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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

Before working in Sangata - East Kalimantan - Indonesia

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

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

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

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

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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

Hello,

I am Azman Arefeen, a Permanent Resident of Australia. Recently, I completed my Certificate 3 in Surveying and Spatial Information Services from TAFE Ultimo. I am looking for an Apprenticeship/ Traineeship while I do my Diploma. If someone can help me, it would really mean a lot for me.

Now that I am a retired surveyor I may spend more time thinking about my garden than thinking about surveying.  But I still find some topics interesting.  You may see a response from me once in a while if I think there is something I can add.  Mostly I will lurk because I do not ponder new technology.  New technology is for those who are still trying to scratch a living out of the dirt.

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