Management of road networks and its associated assets is a huge task for all transportation agencies around the world. The traditional ways of collection of data was time consuming and the productivity of the staff was at the best average. With the advent of new technologies like Mobile LiDAR Mapping, the collection, assimilation, analysis, design, construct, maintain and storage of data has become very fast, accurate and cost sensitive This dynamic system of mensuration can be used to acquire h

Getting to the Top of Google:

Have you ever wondered how to get to the Top of the Google Search Results for land surveying? Well here's a sure fire way to do it. AND, it's free. All it takes is a little time and a little reading.

I know you've all seen a Google Results page for a search. But, let me explain the 3 major parts to that page:

1. PPC Ads - where you spend money to get top placement. You pay for each click.

2. Google "My Business" - You can create/manage a FREE page for your local b

One of my recent posts on LinkedIn got a lot of views and likes. Thought you guys might enjoy it also.  https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/wth-why-hell-am-i-working-11pm-j-keith-maxwell?trk=mp-author-card

I may try to do some more WTH articles.

Keith

This was originally a paper I wrote for my Systems Thinking in Sustainability class which i believe converted nicely into a post.    It discusses the role of the land surveyor and the sustainability expert to society.  The general lack of public awareness about these important roles and how they are similar.  I value your feedback.  

Link to Post on Linkedin Pulse

In Other News

Memories from presidential election years in the USA remind me it is a difficult time to be a surveyor.  It seems nobody wants to start a new project until they have a plan for the future.  With the election process up in the air it is hard for most people to predict the future of our national government.

When it was up to me to be sure the company survived our decision was to hunker down and survive the year by chasing projects outside the normal flow of work.  I remember helping to test some ro

Remote sensing is a vital system to acquire information of earth resources and environment. Remotely sensed images comprise of spectral, spatial and temporal resolution. The introduction of High-resolution satellite imagery is projected to reduce cost for medium and small scale topographic mapping. Since high-resolution satellite imagery has a much close-fitting field angle, the projection of images is nearly calculated by parallel rather than central systems. Using high resolution we can extrac

Happy Birthday Land Surveyors United

9 Years ago today,during the absolute worst of times, my dad and I started Land Surveyors United in order to change the ways that land surveyors communicated, how they found support and the public perception of what a land surveyor does. With just 5 members and a hard drive full of knowledge base documents, we began doing what we believed to be impossible- creating a social support network for professionals who spend 90% of their time outdoors. Today, we ha

If you are in the United States or have been looking for a surveying job using our one click Craigslist surveying jobs extraction system, you may be happy to know that this is the international version. Good Luck Hunting!

Canada

I recently published this article on LinkedIn.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/get-permission-market-your-business-first-j-keith-maxwell?trk=prof-post

Let me know what you think.

Keith

Dear All,

I am looking a good and big survey projects in india or outside of India..Having good capacity to execute...

Thanks

Vishal 

Just a quick note to let you all know that as we start to say goodbye to this old platform, I have added one last awesome feature to the network, which you can find on the home page.  This should make it much simpler to post your burning questions, introductions and stories...  Enjoy!

If you ever thought experience doesn't pay (and why would you?) you'd be wrong.  Take a look at this graph.  Entry-level workers have 0-2 years of work experience and require on-the-job supervision, while Fully Competent workers have many years of experience and require no supervision.  You can learn a lot right here.

Sharing your experiences in surveying with the community ensures the steady salary climb.

Emplo

New Using AutoCAD Civil 3D Point Groups Webinar

Join Eric Colburn, PLS - The Geo+Business Innovator - for this intensive webinar on how to use AutoCAD Civil 3D Point Groups. This webinar explains how Point Groups work in AutoCAD Civil 3D and shows you effective strategies for drafting your surveying and engineering plans.

When: December 29, 2015 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM (EST)
Where: Online
Cost: $59

Specifically, in this webinar you will learn:

• How to Create Point Groups
• How to Edit Point Groups
• Point

You'll Figure It Out

“You’ll figure it out.” The advice my mom gives has always been the same, whether addressing my high school homework or paying bills while taking a full course load in college. If I was looking for a shortcut, my mom was not going to be the one to provide it.

What do kids know, anyway?  When I was a kid it infuriated the hell out of me, but what I then perceived to be a lack of understanding turned out to be an important keystone in my upbringing. As an adult, I realize th

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

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

This semester, I am taking a comprehensive advanced business plan writing course, in which I am writing the plan for the long awaited new platform for Land Surveyors United.  As most of you know by now, my dad Skip Farrow passed away last June and because this network is something that we built together, I have been doing a lot of work on my own in attempts of getting the new site up and running.  While doing so a lot of time has been spent digging up pages and archived information about the sit