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South American Surveyors Day is Thursday!

Posted by Justin Farrow on June 19, 2019 at 4:46pm in Community Announcements, Upcoming Events, Press Release

Our Worldwide Virtual Surveyor Conference is already half way finished and Tomorrow (Thurday) will be South American Land Surveyors Day and the 5th day of International Surveyors Week 2019. Please use the app to share photos and videos of Land Surveying in South American countries inside your Local Chapter Hubs. Friday is Survey Earth in a Day 8

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Wednesday is European Land Surveyors Day & Time for Surveyors of the EU to UNITE!

Posted by Justin Farrow on June 18, 2019 at 3:11pm in Community Announcements, Upcoming Events, Press Release

Wednesday June 18th is European Land Surveyors Day and were looking forward to many photos and posts inside Local Chapter Hubs from the EU! Here are some announcements and a Hangout recording about Survey Earth in a Day 8

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

Posted by Justin Farrow on June 16, 2019 at 8:21pm in Community Announcements, Upcoming Events, Press Release

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! North American Land Surveyors today is your time to shine. Use the Map Page to introduce yourself locally inside the forum for your location- share photos and videos to your Local Hubs in State Hubs for USA, Caribbean Island Hubs, Canadian and Mexican Land Surveyors hubs. Let's inspire the next generation with a showcase of our similarities and diffe

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The Time is Now to Change Surveying Worldwide, Forever

Posted by Justin Farrow on May 31, 2019 at 2:06pm in Community Announcements, Upcoming Events, Press Release

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?" In this post, I ask you if you do.

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Surveyor Community Digest: Surveyor Apps, International Surveyors Week, Vendors and Job Seekers

Posted by Justin Farrow on May 13, 2019 at 2:25pm in Community Announcements, Upcoming Events, Press Release

Welcome to all of our newest members of the community! By tomorrow we will have over 15,400 members worldwide! 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.

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