Surveyors Are United!  We are Stronger than Ever Before

I have a few announcements and some new cool things for you to check out over the weekend, but first, I would like to extend a warm welcome to all of our new members on Land Surveyors United.  We appreciate you joining us in our mission to bridge the gaps between surveyors and to strengthen the profession.  If you have not yet introduced yourself, please tell us a bit more about your relationship to surveying here.  

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For Recruiters

Last week a member who is currently seeking employment asked me how they could get in touch with a recruiter to find employment.  It dawned on me that although I had developed ways for recruiters to find job seekers, I had never added a category for recruiters.  So, today I changed that.   If you are a recruiter, simply visit Your Profile Settings and change the answer to the first question "I am here because I am...." to Recruiter.   Once enough of you have made this change, I wi

Below is an email thread that happened over the last couple of days related survey pricing and a request that came in from a potential client. I wanted to share it with surveyors and other potential clients for a number of reasons.

One is so that surveyors know they’re not alone out there. We all have gotten calls and comments like this. So, don’t get upset or offended when you do. Unfortunately our profession hasn’t had or developed the professional reputation that we would desire. Folks stil

Unlike most of the previous years, Survey Earth in a Day happens on a workday this year.  In previous years, surveyors needed to borrow RTK equipment for the weekend, but this year, we hope everyone will participate.

For Those Who Are New To Our Community

A land surveyor's truck doubles and triples at times as his/her office, home, sanctuary and place of peace and quiet.  Over the years, hundreds of photos have been submitted by you and your fellow surveyors of crews at work and the work trucks used to get you around from job site to office.  Today we asked our followers on the Facebook page to share with us their work truck photos and we've had many responses that we want to share with you.  

There are at least 30 more submitted so far at this

I wrote this article on LinkedIn in October of last year. It got a lot of comments and shares. I thought some of you might enjoy it here.

Keith

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Dear Mr. Cheap Surveyor,

I just got off the phone with one of your newest property survey clients. Evidently he called me because he thought your price was too high. I didn’t know that till I spent an hour measuring and figuring and estimating what it would take to do the job. I talked to my field su

UPDATE: 

Happy National Surveyors Week 2018 Everyone!

The purpose of Surveyors Week (NSPS) is to bring visibility to the profession. During Surveyors Week, land surveyors across the nation celebrate by educating the public on what they do & why it is important; encouraging students to consider surveying as a career choice; and participating in activities that promote and bring awareness to the surveying profession. All licensees, governmental agencies, technical professional organizations and

Today’s project managers face a variety of challenges in their work every day, from ensuring speed and efficiency to keeping up with a complex and ever-changing regulatory landscape, to preventing costly oversights. With so much on their plate, it’s of the utmost importance that these project managers be able to take advantage of the new and innovative technologies that can drive value across the project.

One example of such a technology is unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The hype surrounding U

Picturization is important if a person want to understand a thing. It gives clear understanding

of the situation. Without picture being formed in the mind of a person, It will be like a dark

circle. So now days people are emphasizing more on the things which give them proper

understanding of actual thing. Like in case of drawings the 3D formats of drawing are more

preferred than the drafting which were previously used. It gives complete information in one

view. Software companies ares also coming for

NOTE:  This is an update to an original post from 2011 on our 4th birthday

As a kid, I spent every moment of time outside of school in a reprographics shop owned by my father, where surveyors and engineers were in and out all day.  Somewhere along the line, I learned the needs of surveyors for getting their work done and at times worked really hard to help my dad meet deadlines by running prints, delivering equipment or whatever it took. As an adult and college graduate, I found myself gravitati

NOTE:  This is an update to an original post from 2011 on our 4th birthday

Hi. Its about time I reintroduced myself to all of the wonderful and talented surveyors in this community. My name is Justin Farrow and I have been creating and maintaining Land Surveyors United for exactly 10 years. Many of you may not be aware of this, as I do not make a huge deal out of birthdays, but March is Land Surveyors United's birthday month. This year, LSU turns 10 years old this week and to commemorate this o

Tersus Rinex Converter V1.0 is now ready for release. RINEX is short for Receiver Independent Exchange Format, which is well used for post data process. This tool can help users convert their binary observation data into RINEX 3.2 format.

All Precis RTK Systems (Precis-TX204, Precis-BX305 and Precis-BX316) support raw observation data logging. Precis-BX303 has an onboard SD card slot and the Precis-BX305 and Precis-BX316 support external data logger. The logged binary observation data can be conv

As we know a typical GPS setup needs a base and rover. The Base is setup in the known control point and the rover used for the surveys. Leica GS 15 GPS is taken as example in this post. It can be set up in 3 different methods for the GPS Surveying. They are

1. Setting up with internal antenna
2. Setting up with external Radio or antenna
3. Setting up with GSM modem

It will be described briefly how above mentioned system works.

1.Setting up with internal antenna

In this method the small “L” shaped antenna is fi

Assuming that you have the educational requirements (2-4 years of college) and have passed the licensing exam, you are now ready to look for that career position. One important tip – passing the national exam may still not qualify you in some states. Be certain that you check out any state requirements too. If this is your first career position, you know that you will be at entry-level and will need to apprentice (fortunately it’s paid) for about four years in most states. At that point, you are

[NEW] AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Field to Finish Webinar Dec. 29, 2016

Register: Click Here
When: December 29, 2016 1PM-4PM (EST)
Where: Online (Watch Live or Recorded Webinar Later)
Cost: $297 Regular Price+processing fee
By: Eric Colburn, Professional Land Surveyor and Geo-Business Innovator

AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Field to Finish Webinar Description

In this comprehensive webinar for land surveyors and designers you will see and learn how to setup and use AutoCAD Civil 3D as a Field to Finish solution.

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It has been an exciting year for Land Surveyors United Community!  We accepted our 10,000th member (now 10,100), celebrated the largest archive of surveyor submitted photos and helped find over 300 land surveyors jobs.

As 2016 comes to a close, we want to take a moment to show our gratitude to our top contributors, share some of our most popular topics and discussions and pass on some handpicked surveying jobs from our Global Surveying Jobs Board to get 2017 started on the right track.

Top Cont

Hello All

I recently purchased my 1st Trimble nomad DC and its running Carlson Surv CE and i bought a new cable USB to the 9 Pin topcon data port... i have tried every single setting i can think of too get these two units to connect .... anyone else out there had any problems like this ... ? Thanks 

Bitter sweet accomplishments today. It was a dream of my dad's to have a place where he could easily and openly communicate with his customers (Land Surveyors) and help professionals solve problems from the field. In March of 2007, I began building Land Surveyors United Community during a time when Myspace was still the primary social network. Every single day since then, I scroll through applications to join at least 3 times a day and decline most due to lack of seriousness in the answers they