if you like and
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Job Listings

Hi everyone! I wanted to share a good place to look for job openings. Some of you may already know about these sites. Even though not working for me here in FL. maybe one of you will find work in your area.. Anyhow try indeed.com and simplyhired.com Hope it will help. If anybody knows of company hiring a "Crew Chief" besides SAM INC. with 100% travel for temp or seasonal please let me know.
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